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• Netflix is turning real-life $8 billion crypto fraud case into a TV series – and it's already found its leads in Fantastic Four and Masters of the Air stars

  30-05-2025 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle have been cast as the leads in Netflix's new drama about "Gen Z's own Bonnie and Clyde," Caroline Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried.Based on true events, the limited series, titled The Altruists, is set to follow the "wild romance" of "two hyper-smart, ambitious young idealists who tried to remake the global financial system in the blink of an eye – then seduced, coaxed, and teased each other into stealing $8 billion."Once dubbed the "poster boy" of bitcoin, Bank
  
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• Undertale creator Toby Fox has some indie recommendations while you wait for Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4, including a visual novel he "can't wait" to see more of

  30-05-2025 14:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  With mere days to go until the long-awaited Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4 release on June 5, a launch date the Undertale follow-up shares with the Switch 2, developer Toby Fox is sharing his favorite indie games.Fox has graced us with plenty of indie game recommendations to explore ahead of Chapters 3 and 4, telling Destructoid about his personal top picks in a recent interview.The first title the dev shares is a surreal trip based on a YouTube animated series known as ENA: Dream BBQ, and it curren
  
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• "The Battle of Super Earth is won": Helldivers 2 grunts have officially ended the Illuminate invasion, defending our last 2 Mega Cities and forcing the squids "into hiding"

  30-05-2025 14:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Helldivers 2 players, it's finally over. Loyal Helldivers have successfully defended our beloved, democracy-loving home of Super Earth from the tyranny of the Illuminate after their catastrophic invasion.After days of fighting, our latest Major Order to hold Super Earth has ended in victory, with a new dispatch from High Command proclaiming: "The Illuminate have retreated from Super Earth battlespace. The Heart of Democracy has been defended. The Battle of Super Earth is won."Sadly, our win hasn
  
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• Even though "it works for all FromSoft games," The Witcher 3 devs quickly discovered that forcing you to fight ridiculously strong enemies "was a bad idea"

  30-05-2025 14:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been 10 years since The Witcher 3 came into our lives, and CD Projekt Red is taking a trip down memory lane to delve into how the masterpiece was made. There were many creative obstacles to overcome."I almost forgot that we were struggling with two more challenges," Adam Badowski, joint CEO remembers in a new episode of the AnsweRED podcast. "One of them was that we have to plan how the open world works. What are the basic rules? Basic rules are always the most challenging."In Ubisoft games
  
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• It took mere hours, but Elden Ring Nightreign already has duos in development thanks to the modding icon behind Dark Souls and Armored Core co-op

  30-05-2025 13:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  The modding icon who added seamless co-op to several FromSoftware hits - including Dark Souls Remastered, Armored Core 6, and the base Elden Ring - has now turned their gaze to the developer's new multiplayer-focused game, Elden Ring Nightreign.Elden Ring Nightreign squeezes the open-world epic into tight, 45-minute-ish rounds designed around co-op play. But at the time of writing, you can only enter The Lands Between solo or in trios - there isn't an option to start a round with only two player
  
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• The Nintendo Switch 2 will have new system unlock noises, and I'm devastated to report the clown honk is gone

  30-05-2025 13:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Switch 2 is just under a week away now, and Nintendo has decided to spoil it for all of us by revealing the most important detail about the console via the Nintendo Today app. Just after you thought it couldn't get any worse than Nintendo spoiling a mouse minigame, Nintendo has confirmed the noises when you open the Switch 2 are slightly different.In a post called "Press a Button to Unlock Your System" Nintendo revealed that opening the Switch 2 is the same deal as with the original Nintendo
  
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• Terrifier creator says Art the Clown’s backstory will be revealed in "the first 15 minutes" of Terrifier 4: "It's not going to disappoint"

  30-05-2025 13:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Terrifier creator Damien Leone has given a positive and exciting update on the upcoming sequel, Terrifier 4, confirming that we will see Art’s origin story very soon."I know this word gets used a lot, but it's going to be epic, it's not going to disappoint," said Leone at Texas Frightmare Weekend to content creator Cris Parker of 3C Films on YouTube. "You're going to get Art’s backstory in the first 15 minutes."We already knew that number 4 would finally reveal where the evil entity
  
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• Fantasy Life i, the sequel to a life sim RPG that boldly asked 'What if Animal Crossing was a Zelda game?,' was more than worth the 11-year wait – it might be my GOTY

  30-05-2025 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've also been holding out for years hoping for an unlikely sequel to a niche game you loved, I wish you the good fortune that has rained on Fantasy Life fans this month. After a disappointing mobile installment in the interim, we've finally gotten a full-fat sequel to this 2012 (globally, 2014) life sim RPG. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is glorious. It's everything that made the first game fun – a mix of Animal Crossing coziness, Zelda dungeoneering, and class-based RPG p
  
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• Constantine actor reveals that Keanu Reeves is "not so happy with the scripts" for the sequel: "Don't turn it into big Marvel"

  30-05-2025 12:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Keanu Reeves is allegedly "not so happy" with Constantine 2's current scripts, as the studios behind it try to turn the sequel into a "big Marvel" movie.Genre fans have been waiting with baited breath for the follow-up to the cult fantasy horror, but if Peter Stormare's new candid interview with The Direct is anything to go buy, we're going to have to be patient a little while longer..."[There's] a lot of back and forth, because... I think Keanu [Reeves] is not so happy with the scripts," the ac
  
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• Fantastic Four's Galactus actor went method for his Marvel role – by visiting tall buildings

  30-05-2025 12:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Fantastic Four: First Steps will introduce big bad Galactus to the MCU – and actor Ralph Ineson had some unusual ways of preparing for the role."He’s a cosmic force. He’s a god, of sorts," Ineson told Empire. To get into the right headspace, he said that he drove through the tunnels of Mont Blanc, "just imagining that as his windpipe and his trachea.""I also went to a lot of tall buildings," Ineson added. "We went to a wedding at the top of the Gherkin building in London, a
  
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• Helldivers 2 players are in mourning over the death of Super Earth's President, who "died heroically"

  30-05-2025 12:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's a sad day for managed democracy: the President of Super Earth is dead. The Helldivers 2 community is still coming to terms with this shocking news, some posting jokes, some vowing to defeat the Illuminate invaders, and some doubting the legitimacy of these reports entirely.An in-game report reads: "The President of Super Earth has been killed in action by the Illuminate during the siege of Prosperity City." An earlier version mistakenly wrote "fall of Prosperity City," causing some to belie
  
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• Microsoft has reportedly pushed back the Xbox handheld as it prioritizes making Windows 11 better for gaming on the go

  30-05-2025 12:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  The rumors of an Xbox handheld have been floating around for some time now, with the rumor evolving into "actually we're getting two" as Asus teased its own one (that is basically just a new Asus ROG Ally, but I digress) apparently known as Project Kennan. Meanwhile Microsoft continues to work on its own… or rather was as apparently the company has since put the idea on hold.Windows Central (which broke the news of the handheld earlier this year) has reported that Microsoft has put the Xb
  
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• EA cancelled the open-world Black Panther, but Marvel confirms its 3-game "long-term relationship" with the Iron Man publisher is still on

  30-05-2025 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite cancelling the open-world Black Panther game, EA and Marvel have confirmed that their three-game, long-term deal hasn't been affected.For context, earlier this week, EA pulled the plug on its Black Panther game and shut down developer Cliffhanger Games entirely. And after last year's comments from EA CEO Andrew Wilson about "moving away from development of future licensed IP," some theorized that the publisher's three-game deal with Marvel might have changed.But a Marvel spokesperson tol
  
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• The Elden Ring movie may have its lead – and it's an up-and-coming Netflix star

  30-05-2025 12:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Elden Ring movie is slowly coming together. Recently, Alex Garland was tapped to direct and write the A24 project. Now, one up-and-coming Netflix star is being eyed as its lead.As per Deadline, Heartstopper's Kit Connor has had talks with Garland about starring in the upcoming video game movie. The pair recently collaborated on Garland's war film Warfare, with Connor appearing alongside Joseph Quinn, Charles Melton, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, and Cosmo Jarvis.However, this casting isn't set in st
  
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• The Last of Us season 2 finale aquarium fight wasn't game-accurate because "a physical struggle wasn't going to go well", says co-creator: "Ellie is not really capable of killing Owen"

  30-05-2025 12:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Last of Us season 2 finale depicted some key moments from the game – but one scene was very different.In the game, Ellie finds Owen and Mel in the aquarium on her hunt for Abby, just as she does in the show. But, a more physical scuffle plays out in the game, while in the show, Ellie fires her gun once when Owen lunges for her, and the bullet kills both Owen and Mel, who is pregnant.According to co-creator Craig Mazin, there is a reason for that change. "In the game, Ellie fights Owen
  
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• New horror movie from The Purge director gets first trailer featuring SNL star stuck in a sinister retirement home, and it's the scariest thing you’ll see today

  30-05-2025 12:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Purge director’s new horror movie, The Home, has revealed its first spine-chilling trailer, giving us our first look at the film’s extremely corrupt and seemingly haunted care home.The trailer opens with a janitor, played by Saturday Night Live alum Pete Davidson, starting a new job at a retirement home. However, upon his first day, he is instructed not to go down to the fourth floor where patients who need "special care" reside. But it looks like he breaks that rule as he soon s
  
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• As $80 games become more common, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 team says there's room for "sensibly scoped" $40-50 titles following its own "win-win" price point

  30-05-2025 12:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  One month after its shockingly successful launch, new AA JRPG-inspired gem Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 continues to bask in its success – and according to Kepler Interactive portfolio director Matthew Handrahan, its price point could have something to do with that.Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 launched at $50, a price point that places it comfortably between the higher $80 end that some AAA games are leaning toward and the lower figures one might expect to find attached to indie releases. Ha
  
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• Three Persona 4 actors have said they're not returning to the unannounced remake in the same order you recruit their characters in the JRPG, fuelling theories that they are, actually, coming back

  30-05-2025 11:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  A third Persona 4 actor has come out to say that they're not returning for a remake – which developer Atlus hasn't even announced yet, mind you – but some finer details are making fans think it's all an elaborate marketing stunt.Rumors of a Persona 4 remake have been in the air, thick as fog, ever since Persona 3 Reload got the ball rolling. But things really kicked off this past week when Marvel's Spider-Man star Yuri Lowenthal said he would "not be returning as Yosuke for the Perso
  
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• GTA 5 modder who spent 10 years and most of his 10,000-hour playtime making Los Santos photo realistic says "modding is going to be bigger than ever once GTA 6 eventually drops on PC"

  30-05-2025 01:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  A GTA 5 modder who's now spent a decade fine-tuning the world of Los Santos with the goal of bringing it as close to photo realism as possible predicts the modding scene will only get bigger when GTA 6 eventually hits PC.In an interview with our pals over at PC Gamer, the modder going by Razed revealed a startling fact: "According to Steam, I have around 10,000 hours logged in GTA 5," said Razed, estimating "that around 80% of that time was dedicated to developing and testing this project over t
  
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• Elden Ring Nightreign Steam reviews are FromSoftware's second-lowest ever, as players hit back against its 60fps cap and lack of duos support

  30-05-2025 01:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Early Elden Ring Nightreign Steam reviews are the lowest of any FromSoftware game for nearly 16 years.While the Elden Ring Nightreign player count is already surging past the combined total of all three Dark Souls games on Steam, its user reviews are lagging behind. At the time of writing, it's sitting at a 'Mostly Positive' verdict of just 73%.To put that in some perspective, that's the second-lowest user score you can find under the 'FromSoftware Inc' developer tag on Steam. Only Dark Souls 3'
  
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