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• Super Mario 64, a forgotten Dreamcast JRPG, classic Jet Li films, and more all inspired Tim Schafer while working on Psychonauts

  03-05-2025 18:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Psychonauts, the iconic platformer about entering peoples' psyches to sort out whatever emotional baggage they've got strewn about, is 20 years old. And to celebrate the milestone, Double Fine founder and Psychonauts director Tim Schafer shared some of his inspirations for the classic.Before opening Double Fine Productions, Schafer was widely known for a bunch of LucasArts point-and-click adventure games, such as Full Throttle and Grim Fandango, but he decided to instead make a third-person, ful
  
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• The Black Series 212th Clone Trooper helmet is testing my willpower

  03-05-2025 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  I'm feeling personally attacked by this new Star Wars helmet replica, and I would like to complain.I was able to visit Disney HQ and see a lot of the merch for May 4 ahead of time last month, and while plenty stood out (like the RC Mouse Droid, which I'm obsessed with), I was immediately drawn to a replica Star Wars helmet sitting quietly in one corner. As a massive Clone Wars fan with a particular soft spot for Obi-Wan's squad in particular (the yellow-accented 212th), the Black Series 212th Cl
  
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• "If I made Stardew Valley again, I would try to be a little more nuanced": Eric Barone says the Community Center versus JojaMart battle was too black and white

  03-05-2025 16:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stardew Valley's creator reckons its central decision between building a community center or helping a giant supermarket chain from turning it into a warehouse was too "black and white."Stardew Valley doesn't offer a ton of tough, moral choices, except for the objective at the heart of the game. You can choose to grind, build friendships, and work together with the other villagers to restore the community center. Or you can pay to turn it into a Joja warehouse - the basic rewards are the same, b
  
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• Danganronpa creator would love to port his acclaimed strategy RPG to more consoles, but the studio is "still on the brink of going under"

  03-05-2025 15:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kazutaka Kodaka's new strategy RPG The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy came out just a few weeks ago, but the developer's still on thin ice financially.By most metrics, The Hundred Line seems to have gone down like a treat for players. On Steam, the game has over 1,400 user reviews with 91% of people giving it a thumbs up. And it's also gotten some sweet reactions on Metacritic and such, but it hasn't totally saved its developer Too Kyo Games yet.Over on BlueSky, one fan asked about whether T
  
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• Warfare stars Will Poulter and Kit Connor are heading to the Rapture to fight zombies

  03-05-2025 14:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  No sooner have they finished their tour as brothers in arms in Warfare than stars Will Poulter and Kit Connor are getting back in action as brothers in a different time, fighting a very different war. Deadline reports that the two are set to star in HanWay Films' Rapture, a film from playwright Jordan Tannahill in his directorial debut as he takes on a medieval horror that sounds like the stuff of nightmares.Set in 1348, Rapture follows a small group of monks whose life and devotion to God are s
  
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• Dragon Quest's Yuji Horii didn't actually reveal a Chrono Trigger remake after all, despite reports the JRPG classic was making a comeback

  03-05-2025 13:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Frequent Dragon Quest lead and JRPG maestro Yuji Horii didn't actually leak a Chrono Trigger remake, despite recent reports to the contrary.Earlier this week, Horii attended a panel at Napoli Comicon, and a number of purported attendees claimed the designer had accidentally revealed the existence of a full-fledged Chrono Trigger remake in celebration of its 30th anniversary, before telling the crowd via a translator that "You have heard nothing." An unverified video poured more fuel on the fires
  
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• Robert Downey Jr. may have just spoiled Thunderbolts and fans aren't happy

  03-05-2025 13:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spoilers for the Thunderbolts ending and Thunderbolts post-credits scene follow.Robert Downey Jr. might be going method for Avengers: Doomsday after breaking the cardinal rule of spoiling Thunderbolts before its opening weekend was even over. Taking to Instagram to praise the latest chapter in the MCU, the man who will return to the franchise as Doctor Doom said, "Just wow!!! Dinner and a show with the Old Avengers. So cool, fresh, and deep. Big congrats." Unfortunately, some fans picked up on t
  
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• Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock plan third screen reunion in romantic thriller for Amazon

  03-05-2025 12:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Besides Jeff Daniels giving us the most "Fair enough" look in cinema (you know the one) and Die Hard on a bus, the best thing to come out of the iconic action movie Speed is easily the electric chemistry between Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. That spark that kept the movie over 50mph was recaptured in the 2006 romance, The Lake House, which had fewer explosions and probably explains why it wasn't as well-received. Now, though, we may find the perfect balance of both, with news that Reeves and
  
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• Ryan Reynolds is planning a Deadpool team-up movie with X-Men

  03-05-2025 11:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  The MCU has had a busy schedule lately, with Thunderbolts*, the arrival of Marvel's First Family in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and booking a slot in the calendar for Avengers: Doomsday. Now it seems like, after all that dust has settled, and after a few more movies have hit screens, Ryan Reynolds has plans for Wade Wilson to make a return, with news that he's currently writing a Deadpool and X-Men team-up movie.The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the star of Deadpool & Wolverine
  
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• The Last of Us season 2 star has shared the moment that gave her the worst "video game PTSD"

  03-05-2025 09:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  The problem with The Last of Us season 2 is that it's forcing fans of the original games to go through a nightmarish checklist of stuff they've already experienced. The most notable entry so far is having to endure the final moments of Joel Miller (played in the show by Pedro Pascal, who is no longer present in the opening credits, which we're not okay with) while we and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) are forced to watch them unfold.One fan of the games and star of the show who's present for that iconic a
  
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• This Oblivion Remastered Easter egg is forcing me to confront a difficult truth about early 2010s meme culture: It was never funny, actually

  03-05-2025 01:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Oblivion Remastered is hiding some pretty great Easter eggs, but I hate to say it, this one just ain't it.I bear absolutely no ill will to my friends over at PC Gamer for bringing this Oblivion Remastered Easter egg, and by proxy a terrible 2011 meme, to my attention. I entirely blame early 2010s absurdist Millennial humor, which I distinctly remember fake-laughing to many, many times in college. Remember the Harlem Shake? That gosh darn screaming sheep? I slot the 2011 video Potion Seller in th
  
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• "Even though I worked on Oblivion Remastered, I'm still excited for Skyblivion": Bethesda shows more love to the modders who've been remaking Elder Scrolls 4 for 12 years

  03-05-2025 01:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Oblivion Remastered is all the rage right now, and for good reason. It brings one of the most beloved open-world RPGs to a new audience with a beautiful visual upgrade, meaningful quality-of-life improvements, and all of the loveable jank from the original game - all at a very agreeable $50. What's not to like?Well, from the perspective of the Skyblivion team, who've been remaking Oblivion in Skyrim since 2012, you'd think there'd be a lot of things to not like. But from the outset, the Skyblivi
  
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