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• Ex Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida says "of course" The Duskbloods will "be great," but it and Elden Ring Nightreign present a "new challenge" for FromSoftware and boss Hidetaka Miyazaki

  17-04-2025 23:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dark Souls developer FromSoftware may be currently working on not one, but two multiplayer games at the moment – The Duskbloods and Elden Ring Nightreign – but former PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida thinks the studio might have trouble adapting to them. FromSoftware director Hidetaka Miyazaki just isn't a PvP fan, as he's said himself."I think it's a new challenge for [FromSoftware], to design game for multiplayer," Yoshida tells Easy Allies in a recent podcast episode. "Miyazak
  
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• In a custom "nightmare mode" where any damage permanently deletes his character, MMO daredevil ends 15-month Old School RuneScape challenge with a 68-minute finale

  17-04-2025 22:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Adding another feather to his already worryingly feathered cap, Old School RuneScape YouTuber Settled recently capped off an MMO challenge run, which began all the way back in late 2023, with a downright cinematic 68-minute video finale that's hit the OSRS community like a hurricane. With the video sitting at over 510k views after one day, the OSRS community attach rate on Settled content continues to embarrass even console pack-in games.Settled is known for concocting custom rule sets that dram
  
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• Twisted Metal season 2 takes aim at drawn-out reveals with release date trailer, shares first look at Mayhem, Vermin, and Dollface

  17-04-2025 22:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new look at Twisted Metal season 2 has arrived – and with a release date in tow.A release date announcement trailer has arrived, as well as a slew of first-look photos of some of this season's new characters, including Lisa Gilroy as Vermin, Patty Guggenheim as Raven, Saylor Bell Curda as Mayhem, Richard de Klerk as Mr. Grimm, and Tiana Okoye as Dollface.Michael James Shaw is on the cast list, but his character has yet to be revealed – which leads us to believe he's playing none ot
  
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• Spider-Man faces down overwhelming odds as he goes up against a nightmare gallery of his fiercest foes in Amazing Spider-Man #2

  17-04-2025 22:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  What is Spider-Man's worst nightmare? Going up against basically his entire rogues' gallery at once has to be close to the top of the list, and that's exactly what Spidey seems to be up against in this early preview of interior pages from Amazing Spider-Man #2.The pages pick up right where the end of Amazing Spider-Man #1 left off, with Peter Parker suddenly coming face-to-face with an entire cadre of his worst enemies, going on the run across the city as villains such as Kraven, Carnage, Doctor
  
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• In a brutal 60-hour YouTube video, one devoted fan preserves notorious Genshin Impact streamer's legendarily bad luck for all eternity: "What am I doing with my life"

  17-04-2025 21:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  The next time you find yourself struggling to obtain a rare item in a video game, abandoned by lady luck and and dismayed by drop rates, ask yourself this question: has somebody ever made a 60-hour video chronicling your suffering at the hands of RNG? If not, take comfort in the fact that you are at least doing better than Zy0x, a Genshin Impact content creator whose legendarily awful luck has been immortalized in a YouTube video that would take you two and a half days to watch without rest.Firs
  
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• Grossest game of the year doubles as the most kitty friendly, as you can pet real-life cats amid alien gore: "There was like a casting for cats"

  17-04-2025 21:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cronos: The New Dawn – the first original horror IP developer Bloober is working on after its Silent Hill 2 remake – is a rancid reimagining of Soviet-era Poland, and sweet kitties apparently love feasting on the monstrous flesh it's littered with.Or something like that, based on what Cronos co-director Wojciech Piejko told GamesRadar+ during a recent interview at GDC 2025."We've got cats in the game; you can pet them," Piejko said about Cronos, what so far seems to be a retrofuturis
  
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• Diablo 4 teases its first-ever collab: Berserk, the legendary dark fantasy manga that's inspired countless games from Dark Souls to Final Fantasy

  17-04-2025 21:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Diablo 4 is teaming up with the legendary anime Berserk for a crossover event.We don't know a whole lot of details at this point about what specifically is featured in the Diablo 4 x Berserk crossover, but Blizzard released a cinematic teaser trailer on its official Twitter account, and the collaboration looks vaguely promising so far.In the 30-second anime-styled teaser, we see a Diablo Barbarian holding his own against a horde of demons, chopping away at the little buggers with his giant two-h
  
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• 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (April 18 - 20)

  17-04-2025 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The best new movies and TV shows to watch this weekend include some long-awaited TV returns and one of the most talked-about films of the latest awards season. There is always something for everyone among the best streaming services, but it's not always easy to find the hidden (or not so hidden) gem that truly deserves your time, so we're here to help.In this list, we explore the most recent movies and TV shows added on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, Max, Apple TV Plus, and Hulu, sele
  
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• Image's new "fever-dream Cajun crime" comic The Voice Said Kill gets psychedelic in the swamp with shrooms, moonshine, and a "Human Hunt"

  17-04-2025 19:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Writer Si Spurrier is teaming up with artist Vanesa Del Rey, colorist John Starr, and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou for a psychedelic new crime comic from Image titled The Voice Said Kill.And when I say psychedelic, I mean it, as The Voice Said Kill features a totally out there art style that channels the shroom-fueled rampage of its main character into colorful, striking art that looks completely unique.Described as "Fargo meets Deliverance," The Voice Said Kill is a four-issue crime story set
  
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• Tekken 8 game director owns up to Season 2 screwups: "We will continue to make steady, meaningful improvements one by one, and do our utmost to regain your trust"

  17-04-2025 19:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tekken 8's game director has commented on the extremely negatively received Season 2 patch after releasing an emergency patch for the game.While Tekken 8 was pretty beloved at launch, the game's Season 2 update – which was released alongside the new DLC fighter, Anna Williams – has gone down like a lead zeppelin. The patch was intended to encourage more defensive play but ended up making the game even more offensive-focused (for a game that was built around offensive play, that's a b
  
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• The SteelSeries Arctis Game Buds have made me a gaming earbud convert, and now they go wherever I go

  17-04-2025 18:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Coming from a music background, I've had lecturers drilling into my head that headphones (and gaming headsets) are the only things I should have anywhere near my ears. But even without their insistence, I've always preferred the comfort of a pair of cups sitting across my head - until I picked up the SteelSeries Arctis Game Buds.When I finally popped the best gaming earbuds in and discovered not just the remarkable sound quality they could muster, but that a pair of high-quality buds out there e
  
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• Amazon cancels the two Prime spin-offs of the Russo brothers' $300 million action series Citadel

  17-04-2025 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Prime Video has cancelled Honey Bunny and Diana, both of which were spin-offs of the Russo brothers' action series Citadel.Citadel: Honey Bunny revolves around the story of Honey (Samantha Ruth Prabhu) and Bunny (Varun Dhawan), who are the parents of the character Nadia Sinh (who is played by Priyanka Chopra Jonas in the original series).Citadel: Diana follows Diana Cavalieri (Matilda De Angelis), a Citadel agent trapped behind enemy lines within the Manticore organization, after Manticore's des
  
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• "Not everybody needs to get banged": As Patch 8 reinvigorates Baldur's Gate 3, Halsin actor reminds ship-happy fans that some pairs "CAN remain simply platonic you horny little f***ers"

  17-04-2025 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3's Halsin voice actor has reminded fans that just because they're horny for all the characters doesn't mean the characters are as thirsty as them.One of the biggest reasons Baldur's Gate 3 is so beloved is its fantastic main cast of characters, and it got even more popular after everyone decided they were down bad for every single one of them.Before Baldur's Gate 3 even released, Larian was letting players know that you could sleep with old friends, new friends, and even a bear. A
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 is here as the D&D RPG's final update, but it looks like the infamous portrait bug still isn't going anywhere

  17-04-2025 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's official. The long-awaited arrival of Patch 8 for Baldur's Gate 3 is finally upon us, adding various features to the Dungeons & Dragons RPG while simultaneously fixing many of its notorious bugs – except one of the game's most hilarious.Patch 8 is here, bringing everything from cross-play to 12 new subclasses, such as the Circle of Stars Druid, to Baldur's Gate 3. Amid all of the major new features are also countless bug fixes, addressing well-known issues like the infamous armor
  
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• Corsair just dropped a new budget gaming headset that's low on price, but high on quality

  17-04-2025 18:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Corsair has just dropped the Corsair Void Wireless V2 gaming headset, a pair of cups that packs on some premium features but without a premium cost. Despite launching today for just $119.99 / £99.99, it comes with Bluetooth and 2.4GHz connectivity, and is compatible with just about every platform out there, from the PC, PS5, original Nintendo Switch, and Android and iOS-based smartphones.Just like the brands behind the best gaming headsets, like Razer and SteelSeries, Corsair is known to r
  
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• To get through the Kingdom Hearts 4 news drought, Square Enix is re-releasing a 10-game collection full of other already re-released collections

  17-04-2025 17:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kingdom Hearts 4. Where is it? Who knows. But Square Enix is coping with its absence by re-releasing a collection that's full of other collections of previously released games. It's a re-re-releasing frenzy!Kingdom Hearts All-In-One package previously got a physical PS4 release back in 2020 in North America, though the publisher is now sending the collection to EU retailers in June. (Thanks, Gematsu.)But the collection of collections is almost as lovably convoluted as the series lore.For those n
  
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• 30 years later, a lost Mario game has been found – in blood-red screenshots extracted from an old AOL file library

  17-04-2025 17:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Nintendo fan has spotted unreleased screenshots of Mario's lost Virtual Boy adventure, with the title Mario Smash attached.The Virtual Boy was an outright failure in terms of standalone Nintendo platforms, and it was discontinued within five months in Japan and after about a year in the US (and it never even released in Europe). So much so that the likes of Zelda, Metroid, and Donkey Kong never arrived on the platform; hell, even Mario never bothered to make an appearance outside of a couple o
  
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• Crunchyroll president says the anime streaming site is “not considering” using AI in any way when making content

  17-04-2025 17:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  President of Crunchyroll Rahul Purini says the site will not use AI in any way during the creative process of making content."We are not considering AI in the creative process, including our voice actors. We consider them to be creators because they are contributing to the story and plot with their voice," said Purini in an interview with Forbes. The Crunchyroll President added that the site stands with creators both in Japan and everywhere else in striving to maintain authenticity in production
  
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• New Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer shows off Silver Surfer, Reed Richards stretching, and even more of Galactus

  17-04-2025 17:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps has arrived, and it's quite a doozy, showing off all kinds of new footage and new looks at important parts of the film.From the public's love of the Fantastic Four, including kids asking Ben Grimm to lift a car, to the family relationship the team shares centered around the reveal of Sue Storm's pregnancy, to a look at Reed Richards' stretchy powers, the trailer, seen above, is pulling back the curtain on the film's plot even more.We get a look
  
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• Mario Kart World's Free Roam feature is hiding "hundreds" of missions, but I'm not yet convinced that they're going to be better than the DS version's

  17-04-2025 17:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo has lifted the veil on a few more features included in Mario Kart World, and the Switch 2 racing game looks to be packed with content, with Battle Mode returning and Free Roam adding "hundreds" of missions that feel like a throwback to Mario Kart DS's Mission Mode.Shown off during today's Mario Kart World Direct, Nintendo confirmed that, as you'd expect, Battle Mode is back in the upcoming Switch 2 game. As a mainstay feature of the series, this isn't exactly a shock, but it's still gre
  
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• Edge 410 goes hands-on with Cronos: The New Dawn, the new survival horror from Silent Hill 2 studio Bloober Team

  17-04-2025 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the most wonderful things about videogames is their power to transport us to places we’d never have visited otherwise – and increasingly that’s not just imagined fantasy worlds but ones rooted in real-world locations. Bloober Team recently straddled the two, taking us to a supernatural version of small-town America in its excellent Silent Hill 2 remake. But for its follow-up, Cronos: The New Dawn, the developer is returning to its native Poland.For Edge 410’s cover
  
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• The Sandman season 2 trailer teases a terrible family reunion, reveals long-awaited two-part release date

  17-04-2025 16:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  After a three-year hiatus, The Sandman is returning to our screens – and with the rest of the Endless in tow.In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, Destiny (Adrian Lester) summons the Endless: Dream (Tom Sturridge), Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), Despair (Donna Preston), and Delirium (Esmé Creed-Miles). Dream doesn't know why they've been summoned – and it looks like we'll all find out together once the season premieres.Destiny and Delirium are just two of the many new
  
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• Mario Kart World's new outfits include pirate Wario and Pauline in a latex suit, which people are predictably being normal about

  17-04-2025 16:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Mario Kart World Direct has confirmed how unlocking outfits will work in the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive. Meanwhile fans are being... enthusiastic for some of the outfits for characters like Peach and Pauline.While the Mario Kart World Direct wasn't some huge revelation that would blow the doors open and reveal some massive thing to make the $80 less daunting, it did show us even more of everyone's favorite thing about the initial reveal – the cow – and also some new out
  
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• Mario Kart World adds 6 new items to Nintendo's beloved racing game series, including one that hasn't made an appearance in actual races for 33 years

  17-04-2025 16:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  As revealed during today's Mario Kart World Direct, the iconic racing game series' first-ever open-world entry features a variety of new items, ranging from the golden Coin Shell to the high-ranking Magikoopa, Kamek.Mario Kart World boasts many firsts for Nintendo, from its Tony Hawk-style rail-grinding mechanic to its unique off-roading and open-world layout.The game's new items are no exception, starting with the Coin Shell. Upon throwing a shiny Koopa shell, coins will appear in its stead &nd
  
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• After 9 years on Rogue One and Andor, creator Tony Gilroy and Diego Luna say they still want to work together again

  17-04-2025 16:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  The creative partnership between Andor creator Tony Gilroy and Cassian Andor star Diego Luna remains strong, even after nine years together working on this story. Speaking to GamesRadar+, both star and writer say they're open for another collaboration if the right project presents itself."Oh, my God, I would, yeah, if you had the right thing," Gilroy says of the prospect. "On the checklist of why to do the show, because doing a show like this, in the beginning we were signing on for five seasons
  
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• Mario Kart World's retro courses have been "reimagined," so don't expect your muscle memory to carry you through the Switch 2 racing game

  17-04-2025 15:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mario Kart World is racing onto Switch 2 very soon, and Nintendo has now confirmed that retro tracks will be "reimagined" for the new game.Revealed in today's Mario Kart World Direct, we got a good look at a number of returning tracks, including Mario Kart Wii's Toad Factory, MK7's Wario Shipyard, and Double Dash's Peach Beach. At the same time, it was confirmed that these won't just be exact recreations of old favorites."Nostalgic courses from past titles are also here, but now, they're reimagi
  
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• Mario Kart World borrows some tips from the other open-world racing epic Forza Horizon with a handy rewind feature

  17-04-2025 15:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mario Kart World might be binning off Mario Kart 8's anti-gravity driving, but it's replacing it with some brand new gimmicks: an open world and car parkour, which seems much less complicated than it looks. And to make all the chaos work together, the series is borrowing from the best open-world racing series around, Forza Horizon.In Mario Kart World, you can now grind on rails, bounce over other contestants, drive sideways on walls before kicking off onto another, and much more. But don't worry
  
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• Sinners' Michael B Jordan says he would be "up for" doing a prequel about his characters' adventures in Chicago – but Ryan Coogler prefers a little mystery

  17-04-2025 15:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Michael B. Jordan may "be up for" doing a prequel to new genre-bending vampire horror Sinners, but writer-director Ryan Coogler reckons it's good to leave movies with a little mystery.In the star-studded film, which also features the likes of Wunmi Mosaku, Jack O'Connell, Delroy Lindo, and Hailee Steinfeld, Jordan's characters, twin brothers Smoke and Stack, return to their Mississippi hometown to set up a juke joint. Several references are made to the siblings' pasts, from their relationship wi
  
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• Loki star explains why she keeps starring in scary movies and TV shows, despite not liking them herself: "Sinners is a horror that makes you think"

  17-04-2025 14:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sinners star Wunmi Mosaku has explained why she keeps returning to horror, despite not actually liking scary movies or TV shows herself.Having appeared in refugee chiller His House and phantasmagorical drama Lovecraft Country, the Loki star's latest sees her play Annie, a healer whose otherworldly knowledge proves crucial in Ryan Coogler's new blood-soaked vampire flick. Set in '30s Mississippi, it follows Michael B. Jordan's twin brothers Smoke and Stack, whose bootlegging juke joint becomes an
  
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• Win a Blu-ray of Wolf Man

  17-04-2025 13:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Back in 2020, Saw co-creator Leigh Whannell put a modern spin on The Invisible Man. Now the director’s put a fresh twist on another classic Universal movie, in Wolf Man. Seeking a fresh start, Blake moves his wife Charlotte and daughter Ginger to his childhood home in rural Oregon. Upon arrival, they encounter a brutal animal attack, forcing the family to barricade themselves inside the house as an unseen creature prowls the perimeter. As the night wears on, Blake’s injuries wor
  
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• Win a Rogue Trooper book

  17-04-2025 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons, Rogue Trooper – an infantryman genetically-engineered to survive on the landscape of a Nu-Earth poisoned by the war raging between Norts and Southers – is one of 2000 AD’s best-loved characters. The first volume of a new Rogue Trooper: The Complete Collection range is available to buy now in both digital and paperback formats. Collecting 26 stories, Book 1 also features the work of Alan Moore and veteran artists Cam Kennedy and
  
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• Hideo Kojima confirms Death Stranding 2 features the traditional Japanese couriers that inspired the original's fiddly movement

  17-04-2025 13:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Death Stranding 2 will properly feature bokka, the traditional mountain porters that inspired the first game's fiddly gameplay, according to director Hideo Kojima.Some fans were shocked to learn that Death Stranding was actually inspired by a traditional Japanese occupation called bokka, who make deliveries to mountainous areas that are unreachable on wheels, and use long wooden ladder frames that reach above their heads to carry cargo on day-long trips.And if you thought hiking without tripping
  
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• The Oblivion remaster feels closer than ever, with RPG fans potentially digging up a link to the rumored remake on Bethesda's official site

  17-04-2025 13:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Oblivion remaster leaks continue making waves online, with an apparent release date now also out in the wild, fans of the beloved Bethesda Game Studios RPG are digging up all sorts of evidence that a remake is really happening – including its supposed official website.Proof of the potential website's existence can be seen in a recent Reddit post, in which a user going by the handle "Such-Ad5976" claims they "found reference to Oblivion Remastered on bethesda.net." How did they do so, th
  
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• Fortnite's Arcane skins won't be back "in the foreseeable future," Riot co-founder confirms, despite the "love" and "effort you've put into advocating for their return"

  17-04-2025 13:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's bad news for anyone who's been holding onto the hope of Fortnite's Arcane: League of Legends crossover cosmetics returning, as one Riot Games co-founder shuts down the idea of the beloved Jinx and Vi skins coming back "in the foreseeable future."Fortnite has a history of skins and cosmetics disappearing for months and even years at a time, despite the cries from fans to bring them back so that they can splash their hard-earned V-Bucks. Popularity and demand don't always seem to matter, and
  
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• New Marvel Rivals skin colors will cost extra on top of their initial price, and fans of the hero shooter aren't happy: "Too much for skins we already paid a premium on"

  17-04-2025 13:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Rivals fans had the rug pulled on them after the game announced an exciting new color edit feature for skins, only to reveal hours later that you'll need to pay for the ability to use it.Like any online shooter these days, Marvel Rivals is all about the skins. Even if some of them (here's looking at you, default Wolverine) are ugly as sin, it allows players to express themselves in a way through the game. Things are about to get more elaborate as the game is getting a new color edit featu
  
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• Sinners stars praise Black Panther director for "beautiful, beautiful environment" on set of his new genre-bending vampire horror: "He's such an inspiration"

  17-04-2025 13:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ryan Coogler's new movie Sinners may be led by his longtime collaborator Michael B. Jordan, but the Black Panther director welcomed a bunch of fresh faces along for the ride in supporting roles.In a new interview with GamesRadar+, Miles Caton, who plays Sammie 'Preacher Boy' Moore and Jack O'Connell, who stars as vampire antagonist Remmick, describe the filmmaker as "an inspiration", having created "a beautiful, beautiful environment" on set that encourages actors to take risks."I feel like the
  
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• Vincent D'Onofrio provides a spoilery first look at Dardevil: Born Again season 2 that teases the return of a location from the Netflix series, as the showrunner confirms the release window

  17-04-2025 12:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Daredevil: Born Again stars Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio have given us our first official look at season 2, via a behind-the-scenes video posted by the Daredevil Twitter account, which you can watch below."What's up, Daredevil fans? Thank you so much for watching the first season of Born Again," Cox says to the camera. "You've been with us through the death of Foggy, the trial of the White Tiger, Muse, Bullseye, and, of course, the corrupt rule of Wilson Fisk."
  This is just the beginning. #
  
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• More Attack on Titan projects could be on the way as one producer admits they "plan to continue" making films and "various game collaborations"

  17-04-2025 12:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Attack on Titan may be over, but one producer admits they "plan to continue" making movies like The Last Attack.Speaking during an appearance at the Beyond the Walls world tour concert stop in Los Angeles, producer Tetsuya Kinoshita told the audience (via animecorner.me), "we plan to continue creating films like [The Last Attack], concerts like this one, and various game collaborations moving forward."Attack on Titan brought to an end its epic anime saga in 2023 with two sets of 'Final Chapters.
  
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• Nintendo edits out VRR mentions for Switch 2's docked mode in some regions, sparking confusion about whether the console actually has the feature or not

  17-04-2025 12:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a bit of confusion over the Switch 2 and its variable refresh rate (VRR) support, as it appears that Nintendo has pulled descriptions of the console's compatibility with the feature in TV mode from websites in certain regions, including the United States.VRR is a feature that ensures that a game's frame rate stays in sync with the refresh rate of the screen, getting rid of screen tearing and making things look smoother. The Switch 2 was originally advertised as supporting VRR both in han
  
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• Former PlayStation boss predicted the Switch 2 would be $100 cheaper than it is, but isn't irked by $80 for games like Mario Kart World as publishers shouldn't be "limited to a fixed price"

  17-04-2025 12:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida was somewhat shocked to see that the Nintendo Switch 2 costs $100 more than he was expecting, but thinks Mario Kart World's surprise $80 price tag makes sense in the grand scheme of things.Shuhei Yoshida is no stranger to pricing scandals, having been a top PlayStation executive during the PS3's infamous (and infamously expensive) launch, but he was still caught off guard by Nintendo's bullish pricing in an interview with the Easy Allies podcast."I was anti
  
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• New video game adaptation Until Dawn lands positive first reactions, calling the horror movie "a meta horror blast"

  17-04-2025 12:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the most exciting upcoming video game movies, Until Dawn, has landed its first set of reactions, and they’re overwhelmingly positive.Following private screenings of Until Dawn, critics are raving over what is already being called the horror movie of the year. And although we are still waiting on official reviews for the movie to drop, those who have seen the film have already taken to social media to share their love for the horror game adaptation."Until Dawn movie is one of the mos
  
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• Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden agrees some games are just too long: "I don't need you to spend 100 hours on my game"

  17-04-2025 12:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden says that time is a more important factor than cost in the modern day when it comes to games.A lot of major releases these days end up trying to be massive behemoths designed to keep you playing for an endless amount of time, be it a big live service game like Fortnite or just a huge open world like Assassin's Creed Shadows. And with games becoming more expensive, the prospect of paying $70 for a five-hour game does seem like a tough sell. However, former PlaySta
  
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• Mario Kart World Direct - All the news as it happens

  17-04-2025 11:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  It seems like just yesterday, we were waiting to see an inch of the Switch 2, let alone the games it would bring our way. But here we are, already sitting down for a Mario Kart World Direct that will offer our most in-depth look yet at one of the most exciting upcoming Switch 2 games.If this is the first you're hearing of the stream and want to tune in, we've got you covered - here's how to watch the Mario Kart World Direct. But if you can't watch it, or would rather we catch all the best bits f
  
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• New 28 Years Later trailer is one of the year's best to date – and is a nerve-jangling tease of a decades-in-the-making horror

  17-04-2025 11:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  The new 28 Years Later trailer is here, and if it wasn't already high on the list of your most anticipated movies of the year, it certainly will be now.Backed by a voiceover of Rudyard Kipling's seminal war poem 'Boots', the new trailer for 28 Years Later is all sound and fury.It's bookended by two moments of abject terror: the first sees a group of soldiers confronted by what appears to be a crazed member of the infected (or, even more horrifying, something altogether more human). It's also ca
  
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• As Oblivion remaster rumors persist, Witcher 4 narrative director calls the OG RPG's infamous horse armor DLC, which kicked off the microtransaction era, an "integral part of gaming history"

  17-04-2025 11:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Oblivion remaster leaks continue to surface, with an apparent release date now out in the wild, fans and developers alike are looking back at the history of the Bethesda Game Studios icon – including its controversial horse armor DLC.Picture this: it's a sunny spring day in April 2006, and you're excited to hop back into Oblivion as it only released a couple of weeks ago or so – but then Bethesda makes a decision that rewrites the video game industry's reputation forever by releas
  
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• As the official Oblivion remaster is all but confirmed, the modder who's been unofficially remaking the RPG in Skyrim for 13 years says "this changes nothing for me"

  17-04-2025 02:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  You would think that, after working on an unofficial remake for 13 years, the reveal of an official remaster would sting just a little, but apparently that's not the case for the lead modder behind the unofficial Oblivion remake Skyblivion.To be clear, an official Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion remaster has yet to be properly revealed, but after apparently leaked images surfaced this week, Xbox Support agents straight up told users that, yes, the Oblivion remaster is real, it's releasing on April 21,
  
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• New Blood Interactive co-founder says Escape from Tarkov "caused irreparable f***ing damage to the game industry" after finding out The Duskbloods is multiplayer and not "Bloodborne 2"

  17-04-2025 01:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  New Blood Interactive co-founder Dave Oshry isn't a huge fan of the PvPvE online multiplayer direction FromSoftware opted for with the Switch 2-exclusive Duskbloods, and he blames it on the success of extraction shooter Escape from Tarkov.In a new episode of the Quad Damage Podcast (timestamp), Oshry goes on an amusing rant about Escape from Tarkov and in general, the growing prevalence of games like it. He begins by sharing his reaction to the reveal of The Duskbloods, which he says looked like
  
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• Hawkeye's Hailee Steinfeld says questions about her return to the MCU will get her "in trouble," but she'd love to work with Yelena Belova actor Florence Pugh again: "I think we'd have a lot of fun"

  17-04-2025 00:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hailee Steinfeld is eager to reprise her Hawkeye role as Kate Bishop in the MCU, and what's more, she's especially excited by the proposition of working with Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova again, following the chemistry the pair shared in the first season of Hawkeye."Oh my gosh. See, these get me in trouble, these questions!" Steinfeld jokes with Collider when asked about her MCU future. "I wish I could say it all. I wish I knew it all. I think one of the greatest parts about being in the Marvel
  
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