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• Silent Hill f's re-reveal trailer shows some of the freakiest monsters I've ever seen in the 25-year-old survival horror series

  13-03-2025 23:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Silent Hill f, the next mainline installment in the series, has a new Japanese language cinematic trailer that truly shows some of the most abhorrent creature designs I've ever seen.I'll be honest, I was fully expecting to see just a little bit of gameplay since it's been more than two years since the Silent Hill f announcement, and at first, I was a little disappointed, but after seeing some of the monsters that our new and unfortunate protagonist Hinako will have to contend with, I'm overall p
  
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• New Silent Hill f "reveal trailer" shows some of the freakiest monsters I've ever seen in the 25-year-old survival horror series

  13-03-2025 23:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Silent Hill f, the next mainline installment in the series, has a new Japanese language cinematic trailer that truly shows some of the most abhorrent creature designs I've ever seen.I'll be honest, I was fully expecting to see just a little bit of gameplay since it's been more than two years since the Silent Hill f announcement, and at first, I was a little disappointed, but after seeing some of the monsters that our new and unfortunate protagonist Hinako will have to contend with, I'm overall p
  
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• Vampire Survivors devs launch official wiki "free of ads, banners, and all of the junk that gets in your way," joining Stardew Valley and Terraria in community wikis with minimal intrusions

  13-03-2025 22:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Vampire Survivors developer Poncle has just launched a new official wiki for the viral roguelike, which promises an ad-free browsing experience. The wiki has been developed in collaboration with the game's community, and will get information on new updates before anyplace else thanks to that connection.You can browse the new Vampire Survivors wiki here. "Yes, it's completely free of ads, banners, and all of the junk that gets in your way when trying to find what you need," the devs explain in a
  
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• "Staying MTX and advertisement free is absolutely key": Almost 20 years later, RuneScape fan turns his MMO love into an old-school RPG where fitness is the grind

  13-03-2025 22:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  In 2006, lead WalkScape developer Schamppu discovered RuneScape. The iconic fantasy MMO, now reborn as Old School RuneScape, gave him a lifelong love of leveling skills and tinkering with game economies. This has carried right into his own game: a fitness-powered RPG where fitness is the grind and everything is not only free, but also advertisement and microtransaction-free.WalkScape views game-ified exercise through an old-school MMO lens. Walking in real life progresses skills in-game, strengt
  
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• Hideo Kojima says Death Stranding 2's Collector's Edition 15-inch Magellan Man is part of his studio's "spirit and soul," so the crew went to China to make sure it's good enough

  13-03-2025 22:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Death Stranding 2 Collector's Edition is a whopping $230 USD, and its centerpiece is a 15-inch statue of the Magellan Man – the fusion of the DHV Magellan ship that the game's heroes travel in with one of those giant tar dudes. Hideo Kojima himself says the studio is taking the quality of this statue extremely seriously, going as far as touring the factory in China mass producing the Magellan Men in person to make sure the details were right."The Magellan Man statue was designed by Ryu
  
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• Here's your first look at Peter Dinklage as the Toxic Avenger in ultra-violent, unrated, and long-delayed superhero movie remake

  13-03-2025 22:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first look at Peter Dinklage as The Toxic Avenger has arrived ahead of its long-awaited release.Written and directed by Macon Blair, the film serves as the fifth installment in The Toxic Avenger series as well as a reboot of the first film. Dinklage stars as Toxie, a janitor who falls into a drum of toxic waste and becomes a mutated superhero with super strength and agility. You can see the first look pics below, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly.The original film, billed as a superhero comed
  
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• "Success beyond expectations, earning over $100,000": This weird job sim made in a year would be torture for me, but it's changed its developer's life after "bitter failure"

  13-03-2025 21:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Another job sim has hit Steam. Cabin Crew Life Simulator was released in early access on February 19, inviting players to experience the routines, challenges, and emergencies of airline travel's unsung shepherds. As someone who's done too much flying this year already, this sounds like a nightmare I have to pay for, but it's clearly grabbed some people less weary of planes.The game has since accrued 177 user reviews with a 77% positive score. That's modest success compared to some games –
  
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• We'll finally learn if Sonic is faster than the Flash as Sega's famous hedgehog and pals team up with the Justice League in a new mash-up comic

  13-03-2025 20:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Unlikely worlds will collide in the upcoming DC X Sonic the Hedgehog comic book crossover, which mashes up Sonic and his pals with the heroes of the Justice League as they take on none other than Darkseid with the fate of both their realities in the balance. Now, DC and Sega have released a first look at interior pages from DC X Sonic the Hedgehog #1, showing a race between the Justice League and team Sonic.And yes, of course that means we'll finally get an answer to whether Sonic can outrun the
  
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• Ori director says Microsoft thought the beloved Metroidvania was too hard, but he's "on the Miyazaki side" and believes "you have to overcome challenge"

  13-03-2025 20:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ori director and Moon Studios co-founder Thomas Mahler says Microsoft originally told him the beloved Metroidvania platforming series was too hard for a general audience, but Mahler insisted that the difficulty stay the same, believing the level of challenge was necessary for what he was trying to achieve.Appearing on the Destin podcast (timestamped here), Mahler explained his game design philosophy, comparing it to Nintendo and FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki."Our approach is very similar to h
  
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• The first trailer for Mike Flanagan's Stephen King movie gives us a cryptic glimpse at the end of the world, and I'm already crying

  13-03-2025 20:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for The Life of Chuck is here – and I'm ready to be emotionally devastated.Written and directed by Mike Flanagan, the movie is an adaptation of Stephen King's 2020 novella by the same name. Marvel star Tom Hiddleston leads the cast as Charles 'Chuck' Krantz, who we meet in the trailer both as an adult and as a young boy via a few quick glimpses. Even without context, it's not hard to see that the film is going to be an emotional one. But with context, knowing that the mov
  
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• 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (March 14 - 16)

  13-03-2025 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  This week, our list of the best new movies and TV shows to watch is packed with big names, exciting returns, and unexpected plot twists. Diving into the vast libraries of the best streaming services (including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, Max, and Apple TV Plus) in search of something to watch can be daunting, sometimes even an impossible task, so we're here to help.From family-friendly titles to exciting fantasy adventures and crime thrillers, we've selected six unmissable movies a
  
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• Beetlejuice 2 star Jenna Ortega would love to star in another classic horror comedy franchise: Gremlins

  13-03-2025 19:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wednesday and Beetlejuice 2 star Jenna Ortega has her heart set on another classic genre franchise: Gremlins."You know what I used to love as a kid? Gremlins," Ortega told IMDb on the SXSW red carpet for the premiere of her new movie, Death of a Unicorn. "Would love… Gremlins 3? 4? Call me."The first Gremlins movie was released in 1984 and follows Billy (Zach Galligan), who receives Gizmo the mogwai as a pet – but one with very strict rules. When Billy and his friends accidentally b
  
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• Xbox's new gaming AI aims to "help you get good" at everything from Overwatch 2 to Minecraft by watching you play and giving you advice

  13-03-2025 19:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Microsoft's Copilot generative AI chatbot is coming to Xbox as an AI assistant tool. The tool is coming soon in beta form for Xbox Insiders on mobile, but a series of proof of concept demonstrations suggests that Xbox intends to integrate Copilot on console and PC to give you tips, reminders of what you were doing last time you played, and recommendations on new games. To quote the Xbox Wire announcement on all this, it "aims to save you time, [and] help you get good."This gaming Copilot is goin
  
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• Console players, good news – you might be able to play custom Baldur's Gate 3 campaigns soon, thanks to the D&D RPG's official mod manager

  13-03-2025 18:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Larian Studios gears up to release the long-awaited Patch 8 for Baldur's Gate 3, fans are hard at work on custom campaigns – and it looks like console players might have access to them soon, too.After unlocking modding allowing for "level editing, save editing, and more" last year, fans have been conjuring up massive custom campaigns to keep Baldur's Gate 3 alive post-Patch 8. Most of these can be found in progress via platforms like Nexus Mods, which marks them as PC-only – but t
  
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• As Sony trots out an AI-powered Aloy, Horizon Zero Dawn fans revel in the irony: "The entire game is a warning against this kind of nonsense"

  13-03-2025 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Horizon Zero Dawn series serves as a warning against the careless use of AI and the pursuit of technical improvement at the cost of all else. That's why fans of the games find it very ironic Sony used protagonist Aloy to show off its new AI-powered character prototypes. Spoilers ahead."The entire game is a warning against this kind of nonsense," writes one fan on Reddit. "The irony of this .... hits so hard," replies another. In the original Horizon Zero Dawn, you find out the world was dest
  
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• First trailer for Black Mirror season 7 teases USS Callister sequel and the return of Will Poulter's Bandersnatch character

  13-03-2025 18:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix has released the first trailer for Black Mirror season 7, and it looks like we're in for a creepy, bloody ride. The release date for the new installment has been revealed, too: April 10, 2025.In the new clip, which teases the return of not one, but two familiar faces, we get glimpses of time travel, immersive AI, and some dangerous tech that appears to crossover between episodes. You can watch it above."They call it mind-expanding," Peter Capaldi's character (in an interesting wig) says
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 star hints Warhorse already has "a very good sense of what's happening next," and says he'll play Henry "as long or as little as anybody wants me to"

  13-03-2025 18:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 star Tom McKay has made it clear he'd be well up for reprising his role as Henry yet again in a future installment, as he suggests the devs may already have plans for the series.Warhorse Studios' latest action RPG has been a massive hit, selling over two million copies in its first two weeks and reminding owner Embracer Group that it should aim to "bring great products to the market" and give "high-quality teams" the "resources and the time to execute their visions."
  
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• Blizzard boss says keeping World of Warcraft players happy for 20 years is so hard because the MMO is filled with "different demographics that only have so much time in their day"

  13-03-2025 18:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blizzard Entertainment president Johanna Fries is also kind of gobsmacked at how World of Warcraft has been chugging along for two whole decades, but she's also aware that the evergreen MMO has been so unrelentingly consistent because Blizzard developers have struck the right balance between fresh and familiar additions."You want to retain the players who have been with you going on 20 years in some cases," Fries says in an interview with Windows Central after her first year on the job. "They ha
  
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• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 is in development following the explosive success of Space Marine 2, and it's promising even bigger battles

  13-03-2025 18:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Focus Entertainment and Saber are already working on Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 after the runaway success of Space Marine 2.Today, Focus announced that development on the third game in the series "has officially begun," promising more of what players loved and some new additions that will further polish the winning formula."Players can look forward to an immersive campaign, a multiplayer mode, and innovations that will redefine the standards of third-person action games," Focus Entertainme
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 patch brings mod support, barber shop, and over 1,000 changes like this: "Mutt can no longer enter the fighting arena in the Jewish quarter"

  13-03-2025 17:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is getting a trifecta of updates today, as patch 1.2 fixes over 1,000 issues, the free barber shop DLC is added, and dedicated Steam modding support is introduced.Patch 1.2 is "the result of five months of work focused on refining and improving the game experience." There is an astronomically long list of fixes and changes, so rather than going through them all, I'm just going to highlight some that stood out to me.Aside from the standard performance and stability imp
  
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• X-Men star Michael Fassbender says he auditioned for James Bond, but ended up suggesting they go for Daniel Craig: "I don't know why I was promoting him"

  13-03-2025 17:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Michael Fassbender has recalled his audition for James Bond, ahead of Daniel Craig being cast in Casino Royale. However, he admits that he doesn't think he was ever really "in the mix" for the role."I met with Barbara Broccoli just you know through passing and I actually went in like an audition phase before Daniel [Craig] was cast, but I don't think I was ever in the mix," the X-Men star explained to Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. "But I remember going into that room and meeti
  
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• Despite its history of taking action against GTA mods, a Rockstar-approved GTA 5 modding tool is on the way to "assist the modding community" in the wake of the recent PC upgrade

  13-03-2025 17:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Earlier this month, Rockstar Games finally brought GTA 5's PC version up to par with the current-gen console iterations, and Rockstar-owned mod team Cfx.re (the team behind multiplayer mod FiveM) has confirmed that it's releasing an official asset conversion tool for fellow modders to use with the latest version of the game.While FiveM was first created in 2015, allowing players to create their own custom multiplayer servers for things like roleplay, in 2023, Rockstar Games acquired the team beh
  
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• Peaky Blinders star Stephen Graham's new Netflix one-shot crime drama is out now, and it has a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score

  13-03-2025 17:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stephen Graham's new one-shot crime drama Adolescence has debuted to a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score - and it's loosely based on not one, but two haunting true stories.Per the official logline, "When a 13-year-old is accused of the murder of a classmate, his family, therapist, and the detective in charge are all left asking: what really happened?" Graham developed the series alongside Jack Thorne and also stars as Eddie Miller, the father of the accused boy (Owen Cooper). Philip Barantini, who h
  
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• As Final Fantasy 14 fans gear up for patch 7.2, Yoshi-P teases that the update will be the MMO's largest ever

  13-03-2025 17:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Square Enix gears up for the release of Final Fantasy 14's long-awaited patch 7.2, its most content-heavy update since the Dawntrail expansion, producer and director Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida reveals that it might just be the biggest one to date.Speaking in a recent interview with Famitsu (translated into English using both Google and DeepL), Yoshi-P discusses some of the new content that's set to drop with patch 7.2 and says he's looking forward to it. The lead first describes the crafting-ori
  
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• Jack Quaid’s favorite The Boys moment is an iconic scene that was actually more dangerous than you think

  13-03-2025 17:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jack Quaid, who plays embattled hero Hughie in The Boys, has revealed a moment in the show where things could’ve gone pear-shaped for him. As it turns out, filming something involving a fake whale carcass has its risks, and potentially quite painful ones at that.During a Reddit AMA for upcoming movie Novocaine, he took some questions on The Boys. One user asked about his "best scene" in the superhero show, leading to Quaid revealing the hazards of hanging out in aquatic mammals."Still can'
  
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• The Boys star and self-proclaimed "huge video game nerd" Jack Quaid says his dream role would be in a BioShock movie because it's "one of my favorite games of all time"

  13-03-2025 17:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Boys star Jack Quaid has revealed his dream acting role – and it's a perfect fit for the self-proclaimed "huge video game nerd."After being asked what his dream role would be during an Ask Me Anything (AMA) interview on Reddit for his new action movie Novocaine, Quaid answered, "I would actually love to be in a live action adaptation of Bioshock – one of my favorite games of all time."He added, "I think there's such a rich lore to that game that could be explored in a TV or movie
  
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• After 10 years, a new animated movie has beaten a box office record set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens

  13-03-2025 17:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  New Chinese animated movie Ne Zha 2 has overtaken Star Wars: The Force Awakens to become the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time.The movie was released in China on January 29, before arriving in North America on February 14. The film has now made $2.07 billion at the global box office, making it the highest-grossing release of 2025 so far. The Force Awakens, which was released 10 years ago in 2015 as the first installment in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, made $2.068 billion.What's more, it's
  
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• First reactions to Ex Machina director's "intense" new war movie are comparing it to Black Hawk Down

  13-03-2025 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new war movie written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Civil War and Ex Machina director Alex Garland has got some impressive first reactions. Set in 2006, Warfare tells the story in real-time of a platoon of Navy SEALs on a mission through insurgent territory in Iraq.It features a star-studded cast including D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Joseph Quinn, and Charles Melton in its ensemble with early reviews of the movie calling it "unbearably tense
  
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• After 3 years and 44,327 overwhelmingly positive Steam reviews, viral hit PowerWash Simulator is finally getting a sequel complete with split-screen co-op

  13-03-2025 16:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  PowerWash Simulator, the viral success about compulsively cleaning dirty surfaces with a pressure washer, is getting a very welcome sequel later this year.Developer FuturLab today announced PowerWash Simulator 2, which boasts of soapier tools, new jobs and locations, a customizable homebase, split-screen co-op, and a whole new campaign that hopefully follows on from the first game's surprisingly bonkers, alien-involving, Atlantis-finding tale. (No, I didn't wake up from a fever dream - PowerWash
  
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• After a landmark RPG, Disco Elysium mobile wants to "captivate the TikTok user," which is maybe the worst thing I've ever read in my entire life

  13-03-2025 16:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Disco Elysium, one of the most well-written and thought-provoking RPGs ever made is coming to mobile, but it's not a direct port. Instead, this on-the-go version aims to "captivate the TikTok user with quick hits of compelling story," and I now fear video games as an art form may be dead.During my playthrough of Disco Elysium, I questioned how one could ever hope to change a broken system that they themselves hold up, thought long and hard about my own battles with addiction, and talked with fri
  
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• After 20 years, a second Nintendo Store is set to open in the US this May

  13-03-2025 16:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  For 20 years, Nintendo has operated just one first-party retailer in the US, but now the Nintendo Store in New York City is about be joined by a second location in San Francisco this May.Nintendo San Francisco will celebrate its grand opening on May 15 in Union Square at 331 Powell Street. Nintendo announced plans for this location last year, but it's only now that we're getting an official opening date. In a press release, Nintendo says that store will offer "game systems and games" alongside "
  
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• Dev of unhinged open-world game where you parry everything says "f*** it" again, adds something farming life sims like Stardew Valley need: a way to fight the fish you catch

  13-03-2025 16:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  You know that game where you can create twisters with your motorbike, parry nukes, and even parry the ground itself to avoid fall damage – V.A Proxy? Well now you can combo the fish you reel out of the open world's waterways, and there's actually a good reason to do so.V.A Proxy looks like an absolutely wild game and I can't wait for it to finally be out. Developer PyroLith keeps teasing us with videos showing off things like entirely missable cities and a fishing mechanic. It was already
  
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• Daredevil: Born Again fans would love this Marvel character to appear, even if it's extremely unlikely

  13-03-2025 16:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Daredevil: Born Again brings more characters from the The Defenders Saga into the MCU, fans are throwing around ideas for who might step into Hell's Kitchen from the wider franchise. A certain newspaper editor and podcaster is top of the pile, but rights issues mean it's sadly unlikely.Of the many Marvel characters Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk share history with, Spider-Man is easily the biggest. Daredevil and Spidey have shared many comic pages together, fighting crime on the streets of New
  
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• Lady Dimitrescu actor wasn't a gamer before Resident Evil Village, so she "pulled a lot of Shakespeare stuff" into her vampire mommy role

  13-03-2025 15:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Maggie Robertson had half of the Resident Evil Village fanbase quaking in their boots (and the other half salivating over a murderous 9-foot 7-inch vampire) in her role as Lady Dimitrescu, the 2021 horror sequel's main baddie. But Robertson was actually pretty new to games in general, so she used some of her Shakespeare experience to flesh out her character.Speaking to EW as part of the Pixel Pack, a collective of video game actors organized by Astarion's Neil Newbon, Robertson explains that she
  
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• Play as a Mindflayer or a swarm of bees in this upcoming D&D supplement from a Pathfinder 2E co-creator

  13-03-2025 14:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Filling out your character sheet in Dungeons & Dragons is one of the most important parts of a new campaign. However, once you have a decent amount of experience with the best tabletop RPGs under your belt, you might start to notice yourself gravitating to the same ol' character creation options again and again. Don't you think it's about time to shake things up a bit? Battlezoo Ancestries can help with that.
  Battlezoo Ancestries is a set of D&D or Pathfinder-compatible supplements from
  
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• Where to pre-order the Limited Edition Last of Us DualSense controller tomorrow

  13-03-2025 14:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Survivors, Fireflies, Scars, and even Clickers may be wondering where to pre-order the Limited Edition Last of Us DualSense controller tomorrow, and I'm here to help. This is the latest in a long line of limited edition PS5 controllers, and from covering all of their pre-order launches, I have a pretty good idea where to point you towards.Let's get the details out of the way first of all. The Limited Edition Last of Us DualSense controller will be available for pre-order at 10am local time on Ma
  
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• World of Warcraft's new housing system lets you decorate without the floating hacks I've been using in Final Fantasy 14 for 11 years, and I weep

  13-03-2025 13:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Upon showcasing more of the exciting housing features and customization to come to World of Warcraft, developer Blizzard has once more caught the attention of another MMO's own community – that of Final Fantasy 14.Just one month ago, World of Warcraft had Final Fantasy 14 players (it's me, I'm players) in a chokehold with its revolutionary housing system – in other words, a housing system that has no pesky lottery or high costs, and one that doesn't rip your home from you if you don'
  
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• I've found my Assassin's Creed Shadows playstyle, thanks to this clip of Yasuke smashing dudes with a huge club instead of sneaking around

  13-03-2025 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Look, I love a well-planned stealthy assassination as much as the next guy, but sometimes you just need to beat someone up with a big stick. That's exactly what Yasuke does in a new Assassin's Creed Shadows clip that shows him going ham on some enemies with a kanabo.Kanabo quite literally translates to metal rod (according to DeepL). It's a spiked or studded two-handed club that was actually used in feudal Japan by samurai, so it's the perfect weapon for Yasuke.In the clip, we see Yasuke absolut
  
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• Eternals star Gemma Chan is hopeful she'll return to the MCU someday: "There's unfinished business there"

  13-03-2025 13:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Eternals star Gemma Chan hopes to eventually return to the MCU – though she hasn't heard anything yet.Eternals was released back in November 2021, but there's been no word on a sequel or reappearance from the titular team ever since."You never know. We're often the last people to find out," Chan told ComicBook.com. "I don't know, I'm keeping the faith. I feel like there's unfinished business there and there's more story to tell, but we'll see."Chan played Sersi in Eternals, but she also ap
  
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• "A lot of the joy is in the difficulty": After spending 400+ hours dying 15,000 times in a painful Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree run, streamer admits challenges have "ruined normal gaming" for him

  13-03-2025 13:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Soulsborne community is packed with people determined to make difficult games even harder, but that has its consequences, as one Elden Ring player fresh off their latest challenge run victory admits that taking on trials like his recent Shadow of the Erdtree playthrough have "ruined normal gaming" for him.Last year, streamer Dan Gheesling embarked on a grand quest in Shadow of the Erdtree, aiming to complete the whole thing without using the DLC's Scadutree Fragments (essential to boost your
  
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• The Last of Us season 2 trailer breaks HBO viewing records, becoming the network's most-watched trailer

  13-03-2025 13:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest trailer for The Last of Us season 2 has broken records for HBO and Max, proving that hype is at an all-time high for the new installment of the hit show.The new trailer, which was released this past weekend (March 8) during the show's panel at SXSW, hit 158 million views in its first three days, making it HBO and Max's most-watched trailer during that time period – an increase of 160% on previous trailers for the show, according to HBO.At SXSW, showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil D
  
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• Nicole Kidman’s hit Netflix show could be returning for another season, but she won’t be coming back

  13-03-2025 13:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nicole Kidman's new Netflix show might be coming back for season 2, but she won’t be returning. The Perfect Couple is on its way to renewal, and it'll become an anthology series if it does continue.The Perfect Couple season 2 is tentatively underway, Variety reports, though Netflix hasn't given the final thumbs up just yet. The first season of the drama show starred Kidman and Liev Schreiber as a bride and groom whose wedding becomes a literal murder scene.Everyone in attendance requires s
  
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• Sony just dropped new PS5 Astro Bot console bundles with the kind of astronomically good savings I haven't seen in over a year

  13-03-2025 13:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony launched a fully blown State of Play last month, but the tech giant chose this week to drop two new PS5 bundles. It's taken a little while, but the brand's robotic mascot has finally taken center stage, with two Astro Bot console bundles up for grabs - both including a free copy of the game and a discount on the device itself, which is a bit a rarity where PS5 bundles are concerned.The disc edition bundle, available for $449.99 at PS Direct, includes a PS5 Slim model and a digital voucher c
  
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• Sony just dropped brand-new PS5 Astro Bot console bundles, but I wish it brought back one thing

  13-03-2025 13:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony launched a fully blown State of Play last month, but the tech giant chose this week to drop two new PS5 bundles. It's taken a little while, but the brand's robotic mascot has finally taken center stage, with two Astro Bot console bundles up for grabs - both including a free copy of the game and a discount on the device itself. Sadly, they're both missing one vital thing that would make the bundles complete, that glorious Astro Bot Dualsense controller. But these brand-new bundles appear to
  
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• Netflix wants Daniel Craig to join the cast of Greta Gerwig's Narnia movie – but it's not certain if he'll take it

  13-03-2025 13:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Greta Gerwig's upcoming Chronicles of Narnia movie has reportedly made an offer to Daniel Craig. It's not clear what role he's been approached for or if he's keen to take on the part, but Deadline reports Netflix is keen to have him involved.The publication writes: "Sources stress that it is unknown whether Craig will ultimately come on board, but they do add that he does hold the offer." This is the second potential bit of casting news we've had on the movie as Charlie XCX was reportedly in con
  
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• 4 years after shutting down, this dead sci-fi MMO is being brought back to life, but there's no word on its canceled TV show tie-in

  13-03-2025 13:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  A dead sci-fi MMO that had a companion TV show of the same name, Defiance, is being brought back to life by Fawkes, a studio "dedicated to reviving treasured titles," and I'm angry at myself for not having heard about it sooner.Defiance is a 2013 MMO about humanity and aliens trying to coexist on Earth after extraterrestrials invaded and terraformed the planet. The mix of futuristic sci-fi and gritty post-apocalypse sounds cool, but as PC Gamer reported, it never made much of a splash. According
  
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• City-builder dev implores Valve to give devs real social media tools on Steam, because they're "terrified of the future market" and need a "solution for indie sustainability"

  13-03-2025 13:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Developer Tomas Sala has called on Valve to improve Steam's social functionality so indie devs can maintain an audience in between games rather than restarting from scratch on social media. He calls it the "one solution for indie sustainability I have."Tomas Sala is known as the mostly-solo developer behind throwback flight combat sim The Falconeer and its city-building spin-off Bulwark, and he's now "lobbying and begging" Valve "to bring some social and follower improvements to Steam, so we can
  
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• 21 years later, the Friends spin-off nobody asked for is streaming for free

  13-03-2025 13:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  21 years after its release, Friends spin-off Joey is available to stream – and for free on YouTube.Although, this comes with the caveat that it's only the first two episodes currently available on the official Friends channel. The show ran for two seasons between 2004 and 2006 and was ultimately scrapped due to low ratings. Eight episodes were never aired by NBC, but were broadcast internationally via other channels.The spin-off revolved around Matt LeBlanc's Joey Tribbiani, following him
  
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• George Lucas' unmade Star Wars show was so expensive and risky that it would have cost $40 million per episode and “blown up the whole Star Wars universe"

  13-03-2025 12:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's not a story Disney would tell you. Long before The Mouse House acquired Lucasfilm and Star Wars in 2012, George Lucas had planned for an ambitious TV show set in a galaxy far, far away.Now, producer Rick McCallum explains why Star Wars: Underworld never got off the ground – and it was largely due to budget concerns.Speaking on the Young Indy Chronicles podcast (H/T Variety), McCallum described Star Wars: Underworld's failure to get made as "one of the great disappointments of our live
  
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• Graphic novel that inspired one of Tom Cruise's highest-rated actioners is being turned into an anime movie

  13-03-2025 12:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  All You Need is Kill, the graphic novel that inspired acclaimed sci-fi action movie Edge of Tomorrow, is getting the anime treatment.According to Crunchyroll, CGI artist Kenichiro Akimoto (Children of the Sea, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights) is set to direct for STUDIO 4°C. Despite there already being a teaser, which you can watch above, the voice cast remains under wraps for now. Judging by the description on YouTube, though, it's going to be told from the perspective of secondary characte
  
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