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• Steam's Lovecraftian Days event is a week-long cosmic horror blowout, and you can get my favorite cozy spooky game of the decade for just $12

  14-04-2025 23:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  The third annual Steam Lovecraftian Days event is live, bringing thousands of cosmic horror reveals, free demos, and steep discounts on eldritch RPGs, roguelikes, and even cozy games. From now until (ostensibly) April 21, all sorts of Lovecraft-inspired horror games are available for some of the cheapest prices we've seen, and on top of that there's all sorts of bone-chilling free demos and announcements to check out.Right at the top, I'd implore pretty much everyone reading this to take advanta
  
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• "The entire industry is totally and completely clogged": Ex Helldivers, WoW devs' studio CEO says new MMO won't be another live service shooter for "dudes in black T-shirts and jeans," which makes it perfect

  14-04-2025 23:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  I wouldn't have ever gotten into video games had it not been for the so-called "girl games" that got me into the hobby as a child – various kinds of Barbie Armageddon taught me I – as a girl, and now a woman with an interest in platform heels – could find creative refuge in games. But Blue Scarab CEO Colin Cragg knows the industry's current churn of fire-powered hero shooters haven't recognized 2000's girls as a serious gaming demographic in years.With a dev team that includes
  
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• American Truck Simulator makes good on 26 days of rampant community speculation by revealing the Road Trip update, which is going to let you just cruise the US in regular cars

  14-04-2025 22:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  On March 19, American Truck Simulator developer SCS Software posted a brief, mysterious teaser video full of engine noises that set the community into rampant speculation mode. Now, nearly a month later, the devs have revealed this was a tease for a project called "Road Trip," which is going to let you cruise the highways from behind the wheels of normal street cars."In the past, we've shared our ambition to expand the ways players can engage with the game world – not just through driving
  
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• James Gunn quietly revealed a huge Superman spoiler that has me more excited for the movie than ever

  14-04-2025 22:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  James Gunn seems to have sneakily dropped a huge Superman spoiler in the background of an otherwise innocuous social media post, and it's one of the things I've been waiting to see ever since the movie was announced.I'll be discussing some potential spoilers for Superman ahead, so if you don't want to know anything that isn't in the trailers, stop right here.Still with us? OK. So, on March 10, director James Gunn wished a happy birthday to actor Edi Gathegi, who plays Mister Terrific in Superman
  
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• Assassin's Creed: Shadows has been the best-selling game in the US for each of its first 3 weeks on market

  14-04-2025 20:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Shadows has been the best-selling video game in the US market by dollar sales for each of its first three weeks since launch.This comes from Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, who cites data available through April 5 via Circana's retail tracking service. Year to date, the only game Assassin's Creed Shadows currently trails is Capcom's wildly successful action-RPG Monster Hunter Wilds, which has been breaking sales records left and right.Ubisoft's latest open-world behemoth has bee
  
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• "Marathon will not be a 'full-priced' title": Bungie calms fans' fears around the new extraction shooter's price in a world of $70 and $80 games

  14-04-2025 20:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  We are very close to living in a world where, instead of diamonds, or gold necklaces, or calf leather handbags, people purchase each other the newest $70 or $80 multiplayer title as romantic consolation gifts. Bungie, which will soon release the promising new extraction shooter Marathon, isn't helping by being so secretive about the game's as-of-yet undisclosed price tag."Marathon will be a premium title," Bungie writes in a Twitter post. "Marathon will not be a 'full-priced' title."The admissio
  
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• "Marathon will not be a 'full-priced' title": Bungie calms fans' fears around new the extraction shooter's price in a world of $70 and $80 games

  14-04-2025 20:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  We are very close to living in a world where, instead of diamonds, or gold necklaces, or calf leather handbags, people purchase each other the newest $70 or $80 multiplayer title as romantic consolation gifts. Bungie, which will soon release the promising new extraction shooter Marathon, isn't helping by being so secretive about the game's as-of-yet undisclosed price tag."Marathon will be a premium title," Bungie writes in a Twitter post. "Marathon will not be a 'full-priced' title."The admissio
  
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• I thought Nintendo had forgotten the incredible N64-era water tech that powered Wave Race, but Mario Kart World is bringing it back on Switch 2

  14-04-2025 20:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  I played Wave Race 64 for the first time last year – it's incredible how impressive the water tech still is after all these years – and it seems Nintendo has finally remembered how fun wave-based gameplay is with Mario Kart World on Switch 2. A recent video clip shows how explosive effects on the water-based portions of the tracks can give you new opportunities while racing.In the clip, posted by Andre Segers of GameXplain, we see a blue shell strike a racer in the water, creating a
  
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• As Baldur's Gate 3 fans uncover more of the D&D RPG's cut content, one especially dark scene has fans saying "75% of the playerbase would be killing Astarion" over it

  14-04-2025 18:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's no secret that Baldur's Gate 3 contains its fair share of dark themes and cutscenes, but one especially questionable moment between Astarion and Shadowheart was cut from the final game – and fans aren't sure how to feel about it.Warning: the contents of this article touch on particularly violent scenes that readers might find distressing.The scene in question resurfaced recently following players' datamining of the game, with a Reddit post highlighting its content. An attached clip sh
  
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• XCOM veterans' Star Wars: Zero Company revealed 5 days early as "a single-player turn-based tactics game" with clone troopers and Mandalorians

  14-04-2025 18:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  The mystery Star Wars strategy game from a group of XCOM veterans has officially been announced as Star Wars: Zero Company ahead of a proper reveal at Star Wars Celebration in Japan later this week on April 19. EA is providing the first concrete information we've had on the upcoming Star Wars game since it was vaguely teased years ago.There's not much detail in today's announcement, which simply includes the title, a piece of art showing six characters, and the promise that this is "a single-pla
  
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• Nintendo Switch hardware modder hit with a fine and 3-year suspended sentence after allegedly modifying and selling consoles that could run pirated games

  14-04-2025 17:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  A 58-year-old man previously arrested in Japan under suspicion of violating trademark law by modifying and selling Nintendo Switch consoles has been given a fine and a two-year prison sentence, suspended for three years.Reported by Japanese outlet NTV News (and spotted and translated by Automaton), the man was suspected of taking preowned Nintendo Switch consoles and soldering modified parts onto their circuit boards. Allegedly, these modded consoles were able to run pirated games, and Automaton
  
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• Jessica Jones star Krysten Ritter just shared a new photo of Charlie Cox on her Instagram, and Marvel fans are wondering if this means a Daredevil: Born Again cameo is on the way

  14-04-2025 17:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Krysten Ritter is adding further fuel to the Defenders reunion rumors fire with a new Instagram story featuring former (and maybe future?) co-star Charlie Cox."All the cool kids are reading RETREAT!" she wrote on Instagram, alongside a photo, which you can see below, of Cox wearing a pair of sunglasses and holding Ritter's new novel.
  Charlie Cox in a new shared picture via Krysten Ritter's Instagram pic.twitter.com/TT4nVvZcfeApril 13, 2025
  There have been plenty of rumors about Jessica Jones mak
  
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• New Marvel concept art might be the closest we'll ever get to seeing new Mahershala Ali's Blade in the MCU

  14-04-2025 17:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  It might take a while until we get to finally see Mahershala Ali as Blade in the MCU, but a new concept art just offered a unique version on the character.Marvel artist Justin Kim, who has worked as character designer on Disney Plus' animated show What If...?, just shared some of his designs for season 3 on Instagram. Among his work, which includes a Cowboy Loki and a Punisher-inspired Riri Williams, we can also find a fascinating hybrid between Blade and Moon Knight – the body is Mahersha
  
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• As the Minecraft movie's infamous chicken jockey scene continues going viral, creative fans are basking in the chaos with film-accurate skins and silly mods

  14-04-2025 17:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Standing the test of time as one of the most iconic games ever made, Mojang's sandbox gem Minecraft has recently returned to the limelight thanks to its live-action film and the accompanying infamous chicken jockey scene – a scene players can now recreate in-game.There's been no shortage of Minecraft mods related to the movie since its release, from the add-on that puts Jack Black's Steve voice into the game to a mind-bogglingly film-accurate skin referencing the chicken jockey scene. As a
  
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• HBO's Harry Potter TV show casts two actors with "extraordinary talent" as two fan-favorite characters, confirms Dumbledore and Snape roles

  14-04-2025 16:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  HBO has added stage actor Luke Thallon and returning franchise actor Paul Whitehouse to the cast of the upcoming Harry Potter TV show.Per a new press release, Thallon is set to play Quirinus Quirrell, with Whitehouse, who played Sir Cadogan in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, as Argus Filch. They join John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore; Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall; Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape; and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid. All are set to serve as series regulars (though we kn
  
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• First trailer for Hereditary director's next movie is an immersive social media doomscroll featuring Marvel and Dune stars

  14-04-2025 16:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  A24 has revealed the first teaser for Ari Aster’s upcoming dark comedy slash western thriller Eddington, and it's an immersive social media doomscroll that puts you right in the eye of a political storm.The trailer opens with an Eddington local scrolling through their Instagram feed, where they see a clip of Sheriff Joe Cross (Joaquin Phoenix) speaking to the public. "If you value your life, you should think twice," says Cross, "because the people of Eddington like guns." On the next scrol
  
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• Daredevil: Born Again season 2 set photos give us a new look at Bullseye's suit – but fans wish it was more comic-accurate

  14-04-2025 16:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new photo from the set of Daredevil: Born Again season 2 shows Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock and Wilson Bethel's Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter kitted out in their new Daredevil and Bullseye suits, but fans have mixed feelings about their looks. You can see the set photo through the link below."Dex got the bullseye on his forehead finally!" pointed out one user on Reddit. "Black suit with Double D’s and a bullseye on bullseye!!!! S2 set photos are going super super hard!! Hopefully, they can cra
  
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• Tom Hardy says he was "misquoted" when he talked about a possible Venom and Spider-Man crossover: "It didn’t get killed by anything"

  14-04-2025 16:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tom Hardy got Marvel fans excited when he spoke recently about a possible Venom and Spider-Man crossover that was very close to happening, but was scrapped due to studio politics. However, the actor says now that he was "misquoted", and has set the record straight in a new interview."I didn't say that at all," he clarified to The Hollywood Reporter this week when asked to elaborate on his recent quotes, which suggested that problems between Marvel Studios and Sony led to the cancellation of the
  
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• Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders live: all UK stock as we find it, and the latest on US dates

  14-04-2025 15:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders(Image credit: Future / Nintendo)1. UK pre-orders
  2. US updates
  3. Live reporting
  Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders are now in their second week in the UK, but we're still waiting on a date across the pond. The US was hit with a delay shortly after an April 9 date was revealed, with the brand assessing the impact of new tariffs introduced at the start of the month. We haven't heard anything since then, but UK pre-orders have gone ahead as planned, starting on April 8.That
  
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• Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders live: UK stock enters second week and all the latest on US dates

  14-04-2025 15:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders(Image credit: Future)1. UK pre-orders
  2. US updates
  3. Live reporting
  Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders are now in their second week in the UK, but we're still waiting on a date across the pond. The US was hit with a delay shortly after an April 9 date was revealed, with the brand assessing the impact of new tariffs introduced at the start of the month. We haven't heard anything since then, but UK pre-orders have gone ahead as planned, starting on April 8.That means we've
  
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• Hideo Kojima says Death Stranding 2 has the perfect feature for fans of the action game's lore and not its combat, letting you skip boss fights and read about them instead

  14-04-2025 13:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  As the wait for Hideo Kojima's long-awaited sequel Death Stranding 2 continues, the iconic director has revealed more about the upcoming action game – including a unique feature allowing players less comfortable with combat to skip difficult fights and read about them instead.As translated by Genki in an online post, a recent Koji10 episode on YouTube highlights this special accessibility feature. When encountering boss battles in-game, presumably while playing under the "easy" difficulty,
  
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• Mario Kart World lets you ditch your regular karts and bikes for massive vehicles like trucks and boats mid-race just by driving into them

  14-04-2025 13:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's clearly still a lot more to Mario Kart World than Nintendo has openly shared, as players have discovered huge vehicles just sitting around the courses waiting for you to jump into them.Highlighted by YouTube creator GetMadz on Twitter, one of these vehicles you'll be able to jump into is some kind of beefy boat, allowing you to charge around on water. While the footage shared shows this boat being accessible in the new Free Roam mode, GetMadz notes that he also "found it in a race but di
  
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• The Last of Us season 2 keeps an adorable game Easter egg, and it's made everyone happy: "It was such a relief they showed it"

  14-04-2025 13:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us season 2, episode 1 has kept an adorable Easter egg from the game, and everyone is loving it.Now, mild spoilers for the season premiere will follow. In the new episode, Ellie and Dina go off to explore an abandoned building together. On the wall, eagle eyed viewers might spot that a very cute dog was named employee of the month in July. This also happens in the game, and the date actually corresponds to the combination for a nearby safe.
  Audibly yelled “yeahhh!!” when
  
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• Borderlands director says the movie flopped because you "can't prep a movie on that scale over Zoom": "We all thought we could pull it off and we got our asses handed to us"

  14-04-2025 13:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Borderlands director Eli Roth thinks he knows why the video game adaptation was a flop – and he says COVID-19 is to blame.Released in August 2024 after several delays, the movie made just over $30 million at the global box office on an estimated budget of $115 million and has a critics' score of just 10% on Rotten Tomatoes."I would work with Lionsgate again, I just wouldn’t work under those circumstances and I think none of us anticipated how complicated things were gonna be with COV
  
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• An anime adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run is finally in the works

  14-04-2025 13:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's fan-favorite seventh part Steel Ball Run is finally being adapted into an anime series. Fans have been waiting for this announcement for years, and now we not only have the official confirmation, but also a first teaser that features the entire history of the beloved show.The news dropped last weekend during JoJoDay, a livestream event celebrating the franchise's legacy, and was later posted on X by JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Warner Bros. Japan's official accounts a
  
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• The Last of Us season 2 episode 1's big game change is proving very divisive with fans: "That was the whole point"

  14-04-2025 13:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us season 2 has finally begun and the HBO show has already made some big tweaks from the Naughty Dog game. But be warned, we'll be getting into big spoilers on that below so make sure you've seen the first episode and have played the games.The second season begins with a scene introducing Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) and her group of friends. Set in Salt Lake City – the same location as the end of season 1 – it features the characters speaking about a number of casualties and the
  
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• Death haunts Ellie and Joel in new horror-themed The Last of Us season 2 trailer featuring Seraphites, a new look at Isaac, and another Bloater

  14-04-2025 12:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us season 2 has returned with an explosive first episode, reminding us why it is one of the best shows on Max. But it looks like the best is still yet to come as HBO has dropped a new trailer teasing the rest of the season.The new clip opens with Joel (Pedro Pascal) looking at Ellie’s (Bella Ramsey) new moth tattoo, which he finds out later actually represents death rather than the message of "change and growth" he first thought. It seems as though Ellie’s dark past and t
  
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• Kaitlyn Dever's Abby isn't muscular in The Last of Us season 2 because it wasn't "essential" for the show's story: "There is no gameplay, there is merely observation"

  14-04-2025 12:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've already sat down and watched The Last of Us season 2 opening, you might have noticed that the character of Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) is more slight in stature than her game counterpart.While Abby lacks a physical threat (something that certainly made her stand out in The Last of Us Part 2) co-showrunner Craig Mazin reveals that the muscularity of the character is something that was discussed during the lead-up to the second season. However, a nugget of wisdom from fellow showrunner Neil Dru
  
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• A Minecraft Movie theater carnage has gotten so bad, Jack Black has had to step in

  14-04-2025 12:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Since it was released earlier this month, A Minecraft Movie has become simultaneously a box-office hit and movie theaters' biggest nightmare due to the unruly behavior of some fans. So much so that Jack Black, one of the film's stars, has stepped in before a screening to ask viewers to behave."For today's presentation of A Minecraft Movie, please no throwing popped corn, and also no Lapis Lazuli, and also absolutely no Chicken Jockey," he told the audience (via The Hollywood Handle on X).Of cour
  
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• The Last of Us fans all agree that Isabela Merced's "outstanding" performance as Dina was a high point of season 2 episode 1

  14-04-2025 12:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us season 2 premiere has now hit the small screen. Set five years after the end of season 1, the new episode introduces several new characters from The Last of Us Part 2.One of these is Dina, played by Isabela Merced, who lives in the same settlement in Jackson as Ellie (Bella Ramsey), Joel (Pedro Pascal), and Tommy (Gabriel Luna). Dina and Ellie are friends, and the pair's relationship becomes romantic later in the episode. After only one episode, though, viewers are already big fan
  
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• Apple TV has canceled a beloved show with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, but the finale will be updated with a new ending

  14-04-2025 12:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mythic Quest is no more. Apple TV Plus has scrapped the beloved show after four seasons, according to Variety.The series stars Rob McElhenney, Charlotte Nicdao, Ashly Burch, Jessie Ennis, David Hornsby, and Imani Hakim.But, while the show won't be getting a new season, it will be getting a new ending in an updated finale for season 4."Endings are hard. But after four incredible seasons, Mythic Quest is coming to a close," executive producers Megan Ganz, Hornsby, and McElhenney said in a statemen
  
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• Thanks to the PS5's second price hike in less than 3 years, the console is now more expensive than a Nintendo Switch 2 in multiple regions

  14-04-2025 12:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  The cost of certain PS5 models is once again increasing in many parts of the world as Sony announces what is, for many countries, a second price hike for its current-gen console.Announced yesterday (April 13), Sony confirmed in a blog post that it's "made the tough decision to raise the recommended retail price (RRP) of the PlayStation 5 console in select markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Australia and New Zealand," pointing to the "backdrop of a challenging economic environment,
  
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• Former Dragon Age writer claims "EA always preferred Mass Effect" when he was at BioWare, and the RPG series "was always just shy of the axe since DA Origins"

  14-04-2025 12:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  According to BioWare veteran David Gaider, Dragon Age and Mass Effect publisher EA had a preference for the latter series right from the get-go.Gaider, who worked as the lead Dragon Age writer and setting creator on every game in the RPG series aside from The Veilguard, reveals as much in a recent post online, replying to a follower as part of a thread in which he shares why he left BioWare in 2016 after nearly two decades at the company. "While I was at BioWare, EA *always* preferred Mass Effec
  
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• The Last of Us season 2's opening is an Abby scene because it was "important not to hold back those cards"

  14-04-2025 11:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us season 2's premiere immediately puts those familiar with the games on unsteady ground.Instead of mirroring The Last of Part 2's opening – which sees Joel ride on into Jackson as players get acclimatized to their new surroundings – it instead introduces another character way ahead of schedule.In its place, the opening few minutes instead deal with the aftermath of Joel's actions at the Firefly hospital during The Last of Us season one ending. As the bodies stack up, rin
  
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• Marvel fans have spotted a blink-and-you-miss-it Human Torch easter egg in a new Fantastic Four clip

  14-04-2025 11:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel just dropped a new clip for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and fans have been quick to spot a comic-book reference in the most unexpected place.The four-second clip, shared on X, sees Johnny Storm (played by Joseph Quinn) enjoying a bowl of Lucky Charms cereals. On the front, we can see the mascot L.C. the Leprechaun, a period-accurate recreation of the '60s brand. On the back, however, fans have spotted something juicier: an iconic comic-book image of Human Torch taken from Jack Kirby'
  
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• Who is Eugene? The Last of Us season 2 premiere's off-screen casualty is actually a character you may have missed in the games

  14-04-2025 04:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amid the time skips, fresh feuds, and new characters, you may have been blindsided by one name in particular during The Last of Us season 2 premiere: Eugene.Eugene may not get any screentime, but the deceased husband of Catherine O'Hara's psychotherapist Gail still deserves exploring. Not only does his fate pick away at an emotional wound that is festering between Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), but he's also the latest example of The Last of Us pulling a Bill and Frank-style switc
  
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• A new kind of Infected was just introduced in The Last of Us season 2 episode 1

  14-04-2025 04:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us season 2 episode 1.HBO's beloved sci-fi drama The Last of Us has finally returned with season 2, and it featured some big revelations. Alongside reuniting us with an older Joel and Ellie, and welcoming some fresh faces in Dina and Jesse, the show also introduces a new kind of infected. And boy, are they creepy.In the first episode, Dina and Ellie head on patrol with some other members of the Jackson community before they decide to break
  
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