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• Nintendo warns Switch 2 hopefuls "delivery by June 5 is not guaranteed" even on official pre-orders as retailer stock goes dry

  24-04-2025 23:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders have finally gone live in the US – and aside from some sporadic waves, stock has already pretty much run dry. That leaves Nintendo itself as the last major hope for people who haven't secured the console, but the publisher is now refreshing all of its warnings about the official pre-order process.Alongside the announcement of Switch 2, My Nintendo Store – the company's official online retail portal in the US – allowed players to sign up for invites
  
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• Oblivion Remastered is cool, Clair Obscur is good, but I just want this bizarre Legend of Zelda disciple that emerged from the sea of RPGs like a fish with legs

  24-04-2025 23:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  When the spring wind whips my face, my eyes are closed, and I'm a lost maiden somewhere along the green cliffs of Ireland. My white veil makes a collapsed soufflé in the dust, I am completely alone, but I still stretch out my chapped fingers for the angels to place their guiding light in my hands – until a rock whacks me in the eyelid.I was totally wrong. I'm not an Irish maiden – I'm getting pelted with construction debris in Brooklyn, and all that's sitting in my hands is a
  
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• 5,300 hours into Elden Ring, community hero Let Me Solo Them can beat the final boss almost “with my eyes closed” – and hopes FromSoftware loves her back

  24-04-2025 23:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Inspired by Elden Ring legend Let Me Solo Her, a player whose jar-headed jolly cooperation earned them recognition from Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco and even totally separate games, fellow Tarnished hero Let Me Solo Them started a co-op quest of her own a few years ago. True to her character's name, she wanted to help struggling players defeat the final bosses of Elden Ring: Radagon and the Elden Beast.Cut to this month and she's now passed 10,000 final boss kills [Editor's note: One of tho
  
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• With the Stop Killing Games consumer rights campaign at 437,000 signatures, Ubisoft says "we have been reading your comments" in an update on offline mode for The Crew sequels

  24-04-2025 23:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ubisoft's shutdown of The Crew last year promptly spiraled into a massive consumer rights campaign demanding publishers build failsafes to prevent always-online games from becoming completely unplayable when they're no longer supported.While it seems the publisher has no intentions of updating the original racing game to bring it back to life, its sequels are getting offline modes, and Ubisoft has just published an update on what to expect from these new options."We are pleased to confirm that w
  
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• FBC: Firebreak, Remedy's co-op FPS set in the world of Control, gets June release date and $40 price tag

  24-04-2025 22:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Remedy's co-op FPS FBC: Firebreak, based on the Control universe, launches on June 17 and will cost $40 for the base game.The Control and Alan Wake developer revealed the news in a livestream on Thursday alongside a press release, confirming ongoing post-launch support including two new "Jobs" (or missions) coming after launch in 2025.The stream included gameplay footage from the Paper Chase mission we'd seen before and another called Hot Fix that we hadn't previously seen.FBC: Firebreak takes p
  
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• David Fincher directed an absolutely wild-looking musical Red Hot Chili Peppers puppet show for returning Netflix sci-fi animated anthology

  24-04-2025 22:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  David Fincher's newest project might just be one you didn't see coming - mainly because it involves puppets...and the band who sings Californication.The project in question is an animated musical short for season 4 of the Netflix sci-fi anthology Love, Death, and Robots. The short is a recreation of the 2003 Red Hot Chili Peppers concert at Slane Castle in Ireland...with string-puppets. You can watch the trailer below.The concert, which took place on August 23, 2003, was - at the time - one of t
  
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• Fans worried Oblivion Remastered could drown out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, but Bethesda itself is cheering it on with 7 Adoring Fans: "We can't wait to play"

  24-04-2025 22:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  The surprise launch of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered threatened to suck the air out of the industry for at least the rest of the week, with indie publisher Raw Fury noting how "everything more or less gets buried" under a shadow drop like this.Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a new turn-based JRPG and the debut title from developer Sandfall Interactive, launched today, April 24. This followed a few days of concern mixed with word-of-mouth promotion from devs and hopeful players who didn't
  
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• The Fantastic Four will finally defeat Doctor Doom in July, but they'll have to pay the price

  24-04-2025 22:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ryan North is about to launch his second volume of the main Fantastic Four title alongside artist Humberto Ramos (whose pages can be seen below), with a new adventure that sends the four members of the team to different places in time.In North's original FF volume, the team went in separate directions trying to find themselves after a terrible tragedy. Now, they're trying to find each other in the wake of the current One World Under Doom status quo in which the team's greatest enemy, Doctor Doom
  
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• Oblivion Remastered players flock to mod that restores "the colors and light of the original," and even The Witcher 4's narrative director needs those "intense greens that I had been missing"

  24-04-2025 20:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered doesn't officially support mods, but as we predicted, that hasn't stopped PC players from making their own, and one of the most popular so far aims to retouch the game's color palette to be more similar to the original 2006 RPG.The Ayleid Reshade, available via Nexus Mods and created by Logriff, "is a reshade preset made to experience glorious visuals by reclaiming the colors and light of the original The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion while pushing the unrea
  
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• 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (April 25 - 27)

  24-04-2025 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're looking for the best new movies and TV shows to watch this weekend, here are some top-notch recommendations that you should add to your watchlist as soon as possible. From one of the best anime series of the year to Netflix's latest intense action flick starring Tom Hardy, this list includes the newest releases among the best streaming services that are really worth your time.Below, we have selected six unmissable movies and shows out of the most recent releases on Netflix, Amazon Prim
  
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• Marvel is bringing Giant-Size X-Men back after 50 years to reveal "the X-Man that never was"

  24-04-2025 19:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Who is "the X-Man that never was?" That's the question Marvel is asking heading into its upcoming Giant-Size X-Men #1 one-shot that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the original 1975 comic that introduced a whole new X-Men team.Whoever she is, we've now got our first glimpse of her silhouette and her apparent power signature in a new teaser image that gives just a bit more context for the "never-before-seen mutant" who was apparently invited to join the classic team that was formed in the orig
  
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• Fallout creator Tim Cain says he was "ordered to destroy" his personal archive of the RPG's development: "Individuals and organizations actively work against preservation"

  24-04-2025 19:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  With each passing year, game preservation grows more and more relevant, and you can add Fallout creator Tim Cain to the many voices calling for a more serious approach to saving video game history. Cain knows the struggle of actually preserving this stuff better than most – after all, he was ordered to destroy his own Fallout archives when he left developer Interplay."There's a lot of organizations out there that demand to be the archive keeper, and then they do a terrible job at it," Cain
  
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• After seeing Oblivion Remastered, Fallout 3's lead designer expects the RPG's own rumored remaster to be a lot like Fallout 4

  24-04-2025 18:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered shadow dropped earlier this week, and if that isn't enough Bethesda goodness for you, there could be a Fallout 3 remake on the way, too.During Microsoft's legal battle with the FTC, a leaked document revealed plans for both Oblivion and Fallout 3 remasters. Now that we've seen the Oblivion remaster surface as a joint project between Bethesda and Virtuos, we know it's more of a remake than a remaster.Oblivion Remastered has been ported to Unreal Engine 5,
  
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• New Lego Fortnite sets get weird with massive Mecha Team Leader that's bigger than Lego Optimus Prime, as well as a Klombo model

  24-04-2025 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Four new Lego Fortnite sets have been unveiled, and honestly? It's making me appreciate just how bizarre the video game can be.Yes, being able to float into action via the Lego Battle Bus certainly isn't conventional. But the new Lego Fortnite sets include a massive Mecha Team Leader (which you can check out on the Lego Store) and a delightful Klombo. Now, full disclosure; I haven't played the game in a while, so my exact words at seeing the axoltyl dinosaur thing were "the hell is that?!" I thi
  
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• Anthony Mackie says Chris Evans texted him "Good job" after the premiere of Captain America: Brave New World

  24-04-2025 18:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Anthony Mackie says he received a text from none other than Chris Evans after the premiere of Captain America: Brave New World."I just got a text saying 'good job,' and that he loved the movie," Mackie told E! News, before explaining that the two haven't had a proper chat since the premiere because of their busy filming schedules.Captain America: Brave New World hit theaters back in February, marking Mackie's first outing as the new Cap and Danny Ramirez's as the new Falcon. The film grossed $41
  
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• Zombicide publisher CMON shuts down board game development "until trade conditions have stabilized"

  24-04-2025 18:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Major board game publisher CMON has announced that it will be temporarily ceasing game development and crowdfunding campaigns with immediate effect due to the US-China tariff situation.CMON (which is known for some of the best board games, like Zombicide) revealed earlier today that it would focus on existing commitments to customers and partners rather than develop new projects "until trade conditions have stabilized." The board game company says that it has also let an undisclosed number of st
  
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• Netflix has finally revealed the title of Stranger Things' animated spin-off – and we're already gearing ourselves up to face the Mind Flayer again

  24-04-2025 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix has finally revealed the title of Stranger Things' animated spin-off – and it seems as if we're going back in time. The new series is officially called Stranger Things: Tales From '85, which diehard fans will know as the year Hawkins' Starcourt Mall was built... and burned down following Eleven and co's explosive battle with the Mind Flayer."We've always dreamed of an animated Stranger Things in the vein of the Saturday morning cartoons that we grew up loving, and to see this dream
  
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• Oblivion Remastered is more than a remaster and "almost needs its own word," says ex-Bethesda dev behind the OG 2006 RPG: "The closest that could come is Oblivion 2.0"

  24-04-2025 18:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  As fans begin exploring The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered following Bethesda Game Studios' surprise release of the remade RPG, former developers like designer Bruce Nesmith are joining players in praising the new game.Nesmith, who worked on projects like the original 2006 Oblivion and Skyrim, recalls seeing the remake a week before its public reveal in an interview with VideoGamer. "I spent a lot of years working on that game," he says. "A lot of blood, sweat, and tears went into it, alon
  
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• Sea of Stars DLC rears its head with an intro cutscene that seemingly connects the RPG to the developer's beloved Metroidvania even further

  24-04-2025 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Developer Sabotage Studios has been largely tight-lipped about Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker, a free expansion to its massive throwback RPG, since last summer. But Sea of Stars' DLC now looks closer than ever as the indie hitmaker has quietly released the project's introductory cutscene.The intro lays out what we already knew about the relationship between big baddie The Fleshmancer and reluctant ally The Watchmaker, who can be found in the base game and is most notably the mastermind b
  
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• Open-world roguelike Hyper Light Breaker is pulling me back in with a game-changing update that makes it "easier, better, and ultimately more enjoyable for all players"

  24-04-2025 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  In the competitive arena of early access roguelikes, Hades 2 and Windblown have been my champions this year, but only because Hyper Light Breaker struck me as a game I'd enjoy a lot more after a few patches. Now, developer Heart Machine may have cooked up just the patch to get me properly stuck in: a game-changing pass to resources and difficulty said to make the open-world roguelike "easier to get into, but harder to master."The "Buried Below" update, Hyper Light Breaker's first major content u
  
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• Where to buy official Nintendo Switch 2 accessories

  24-04-2025 17:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're in the US and have finally got your Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order in the bag, or even if you're waiting for the official invites from Nintendo to drop on May 8, grabbing a brand new controller, extra storage, and even a spare charger to make sure you're well prepared for the brand new Ninty adventures ahead.Big-name brands behind some of the best Nintendo Switch accessories are already brewing up some third-party magic, but if it's official first-party goodies you're after, you don't hav
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 mocap director says Shadowheart actor's role in new JRPG Expedition 33 is even "better than her performance" in Larian's RPG

  24-04-2025 17:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Voice actress Jennifer English brought both dignity and indignant passion to Baldur's Gate 3 elven hottie Shadowheart, but the game's performance director – and English's real-life partner – Aliona Baranova says she's even more impressive in new JRPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33."I'm immensely proud of Jen's stunning performance as Maelle," Baranova writes on Twitter "When we play, I forget it's Jen!""Maelle's depth of emotion, childlike playfulness & hope, commitment to combat, n
  
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• One of my most minor complaints about Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition was a bug all along, and it's now been fixed in the JRPG's latest patch

  24-04-2025 17:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is without a doubt the very best way to experience Monolith Soft's underrated sci-fi JRPG, and the devs just made it even better after fixing one of my most minor criticisms, which, it turns out, was a bug all along.A massive part of what makes Xenoblade Chronicles X so special is its gorgeous, sprawling open world. Its stunning, varied biomes are all accompanied by an atmospheric soundtrack that really helps pull you into the weird and wonderful planet
  
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• Ex-Skyrim dev grants "most absurd face" award to Oblivion Remastered player's Sir Vancealot: "I think this would have won" Bethesda's internal competitions

  24-04-2025 17:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered has finally arrived following months of leaks and release date rumors, and players have been hard at work recreating their ugliest characters from the original RPG – some so ugly, in fact, they've caught the eye of one former Bethesda Game Studios lead.Jeffery "Jeff" Gardiner, an ex-Bethesda developer who worked as a producer on the beloved 2006 Oblivion and Skyrim, reveals in an online post that fans aren't the only ones who enjoy conjuring up ungo
  
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• Assassin's Creed Shadows will board the Ubisoft update train soon, with a big roadmap reveal next week: "Launch is only the beginning"

  24-04-2025 17:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Shadows launched in March and has quickly become the second-best-selling game of the year in the US, and Ubisoft says it's "only the beginning." There's a roadmap coming next week, April 30, that will share what's to come in the game's future.In a video posted to the official Assassin's Creed Twitter account, Shadows' community developer Dan says: "It's been thrilling to see millions of you enjoying the game. Launch is only the beginning. Now it's time to turn our eyes towards t
  
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• Metaphor: ReFantazio smashed Atlus' expectations on PC - another reminder that PC gamers really want more JRPGs and Japanese games

  24-04-2025 17:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Metaphor: ReFantazio sold way better on PC than its developers expected, again proving gamers on the platform have a growing appetite for the subgenre and for Japanese games as a whole.In an interview with 4Gamer translated by Automaton, frequent Persona lead and Metaphor's creative director Katsura Hashino said the team's newest fantasy romp far exceeded their expectations on PC, but it also fits into a larger trend. "Although Atlus is generally associated with console games," Hashino revealed
  
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• Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning runtime makes it the longest movie in the franchise

  24-04-2025 16:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning runtime has been revealed - and it's a long one.According to ScreenRant, the runtime is 2 hours and 49 minutes long - putting it close to three hours. This is only a few minutes longer than the runtime for Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, which is a whopping 2 hours and 43 minutes.For comparison, the first Mission: Impossible movie had a runtime of 1 hour 50 minutes - which seemed so very lengthy compared to today's nearly three-hour movie-lengt
  
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• Final Fantasy 16 actor Ben Starr doesn't just voice a character in new RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, he sings in it, "because there is nothing this man can't do apparently"

  24-04-2025 16:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's a phenomenal week for RPGs, as hot on the heels of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is here, and it's tied for the best-rated game of 2025 on Metacritic. Just in case you needed more convincing that it's worth your time, though, Final Fantasy 16 actor Ben Starr doesn't just voice one of the game's characters; he also sings in its soundtrack.Starr, who was the protagonist Clive in Final Fantasy 16, voices a mysterious character named Verso in Clair Obscur
  
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• Somehow, Madame Web beat Deadpool and Wolverine on streaming

  24-04-2025 15:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite Madame Web being a notorious flop, the Sony Marvel movie beat Deadpool and Wolverine on streaming.Per a report from ComicBook.com using Nielsen data, Madame Web brought in 16 million views over its initial 14 days streaming on Netflix, which just beat Deadpool and Wolverine's 15.8 million views over its own first two weeks streaming on Disney Plus.Deadpool and Wolverine was a massive success, scoring over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Madame Web, meanwhile, was a critical and c
  
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• Oblivion Remastered added a spell from Skyrim that's basically "a magical trail of breadcrumbs" pointing to quests and objectives

  24-04-2025 15:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered remains largely faithful to the original game all the way down to a voice acting error that's still included, but one new feature, backported from Skyrim, actually reminds me of another Xbox 360 classic: Fable 2."Having trouble finding where to go on your next quest? The all new Clairvoyance spell acts like a magical trail of breadcrumbs," Bethesda explains in a social media post. "Cast the spell and follow the highlighted path to the next objective. It's
  
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• Hardened Oblivion stans are discovering that the Expert difficulty in Bethesda's new RPG remake is "broken" and say it "needs to be patched ASAP"

  24-04-2025 15:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered is finally here after months of speculation, but fans of Bethesda Game Studios' new remake who are opting to play it on one of its higher difficulties aren't exactly having a good time.If you're the kind of person who plays Skyrim on Legendary difficulty and tears through any enemies thrown your way, you might feel inclined to, at the least, take on the new Oblivion's Expert mode.Judging by fellow high difficulty stans' accounts so far, however, it's safe
  
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• Hardened Bethesda fans discover Oblivion Remastered Expert difficulty is so brutal it feels "broken," and say it "needs to be patched ASAP"

  24-04-2025 15:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered is finally here after months of speculation, but fans of Bethesda Game Studios' new remake who are opting to play it on one of its higher difficulties aren't exactly having a good time.If you're the kind of person who plays Skyrim on Legendary difficulty and tears through any enemies thrown your way, you might feel inclined to, at the least, take on the new Oblivion's Expert mode.Judging by fellow high difficulty stans' accounts so far, however, it's safe
  
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• Ubisoft takes another shot at the blockchain with a new Might and Magic trading card game, says "it's entirely optional and offers no competitive advantage"

  24-04-2025 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ubisoft has announced a brand new Might and Magic trading card game, but it has a controversial twist, as it also includes an "optional Web3 layer."Might and Magic Fates is a free-to-play game that'll be arriving on mobile platforms "soon," according to Ubisoft's announcement, as well as PC later down the line. It'll allow players to build decks and battle in "fast-paced matches," and include "hundreds of cards to collect."With "deep strategic gameplay" and "faction-based playstyles," Ubisoft cl
  
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• How to watch FGS Live at Gamescom LATAM on May 2

  24-04-2025 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's almost time for FGS Live from Gamescom LATAM, a brand new showcase from our friends at Future Games Show.This digital showcase will bring you new and exciting game trailers, developer interviews, and demos live from the show floor at Gamescom LATAM in Sao Paulo, Brazil.You'll find all the details about how to watch the FGS Live at Gamescom LATAM stream below, but before you do that, you'll want a little teaser on what you'll see.There's going to be over 20 games featured, including some wor
  
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• Death Stranding movie director has done his research and played the game and Metal Gear Solid, but Hideo Kojima won't let him play the other entries in the series

  24-04-2025 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Death Stranding is getting a movie adaptation, which, if you've played it, you'll find odd because it's already the most film-like game to ever exist. It's being produced by A24 with A Quiet Place: Day One director Michael Sarnoski set to helm the project, and Hideo Kojima has already given him his seal of approval.As translated and shared online by Genki, Kojima spoke about the movie on Koji10, his radio show. Genki's translations state that Sarnoski is "smart, has good taste, and is a very nic
  
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• Where to pre-order the new Nintendo Switch 2 Legend of Zelda Amiibo

  24-04-2025 13:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  You might have expected Nintendo amiibo figures to be a long-forgotten relic. But fortunately for us collectors (and Legend of Zelda fans), four brand-new Nintendo Switch amiibo have been added to the already packed Zelda line-up of figures, bringing new unlockable content to Tears of the Kingdom with them.The Nintendo Switch accessories are based on the fabulous four sages, Tulin, Yunobo, Riju, and Sidon, who were first introduced in Breath of the Wild. By tapping them on the new Joy-Con 2 (R)
  
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• Where to pre-order the new Legend of Zelda Amiibo

  24-04-2025 13:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  You might have expected Nintendo amiibo figures to be a long-forgotten relic. But fortunately for us collectors (and Legend of Zelda fans), four brand-new Nintendo Switch amiibo have been added to the already packed Zelda line-up of figures, bringing new unlockable content to Tears of the Kingdom with them.The Nintendo Switch accessories are based on the fabulous four sages, Tulin, Yunobo, Riju, and Sidon, who were first introduced in Breath of the Wild. By tapping them on the new Joy-Con 2 (R)
  
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• More than a month before the Switch 2 launch, one dedicated fan is already camping outside Nintendo's store and vlogging the entire wait on a 3DS

  24-04-2025 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's still well over a month to go until the Nintendo Switch 2 officially comes out on June 5, but that hasn't stopped one fan from camping outside the company's store early and documenting the entire wait on a 3DS, of all things.The Gaming Otter has been waiting outside of Nintendo's San Francisco store, which opens on May 15, for almost two entire weeks and is now the first and only person in line (if you can call it a line) for the upcoming handheld console.You don't need to take a trip do
  
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• David Harbour once thought his fan favorite Stranger Things character Hopper should've died in season 1

  24-04-2025 13:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stranger Things star David Harbour initially didn't think his character Hopper should survive season 1 of the hit Netflix show.The actor recently spoke to GQ, and the publication reports that when there was a chance the sci-fi show would only run for one season, Harbour, after reading the scripts, thought Hopper should die by suicide at the end of the season – as he thought it was the only way his character could apologize to Sara, his daughter, who died of cancer.In the show, it's a possi
  
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• As pre-orders for the Switch 2 go live in the US, fans wrestle with errors, order cancelations, and general mayhem: "F*****g hell"

  24-04-2025 12:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pre-orders for the Switch 2 have now begun in the United States, and although it feels like everyone on the internet has been begging Nintendo to "drop the price," there has still been enough demand to throw everything into utter chaos as fans scramble to buy the console.Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders in the US were previously delayed as a result of the recently announced tariffs, and while we've been keeping an eye on stock levels in our pre-order live blog, not everyone has been having a great t
  
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• Oblivion Remastered is so true to the original RPG, it even keeps in a voice acting error that's been there for 19 years

  24-04-2025 12:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered is here, and although it's a lot more like a full-on remake than a graphical remaster, Bethesda and Virtuos made sure to keep a lot of the fan-favorite silliness from the original. One of the best examples is the double-take voice line still being in the game.In clips shared to YouTube and Twitter, you can see Tandilwee deliver her iconic blunder. She says: "I heard that thieves broke into the Arcane University, the Imperial Legion compound, and the Templ
  
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• After 7 years and a sequel, the original Frostpunk is getting a remake titled Frostpunk 1886 – a reimagining of the city builder that's "no mere visual overhaul"

  24-04-2025 12:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  As updates continue rolling out for Frostpunk 2, developer 11 Bit Studios reveals that work is now underway on a remake of the city builder banger that started it all in 2018.The studio unveils Frostpunk 1886, an Unreal Engine "reimagining" of the original Frostpunk gem, in a new teaser trailer on YouTube. According to a recent press release accompanying the announcement, Frostpunk 1886 is "no mere visual overhaul" but rather an entirely fresh experience that stands on its own, building and expa
  
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• Voice recording for Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 is seemingly underway just months after the JRPG's director completed its script

  24-04-2025 11:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Voice recording sessions for Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 - or whatever it ends up being called - seem to be underway already.Square Enix has for years been open about how it's remaking its iconic JRPG in three parts, and with Remake and Rebirth already out, a finale is up next. But the threequel appears to be progressing much faster than expected, as remade Cloud's voice actor Cody Christian recently posted a picture of himself in the recording booth on Instagram (reposted on ResetEra), alongs
  
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• Jennifer Aniston has addressed her surprise The Last of Us season 2 appearance: "Of all the things to survive the apocalypse"

  24-04-2025 11:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jennifer Aniston made a surprise appearance in The Last of Us season 2, episode 2 – and she's addressed the cameo.In the episode, Bella Ramsey's Ellie stumbles across a magazine while sheltering from a snowstorm. It's an old issue of People, and on the cover is Aniston. You can just make out the headline "best and worst dressed.""Of all the things to survive the apocalypse," Aniston wrote on her Instagram story, complete with a laughing emoji (H/T ComicBook.com).The Cordyceps outbreak happ
  
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• Thunderbolts director says earlier version of the Marvel movie's script was "kind of like a Die Hard thing"

  24-04-2025 10:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  With its focus on character dynamics and interpersonal relationships, new Marvel movie Thunderbolts* feels like the MCU's most grounded and self-contained project in a very long time, especially after the multiversal mayhem of 2024's Deadpool and Wolverine. And director Jake Schreier says the film felt like that from the off – in more ways than one.In an early scene, several of the characters meet for the first time in a bit of a sticky situation: trapped in a vault, with no way out but ea
  
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• Black Panther director Ryan Coogler reflects on the runaway success of his new vampire movie Sinners: "When I take my feelings out of it, I’m not surprised"

  24-04-2025 10:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ryan Coogler says he isn't surprised about the massive success of period vampire horror Sinners."I haven’t even begun to reckon with the fact that this movie is number one. It’s crazy. This movie is about like my uncle," Coogler, previously known for directing the Michael B. Jordan-led Creed movies as well as Marvel's Black Panther movies, said via Forbes. "It is bizarre, but when I think about it, when I take my feelings out of it, I’m not surprised."The movie, set in 1931 in
  
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• "Everything more or less gets buried" by "massive shadow drops" like Oblivion Remastered, says indie publisher behind new PS2 horror homage: "Love the game that dropped but feel the pain for our team"

  24-04-2025 02:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  As most gamers celebrate the semi-surprise release of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, the indie publisher behind new PS2-inspired survival horror game Post Trauma is feeling understandably overshadowed.Although leaks in the lead-up to launch spoiled the fun a little bit, there's no denying Oblivion Remastered is far and away the biggest launch of the week and very arguably the month, with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's PS5 release and The Last of Us 2 Remastered's PC launch being
  
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