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• Super Mario 64 hacker discovers in-game sound effect you can only hear in full if you leave the N64 classic running for 14 months straight

  13-05-2025 23:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Even now, 29 years later, Super Mario 64 apparently still has plenty of secrets left to uncover. That includes a hidden sound effect that only partially plays in the normal course of the game, which you can only hear fully by letting the game run for 14 months straight.This bug is one of many discovered by Kaze Emanuar, who has been hacking Mario 64 and reporting his findings about the game's inner workings for years. In a new video, he breaks down a number of bugs related to various in-game tim
  
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• Marvel's new Ironheart featurette offers up a first look at Tony Stark's posthumous protege Riri Williams in action along with the series villain The Hood

  13-05-2025 22:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  The next MCU streaming series is Ironheart, focusing on Dominique Thorne's young hero Riri Williams, who was introduced in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Now, Marvel has released a featurette showing off some of the first footage from the streaming series along with some behind-the-scenes insight from executive producer Ryan Coogler and head writer/executive producer Chinaka Hodge - and there's even a look at the show's villain, the Hood.Check it out:In comics, Riri Williams is a teenager who i
  
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• Lawless Oblivion Remastered player earns 19 years in prison after stealing 2,900 items and murdering a measly 7 people: "Is the Oblivion crisis still going or...?"

  13-05-2025 21:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  A big part of my roleplaying experience has always been following the law and doing the right thing as much as possible, as I would in real life. It just makes the whole thing more immersive for me when I'm behaving roughly how I would if I were to be transported into any given fantasy world, but I understand that's not how everyone plays RPGs. Some folks, like one Oblivion Remastered player going by Viccytrix on Reddit, just want to watch the world burn like the Gates of Oblivion.Viccytrix shar
  
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• Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy reveals that the first episode of the Star Wars series had to be reshot because it was "really boring": "I was like, what the f**k is this?"

  13-05-2025 21:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy says the first episode of Andor needed some work before it headed to the small screen."Most television directors, I’m not an expert on it, but you’re expected to do coverage," Gilroy explained in an interview with Variety. "Toby Haynes directed the first block [of episodes of Season 1]. I was in New York with my brother [executive producer] John [Gilroy], and we had a cutting room on 86th Street around the corner from my house. The first week, the first d
  
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• Behold, the Monster Hunter Wilds effect: Capcom's old Monster Hunter games sold even better in the past year despite 10 million copies of Wilds eating the fandom's time and money

  13-05-2025 20:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Capcom has released its latest financial earnings, and it seems nothing can stop Monster Hunter - not even Monster Hunter. Old entries in the venerable series are selling even better than they did the year before, collectively outstripping the sales of Monster Hunter Wilds itself.Monster Hunter Wilds sold an impressive 10.1 million units at launch, according to Capcom's FY24 earnings report. The financial year covers April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025, which only encompasses the first month of
  
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• Final Destination Bloodlines directors on coming up with innovative yet "relatable deaths" that haven't been done before: "You’re just constantly looking at everything like, 'Could this kill me?'"

  13-05-2025 19:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Destination Bloodlines directors Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky had to really lean into their anxieties in order to come up with new kills for the sixth Final Destination installment."Keeping the kills fresh is extremely difficult, especially when there's been five amazing groups of people that have made Final Destination movies before you because we really, really didn't want to repeat anything," Stein tells GamesRadar+. "You have to come up with things that are relatable, things that we al
  
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• Get your exclusive first look at one of the new Daggerheart settings, which crosses Legend of Zelda with Princess Mononoke

  13-05-2025 19:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a market dominated by D&D, Daggerheart (the new tabletop RPG from Critical Role) feels like a breath of fresh air. With release day now just around the corner, publisher Darrington Press is starting to pull back the curtain on its fantasy adventure system – and I've been given an exclusive reveal to show you.While we've heard a decent amount thus far about classes, cards, and the novel two-dice system that helps set Daggerheart apart from the likes of D&D, this tidbit focuses on
  
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• 8 years in, Nintendo president admits Switch 1 just isn't powerful enough for "new gameplay experiences" so it's time to move onto a "new standard" with Switch 2

  13-05-2025 18:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Nintendo Switch 2 has been highly anticipated for years now, and while the Nintendo Direct only furthered everyone's excitement. But one of the biggest complaints about the system (outside of the pricing, obviously) was its perceived lack of innovation, something that's now been addressed by company president Shuntaro Furukawa.Every Nintendo system since the DS has had some form of central gimmick or innovation, with the likes of the Wiimote, the Wii U GamePad, or just the general concept of
  
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• Helldivers 2 adds "500+ hours" of progression with its big "s**t your pants" update, and Arrowhead's CEO wants to know: "What is the pant situation like?"

  13-05-2025 18:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has been teasing something big for a while now, with the recent hint of "exciting news to come" compounded with the humorous promise made by CEO Shams Jorjani that something in the third-person shooter's pipeline would make everyone "shit [their] pants." Today, it's become apparent what the studio was hinting at with the latest update, and the studio's boss has been checking in on the "pant situation."Jorjani's promise (arguably, threat) that "you'll shit your pa
  
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• Bob Odenkirk's vacation plans can't stop getting ruined in the first trailer for Nobody 2

  13-05-2025 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bob Odenkirk brutally fights to enjoy his summer family vacation in the first trailer for Nobody 2, which is releasing in cinemas this summer. Get ready for some spectacular fight sequences and Sharon Stone playing an evil mob boss, as this sequel aims to be even bigger and better than 2021's action hit Nobody.The trailer, which you can see above, starts with hitman Hutch Mansell (Odenkirk) coming to terms with the fact that he hasn't been the best husband and father. "I have come to terms with
  
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• Final Destination Bloodlines directors talk making an "unusual" sequel focused on family and "heart": "It gave an extra weight to each death"

  13-05-2025 18:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Destination Bloodlines directors Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky set out to make a different kind of FD installment - with the concept of family at the center of it to give a new kind of weight to each freak accidental death."We always said we wanted to make a Final Destination movie that you had to watch through your fingers because you were cringing so hard, but you also were smiling and laughing at the same time," Stein tells GamesRadar+. "That's kind of the tone we were going for because
  
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• Jackie Chan says CGI stunts are a "double edged sword" and actors are "missing" a "sense of reality"

  13-05-2025 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Martial arts legend and actor Jackie Chan has weighed in on the use of CGI in stunt work, saying that it is making us as an audience "numb" to danger."In the old days, the only [choice we had] was to be there and jump; that’s it," said Chan in an interview with Haute Living. "Today, with computers, actors can do anything, but there’s always a sense of reality that you feel is missing."The Rumble in the Bronx star made a name for himself in Hollywood for his acrobatic fighting style a
  
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• Oblivion Remastered subreddit bans "Sexy Flame Atronach" because moderators "cannot take any more" thirstposting: "Divines forgive us"

  13-05-2025 18:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's official – fans of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered from Bethesda Game Studios are no longer allowed to lust after flame atronachs on the RPG's subreddit.Moderators overseeing the Oblivion Remastered community reveal as much in a hilariously unsurprising new announcement thread they aptly dub "no more low effort 'Sexy Flame Atronach' posts." The thirstposting, it seems, has simply become too much."Halt! We cannot take any more Sexy Flame Atronach posts," exclaim the subreddit'
  
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• Lego Simpsons is finally back with a fan-pleasing new set, but why did it take 10 years?

  13-05-2025 17:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hey hey kids, it's your old pal Krusty the Clown here with a new Lego Simpsons set, and... wait a minute. What do you mean, it's the first one in a decade?A brand-new kit based on the dysfunctional town of Springfield is on its way next month, bringing another iconic location to a range that hasn't been touched in around 10 years. This time Krusty Burger is getting the Lego Simpsons treatment, with minifigures including the clown himself, Homer, Bart, Lisa, and Sideshow Bob - complete with custa
  
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• Daredevil: Born Again season 2 star is already hoping that Marvel brings back his character "in some capacity": "Hopefully people like it"

  13-05-2025 17:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  While filming on Daredevil: Born Again season 2 is still under way, Matthew Lillard is already hoping we get to see his character again in the MCU in the future. The Scream star joined the cast last February, although his role is still a mystery."It's Marvel, so nothing," Lillard told ComicBook when asked what he can say about his undisclosed Marvel role. "I think that Marvel clamps down even harder than Star Wars, but I will say I am in the universe," he confirmed.Most details about the new sea
  
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• Nintendo president acknowledges "Switch 2 is priced relatively high" compared to the original, says bundles will help "get off to the same start we did with Nintendo Switch"

  13-05-2025 17:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  The original Switch has maintained its $300 USD price since it launched in 2017, but with Switch 2, Nintendo is raising the price of entry to $450. Even Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa is willing to acknowledge that's a "relatively high" price by comparison, and one that may make it difficult to keep the community's enthusiasm for the new console going.In a Q&A with investors following Nintendo's recent financial results report, which recently got an official English translation, Furuka
  
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• New Palworld update Tides of Terraria is a survival game collab "full of new Pals, new islands, new things to do" coming this summer

  13-05-2025 16:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Palworld developer Pocketpair has just unveiled Tides of Terraria, a crossover-shaped update featuring plenty of exciting content, from new Pals to capture to fresh islands to explore.While the Palworld and Terraria collaboration was announced by Pocketpair and Re-Logic last November, details regarding its contents weren't revealed at the time. New online posts from the official Palworld account and global community manager John "Bucky" Buckley shed some light on Tides of Terraria, as the crosso
  
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• Mario Kart 64 could be the next N64 game in line for an unofficial PC port as the classic racer has been fully decompiled, following in the footsteps of Zelda and Star Fox

  13-05-2025 16:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mario Kart 64 could be the next Nintendo 64 game to get an unofficial native PC port, as decompilation efforts for the game have finally completed.One of the best gaming developments of the 2020s has been the rise of decompilation, which is a process which allows people to strip a game back to its source code via the ROM, opening it up to be developed on.This has allowed the likes of Super Mario 64, Sonic Unleashed, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to get native PC versions that can then
  
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• SteelSeries just launched a brand new limited edition GameBuds design, that looks like it stepped straight out of the late 90s

  13-05-2025 16:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  SteelSeries has just announced a brand-new design for its iconic Arctis GameBuds, with the limited edition 'Glorange' gaming earbuds. If you haven't already put two and two together, the name is a combination of the brand's titular 'For Glory' marketing speak, and the fact that it's, well, orange.These are the same best gaming earbuds our hardware team's Tabitha Baker reviewed last year, sporting Bluetooth and 2.4GHz connectivity options, a Qi wireless charging case, small albeit powerful 6mm ne
  
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• Avengers: Doomsday may have started filming 15 days ago, but one of its stars still hasn't seen a script: "I've had a preliminary introduction to the idea"

  13-05-2025 16:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Such is the secrecy surrounding Marvel Studios' big projects, it's little wonder that we know next to nothing about Avengers: Doomsday. Still, it should come as a surprise that – over two weeks into filming – one of its stars says they haven't seen a script yet."I've had a preliminary introduction to the idea," Grammer said of his Avengers: Doomsday return during an appearance on Literally! With Rob Lowe. "They are still very secretive about the script."Admittedly, Grammer may only n
  
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• John Wick spin-off Ballerina gets its final trailer and it's full of fighting, fire, and Keanu Reeves

  13-05-2025 16:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just weeks before it's set to hit the big screen, the final trailer for John Wick spin-off Ballerina has dropped, giving us a closer look at Ana de Armas as a deadly assassin.The trailer, which you can watch below, opens with a voice saying, "When you think of me, you should think of fire," before we see de Armas through the lens of John Wick’s sniper.We then get a look at the fiery female assassin training, before she goes on to fight a man with a meat cleaver, one with a flame thrower, b
  
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• Alien: Earth gets a premiere date – and it's just a few months away

  13-05-2025 15:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Noah Hawley's Alien: Earth sci-fi show finally has a release date – and it's just a few months away.The show will be arriving on Hulu in the US on August 12 and Disney Plus in the UK on August 13. Two episodes will premiere together, with the rest of the eight-episode season arriving weekly after that.We've yet to see a full trailer for the show, but what has been revealed so far sets us up for a stomach-churning ride. A clip released from the series sees crew members hunted by a terrifyin
  
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• Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra gets delayed to "early 2026" as devs say the extra time will allow for "more polish" and "the best possible experience"

  13-05-2025 15:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bad news, folks – Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, the upcoming action-adventure game starring Captain America and Black Panther during World War 2, just got delayed out of 2025 and into next year.In a statement posted to Twitter today, developer Skydance confirms that "Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra will now be launching in early 2026."It continues: "Taking this additional time will allow us to add more polish, and make sure that we give you the best possible experience, and one that lives up to o
  
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• Creed TV show spin-off in the works at Amazon with Sinners star Michael B. Jordan on board to produce

  13-05-2025 15:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Creed TV show spin-off is in the works at Amazon, and Michael B. Jordan is involved behind the scenes.The show, titled Delphi, will be set in the gym featured in the Creed movies. Per Variety, it will follow young boxers who train at the gym, but further plot details are still being kept under wraps. The Delphi Boxing Academy is run by Tony "Little Duke" Evers Jr., the son of Apollo Creed's trainer Tony "Duke" Evers.The series was announced as part of Amazon's 2025 Upfront, a presentation to a
  
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• Schedule 1 has disappeared from Steam in Australia but the dev behind the game assures players it isn't banned

  13-05-2025 15:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of 2025's breakout hits and beloved drug dealing simulator Schedule 1 has disappeared from Steam in Australia, but the game's developer has assured fans the game isn't banned.Schedule 1 has been popular enough to inspire a roster of PS5 ripoff listings and a massive review bomb on Drug Dealer Simulator for investigating similarities between it and Schedule 1. However, potential dealers looking to get into the drug production biz in Australia have noticed that the game is currently nowhere to
  
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• Check out the stunning Victorian-inspired world of Silver Palace, a brand new ARPG built in Unreal Engine 5

  13-05-2025 13:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Silver Palace is a fantastical new ARPG set in the Victorian-inspired metropolis Silvernia, featuring stunning anime-esque visuals powered by Unreal Engine 5 and fast-paced, fluid combat.The upcoming game places players in the shoes of a detective tasked with uncovering the truth and fighting crime as corporate monopolies, underground syndicates, and royal officials alike fight for control over Silverium, the revolutionary element behind Silvernia's impressive industrialization. Silverium is no
  
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• Nobody could have seen it coming: Helldivers 2's Illuminate emerge from the black hole players stopped from crashing into Super Earth, with "larger, more powerful enemies within their fleet"

  13-05-2025 13:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  I don't know about you, but when it was announced that a Helldivers 2 victory party was being held to celebrate the defeat of the democracy-hating Illuminate and the halt of the ominous black hole approaching Super Earth, the last thing I expected was for anything to go wrong. How foolish that was, as the Illuminate have returned with a vengeance in a major new update."In a surprise turn of events that even our top researchers couldn't predict, the Illuminate have finally revealed their intentio
  
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• Jujutsu Kaisen’s upcoming Hidden Inventory / Premature Death movie will contain a brand new "mini anime" starring series leads

  13-05-2025 13:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jujutsu Kaisen’s upcoming compilation movie will feature a brand new mini-anime starring our favorite three leads right from the original series.The movie, officially titled Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – The Movie, will not only show the best of one of the most beloved arcs from the Jujutsu Kaisen series but will also include a new Juju Stroll mini anime, as reported by Jujutsu Kaisen News.Much like the main series, the mini-anime is based on a graphic novel by
  
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• Demon Slayer issues strong legal warning against leaking its Infinity Castle movie trailer included in the Mugen Train re-release

  13-05-2025 13:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  We too can't wait to see the first trailer for Demon Slayer's highly anticipated new movie, but let's not break the law to do so.A first look at the Demon Slayer Infinity Castle movie is included in the re-release of Mugen Train in 4K, which hits US theaters tomorrow, and Sony Pictures and Crunchyroll want to prevent any leakings.The official Demon Slayer profile issued a strong warning against recording the trailer in cinemas and leaking it online. "A secretly recorded video of the theater-excl
  
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• Tom Cruise makes a surprising reflection on one of his first career failures: "It was the first time I realized that some people didn’t know how to make movies"

  13-05-2025 12:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tom Cruise has made a surprising reflection on one of the least successful movies of his career, the '80s comedy Losin' It.Losin' It was released in 1982, when Cruise was 20. Directed by Curtis Hanson, the movie is set in the '60s and follows four teenagers trying to lose their virginities on a road trip from California to Mexico. It was received badly by critics and made just over $1 million at the box office on a budget of $7 million."The quality wasn’t there, nor was the intention to ma
  
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• Beat it, buster: Nicolas Cage is a Spidey gumshoe in first look at Spider-Noir – and Amazon is going all out and releasing every episode in black-and-white

  13-05-2025 12:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  The look at Nicolas Cage's Spider-Noir is revealed as Amazon announces exciting release plans for the upcoming Prime Video series.The first image, which you can see above, shows Cage in the iconic black-and-white Spider-Noir get-up that was once glimpsed as part of the character's design in the two animated Spider-Verse films.Alongside that, a trailer has seemingly leaked from Amazon's recent Upfront event. While we won't show the footage here, it's packed full of noir goodness and evocative ima
  
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• Final Destination Bloodlines played the cruellest trick on some unsuspecting movie fans

  13-05-2025 12:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Destination Bloodlines is already causing trouble before it has even hit screens, as it plays the most brutal prank on some unsuspecting movie-goers.In celebration of Mother’s Day in the US, Warner Bros. set up a special screening of an upcoming romantic comedy called Love at the Sky View, where adults could bring their mothers along to. The catch is, the movie Love at the Sky View does not exist, and instead, the studio showed the newest Final Destination movie to the unwitting moth
  
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• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 draft trailer from 5 years ago surfaces online, and it looks like a completely different RPG with no final visuals and "terrible robotic voices"

  13-05-2025 12:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  The general consensus of pretty much everyone who gets their hands on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is that it's pretty dang breathtaking, but it obviously wasn't always as polished as it is now. An old draft trailer for the RPG has emerged on Reddit, highlighting just how far Sandfall Interactive's game has come in the last few years.As highlighted on Reddit, an old post by game director Guillaume Broche (also the CEO of Sandfall Interactive) shows the dev looking for three female and two male vo
  
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• Alexader Skarsgård's "brisk and propulsive" new Apple TV sci-fi comedy lands perfect Rotten Tomatoes score

  13-05-2025 12:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Apple TV Plus' new sci-fi comedy series, Murderbot, is getting glowing reviews ahead of its release on Friday. The show, starring Alexader Skarsgård, has debuted at an impressive 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, so this is definitely one to watch out for.Based on Martha Wells' popular book series known as the Murderbot Diaries, Murderbot blends comedy, sci-fi and thriller to tell the story of a robot in existential crisis. Per the logline, the show follows "a self-hacking security construct
  
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• GTA 4 "should be remastered" says veteran Rockstar dev as modern port rumors surface: "It's a great game"

  13-05-2025 12:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  While we're all waiting on GTA 6 after the most recent delay – with the new trailer only making things harder for us – rumours of 2008's GTA 4 returning to modern platforms have appeared. Ex-Rockstar Games technical director Obbe Vermeij is among the group of people who want Niko Bellic to return.Vermeij worked at DMA Design-turned-Rockstar North from 1995 until 2009; during that time he worked on the likes of Space Station Silicon Valley, Manhunt, and some of those GTA games that pe
  
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• Leaked Fallout season 2 trailer teases New Vegas location, and fans are over the moon about it

  13-05-2025 11:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first Fallout season 2 teaser trailer has mysteriously appeared online, giving us our first glance at a major location from the games. That’s right, we’re going to New Vegas.The leaked trailer, which has since been posted to Reddit, opens with Cooper Howard, aka Ghoul (Walton Goggins), and Vault girl Lucy MacLean (Ella Purnell) walking through the desert as they pass a sandy sign that reads ‘Las Vegas 50 miles.’ Then, in the distance, we see the apocalyptic sin city i
  
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• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning's first reactions are as big and bold as Tom Cruise's stunts: "Kind of a beautiful chaotic mess"

  13-05-2025 11:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Given how it's been framed as Ethan Hunt's grand send-off to the Mission: Impossible franchise, The Final Reckoning was always going to elicit big, bold reactions from critics and early audiences. But even The Entity itself might not have foreseen just how mixed the response would be to the eighth Mission: Impossible instalment.Inverse's Hoai-Tran Bui captured the general mood of critics and audiences who were lucky enough to watch The Final Reckoning early, commenting that the M:I sendoff was "
  
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• Suits L.A. was canceled because it "has not resonated" with fans: "It's just not really showing the potential to grow"

  13-05-2025 11:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite Suits becoming a streaming phenomenon in 2023, its spin-off has been short-lived. Suits: LA has been canceled before even finishing airing season 1, and now we know some of the reasons why this decision was made at NBC."Suits: LA has had a very short run, but it really just has not resonated the way we thought it would,"Jeff Bader, NBC’s president of programming strategy, revealed to the media this week (via The Hollywood Reporter), following the announcement of this unexpectedly e
  
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• Fallout TV show renewed for season 3 ahead of season 2's December premiere

  13-05-2025 02:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amazon Prime's Fallout TV show has been renewed for season 3 ahead of the season 2 premiere in December, reports Variety.The first season of Fallout has been extremely well-received and has been watched by over 100 million people, ranking it in the top three Prime Video titles ever. It's perhaps no surprise then that the company is keen on a third season.Meanwhile, Fallout season 2 "will pick up in the aftermath of Season One’s epic finale and take audiences along for a journey through the
  
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• A zillion years before Hogwarts Legacy, pre-Saints Row Volition was making a Baldur's Gate-style Harry Potter RPG and "it's never been seen by the public before"

  13-05-2025 01:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Decades before Hogwarts Legacy, and even before Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone kicked off the enduring film franchise, the studio that would eventually become known for Saints Row was in the early stages of developing an RPG based on the Harry Potter book series.Footage of the doomed game, which has apparently never been seen or even heard of by the general public, was shown to GamesRadar+ as part of a tour of The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York.As explained by Andre
  
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