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• Devs behind beloved destruction-focused racing game Wreckfest launch the sequel in early access with a trailer full of physics glitches and fatal error messages

  21-03-2025 23:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wreckfest 2 has just entered Steam Early Access, and while developer Bugbear has already brought the world beloved destruction-focused racer once before, the trailer that's accompanied the launch makes no bones about the fact that this is, indeed, an early access game. A really early access game.The release trailer for Wreckfest 2 shows off some impressive destruction tech and great-looking grungy cars, sure, but it also showcases greyboxes, non-Euclidean neck movement, and even a genuine fatal
  
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• The Russo Brothers say Robert Downey Jr. "tried to talk us into" doing another Avengers movie but they "said no" until they heard the pitch for Doomsday: "That story has to be told"

  21-03-2025 22:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Russo Brothers say it was Kevin Feige who pitched Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom appearance - but they didn't say yes until they had the right story."That was Kevin [Feige]. And interestingly enough about that is that conversation was had a while ago. Robert [Downey Jr.] tried to talk us into doing it and we said, 'No' ... We just didn't have a story," Joe Russo told Omelette (via Newsweek). "We didn't have a way in, right? We were resistant for a while. And then one day ["Avengers: Endgame
  
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• Former Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida says the PlayStation marketing team had to completely redesign Crash Bandicoot in PS1 commercials because he was too ugly for the Japanese market

  21-03-2025 22:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sorry to get personal so quickly but, do you think Crash Bandicoot is handsome? The Japanese PlayStation marketing team certainly didn't, so they guided the publisher toward redesigning the unsightly creature for local commercials around the game's 1996 release."The eyes were green," former Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida says about Crash Bandicoot in a new interview with gaming personality Kyle Bosman. "The, you know, [he] had a really, uh, thick, um – what was the name of this part? Eyebro
  
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• 3,348 days later, American Truck Simulator is finally delivering the DLC I've been waiting for longer than Hollow Knight fans have been anticipating Silksong

  21-03-2025 22:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  After nine years, two months, and one day, it's finally happening: American Truck Simulator is about to reach Missouri. The devs have confirmed that my home state's DLC pack is set to launch on April 3, 2025, and I'm ready to give it the GOTY crown right here and now.American Truck Simulator launched back in February 2016, and while I've never logged the hours that the game's biggest superfans have managed, it's a terrifically relaxing thing that I try to dive back into every time a new DLC stat
  
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• Marvel Rivals devs know exactly how popular Invisible Woman is, and say that "body shape or silhouette" add to a character's popularity in a way far more innocent than the internet deserves

  21-03-2025 19:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  You can compare Marvel Rivals to Overwatch in a lot of ways - including the unrelenting thirst many of the game's fans have for its cast. Never has that been more apparent than with the debut of Sue Storm and her thirst-trapping Malice skin, and the devs are well aware of just how popular they've made the character.Rivals has presented a great opportunity to showcase "characters that have no limelight," according to Marvel Games executive producer Danny Koo, speaking to GamesRadar+ during an int
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke says indie poker roguelike Balatro was his 2024 GOTY, beating out Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Astro Bot, and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

  21-03-2025 19:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Roguelike deckbuilder Balatro has collected a startling amount of accolades since it took the world by storm last year, winning Best Indie Game at the 2024 Golden Joystick Awards, scooping up three awards at the Game Awards, and just this week taking home Game of the Year at the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards. On top of numerous other prestigious awards, you might assume Balatro has had its day, but you'd be wrong, as developer LocalThunk has yet another accomplishment to celebrate, and that
  
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• Cherry just launched its first ever wireless headset, and it's going big on battery

  21-03-2025 19:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cherry has added to their already fruitful array of gaming accessories with the launch of the Cherry XTRFY H3 Wireless. Known for their Cherry MX switches, gaming keyboards, mice, and the XTRFY H1 and H2 headsets, Cherry has now decided to step things up a notch with their first ever wireless gaming headset - which looks like it has e-sports fans in its sights. However, it's that above-average 100 hour battery life that has us intrigued. While a few wireless cups can stretch up to 110 or 120 hou
  
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• Ahead of Terraria's sixth final update, one dedicated fan has led the creation of the sandbox survival game's ultimate (and first) modpack

  21-03-2025 18:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's a great time to be a Terraria stan, it seems, between tModLoader hitting its all-time peak on Steam and the long-awaited 1.4.5 update drawing closer than ever before – but prior to its upcoming release, one fan has managed to spice things up via a master modpack.Master modpack meaning an accessible bundle of pretty much any and every Terraria mod a player could ever want or need, in this scenario – and it's dubbed "The Bereft Souls." Brome, the man who organized the modpack's co
  
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• Helldivers 2 players "became obsessed" with Malevolon Creek, but it was Gabe Newell who really kicked off one of Super Earth's bloodiest battles

  21-03-2025 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've been playing Helldivers 2 since it first launched last year, then there's a good chance you're a veteran of Malevelon Creek. Dubbed "robot Vietnam" due to its dense jungle and intense fights, those early days of the game when our stratagems were weaker and we hadn't unlocked all the ship modules were brutally difficult. But do you remember Mort? And do you know why Gabe Newell almost lost it for Super Earth?At a recent GDC talk, Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt remembers Malevelon Creek a
  
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• Pokemon Legends: Z-A's director appears to be a Xenoblade Chronicles fan, and I'm now feeling very validated about a tiny detail I spotted in the upcoming RPG's gameplay trailer

  21-03-2025 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Legends: Z-A is finally gearing up for release later this year, and while we only just found out who its director is in the last week, we've just figured out something else about him that I for one am hoping might have an impact on the upcoming RPG – he appears to be a Xenoblade Chronicles fan.Haruka Tochigi has been credited on multiple Pokemon games since Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, but Legends: Z-A will be his first time directing a game. Clearly though, he's got very good ta
  
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• Less than 40 hours later, Bloodborne master completes world's first, no leveling dance pad run of the 10-year-old Soulslike after proving herself with Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring: "I knew this would be a grueling experience"

  21-03-2025 18:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bloodborne's streets of sludge are grim enough without the added strain of a cardio routine, but Twitch streamer Gloomshadows decided to push her pulse to the limit anyway with what seems to be the world's first, no leveling dance pad run of FromSoftware's 10-year-old nightmare.The ultimately successful, ridiculously impressive run took Gloomshadows just under 40 hours to complete – not including the 10 hours of off-stream practice she devoted to defeating Bloodborne's cheetah-fast father
  
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• Christopher Nolan is "like an indie filmmaker" with a huge budget says The Odyssey star: "He's not doing it by committee"

  21-03-2025 18:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Christopher Nolan's next epic, The Odyssey, is currently in production. One of the stars, John Leguizamo has spoken about what it’s like to be on a Nolan set, and it's not quite the same as working on other blockbusters.During an interview on Morning Joe on MSNBC, Leguizamo was asked about becoming part of Nolan’s upcoming movie. The hosts joke about Nolan being pretty far-flung from the world of independent filmmaking, but Leguizamo believes the Inception and Tenet director still ma
  
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• Meet Gold Tiger, the young Wakandan hero whose origin will be revealed in New Champions #4

  21-03-2025 18:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  The New Champions are Marvel's latest incarnation of its team of teen spin-off characters who bear the legacies of popular Marvel heroes. Though most of the New Champions originated as speculative characters designed for variant covers, their current ongoing title has established how many of them actually fit into the Marvel Universe.The New Champions ongoing series has brought in numerous heroes taken from the variant cover series that gives the comic its name, along with other recently debuted
  
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• Marvel Rivals exec isn't afraid of roster bloat after NetEase promised new heroes every 6 weeks: “There's no limit for the sky. We just throw everything at it”

  21-03-2025 17:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are currently 37 playable heroes in Marvel Rivals, a sort of mind-boggling number when you remember that the mega-shooter only came out around four months ago and its already welcomed four new fantastic characters in that time. For reference - and I'm not saying quantity equals quality - the Overwatch 2 roster that first started growing in 2016 has 42 heroes. But Marvel Rivals' executive producer isn't worried about the game becoming bloated as they continue to pump out playable characters
  
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• Sci-fi JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X's overpowered combat system is back in Definitive Edition, and it's taken fans mere hours to deal millions of damage in 1 hit: "New Arts are so broken"

  21-03-2025 17:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  The enhanced Nintendo Switch port of sci-fi JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X has been out for a grand total of one day, but it took dedicated fans just hours to break its combat system in order to deal millions of damage in a single hit.If you're a person with great taste and played XCX on the Wii U, this might not come as a massive shock. The JRPG has a lot of complex combat mechanics and stats that can be, frankly, incredibly overwhelming to look at, and it'd be very easy to play through the whole
  
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• Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS pre-orders are now live, and I'm hoping it's a second wind for the handheld

  21-03-2025 17:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lenovo Legion Go S SteamOS pre-orders are finally here, and you can now reserve the gaming handheld at Best Buy, It's a chunk cheaper than the Windows 11 edition that arrived last month, something I think will help it win over players looking for a premium Steam Deck alternative.Set to arrive May 25, there are two versions of the Lenovo Legion Go S Steam OS edition listed right now. The first comes in at $549 at Best Buy and features the same Z2 GO APU as the Legion Go S Windows 11 version paire
  
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• Pokemon TCG Pocket is getting yet another new expansion as the addition of shinies and Gen 9 Pokemon keep free-to-play players drowning in new cards to collect

  21-03-2025 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon TCG Pocket has lifted the veil on its next expansion, Shining Revelry, which launches on March 27 alongside the game's first ranked season. As the name implies, the big addition for this expansion is going to be shiny Pokemon."The new Shining Revelry themed booster pack allows players to discover a variety of Shiny Pokémon cards - featuring fan-favorites such as Charizard ex, Lucario ex, and Pachirisu - by opening digital booster packs and using the wonder pick feature," as The Po
  
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• Assassin's Creed Shadows lets you add dozens of cute animals to your hideout, and all you have to do is pet them

  21-03-2025 16:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Everyone stop what you're doing. Assassin's Creed Shadows not only lets you pet all the cute cats and dogs; it lets you collect them and take them back to your hideout.The most beloved Twitter account of all, Can You Pet the Dog, shares a video where the hideout in Shadows becomes absolutely filled to the brim with adorable Shiba Inu. The clip starts off by showing Naoe petting one of the cute critters, and then in the hideout's build menu, you can place as many Shiba Inu as you have space for.C
  
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• One Severance season 2 fan theory gives even bleaker meaning to Mark S's Cold Harbor mission

  21-03-2025 16:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  This article contains major spoilers for Severance season 2, episode 10.Following the Apple TV Plus show's thrilling season 2 finale, Severance fans are trying to unpick what that 'Cold Harbor' reveal *really* means – and some of their theories are soul-crushing.In episode 10, viewers learned that 'Cold Harbor' was a codename for a set of numbers Mark S. had to sort down in Macrodata Refinement, and that said "files" made up different personalities for his wife Gemma's innies. Mark S. ment
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Hans Capon actor wants another sequel, and even though he's already got his own ideas, he thinks "Warhorse will smash it" regardless: "They never get it wrong"

  21-03-2025 15:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's Hans Capon actor Luke Dale is already hoping for another game in Warhorse's action RPG series, and he's got a clear idea of what he wants to see in it, too.Speaking in an interview with Dan Allen Gaming on YouTube (further below), Dale expresses his hopes for the series to continue long into the future, and when asked what he'd do with a potential third game if he was able to call the shots, he already has an answer in mind."If money wasn't a problem and time wasn't
  
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• Joining the chorus of positive reviews, Baldur's Gate 3 developer says Assassin's Creed Shadows has the series' best combat "in years"

  21-03-2025 15:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  We haven't even hit its first weekend yet, but praise for Assassin's Creed Shadows can be found in just about every corner of the interweb - and joining the chorus of positive reviews is Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director Michael 'Cromwelp' Douse.The Larian Studios lead chimed in on the game in a new social media post. "I really like the combat in AC Shadows," he wrote before comparing it to the AssCreeds of yesteryear. "It feels tight and deliberate, with a welcome return to the clear counte
  
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• I didn’t expect this post-apocalyptic anime RPG to be a cozy game, but a new Girls’ Frontline 2 update is bringing the vibes

  21-03-2025 15:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  In today’s market of free-to-play anime-inspired RPGs, it’s easy for some hidden gems to fly under the radar. While over two million players have downloaded Girls’ Frontline 2 since its global release, there's still plenty of you who are yet to get in on the action – and it may just be the fresh take on tactical RPG gameplay you didn’t know you needed. And there's never been a better time to check out Girls' Frontline 2 because it's getting a major free update today
  
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• Alien: Earth gets "suspenseful" teaser in behind-closed-doors showcase of Noah Hawley’s new sci-fi show

  21-03-2025 15:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Some more Alien: Earth footage is doing the rounds at Disney. Sadly, we can't see it yet, because it's only been shown to shareholders in a behind-closed-doors portion of a showcase. It sounds cool, though!At the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Disney CEO Bob Iger shared little teases for several upcoming movies and new TV shows. The Alien TV show was part of his presentation, but didn't make it to the public stream.Deadline managed to see the whole thing, and the outlet described the "susp
  
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• Sweet Tooth creator Jeff Lemire revisits the early days of Batman's second Robin, Jason Todd

  21-03-2025 15:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sweet Tooth creator Jeff Lemire and artist Dustin Nguyen are reuniting to create a follow up to their 2022 limited series, Robin & Batman. Where the original run of that series retold the early days of the Caped Crusader's partnership with Dick Grayson, this new three-issue limited series focuses instead on Jason Todd, the troubled second Robin who fought by Bruce Wayne's side during the '80s before being murdered by the Joker."Batman has a new Robin, Jason Todd" reads DC's synopsis for the
  
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• A viral creepy Reddit story about a missing girl is being made into a thriller movie with Madame Web's Sydney Sweeney

  21-03-2025 14:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sydney Sweeney is bringing a viral Reddit short story to life with a new movie – and it sounds seriously creepy.Sweeney is set to star in and produce the movie, which is based on the story 'I to be a missing girl so I could rob her family.' The story was posted on r/nosleep, a subreddit dedicated to creepy short stories, four years ago and currently has nearly 4,000 upvotes.Written by Joe Cote, a high school English teacher, it follows a woman who turns up on a family's doorstep pretending
  
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• Silo and Severance season 2 may have scored over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, but Apple is reportedly losing over $1 billion a year on streaming

  21-03-2025 14:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite housing smash hit TV shows such as Severance and Silo and a whole hoard of original movies, Apple is apparently losing a lot of money on streaming.A new report from the Information shows that Apple is losing over $1 billion a year on streaming. The loss is mainly due to the company overspending on content. This comes after Apple TV Plus did some cutting back in 2024, where they spent around $4.5 billion on content compared to the $5 billion they were shelling out a year since the streame
  
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• Netflix's new horror anime series The Summer Hikaru Died is coming this year, and it has a creepy new poster to set the tone

  21-03-2025 13:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix's new horror anime series The Summer Hikaru Died has a release window – and an unnerving new poster.The series is based on Mokumokuren's manga of the same name, which revolves around teenager Yoshiki, whose closest friend Hikaru becomes possessed by a strange, supernatural being.Netflix has announced the anime will be arriving this year, and the poster, which you can see below, at first glance looks like a pretty idyllic scene featuring Yoshiki and Hikaru – until you notice t
  
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• While Bethesda celebrates The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion's 19th birthday with a "Happy Anniversary" post, fans of the RPG had more in mind: "It would be perfect to... announce something"

  21-03-2025 13:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite the supposed Oblivion remake leaks circulating recently, Bethesda Game Studios still has yet to confirm a new release of its now 19-year-old Elder Scrolls gem.Oblivion first launched on March 20, 2006, nearly two decades ago. Its 19th birthday fell just one day ago, as celebrated by Bethesda in an online post. "Happy Anniversary to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion," writes the studio, "thank you for sharing in our worlds." While the company clearly isn't ignoring the important date itself
  
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• "I don't think AI can take away our creative voices": Assassin's Creed Shadows Naoe actor thinks AI will only push people toward "human creativity"

  21-03-2025 13:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Generative AI in video games continues to be a hot button topic, but Assassin's Creed Shadows star Masumi Tsunoda is refreshingly hopeful about a future for actors.Actors across the industry who are represented by SAG-AFTRA have been striking against companies, such as Disney, Take-Two, and EA for nearly a year in order to guarantee protections against AI. As more companies look to cut corners and replace human workers with artificial intelligence, the union is essentially calling for "fair comp
  
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• Severance renewed for season 3 at Apple TV Plus, and Adam Scott has the perfect Lumon-style response

  21-03-2025 13:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Severance has officially been renewed for season 3, just a few hours after its season 2 finale premiered on Apple TV Plus. The hit sci-fi series is undoubtedly one of the best Apple TV Plus shows and has broken plenty of records for the streamer, which means this news isn't particularly unexpected.Creator Dan Erickson and executive producer Ben Stiller have responded to the news,with the latter calling working on the show one of the more "creatively exciting experiences" of his life. He added in
  
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• Assassin's Creed Shadows looks like the success Ubisoft needed as it tops Steam charts

  21-03-2025 13:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Shadows is the success story Ubisoft needs as it takes the number one spot on Steam's top sellers chart in multiple countries.Assassin's Creed Shadows only came out yesterday, but it's already the top-selling Steam game in the US, UK, Brazil, Singapore, and more countries. The game's official Twitter account writes: "Excited to be back… Full Steam ahead! Thank you for your support, Assassins!"
  Excited to be back… Full Steam ahead! 😊Thank you for your suppor
  
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• Mean Girls star Amanda Seyfried was offered the role of Gamora in the MCU, but turned it down because she thought Guardians of the Galaxy would be "Marvel's first bomb"

  21-03-2025 13:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mean Girls and Mamma Mia! star Amanda Seyfried has revealed that she was offered the role of Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy, but turned it down for a few reasons – including because she didn't think the movie would be a success."I was really scared of the idea of being stuck and painted a different color because of the amount of time [it takes]," she said during an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast."It was a giant opportunity. I had just met James [Gunn] in person. He is wond
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds' first free title update is getting a showcase next week to unveil "a host" of new additions coming to the action RPG

  21-03-2025 13:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Monster Hunter Wilds showcase is on the way, this time to give a proper look at the action RPG's first free title update that's arriving early next month.Announced today, the showcase – which is being hosted by producer Ryozo Tsujimoto – will take place next week on Tuesday, March 25, at 7am PT / 10am ET / 2pm GMT. So far, it looks like the returning Leviathan monster Mizutsune is the star of the update, so we can almost certainly expect to see some of that, but Capcom teases "
  
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• Severance season 2 finale's original script "explained more" about Lumon's agenda, but creator Dan Erickson "wanted to leave room for people to discuss"

  21-03-2025 13:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  This article contains spoilers for Severance season 1, episode 10. If you've yet to watch, and don't want to know anything that happens, turn back now!In true Severance style, the Apple TV Plus show's season 2 finale managed to clear some things up while simultaneously posing more questions – particularly when it comes to the sinister goings-on at Lumon Industries.Now, creator Dan Erickson has revealed that the episode originally "explained more" about the wider mystery. But they cut a bun
  
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• Harry Potter and Spider-Man producers reportedly in talks to develop new James Bond movie

  21-03-2025 13:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  After the shock news that Amazon now has full creative control over James Bond, a new movie is reportedly in development.The update comes courtesy of Puck, which reports that David Heyman and Amy Pascal are in talks to "shepherd the next iteration of James Bond." Though, according to the report, nothing can be made official until the transaction with outgoing producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson is wrapped up.Heyman has produced the likes of Barbie, Harry Potter, and Paddington, whil
  
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• A WWE champion has joined the roster of an under-the-radar Netflix wrestling anime

  21-03-2025 12:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Under-the-radar Netflix wrestling anime Kinnikuman: Perfect Origin Arc is adding to its roster with a decorated WWE and New Japan Pro-Wrestling champion.As per Anime News Network, Shinsuke Nakamura (who has held several prestigious titles in his career) will play Kamandas, a 'colleague' of long-time series villain Warsman.The second season of Kinnikuman's comeback anime is currently streaming on Netflix in most territories. It follows in a long line of series that adapt the Japanese animated wre
  
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• James Cameron's early cut of Avatar 3 is "absolutely breathtaking," according to Disney CEO Bob Iger

  21-03-2025 12:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avatar 3 is set to arrive later this year, and Disney is talking up James Cameron’s blockbuster sequel. According to CEO Bob Iger, the next installment of the Na'vi saga is truly startling.He commented about the upcoming movie during the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. In a section dedicated to the coming year of releases, Iger mentions seeing an early cut of Avatar: Fire and Ash. "It is absolutely breathtaking," he says.Unlike many of the other movies mentioned, such as The Fantastic
  
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• Split Fiction is already being turned into a movie as "top Hollywood studios" reportedly start a bidding war over the co-op sensation

  21-03-2025 12:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Good news gamers, just months after being released, one of the best co-op games Split Fiction is the next game in line to get the movie adaptation, as studios line up to bid on the rights.Multiple studios are currently looking to bid on the rights for the upcoming movie at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, where "offers for the rights keep coming in from multiple top Hollywood studios," according to Variety. In fact, work on the film has already started as the outlet has als
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach actor says CEOs "just want to save money" with AI: "It'll destroy their reputation, their company, everything"

  21-03-2025 12:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amid the controversial rise of AI in video game production, Baldur's Gate 3 voice actor Samantha Béart condemns those in higher-up positions who use it to save an easy buck.Speaking to Edge, Béart explains why such individuals employ AI – and unsurprisingly, it's money. "Essentially, [CEOs pushing AI] just want to save money," says the actor. "In the long term, it'll destroy their reputation, their company, everything." As for actors, Béart doesn't see a world in which
  
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• There's a perfect Game of Thrones parallel in the Severance season 2 finale

  21-03-2025 12:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warning: This article contains spoilers for the Severance season 2 finale.Apple TV Plus's most mysterious show has come to an end as the Severance season 2 finale finally answered some questions. However, it's not just revelations about Cold Harbor and implications for Severance season 3 that fans are obsessing about, but also a neat parallel with Game of Thrones.After only appearing briefly earlier in the season, Gwendoline Christie's Lorne returns in the finale, along with a baby goat. She ent
  
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• Dystopian action thriller from GTA veteran has a "fake open world," and its devs want playing it to feel like "bingeing your favorite Netflix show"

  21-03-2025 12:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Action-adventure thriller MindsEye is the next game from GTA veteran Leslie Benzies, and its devs want playing it to feel like "bingeing your favorite Netflix show."Developed by Build a Rocket Boy, MindsEye puts you into the shoes of former soldier Jacob Diaz, who's been fitted with a neural implant called – you guessed it – the MindsEye. Being set in a dystopian near-future fictional setting of Americana (specifically, the city of Redrock), described as "a world where AI, high-tech
  
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• Former Valve exec recounts the meeting where Half-Life's publisher almost killed the iconic FPS: "Half-Life would quietly die. I was stunned"

  21-03-2025 12:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  A former Valve executive has recalled the time when Half-Life's original publisher almost abandoned the game and pulled marketing funds, nearly leaving the hugely influential shooter as a footnote in history.Ex-Valve CMO Monica Harrington, in a recent panel from the Game Developer's Conference, once again remembered an era where the company wasn't a monolithic force in PC gaming - it was instead a fresh-faced studio fighting to make its debut game about escaping an alien-infested research facili
  
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• Kevin Feige was behind the decision to bring Robert Downey Jr. in as Doctor Doom, and the conversation was had "a while ago"

  21-03-2025 11:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avengers: Doomsday co-director Joe Russo has explained who was behind the shock decision to bring in Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom."That was Kevin [Feige]," Joe Russo revealed in an interview with Omelete. "Interestingly enough about that, that conversation was had a while ago."Marvel Studios' president may have been behind the decision to bring a Doom with a familiar face into the MCU as part of the next pair of Avengers movies, but Joe and Anthony Russo – who helmed both Infinity War
  
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• Ryan Reynolds has given us the weirdest Marvel movie marathon ever to mark 10 years since the first Deadpool movie started filming

  21-03-2025 11:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been 10 years since the first Deadpool movie started filming, and, to mark the occasion, Ryan Reynolds has posted the weirdest Marvel movie marathon ever to Twitter."A decade really zips by. Deadpool started filming 10 years ago," he wrote, accompanied by a black-and-white, 32-second montage of the entire trilogy played at warp speed – and backwards. Check it out below.
  A decade really zips by. Deadpool started filming 10 years ago. ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/dxJXRUURKLMarch 20,
  
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• Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma director Hideaki Itsuno says he's working on a new AAA action game that'll make you say "'I've never seen that in a game before'"

  21-03-2025 01:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hideaki Itsuno, the longtime Capcom developer known for directing Devil May Cry 2-5, Dragon's Dogma and Dragon's Dogma 2, and many other games since the mid-'90s, has revealed he's working on a brand new AAA action game at his new studio, LightSpeed Japan.LightSpeed Japan is an offshoot of the Tencent-owned developer of PUBG Mobile, LightSpeed Studios, with Itsuno serving as its studio head. During Game Developers Conference 2025 (via Gematsu), LightSpeed Studios revealed its "original IP initia
  
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• Astro Bot director says precisely what the industry needs to hear: "It's OK to make a small game" because "players today have a backlog of games" they can't complete

  21-03-2025 00:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following its Game of the Year win at last year's Game Awards, Astro Bot just took home another award, this time for having a director that's saying exactly what the video game industry needs to hear right now. Yes, I made up the award.Speaking during a Game Developers Conference panel that GamesRadar+ attended, Team Asobi studio head Nicolas Doucet said the goal at the outset of making Astro Bot was to make a game that could be finished in a reasonable amount of time."From the start, we were in
  
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