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• After more than 10 years, Grant Morrison is returning to Batman

  18-04-2025 23:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Legendary comic book wizard Grant Morrison has been teasing a new superhero project from the Big Two (that's Marvel and DC) for a while now. Though details are scant, Morrison has finally revealed that it's a DC project - and what's more, the comic will mark the writer's return to Batman, a character they took to psychedelic new heights back in their original '00s era run."I don't need to do these things anymore, I only do it if it's something interesting," Morrison tells the Comic Book Couples
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds cheaters have gotten so bad, Capcom's warning players hacked quests could make the game "unplayable": "We plan to implement additional countermeasures"

  18-04-2025 23:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've dipped your toes into public quests in Monster Hunter Wilds, particularly on PC, you've probably seen or perhaps unwittingly joined a quest that seemed unusually generous with its rewards. Instead of the usual 6 to 15 rare items, that quest may have been dishing out several hundred.Hackers have put down roots in Monster Hunter Wilds, and cracked quests aren't all that hard to find. On the heels of title update 1, an altogether stomping good time, Capcom is cracking down on all those il
  
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• Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 doesn't have kids because Warhorse Studios was worried players would kill them, and Skyrim's children proved them right years ago

  18-04-2025 22:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are philosophical arguments to be made about the quality of innocence and children's morality – St. Augustine, for example, states cynically in his spiritual autobiography Confessions that "the infant’s innocence lies in the weakness of his body, and not in the infant mind," having once observed a baby be jealous of another's piggish milk-drinking. But 2025 action RPG Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 decides not to bother with discussion and instead simply eliminates all evidence of
  
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• Doctor Doom's personal Avengers unite to take on a classic Fantastic Four villain in Superior Avengers #2

  18-04-2025 22:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Doctor Doom is the Sorcerer Supreme and ruler of Earth in Marvel's current One World Under Doom status quo, and he's even got his own team of Avengers – the Superior Avengers. And now, we've got an early look at pages from Superior Avengers #2.In Superior Avengers #2, the team, consisting of Doom's adopted son Kristoff Vernard, Onslaught, Malekith, Doctor Octopus, Ghost, Killmonger, and Abomination – nearly all of whom are alt-reality versions of those characters from futures where D
  
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• It took 18 months and over 50 updates, but Lords of the Fallen finally added the one feature I wanted from this Soulslike RPG at launch: "full shared progression co-op"

  18-04-2025 22:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Capping off a post-launch development journey which could rival actual early access games after "over 50 free updates," Lords of the Fallen version 2.0 recently added a boatload of new features and quality-of-life tweaks to a Soulslike action RPG that I previously rated as good but not great.Billed as the definitive edition of the October 2023 release, 2.0 is crowned by something I desperately wanted on day one: "full shared progression co-op."Co-op is something that Soulslikes have generally st
  
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• No Animal Crossing announced for Nintendo Switch 2 yet, but the life sim RPG I've waited 11 years for is coming to Switch next month

  18-04-2025 21:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  The big Nintendo Switch 2 reveal gave Tomodachi Life fans the announcement they've wanted for more than a decade, but their Animal Crossing companions across the pond were left hungry for news on what's next for their life sim obsession.Wander a bit further in the valley of life and social sims and you'll find more good news. I've been eating like a king for months because Level 5's new life sim RPG, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, is finally coming after 11 years.A new trailer for Fan
  
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• Daredevil: Born Again director addresses whether Foggy Nelson's death was faked: "Dying very often does mean that you're actually dead"

  18-04-2025 20:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the most popular fan theories about Daredevil: Born Again is that Foggy Nelson didn't actually die in the opening episode, but faked his own death to go into hiding. Now, director Aaron Moorhead, who co-directed the final three episodes of Daredevil: Born Again season 1, has a cryptic message for the "eagle-eyed geniuses" who spotted the Easter egg that led to the theory: "Dying very often does mean that you're actually dead.""I've heard this theory, you eagle-eyed geniuses. I would love
  
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• Undaunted by Oblivion remaster leaks, Skyblivion team behind the RPG's unofficial Skyrim engine remake says "both projects can exist" and "players are the true winners"

  18-04-2025 20:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  The lead modder behind the unofficial Oblivion remake Skyblivion continues to celebrate what leaks suggest is an imminent announcement of an official Oblivion remaster from Bethesda.At this point, I genuinely admire the Skyblivion dev team's unwavering commitment to the unofficial Oblivion remake. It's been in development for 13 flippin' years as a PC-only Skyrim mod, and since leaked images surfaced this week and Xbox Support agents all but confirmed the official remaster is real, project lead
  
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• Daredevil: Born Again director says season 2 is a "resistance tale" against Mayor Fisk: "We're going to unfold all of that very, very quickly"

  18-04-2025 19:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Daredevil: Born Again season 1 just wrapped on Disney Plus with a brutal finale that put Mayor Wilson Fisk in absolute control of New York City, with a violent crackdown on supposed "vigilantes" leaving blood running in the streets. And with Daredevil: Born Again season 2 already in production, director Aaron Moorhead, who co-directed the final three episodes of season 1, is setting the stage for a "resistance" against the corrupt Mayor Fisk."The end of season 1 is a tragedy of some kind. And wh
  
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• Superman and Lex Luthor appear together for the first time in new behind-the-scenes look at James Gunn's DC movie

  18-04-2025 19:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Man of Steel is back on the silver screens in a matter of weeks at this point, as James Gunn’s Superman opens in July. To celebrate Superman Day, commemorating the iconic hero's debut, Warner Bros has put out a behind-the-scenes look at Superman's next blockbuster, giving us some new vantage points on production.Among a few key highlights is our first time seeing the new Superman and Lex Luthor side-by-side on camera together. David Corenswet is now the last son of Krypton, and Nichola
  
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• Farming RPG Rune Factory takes the mic from Nintendo, says its Switch 2 game card is cross-gen: "Insert the card into either a Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch 2"

  18-04-2025 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Nintendo has finally confirmed that Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders in the US will be available soon (albeit with more expensive accessories than before), developer Marvelous has added another layer to what has become one of the most confusing console launches of all time.Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of original Nintendo Switch games are coming, with the likes of Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Metroid Prime 4, and both Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom getting a spruced-up version.
  
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• Whiplash meets the NFL in terrifying new horror movie from Nope and Us director Jordan Peele

  18-04-2025 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Professional sports is an intense career. All the training and responsibility, it's a lifestyle not everyone can manage. Him, an upcoming movie produced by Jordan Peele, focuses on an American football player who discovers through recovery from a career-threatening injury, he mightn't want this path as much as he thought.In the film, Cameron Cade is a young up-and-comer hoping to be scouted by the NFL, until an incident with a fan leaves him with head trauma. His future in doubt, a second chance
  
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• "I've had this idea for 25 years": Solo dev behind single-player MMO with fake simulated players insists "I do not plan to add multiplayer" as it soars on Steam

  18-04-2025 18:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  The oxymoronic single-player MMO Erenshor, which has slowly been becoming a Steam superstar since 2023, will likely never be any less of an enigma – and that's a great thing. The Truman's Show spin on games like Runescape and World of Warcraft won't get multiplayer anytime soon, its solo developer says, and proudly strange games get to see another day."I do not plan to add multiplayer," Burgee Media said succinctly during a recent Reddit AMA. Also in the thread, they tell people it's "unli
  
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• Nintendo fans believe Mario Kart World has finally cleared up decades-long confusion about the Donkey Kong family tree

  18-04-2025 17:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Yesterday's Mario Kart World Direct didn't exactly have any mind-blowing revelations for the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 game. It did, however, potentially uncover a piece of Super Mario lore that could answer a decades-long mystery about Donkey Kong that will have massive implications for the Mushroom Kingdom.Okay, so the one fact we do know is that Donkey Kong from the original 1981 arcade game isn't the same Donkey Kong from Donkey Kong Country, and that the original one is now Cranky Kong in
  
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• Palworld dev explains what's going on with its slick Dead Cells-style "Metroidvania x Roguelite," which has its own team who "used to be at Pocketpair"

  18-04-2025 16:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Palworld studio Pocketpair has finally spelled out what the deal is with its upcoming roguelike Metroidvania (that looks an awful lot like Dead Cells and Hollow Knight had a baby) because, as one developer admits, "we've been very bad at explaining this."Long story short, the gorgeous Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse is being made by a now-separate team who used to work at Pocketpair, and the studio's publishing arm, Pocketpair Publishing, is backing this one, even though it was initially re
  
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• Nintendo raises the price of Switch 2 accessories in the US, putting a new pair of Joy-Cons at an eye-watering $94.99

  18-04-2025 16:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo has just announced that Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders will open in the US on April 24, and that the new console's accessories will receive a regional price hike from what was previously stated. It's a dark day for all the "drop the price" warriors out there."Nintendo Switch 2 accessories will experience price adjustments from those announced on April 2 due to changes in market conditions," a press release says. "Other adjustments to the price of any Nintendo product are also possible in
  
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• The Scuf Valor Pro is getting a bunch of new "Creator Design" controller flavors that pay homage to NoisyButters, A-Ali, Scump, and more

  18-04-2025 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Scuf Valor Pro controller already comes in a variety of flavors, but the range just got larger thanks to a the new "Creator Designs" collection. The collaboration includes custom pads by A-Ali, NoisyButters, and various other steamers, and you don't necessaily need to know who they are to appreciate the new shells.According to Scuff, the new Creator Designs collection of Valor Pro Xbox Series X controllers will expand the number of options to 30+. Math isn't my strongest suit, but by my coun
  
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• Nintendo Switch 2 price remains $450 in US despite tariffs but "accessories will experience price adjustments," and US pre-orders open April 24

  18-04-2025 15:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Nintendo Switch 2 price will still be $449.99 in the US, with a $499.99 Mario Kart World bundle also available at launch, despite new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, Nintendo announced today. After a delay, Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders will begin in the US on April 24.However, "Nintendo Switch 2 accessories will experience price adjustments from those announced on April 2 due to changes in market conditions," so expect costs to rise elsewhere. Updated US prices are available on
  
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• Darth Maul's new Star Wars show could see the return of a villain from George Lucas's unused sequel trilogy plans

  18-04-2025 14:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  You can't keep a good Sith down. Darth Maul is returning to our screens once again, this time for his own headline Star Wars show on Disney Plus. The animated project, known as Maul - Shadow Lord, features the villain training a new apprentice, and early signs point to a certain Twi'lek George Lucas planned to include in his sequel trilogy being introduced.Among the announcements so far at Star Wars Celebration 2025, Maul has caught many off guard. Featuring Sam Witwer in the lead role, the seri
  
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• The new Star Wars Lego sets for May 4 are cool, but none beats this glorious little war criminal

  18-04-2025 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  A whole host of new Star Wars Lego sets have been unveiled ahead of May 4 (AKA Star Wars Day), and they range from new versions of old ships to helmet replicas that'll look very nice on your shelf, thank you very much. There's one kit that stood out to me, though, and it's because the subject is an absolute bastard. Chopper, please take a bow. Everyone's favorite war criminal from a galaxy far, far away (seriously, look up all the awful things this droid did on Rebels, a family show) is being tu
  
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• Why wait? Oblivion fans have already made their own remaster in Doom, and it features one too many adoring fans for my liking

  18-04-2025 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion's rumored remaster that is almost definitely real (or the most elaborate prank of all time) is seemingly imminent. Rumors have been awash that the game could be arriving within the next week, but for some people that's still way too far away. So fans have taken things into their own hands – and no, I'm not talking about the Skyblivion mod that's been in the works for 13 years (and is still coming).Instead of remaking Oblivion in Skyrim, another fan has posted
  
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• As the Oblivion remaster looms, fans hope the original RPG's viral goofiness makes it through unscathed

  18-04-2025 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Once a year, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion enjoys a minor resurgence across the internet from fans who are still nostalgic for the game and, more specifically, the endless memes it generated before memes were a word that most people recognized. And with the Oblivion remaster now looming, fans are again reminiscing about the game's unintentional comedy and hoping it doesn't go anywhere in the recently leaked re-release.Almost exactly one year ago, Bethesda's janky magnum opus went absolutely vira
  
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• The Bear star's role in The Mandalorian and Grogu gets absurd new details at Star Wars Celebration 2025, and fans aren't sure what to make of it

  18-04-2025 13:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jeremy Allen White, star of The Bear and Iron Claw, is coming to a galaxy far, far away, in new Star Wars movie The Mandalorian and Grogu. We've known he'll be playing Rotta the Hutt for some time, and courtesy of Star Wars Celebration, we know he'll be portraying Jabba's son as a bulked up gladiatorial fighter, and the internet isn't sure what to make of this particular reveal.Per the panel for The Mandalorian and Grogu at Celebration, we've learned Allen is portraying Rotta as something of a p
  
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• Is it weird that these mugs might be my favorite new Star Wars merch?

  18-04-2025 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Is it weird that a collection of mugs are my new favorite Star Wars merch? Because it feels weird.Anyway. The items in question caught my eye right away when I sauntered down to Disney HQ in London to see what was being cooked up ahead of Star Wars day (May 4). Yes, there was an awesome Star Wars toy that's become my new obsession. We were able to exclusively reveal a lightsaber replica for the most underrated Jedi, too. But honestly, the Star Wars merch I could actually see in my home the most
  
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• Even if it isn't a Soulslike, Phantom Blade Zero still wants to channel that "pre-Elden Ring" FromSoftware level design with secrets and layers

  18-04-2025 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  The developers of Phantom Blade Zero claim they're trying to channel "pre-Elden Ring" FromSoftware level designs for the game, even if they're adamant it's not a Soulslike.If you're a fan of classic hack-and-slash games like Devil May Cry and Bayonetta, you've no doubt been in the same boat as me over the last few years. Every time a promising action game is shown off, it turns out to be a Soulslike, Stellar Blade being one of the most recent examples. Thankfully, Phantom Blade Zero's developmen
  
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• Palworld developer says reaching 32 million players is "unexplainable" and "a lot of people don't realize how much of an anomaly that is"

  18-04-2025 11:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  One Palworld developer still can't wrap their head around just how big their monster-taming survival game became, having now reached 32 million players, and the only logical explanation for its success was that it luckily managed to get stuck in a "weirdly perfect storm."Pocketpair's early access juggernaut broke all kind of records when it launched last year - it courted one of the highest concurrent user counts in Steam history, it became the biggest third-party Game Pass release of all time,
  
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• 20 years after her cut Revenge of the Sith scenes, Mon Mothma star says Andor season 2 was the story she'd "always hoped for"

  18-04-2025 11:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Andor season 2 holds a special place in Mon Mothma actor Genevieve O'Reilly's heart, 20 years after she was first cast as the character.Originally due to play the rebel leader in Revenge of the Sith before her scenes were cut, O'Reilly has played the character across the big screen in films like Rogue One and the small screen voicing her in the animated shows.Yet, as she tells GamesRadar+, "I think Andor is the story that I always hoped for Mon Mothma. I always hoped that she could have this mom
  
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• A brand new Darth Maul animated series is coming in 2026, and it looks seriously intense

  18-04-2025 10:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  At Star Wars Celebration Japan, it was just announced that a brand new animated series is on the way – and it will be all about Darth Maul.The news was unveiled as part of a panel celebrating 20 years of Lucasfilm Animation. Attendees, including GamesRadar+, got to watch the trailer, before the voice of Maul himself, Sam Witwer, came onstage to demand: "Play it... again."The series is coming in 2026, and it's titled Maul: Shadow Lord. The crowd in the Celebration Stage went wild throughout
  
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• The Mandalorian & Grogu footage teases Rotta the Hutt, Baby Yoda using the Force, and classic Star Wars action, while a new photo shows a maskless Pedro Pascal

  18-04-2025 05:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  At this year's Star Wars Celebration, The Mandalorian & Grogu screened new footage behind closed doors for those in attendance.GamesRadar+ is on the ground for the convention in Japan, and Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and even Grogu were also in attendance to show off the film, which was announced back in January 2024.The footage opens with Mando blasting his way through some troopers on a ship. It's classic, season 1 style action. Then, we see Weaver's character
  
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• Shawn Levy's Star Wars movie will start shooting this year and release in 2027 – and Ryan Gosling is confirmed to star

  18-04-2025 03:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  At Star Wars Celebration, Kathleen Kennedy, Dave Filoni, Shawn Levy, and Ryan Gosling himself confirmed that the next Star Wars movie after The Mandalorian & Grogu will be titled Star Wars: Starfighter.GamesRadar+ is attending the convention, and we were in the room to see Levy confirm that Gosling will star and that the movie will be set after The Rise of Skywalker."It's probably framed my idea of what a movie even was," Gosling said of Star Wars. "All of that aside, I think the reality is
  
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• Nintendo is back with more Switch 2 confusion: Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom won't support cloud saves on Switch 2, nobody knows why, and even Nintendo's own store pages can't agree

  18-04-2025 01:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Switch 2 continues to be a deeply confusing console, with Nintendo's latest curveball being a small notation at the bottom of some Switch 2 games' product pages saying those games aren't compatible with the Switch Online's Cloud save feature.For the uninitiated, the officially titled Save Data Cloud feature is a perk of the Switch Online subscription that lets you save game data to the cloud instead of exclusively to your console. It's a simple, convenient way to back up save data and facili
  
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• After 30 years, Marvel is reviving its '90s style swimsuit special, showing off superhero beach-bods and some hot new Marvel Rivals skins

  18-04-2025 00:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Get out your swim trunks and your flippy-floppys, because Marvel is headed back to the beach for a revived edition of its iconic '90s swimsuit special that lands 30 years after the previous edition last hit stands.And as if the promise of some fun in the sun and superhero swimwear isn't enough to bring you in, the new one-shot, officially titled Marvel Swimsuit Special: Friends, Foes, and Rivals #1, will also debut some steamy new skins coming to smash-hit hero shooter game Marvel Rivals. The co
  
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• Before ever joining the MCU, Tom Holland and Jon Bernthal helped each other rehearse for their Spider-Man and Punisher auditions

  18-04-2025 00:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Actor Jon Bernthal just made his big return to the MCU as Frank Castle/the Punisher in Daredevil: Born Again season one. And much like the Punisher has strong connections to Spider-Man in comics, Bernthal has strong connections to MCU Spider-Man actor Tom Holland, with whom he's currently filming The Odyssey with Christopher Nolan.Bernthal tells IMDb that he and Holland helped each other rehearse for their auditions as Punisher and Spider-Man, respectively, before either one of them was ever cas
  
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