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• The Last of Us Part 2 is fast becoming Sony's Skyrim: Naughty Dog has come up with yet another excuse to revisit it – a "chronological experience" update that rearranges the story

  08-07-2025 20:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Five years after its release, The Last of Us Part 2 has a significant new update that lets you play through the story chronologically, and I'm starting to think Sony is gunning for Skyrim's re-release crown.As detailed in a new PlayStation Blog, The Last of Us Part 2: Chronological Experience is a new update that's free and available to all The Last of Us 2: Remastered players today. The update pretty much does what it says on the tin – for the first time, you can now play through the enti
  
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• 20 years after Fullmetal Alchemist, still one of the highest-rated anime of all time, creator Hiromu Arakawa has a new anime in the works at the same studio

  08-07-2025 20:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  A brand new dark fantasy anime is coming soon from Fullmetal Alchemist creator Hiromu Arakawa – and we couldn't be more stoked.It was revealed during the Crunchyroll panel at AnimeEXPO 2025 that Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Arakawa's ongoing manga series, is set to get its own anime adaptation from none other than Bones – the same studio that put out both 2003's Fullmetal Alchemist and 2009's Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.Daemons of the Shadow Realm follows twins Yuru and Asa, who
  
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• Former Microsoft exec says if Xbox hadn't shelled out $1.15 billion to fix its infamous red ring of death, "I'm not sure the Xbox brand would be around today"

  08-07-2025 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  From Switch 2 stick drift to the clunky controls of the Atari 5200, no console has ever been completely immune to trouble, but very few have gained the same notoriety as the Xbox 360 and its "red ring of death," which former Xbox lead Peter Moore told us in 2020 cost the company $1.15 billion in damage control. Now, Moore's willing to bet the fortune secured Xbox's future.Speaking to The Game Business in a new interview, Moore – who helped launch both the Xbox and 360 – guesses that
  
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• New Fantastic Four clip reveals the Silver Surfer's chilling introduction of Galactus: "Your planet is now marked for death"

  08-07-2025 19:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Galactus is one of the most monumental villains in the Marvel Universe, and now he's coming to the big screen like never before in The Fantastic Four: First Steps with a comic accurate portrayal that shows off Jack Kirby's classic design of his massive, armored form. With the film just weeks away, we're now getting an introduction to the Devourer of Worlds courtesy of his herald, Julia Garner's enigmatic Silver Surfer.In a new clip from The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Silver Surfer warns Earth
  
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• I've been a Zelda fan for over 30 years, here's why I would avoid the Tears of the Kingdom Switch 2 Edition this Prime Day

  08-07-2025 19:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you were considering picking up the Switch 2 Edition games amongst the best Amazon Prime Day Nintendo Switch deals this week, I highly recommend that you don't.As a hard-core Zelda fan, I never thought I'd be telling someone not to grab a Zelda game, but here me out - you can save a lot more by grabbing the older Switch version Tears of the Kingdom for $47.99 at Woot right now instead.I get the allure of having a Nintendo Switch 2 box sitting on your shelf, especially as someone who has an en
  
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• I've been a Zelda fan for over 30 years, and here's why I would avoid the Tears of the Kingdom Switch 2 Edition this Prime Day

  08-07-2025 19:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you were considering picking up the Switch 2 Edition games amongst the best Amazon Prime Day Nintendo Switch deals this week, I highly recommend that you don't.As a hard-core Zelda fan, I never thought I'd be telling someone not to grab a Zelda game, but here me out - you can save a lot more by grabbing the older Switch version Tears of the Kingdom for $47.99 at Woot right now instead.I get the allure of having a Nintendo Switch 2 box sitting on your shelf, especially as someone who has an en
  
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• I hope you're not squeamish, because Elden Ring Nightreign lets you find and loot your own corpse to steal back your best gear on your next run: "I couldn't have even imagined that was possible"

  08-07-2025 18:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  FromSoftware has never shied from what's grotesque and morally complicated, so why shouldn't Elden Ring Nightreign allow you to loot your own accursed corpse, as some of the roguelike's players have recently experienced?It seems that, if you're unlucky and get brutalized to death in Nightreign, there's a possibility you'll get lucky on your next run and stumble upon your own lifeless body. While confronting your mortality may not immediately stand out to you as a pleasant way to pass the afterno
  
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• Microsoft reportedly doesn't include lost first-party game sales when calculating Xbox Game Pass profits, but the subscription service is apparently earning money regardless

  08-07-2025 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  For a number of years now, it's been claimed that Xbox Game Pass is profitable for Microsoft, but it turns out that there's an interesting caveat to this, as Xbox isn't counting revenue lost from first-party games. However, even when you do account for this, the Game Pass subscription service is reportedly still earning money.This first claim on the subject surfaced a couple of days ago, when The Game Business co-founder Christopher Dring took to Twitter explaining that costs for Game Pass inclu
  
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• Superman star Rachel Brosnahan would love to see the "storied history" between Lois Lane and Wonder Woman in the DCU

  08-07-2025 18:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Superman might be reintroducing the Man of Steel to a new generation, but it's also giving us a fresh take on fearless journalist Lois Lane, too.Rachel Brosnahan is picking up Lois's mighty pen, and, as she explained when we met with her to chat about the movie, there was plenty of source material to help inform her interpretation."There's such a rich history with these characters, and it was really fun to do that research, especially as somebody who didn't grow up with the comics," she tells us
  
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• Sorry Donkey Kong Bananza, these Prime Day Nintendo Switch deals are gonna keep me busy this month

  08-07-2025 17:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  The best Amazon Prime Day Nintendo Switch deals are finally here, and already my remaining shelf space is starting to look too small.There are a ton of record-low savings on everything from the Suikoden I & II HD Remastered collection, which is down to $29.99 at Amazon, to the Hundred Line, which is just $49.99 at Amazon, despite the fact that they're both only a few months old. If that isn't music to the ears of any physical game fan, I don't know what is.To make this year's Prime Day Switc
  
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• 7 years after its release, Marvel fans are discussing how they feel about Ant-Man and the Wasp after Thunderbolts* reimagined Ghost for the better

  08-07-2025 17:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Though they weren't as excited by its 2023 sequel, Marvel fans still love 2018's Ant-Man and the Wasp – and they especially have a lot of love for Ava Starr aka Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen).In a thread on r/MarvelStudios, fans are discussing Ant-Man and the Wasp, the sequel to 2015's Ant-Man (which seems all but forgotten at this point), which saw Paul Rudd return as Scott Lang aka Ant-Man with none other than Michelle Pfeiffer starring as The Wasp. Many seem to consider this the best of thre
  
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• New Wonder Man teaser gives us a brief new look at the Marvel hero's powers

  08-07-2025 17:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Studios has unveiled a new look at Wonder Man, the next small-screen outing from the MCU.The brief, six-second clip, which you can see below, was released as part of a new Disney Plus 'Coming Soon' sizzle reel. It's not much to go on, but it's our best look yet at the upcoming show. "I was born to play this character," Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's Simon Williams, a superpowered actor and stuntman, says, and we see a line of actors waiting outside an audition room.New teaser for ‘WONDER M
  
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• Stardew Valley is now Steam's top-rated game, with the farming sim dethroning Portal 2 after 14 years at the top

  08-07-2025 17:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Portal 2 has been unseated from its throne as the best-rated game on Steam after 14 years, with Stardew Valley taking the crown.Ever since Portal 2 was first released back in 2011, it's been heralded as a classic. Valve's first person puzzle game would turn out to be the last single-player focused release until Half-Life: Alyx released almost a decade later. Naturally, being arguably the best Valve game would make you a contender for the best game on Valve's own storefront, and Portal 2 held the
  
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• SpongeBob SquarePants' Sandy is a barbarian in the tabletop-inspired Diablo-like Nickelodeon action RPG Nicktoons & The Dice of Destiny

  08-07-2025 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sandy Cheeks, the lovable Texan squirrel from Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants, also happens to be a terrifying barbarian in the upcoming action RPG Nicktoons & The Dice of Destiny, which GamesRadar+ can exclusively reveal. Given that Sandy is known for her intense, sudden anger and terrifying strength, it makes a certain amount of sense.The tabletop-inspired game – which looks to share a lot of visual and frankly mechanical aspects with the Diablo franchise, though not the gore or
  
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• Ghost of Yotei is getting its own dedicated PlayStation State of Play this week, featuring "nearly 20 minutes" of gameplay

  08-07-2025 16:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ghost of Yotei is getting its own dedicated PlayStation State of Play stream later this week, which promises to give us our "best look yet" at the highly anticipated Ghost of Tsushima sequel.Announced today in a PlayStation Blog post, it's been confirmed that we can expect "nearly 20 minutes of Ghost of Yotei gameplay" on July 10 at 2pm PT/ 5pm ET /10pm BST /11pm CEST.It's going to be a bit of a late one for those in the UK and Europe, but anyone keen to see more of what developer Sucker Punch h
  
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• James Gunn says Superman is his "first superhero movie" because the Guardians of the Galaxy "were space adventurers, they weren't really superheroes"

  08-07-2025 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Superman might not just be the first DCU movie – according to director James Gunn, it's also his first superhero movie full stop.Gunn of course helmed all three Guardians of the Galaxy movies (and the Holiday Special) for Marvel, and his first foray into DC was in 2021 with The Suicide Squad.Now, though, Gunn is co-CEO of DC Studios along with Peter Safran, meaning he's essentially both director and Kevin Feige as far as Superman is concerned."Yeah, that's true, except Kevin has to do a lo
  
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• After 3 years of attempts, the Lord of the Rings MMO's "Great Hobbit Run" is finally successful as a band of tutorial-level hobbits make it to Mount Doom, and celebrate by jumping into lava

  08-07-2025 15:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  A group of hobbits gather every single year in The Lord of the Rings Online to make the trek from The Shire to Mount Doom, and after three years of attempts, their quest is finally over… or it should be, but someone forgot The Ring.In an era where multiplayer games are being shut down within a matter of months like Ubisoft's XDefiant, or even weeks like Sony's Concord, there's a shocking amount of MMORPGs still going strong decades later. You can still play Final Fantasy 11, for example,
  
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• Helldivers 2 devs know fans want tougher content, and Arrowhead is "looking for ways to provide more challenge" for Super Earth's finest

  08-07-2025 15:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arrowhead is listening as Helldivers 2 players ask for tougher endgame content, teasing that the devs are currently "looking for ways" to ramp up the difficulty for Super Earth's finest soldiersIn a recent exchange on the game's official Discord server, a fan asked directly if new, more complex difficulties or tougher enemy variants might be coming."Currently there are a lot of enemies that don't really feel like they're actually heavy enemies," they explain, adding that "all but two enemies get
  
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• My all-time favorite Lego set just got a huge Prime Day discount

  08-07-2025 14:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's not often that my all-time favorite Lego set drops so much in price, and it's even more unusual for the follow-up to get any kind of discount at all. But hey, it's Prime Day. Those kinds of shenanigans happen during Amazon's sales event.Yep, Lego Rivendell (which I'd say is pretty jaw-dropping, so far as Lego sets go) has fallen to £365 at Amazon instead of the usual £429.99. That's just a couple of quid away from a record low for the kit. This sort of saving isn't common at all
  
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• James Gunn says he's "very involved" in the DCU Batman movie The Brave and the Bold: "We have a screenwriter who's hammering away at it"

  08-07-2025 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  One of the most anticipated upcoming superhero movies is easily The Batman 2, the follow-up to Matt Reeves's critically acclaimed 2022 movie starring Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader.But, there is also another Batman movie in the works – one that will be part of the DCU rather than an Elseworlds project like Reeves'. That movie is titled The Brave and the Bold, and it was unveiled as part of James Gunn and Peter Safran's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters announcement. Since then, though
  
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• Star Wars fans are debating a Death Star "plot hole" that isn't really a plot hole after all

  08-07-2025 13:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars fans are debating a commonly criticized plot hole, which may not actually be a plot hole after all.The so-called narrative inconsistency in question involves the Death Star, specifically the second Death Star. After years of planning and construction (as seen in Andor season 2 and Rogue One), the Death Star is destroyed in A New Hope, but the Empire is building another in Return of the Jedi – before the Rebel Alliance destroys that one, too.Some viewers question why the first ite
  
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• 3 years after season 2 left fans hanging, hit Netflix sci-fi show Alice in Borderland season 3 gets first full trailer, and it looks like it will be worth the wait

  08-07-2025 13:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  3 years after season 2 hit Netflix, the streamer has finally revealed the first trailer for hit series Alice in Borderland season 3, and it looks just as wild as previous installments.In the new teaser trailer, which you can see below, we see a small recap of Arisu and Usagi’s journeys so far, and how the two were left haunted by the game scene when they escaped. However, the two’s freedom doesn't last too long as the clip soon shows the two back in Borderland where they must face of
  
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• Death Stranding 2 players could use monorails to bypass cargo limits on big deliveries, but that's way less cool than this two-truck solution devised by an expert porter: "This is genius"

  08-07-2025 13:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  While Death Stranding 2 has a bunch of ways to transport large amounts of cargo, some players are creating inventive ways to get their deliveries to their destination.Say what you will about Hideo Kojima, but the fact he and his team at Kojima Productions managed to make two games about being a postman and both of them turned out to be incredibly engaging is undoubtedly impressive. While it definitely turned some players off, the act of figuring out how you're going to transport cargo from point
  
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• Borderlands 4 will have a "very ambitious" endgame, but not everyone is happy about having less skill points as creative director argues "you lose build diversity" with too many

  08-07-2025 13:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  With Borderlands 4 set to launch on September 12th, the buzz isn't just focused on the campaign; Gearbox is pushing hard on the endgame, but not everyone is happy about the decision to dial back the number of skill points we'll have to play with.Creative director Graeme Timmins recently told Game Informer about Borderlands 4's "very ambitious" endgame, explaining that Gearbox's focus was baked into the core design. "I care about it a lot personally, as my role on Borderlands 3 was curating what
  
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• Fantastic Four's Baxter Building is up for sale, if you have a spare $4.4 million lying around

  08-07-2025 13:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're in the market for a new place to live, we have good news. Fantastic Four's Baxter Building is up for sale, meaning you can live with Marvel's First Family for the low, low cost of just $4,444,444.The building is listed on Zillow, and it boasts amenities such as super security, fireproof furniture (for Johnny Storm, we assume), a color television, and conversation pits."This remarkable residence blends timeless design with the latest innovations from ReedTech," reads the building's desc
  
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• A Superman soundtrack Easter egg have DC fans convinced a crossover with Robert Pattinson's Batman is on the way

  08-07-2025 12:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Both Matt Reeves and DC's new studio boss James Gunn have claimed that the former's The Batman universe, which expanded with TV spin-off The Penguin last year, is separate from the DCU – as it was from the DCEU, hence why Robert Pattinson and Ben Affleck could play the Caped Crusader at the same time. Now, though, comic book movie fans are wondering whether the worlds could collide after all, thanks to a curious few notes on the Superman soundtrack.After the original score was dropped onli
  
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• Hytale studio founder isn't giving up yet on reviving the canceled game, but says "suggestions to use another game or engine" to bring it back are "out of touch"

  08-07-2025 12:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  The effort to save Minecraft-inspired sandbox game Hytale is ongoing, but the original founder of developer Hypixel says that "suggestions to use another game or engine" to revive it are "out of touch" with what the game was meant to be in the first place.Last month, it was announced that Hytale is being canceled, with studio Hypixel also winding down. However, founder Simon Collins-Laflamme isn't letting the game go down without a fight, having stated that he'll be reaching out to Riot Games to
  
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• Superman first reactions are praising David Corenswet's performance and comparing James Gunn's new DC movie to Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy

  08-07-2025 12:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first reactions for James Gunn's Superman are in – and the reception to the new DC movie is overwhelmingly positive.David Corenswet takes on the role of the Man of Steel in the DCU Chapter One's first theatrical outing. He's joined by Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, and an ensemble cast that includes Edi Gathegi, Isabela Merced, and Nathan Fillion."Superman is everything I wanted it to be, & a million things more," Phase Hero's Jenna Anderson wrote on T
  
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• Superman star David Corenswet shares heartwarming message ahead of premiere, proving why fans think he "was born for this role"

  08-07-2025 12:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  David Corenswet has proven once again why he was always the perfect choice to play Superman in James Gunn’s upcoming DC movie, as he shares a touching message ahead of Superman’s release.“Be kind to each other, step up to the plate. See what responsibilities you can shoulder, who you can take care of, who you can look out for. Go into the weekend with a little more energy,” said Corenswet when asked whether he had a message for the world at the Superman premiere in Los An
  
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• As Borderlands 4 fans create a skill tree planner months before launch, creative director issues a reminder that "the game isn't done yet" and their builds are "subject to change"

  08-07-2025 12:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Some eager Borderlands 4 fans have developed a build planner for some of the game's characters a few months ahead of launch. However, the game's creative director has warned players to not get too attached.Borderlands 4 isn't out for another two months, but it already feels like we know a ton about it. Over the last few months, when Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford isn't putting his foot in his mouth, we've been getting pretty frequent new details about the game. This includes a promising sounding i
  
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• Acolyte star Manny Jacinto reveals a "brutal" cut scene from the Star Wars series that would've shown his Sith with "no remorse"

  08-07-2025 11:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Acolyte star Manny Jacinto has revealed a "brutal" cut scene that would've shown an even darker side to his Sith character.Jacinto played Qimir, an unassuming, seemingly normal character who was revealed to actually be the sinister Sith apprentice The Stranger halfway through the Star Wars show in a surprise twist."Star Wars has always been PG, but you want to find some brutal aspects of these fights… There was one moment, I think, where I just take one Jedi and keep slamming his head
  
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• Hideo Kojima's favorite vtuber found herself in Death Stranding 2, and her immediate reaction was a mix of happiness and self-cringe: "I'm so embarrassed. She's still yapping"

  08-07-2025 02:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Death Stranding 2 features a cameo from vtuber Usada Pekora, who happens to be Hideo Kojima's all-time fave, and the moment Pekora finds her in-game character is characteristically cute and all too relatable.In case you're hearing about this for the first time, yes, it's true, Kojima had to start turning down celebrities who wanted to appear in Death Stranding 2 because it was too time consuming to scan them into the game, but he made an exception for his girl Pekora. You can find the massively
  
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• $700,000 in Kickstarter booty says Sid Meier's Pirates! sickos are fully on board with this first-person, open world, and "most importantly - authentic" take on nautical history that's lacking in Sea of Thieves and Black Flag

  08-07-2025 00:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  When I first stumbled across the Kickstarter for Ahoy, an upcoming indie pirate jaunt going all in on historical accuracy, I remember thinking, 'this looks incredibly cool yet also incredibly me in a way that might not be globally appealing.'See, I've always been big on pirates, and I'm even bigger on maritime history, with some of my all-time favorite books being real-life accounts of nautical survival like The Wager, Endurance, and In the Kingdom of Ice. It's that very intersection of passions
  
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• James Gunn's Superman actor David Corenswet compares Man of Steel's Zack Snyder and Henry Cavill to Christopher Nolan's Batman because they showed "a side of Superman that hadn't been explored on the big screen"

  08-07-2025 00:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  David Corenswet may be playing a brightly optimistic take on Superman in writer/director James Gunn's reboot movie that calls back to the character's Silver Age sci-fi history. But Corenswet tells GQ he's just as big a fan as other takes on the hero - notably how director Zack Snyder and actor Henry Cavill brought Superman to life in Man of Steel and its subsequent films."With a great character like Superman, you want great artists and writers and actors to explore all of the possibilities of th
  
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