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• After flopping at the box office, Lisa Frankenstein director offers hope that the cult movie will be re-animated with a new R-rated cut

  19-05-2025 23:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lisa Frankenstein director Zelda Williams has reignited hopes among fans of the cult horror film that an unrated cut of the officially PG-13 rated film could be released some time in the future. The film, which failed to make a dent at the box office, has nonetheless found fans on streaming."Endlessly thankful to all the Lisa Frankenfamily out there. It's been lovely to meet you, to see your tattoos and paintings and to hear your stories about what our weird, wacky movie means to you," Williams
  
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• Infinity Nikki devs issue another 1,000-word apology as backlash continues after disastrous update blamed on "insufficient preparation," but the community doesn't seem to buy it

  19-05-2025 22:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Infinity Nikki launched as a sparkling ray of sunshine late in 2024, but the 1.5 update a few weeks ago has dramatically diminished the glow, and not even the longest dev apology we've seen in years has restored the shine.Complaints about stability issues, monetization excesses, and major story changes have been boiling over, and another extensive apology from the dev team is proving unsuccessful at improving the community's sentiment."Since the launch of Version 1.5, insufficient preparation du
  
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• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director says the studio itself is "like an RPG party" of people who came together randomly, and treating "stupid ideas" seriously is essential

  19-05-2025 22:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Studios famously found its lead writer via a random Reddit audition for voice actors, and director Guillaume Broche says that's basically the origin story for the whole studio."Basically, the whole story of Sunfall is like an RPG party where I just send a mail to someone and this person instantly says, okay, let's work together," Broche tells Pirate Software in an interview.Some Sandfall folks were found via ArtStation, others from obscure indie gam
  
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• Amazon cancels its Kevin Bacon-starring supernatural crime show The Bondsman after just one season

  19-05-2025 22:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amazon has canceled the Kevin Bacon-starring streaming series The Bondsman after just one season, as reported by Variety.Bacon played the eponymous Bondsman in the show, which released all eight episodes of its first season on Amazon back in April. But rather than being a simple bondsman hunting down criminals who have skipped out on bail, Bacon's Hub Halloran was a resurrected spirit sent back to Earth to track down condemned souls that escaped from Hell."Murdered bounty hunter Hub Halloran (Ba
  
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• Guillermo del Toro says his "emotional" Frankenstein adaptation for Netflix isn't a horror movie: "I'm not trying to do that"

  19-05-2025 22:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Guillermo del Toro says his upcoming Frankenstein movie is not a horror film per se, despite being based on the classic gothic horror novel."Somebody asked me the other day, does it have really scary scenes?" del Toro said during a conversation at the Cannes Film Festival with composer Alexandre Desplat (via Variety). "For the first time, I considered that. It’s an emotional story for me. It’s as personal as anything. I’m asking a question about being a father, being a son&hell
  
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• New Jurassic World Rebirth teaser finally shows the iconic T-Rex river chase that was cut from the original Jurassic Park

  19-05-2025 21:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new teaser for Jurassic World Rebirth is here, and it gives us a taste of one iconic scene from Michael Crichton's novel that was cut from the original 1993 film.In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, we see a crew of people on a riverboat being stalked by a T-Rex - who then flips over their boat and begins to hunt them one by one. If you've been on the Jurassic Park River Rapids ride at Universal Studios, you're familiar with a T-Rex coming at you before you descend down a steep drop a
  
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• Predator: Killer of Killers trailer has the ultimate hunter taking on Vikings, samurai, and WWII soldiers in new animated film from Prey director

  19-05-2025 19:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new trailer for Prey director Dan Trachtenberg's animated anthology film Predator: Killer of Killers has arrived, going in-depth with each of the film's three settings.There's a tale of samurai warriors, one featuring Vikings, and another featuring World War II pilots, all of whom come face-to-face with the Yautja, testing their mettle against the greatest hunters in existence.Here's the trailer, showing portions of each section, along with a few really great looks at the animated Predator:Tra
  
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• Kingdom Hearts' legendary composer was as shocked as everyone else by the direction it went: "Wait, it’s a Disney game, but you want that kind of song there?"

  19-05-2025 19:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Composer Yoko Shimomura has created some of the most memorable tracks in gaming history, from Street Fighter 2 to vast swathes of the Square Enix catalog. Arguably her most beloved work comes from across the Kingdom Hearts series, blending classic Disney tunes with the epic, nearly operatic tone Square is known for. Turns out that she was as shocked as anyone this was going to be the tone of the series."I was a bit surprised when they explained to me what songs they wanted me to write – th
  
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• Nintendo has finally shown us a real-life Mario Kart World Switch 2 cartridge, and it sure does look like a Switch 1 cart, but red

  19-05-2025 19:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  The slow, daily drip feed of tiny pieces of Switch 2 news continues apace on the Nintendo Today app, and this time they've shown a look at the official console carrying case. This also serves as our first look at a real-life Switch 2 cartridge for Mario Kart World.The publisher previously showed a generic digital mockup of the new cartridges at the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, noting that they'd be "the same shape as Nintendo Switch game cards," but now red and with "much faster data reading speeds
  
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• Steam users are review bombing the Borderlands games following Take-Two's new user agreement: "I don't feel comfortable with the terms of service"

  19-05-2025 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ahead of Borderlands 4, fans of the action RPG series from Gearbox Software are rallying online to share their thoughts on Take-Two Interactive's new terms of service.As pointed out by a player in a recent Reddit thread, the Borderlands games are currently facing a review bomb of sorts on Steam. The debacle boils down to Take-Two's recently updated user agreement, which is outlined on the holding company's website. "People are review bombing the entire Borderlands series because of EULA changes
  
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• "It is a mistranslation regarding a Chrono Trigger Remake" says Square Enix, further dashing hopes of a new version of the iconic RPG 30 years after its release

  19-05-2025 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  I have terrible news for all you Chrono Trigger fans out there. It was recently reported that writer Yuji Horii said he was contemplating a remake of the 1995 RPG, but Square Enix itself now claims that was just a mistranslation.In a series of mistranslations and rumours, it was reported at the start of May that Horii essentially leaked the existence of a Chrono Trigger remake. The original is considered one of the most influential and best RPGs ever made, so a remake would be welcomed by a lot
  
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• Marvel Rivals executive producer agrees that a "harsher penalty" is needed for players who rage quit ranked, but the controversial Chronos Shield Cards won't make things worse

  19-05-2025 18:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Rivals Season 2 is in full swing, with Ranked being filled with the sweatiest players who follow the Marvel Rivals tier list like the bible and force you to see the same 10 or so characters all the time. While not as prevalent as these sweats, there are also a lot of people who simply leave early or throw matches if things aren't going their way. And while Marvel Rivals does have punishments in place for sore losers (a time-out and loss of points), the game's executive producer, Danny Koo
  
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• Final Destination fans think a hidden detail in Bloodlines could link back to a character from the fourth movie with the most unfortunate death

  19-05-2025 18:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  One horror fan thinks that an easily missed detail from Final Destination Bloodlines links back to the fourth movie, but others are not so convinced.Warning, this post includes mild spoilers for Final Destination Bloodlines, so make sure you are all caught up. But first, read our Final Destination Bloodlines review.The fan pointed out on Twitter that Bloodline’s opening scene, where a highly annoying boy is throwing pennies off the roof at the Skyview, could have some connection with Nick
  
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• Tom Cruise says Ana de Armas' John Wick spin-off Ballerina "kicks ass"

  19-05-2025 18:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tom Cruise is full of praise for new John Wick spin-off Ballerina, starring Ana de Armas as the titular dancer-turned-assassin."It's gonna be a fun summer. A lot of movies," Cruise said during a red carpet appearance at the UK premiere of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning in London, which you can watch below. One title mentioned was Ballerina, which hits theaters next month, and Cruise immediately responded enthusiastically."I saw the movie, it just kicks ass," he said. "It’s
  
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• The new Razer Blade 14 is the brand's slimmest to date and it's available now

  19-05-2025 18:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Razer Blade 14 is back in full force for 2025. The brand has unveiled its thinnest iteration of the Blade 14 at Computex this week, with the RTX 50-Series machine starting at $2,299.99 and shipping from May 2025.There are three configurations of the new Razer Blade 14 on the table here. All use an AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 processor, and two pack an RTX 5070 graphics card. The amount of RAM (up to 64GB) and size of your SSD (2TB on the shelf, 4TB maximum) will determine your final price beyond that
  
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• Hideo Kojima says the "loss of my father was a major theme in the Metal Gear series," but Death Stranding "looks in the other direction"

  19-05-2025 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  With Death Stranding 2, Hideo Kojima is serving up no shortage of superficial references to Metal Gear Solid. But in the director's eyes, there's also a deeper connection between the two series, as they each offer a different perspective on the relationships between parents and children."The loss of my father was a major theme in the Metal Gear series," Kojima says in Edge magazine issue 411. "Those games explore the theme of how you surpass your parents. Death Stranding looks in the other direc
  
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• After that shock Doctor Who reveal, Russell T Davies teases that one more villain is "lying in wait, exactly 160 years away": "Stand by! This is the big one!"

  19-05-2025 17:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies says season 2 is ending with the introduction of a brand new villain - to round out the Unholy Trinity."NEXT WEEK: Wish World. Enemies old and new unite as the Doctor faces the Unholy Trinity. This is only two thirds of the Trinity, the two Ranis count as one, cos I say so," Davies wrote on Instagram. "The third is lying in wait, exactly 160 years away. So stand by! This is the big one! First of a two-part finale! The Pantheon is stirring. Old friends are h
  
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• The Witcher 4 director wants tough choices in RPGs, "even if the emotion in the end is sadness," because "we want players to feel rewarded"

  19-05-2025 16:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  While knowing that The Witcher 4 is on the way after that snazzy trailer at The Game Awards 2024, it has still been a long time since we had any new Witcher, put into perspective by The Witcher 3 celebrating its 10th anniversary. To celebrate this milestone, CD Projekt Red talked with IGN about their approach to in-game choices, which led to some interesting comments from the director of the upcoming sequel.Both The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 are packed with impactful choices, which will affect
  
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• Hideo Kojima shares his verdict on Better Man: "I have no idea why Robbie Williams is portrayed as a chimpanzee the whole time, but I was in tears by the end"

  19-05-2025 16:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hideo Kojima has shared his verdict on Better Man, the unconventional Robbie Williams biopic – and the Metal Gear creator had an emotional response to the movie."I watched BETTER MAN on the plane," Kojima tweeted. "I have no idea why Robbie Williams is portrayed as a chimpanzee the whole time, but I was in tears by the end. At my junior high graduation event way back, just like in the film, I sang 'MY WAY' solo on stage in the auditorium – me for the first verse, Tatsuo for the secon
  
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• Lego shuts down Bionicle fan game 8 years into development, and the team thinks it knows why: "Our project was too easy to mistake for an official product"

  19-05-2025 16:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  The fan-made Bionicle: Masks of Power game has to stop development because the Lego Group asked the volunteer devs of Team Kanohi to cease their work on the project.In a video posted to YouTube, project lead Jordan Willis says, "For the last eight years, we've been hard at work building the Bionicle game of our dreams. Through it all, we've endeavored to communicate openly with the Lego Group following their fairplay guidelines for fan projects in good faith." You can read the Lego Group's fair
  
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• Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann was so impressed by this The Last of Us season 2 actor, he offered him a role in Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet "on the spot"

  19-05-2025 16:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fans aren't the only ones who were left impressed by The Last of Us season 2 and its talented cast, as one actor in particular also caught the eye of Naughty Dog lead Neil Druckmann – so much so, in fact, that he "immediately" cast him in Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us season 2, episode 6 – "The Price."Neil Druckmann, who worked as both the creative director on The Last of Us games and the producer of Sony's TV adaptation, reveals
  
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• Square Enix considered shutting down the original Final Fantasy MMO years ago, but the devs received "a lot of support" to keep it going

  19-05-2025 16:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Square Enix might have called quits on Final Fantasy 11 last year if it wasn't for the MMO's dedicated fan base.That comes from producer and director Yoji Fujito, who has been speaking about what the future of the original Final Fantasy MMO might have looked like if things played out a bit differently.Speaking to Dengeki Online, Fujito reveals that at one point prior to Final Fantasy XI’s 20th anniversary in 2022, Square Enix considered ending support for it as a living game. "There was a
  
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• James Gunn confirms the impossibly straightforward DCU timeline (which is way less complicated than the MCU)

  19-05-2025 16:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  James Gunn has confirmed the current DCU timeline - and it's impossibly straightforward.On Threads, a fan asked Gunn if he would consider making a DCU timeline for HBO Max, the same way the MCU has its own Marvel timeline section on Disney Plus, so that people can watch the Marvel movies and shows in order."As of now it's basically as the movies and shows come out," Gunn replied. "Although of course some of these feature flashbacks - Creature Commandos, Superman, Peacemaker, Lanterns, Supergirl.
  
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