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• DC and Cobra Kai star joins the cast of One Piece season 3 and, boy, did they get this one right

  05-11-2025 23:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Blue Beetle star Xolo Maridueña has been cast in a crucial role in One Piece season 3 (per Deadline). In addition to starring as Jaime Reyes in the 2023 DC movie, Maridueña is also known for his role as Miguel Diaz in Karate Kid spin-off show Cobra Kai.Maridueña will portray Portgas D. Ace, the beloved blood brother of One Piece's main character Monkey D. Luffy. Their relationship is at the center of one of the most formative - and gut-wrenching - stories in the entire run o
  
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• Another roguelike success story has hit Steam: D&D flavored slot machine Slots & Daggers sells 100,000 copies in 10 days, "a surreal number for a solo dev like me"

  05-11-2025 23:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  You simply will not believe this: a new roguelike putting an addictive twist on classic mechanics has popped right the heck off on Steam. Slots & Daggers, which marinates gambling rules in some D&D sauce, has sold 100,000 copies in its first 10 days, according to its stunned solo creator.Following recent roguelikes like [deep breath] Megabonk, Ball x Pit, Super Fantasy Kingdom, Hades 2, Clover Pit, Shape of Dreams, and frankly too many more to list, Slots & Daggers has gotten impress
  
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• Marvel Rivals seemingly teases one of the best X-Men power couples in obscured art that fans cracked in roughly 17 seconds

  05-11-2025 22:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Rivals' extensive roster might be getting even hotter than it already is. That is, of course, if a new tease of Rogue and Gambit is to be believed. In response, fans are already on their knees shouting, "Please, please, please, please!" By fans, I do mean me.The power couple of Marvel's mutants is thought to be joining the hero shooter thanks to a post from none other than developer NetEase.The latest patch notes include a nearly monotone yellow image with two characters hidden to the poi
  
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• After trying live service with the canceled Last of Us 2 Factions, Naughty Dog commits to making more "story-driven, character-based games"

  05-11-2025 22:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's official: After canceling the live-service Last of Us 2 Factions, Naughty Dog is re-committed to making the kind of games it's known for: "story-driven, character-based" ones.To be fair, the studio has already implicitly made that statement with the announcement of its next game, the single-player, cinematic, space adventure game Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, but in a new video celebrating Naughty Dog's 40th anniversary, it's stated explicitly."I hope the future holds more of what ND
  
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• Assassin's Creed Shadows was "the game everyone loves to hate" after a culture war of "fake fights," Ubisoft says, so it armed fans for a "battle" to prove it's "more of a video game than a message"

  05-11-2025 22:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  At the annual Paris Games Week trade fair, Ubisoft gave a surprising presentation explaining how it responded to the backlash against Assassin's Creed Shadows. In a dramatic video, Ubisoft says it worked to fire up hardcore Assassin's Creed fans to defend the game in what CEO Yves Guillemot describes as a "battle" to prove it's "more of a video game than a message.""What happens when a legendary franchise reveals one of its most anticipated experiences?" a narrator in the video, which was transc
  
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• Assassin's Creed Shadows devs only found the confidence to rally against its "loudest haters" when Ubisoft realized "We had to stop focusing on those who hated us"

  05-11-2025 22:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  At the annual Paris Games Week trade fair, Ubisoft gave a surprising presentation explaining how it responded to the backlash against Assassin's Creed Shadows. In a dramatic video, Ubisoft says it worked to fire up hardcore Assassin's Creed fans to defend the game in what CEO Yves Guillemot describes as a "battle" to prove it's "more of a video game than a message.""What happens when a legendary franchise reveals one of its most anticipated experiences?" a narrator in the video, which was transc
  
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• In defiance of god and Team Cherry, players mod the Knight from Hollow Knight into Silksong: "Most bosses are pretty easy it turns out"

  05-11-2025 22:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you picked up the Wanderer Crest in Hollow Knight: Silksong, realized the move set is just Hollow Knight, and then never changed Crests again, I have good news. We can now straight-up play Silksong as the Knight from the first game thanks to a newly released mod that looks so wrong but feels so right.I first saw this mod – KnightInSilksong – highlighted by Chinese users, uploaded to Github, and more recently shared on Nexus Mods by another user crediting original creator MCXGK3. I
  
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• KPop Demon Hunters 2 is reportedly happening, but we'll be waiting years for it

  05-11-2025 22:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  KPop Demon Hunters is a certified global sensation, and now the film is reportedly getting a sequel from Netflix and Sony (via Bloomberg). Unfortunately, the good news comes with a downside - we'll have to wait till 2029 to see the sequel.KPop Demon Hunters has taken audiences by storm, putting up record numbers on Netflix while also dominating the box office over a series of limited releases which have topped ticket charts for their theatrical windows, including a theatrical run which took plac
  
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• Blizzard doesn't want to keep reworking Diablo 4 mechanics "just because we can," but it'll keep tweaking "some of the old things that just aren't doing their job"

  05-11-2025 21:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just last month, Diablo 4 players had to adapt to the second major rework of the action RPG since its release in 2023. If that sounds like a lot of change in a relatively small period of time, you aren't alone as fans are worried massive changes may become the new normal. But according to associate game director Zaven Haroutunian, "the intention is not to replace everything just because we can."Talking to Diablo streamer Raxxanterax (as spotted by PC Gamer) on November 4, Haroutunian dug into th
  
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• Bungie had an unspoken rule for Halo cinematics: "Never make the player in the cinematic feel more 'badass' than the actual game"

  05-11-2025 20:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Halo 5 just crossed its 10th anniversary, and to celebrate, a pair of former Halo designers are talking about why the series' earlier cinematics are so much better.Released in 2015, history hasn't been especially kind to Halo 5, and its flashy, cinematic, ultimately controversial opening scene is either seen as a standout in an otherwise lackluster single-player campaign, or a glitzy prophecy of what would follow. Either way, original Halo: Combat Evolved designer Jaime Griesemer and Halo 3 camp
  
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• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 boss hands The Outer Worlds 2 a "7/10," hopes Obsidian spends "all of Microsoft's money" on RPGs more like Fallout New Vegas and, also, like Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

  05-11-2025 19:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Outer Worlds 2 has landed right alongside Obsidian's previous, smaller sci-fi RPG, stoking debate among fans about how much the sequel has actually improved and how the developer's recent games hold up in the shadow cast by the likes of Fallout: New Vegas. On that last point, Daniel Vávra, director of Kingdom Come: Deliverance and fellow 2025 RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, clearly leans toward unfavorably. Vávra shared his assessment of The Outer Worlds 2 in a recent Twitter
  
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• Former Assassin's Creed and Far Cry lead says the Simpsons game they worked on "is underrated" and "being able to walk around a recreation of Springfield was pretty fun in of itself"

  05-11-2025 18:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  As The Simpsons take over Fortnite, a designer of 2007's The Simpsons Game argues that it was actually quite underrated.When someone says "The Simpsons game," a majority of us who are now pushing or have passed the age to put us in elderly status (30) will no doubt think of The Simpsons: Hit and Run, the iconic PS2 game that was effectively GTA: Springfield. Which is funny, because there was literally a game called "The Simpsons Game" released shortly after "The Simpsons Movie" (they were unrela
  
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• The latest Sonic game is getting ripped apart on Steam: "In what world can you get a whole, fully featured, actually fun racing game for less than the price of 2 skins here"

  05-11-2025 18:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  The blue blur has a new game out, and while it's free, I wouldn't get too excited, as Sonic Rumble is getting truly slated on Steam. Players are deeply unhappy about the release, as the absurdly priced skins and an overabundance of microtransactions squeeze out whatever little fun could otherwise be had.A Fall Guys-esque party game, Sonic Rumble pits cute, toy-like versions of the iconic hedgehog and his pals against each other in different arenas in order to gather rings. Though it seems simple
  
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• Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con are back to their lowest ever price at Woot

  05-11-2025 18:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sorry to break it to you, but the holidays are just seven weeks away. If you were contemplating buying an extra pair of Joy-Con 2 controllers to prepare for some Mario Kart World or Super Mario Party Jamboree action on the big day, I've got the deal for you.The new official Switch 2 controllers are already sold out at US retailers like Amazon, but fortunately, you can grab them today for $89.99 at Woot and avoid disappointment. Not only does Woot actually have any of the little pads in stock, bu
  
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• Another win for story-driven single-player games as superhero comedy Dispatch sells a "pretty good" 1 million copies in 10 days

  05-11-2025 18:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Superhero comedy Dispatch hasn't even released its eight planned episodes yet but it’s already selling like hotcakes. Developer AdHoc Studio confirmed that the narrative-focused game has sold 1 million copies in its first 10 days.In keeping with the joking tone of the game, AdHoc made the announcement in a November 3 post on Bluesky, saying that while it isn’t 80 million copies in two days, the milestone is "still pretty good." That’s putting it lightly considering Dispatch is
  
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• From the moment development started on Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, "the goal was to reinstate Marvel as a pillar of the fighting game community"

  05-11-2025 18:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The general manager of Marvel Games has acknowledged Marvel's place in the fighting game canon, and says Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls was made with the goal of reinstating it as a pillar of the genre.While Street Fighter, Smash Bros., Tekken, or Mortal Kombat is likely the series that sticks out to you when it comes to fighting games, Capcom titles based on Marvel super heroes (including Marvel Super Heroes) could be argued as one of the main pillars of the genre. While Mortal Kombat is more suc
  
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• BlizzCon 2026 tickets go on sale this week with a limited-time early bird offer making passes $40 cheaper

  05-11-2025 18:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  BlizzCon 2026 tickets are set to go on sale later this week ahead of the event's return next September, and for the first time, fans can get themselves a slightly cheaper rate if they strike fast.Announced in a blog post today, Blizzard confirms it's offering cheaper early bird passes between November 7 at 9am PST/ 12pm ET/ 5PM GMT until November 9 at 11:59pm PST (that's November 10 at 2:59am ET or 7:59am GMT), as long as supplies last. An early bird pass will cost $249.99, including taxes and f
  
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• Minecraft Mounts of Mayhem will finally let you give your horse the armor it deserves: a top-tier Netherite suit

  05-11-2025 18:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Minecraft's Mounts of Mayhem game drop is scheduled to launch by the end of the year, and while that deadline is coming in fast, the devs at Mojang have found time to bring in at least one more additional feature: Netherite horse armor. Yes, horses are finally getting to use the top armor tier, and if you want to try it for yourself, you don't even have to wait for the patch to drop.Netherite horse armor was revealed with the release of Minecraft snapshot 25w45a, which is available now in Java E
  
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• Frankenstein stars Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac say director Guillermo del Toro focuses on "the personal over the scientific" in the new Netflix movie: "It's a biography of Guillermo's"

  05-11-2025 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Frankenstein is more than just a Gothic cautionary tale. Rich with complex, knotty themes, it's no wonder the story has retained its relevance in popular culture over 200 years after the novel was first published.While Mary Shelley's book is concerned with asking philosophical questions about ethics and morality, however, Guillermo del Toro's new adaptation is often more interested in looking closer to home. Instead of examining the myth of Prometheus, for example, the film interrogates more int
  
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• Remembering its MMO has an expansion out soon, Bungie addresses Destiny 2's missing roadmap as player counts hit a new low on Steam

  05-11-2025 17:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  A month ahead of Destiny 2: Renegades, a Star Wars-flavored expansion due December 2, developer Bungie has begun pushing out more flashy trailers and still more familiar reassurances, but the latest one-two punch of marketing and communication hasn't exactly inspired confidence.On November 4, Bungie released a short trailer showing off some new gear coming in Renegades, with particular emphasis on (genuinely cool) Exotics like a Titan jetpack, heavy sniper rifle, and various Star Wars lasers tha
  
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• PlayStation Portal now lets you stream your own digital games to the handheld without a PS5, but you still need to have the most expensive version of PS Plus to do so

  05-11-2025 17:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony has announced a new update for PlayStation Portal, including new features like a redesigned UI, 3D Audio and, most notably, expanding its cloud streaming to your game library… but you'll still need to subscribe to PS Plus' highest tier to play them.Around this time last year, Sony updated the PS Portal to introduce a cloud streaming beta, making the device more than just a really expensive paperweight for those who don't already have a PS5 to stream from. And now, Sony has confirmed
  
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• The Running Man director reveals the big way the action-packed thriller differs from the likes of Kill Bill and John Wick: "This was an opportunity to bring it down to a more relatable level"

  05-11-2025 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Running Man director Edgar Wright has revealed the key difference between his new action-packed Stephen King adaptation and other action-thrillers like John Wick and Kill Bill."This has as much suspense as action, because you’re in a movie where your lead character is trying not to attract attention," Wright told SFX magazine. "It isn’t a film where he’s running into a crowd and beating everybody up. That would be ill-advised. But it does feel intense because you’re w
  
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• Battlefield 6 players rig their own anti-crossplay on PC to avoid controller players with the "massive advantage" of aim assist

  05-11-2025 16:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Many great FPS games have been divided between players on controllers versus keyboard-and-mouse, and Battlefield 6 is no exception. Some over-tuned aim assistance is apparently giving those on joypads an advantage, leading members of the community to figure out a workaround.Shooter-centric YouTuber, streamer and pro player Otto 'ottr' Boström posted on Twitter about the way he's managed to level the playing field against what he deems a "massive advantage": remove crossplay by editing PC fi
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor Neil Newbon says the RPG's beloved vampire has "meant more than I ever realized he would," and "I'm not ready to let go of him"

  05-11-2025 16:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion actor, Neil Newbon, has been speaking more about his character in Larian's D&D RPG, and even now, over two years on from launch, he's "not ready to let go of him" yet.Speaking in a video clip shared across official Dungeons & Dragons social channels last month (highlighted by FRVR), Newbon says that "it's been one of the best roles I've ever played in my entire life," before adding, "I'm not ready to let go of him."Continuing, Newbon states that Astarion has "m
  
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• Obsidian wants to establish the "Obsidian RPG" with games like The Outer Worlds 2 and Avowed, not chase "what already exists" in competitors like Baldur's Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077

  05-11-2025 16:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Obsidian has explained that the studio's goal as of late is to establish what an "Obsidian RPG" actually is, allowing it to stand out from the RPG crowd after years of working on follow-ups to others' franchises.There are certain studios where you know what you're getting. Like if I say 'Bethesda RPG,' you know you're getting a first-or-third person game in a massive world, with a ton of dialogue choices, interactable objects and more glitches than the new Football Manager game. The same way 'La
  
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• Fans can watch Stranger Things season 5's premiere two weeks early, but ballot tickets are "extremely limited"

  05-11-2025 16:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Do you copy?! Netflix has announced two late-night, London-based screenings of the Stranger Things season 5 premiere. But if you're based in the UK and fancy attending, you had better be quick to apply for a seat, as "tickets are extremely limited".Not that they're first come first serve, mind you. Anyone is in with a shot of getting in so long as they're over 18, register here and enter the promo code "ST5FANS". As stated by the streamer, '80s-inspired attire is encouraged."Attendees will be am
  
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• Our team's favorite cheap Switch 2 headset just got even cheaper, and I can't recommend it enough

  05-11-2025 16:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Turtle Beach Airlite Fit wired headset isn't the most feature-full headset you can grab for your Switch 2, that's for sure. Yet for just $27.99, its 40mm audio drivers pack in an impressive sound that feels far above what you'd expect with that low a price tag.A $27.99 MSRP is practically chump change, and yet somehow it's now even cheaper at just $20.15 at Amazon today, and I'm in awe. I never assumed the Nintendo Switch headset would be immune to discounts, I just thought I'd have to wait
  
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• After a 2-year wait, Football Manager 26 becomes the 7th worst-rated Steam game ever as the bug-laden sequel is slammed for poor UI, missing features, and more: "This is the worst iteration ever"

  05-11-2025 15:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Club managers across nearly any division can rest easy in the knowledge that their performance can hardly be worse than Football Manager 26. The latest entry in the long-running management sim is being criticized for bugs, a poor UI, and a lack of features present in previous installments, to the point where it's now one of the worst-reviewed games on Steam.Sports Interactive and Sega's latest Football Manager game arrived on November 4, following a brief period of beta access for those who preo
  
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• Star Trek 4 is reportedly dead at Paramount, though a new movie without Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto could still happen

  05-11-2025 15:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  It looks like Star Trek 4 is pretty much dead.The movie was first unveiled way back in 2015, and since then, sailing has not been smooth for the fourquel.Now, another devastating blow has been dealt to the film, which would've reunited Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto as Kirk and Spock, along with the rest of the Enterprise crew from the most recent Star Trek film, the first two directed by J.J. Abrams.According to a new report from Variety, which is a deep dive into what's happening at Paramount u
  
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• The Five Nights at Freddy's 2 popcorn bucket may have leaked, and fans are wondering where the popcorn even goes

  05-11-2025 15:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Five Nights at Freddy's 2 popcorn bucket may have leaked thanks to a new photo shared to Reddit.Toy Freddy, Toy Bonnie, and Toy Chica on stage – Freddy is singing, Bonnie is playing guitar, and Chica is holding out a plate with a birthday cupcake on it. Fans seem pretty hyped about the design, which lights up. In fact, the top comment reads: "I really, REALLLY want to believe this is real. If it is, THEN LETS GOOOOOO IT LOOKS SO GOOD WOWWWWWW."However, plenty of people have the same qu
  
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• Stranger Things creators say "the book is closed" on Eleven, Will and co's storyline, insist future live-action spin-offs won't link to Hawkins: "We've said everything we want to say"

  05-11-2025 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  It sounds as though Stranger Things season 5 will really be the last we see of Hawkins and its residents, as series creators Ross and Matt Duffer say no future spin-offs will revisit the gang – or the Upside Down, for that matter."This really is the end of the story of Eleven and Mike and Lucas and Dustin and Steve and all these characters, and Hawkins specifically," said Ross Duffer in an interview with SFX magazine. Co-creator Matt Duffer adds, "There’s not really anything else wor
  
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• Original Predator star Arnold Schwarzenegger could still return to the franchise, according to Predator: Badlands producer: "It would be really great to see him come back"

  05-11-2025 14:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite Arnold Schwarzenegger being absent from the live-action Predator franchise since he led the first movie in 1987, Predator: Badlands producer Ben Rosenblatt says that the original star could still return to the franchise one day."Obviously, the holy grail of Predator movies would be getting Arnold back in there, and it's always been something in the back of our minds," said Rosenblatt in an interview with Deadline. "It would be really great to see him come back to this franchise that he's
  
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• "The highest airflow and static pressure of any fans we have ever designed" - NZXT launches a new range of performance fans for PC players

  05-11-2025 14:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's often the case that when you choose fans for your gaming PC, you have to compromise somewhere. Do you want the best cooling performance? Cool, you may run into some noise pollution. Do you want the quietest fans possible? Alright, but there are only a handful of brands that produce truly non-noisy fans. Oh, but you also want RGB to match the vibe of the rest of your build? Same here, but that'll set you back more money.NZXT, up until now, has sold individual fan ranges that cater to all of
  
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• Predator: Badlands stars praise director Dan Trachtenberg for "adding heart" to the sci-fi horror franchise and encouraging "play" on set: "Whenever there was an ad-lib, he had to learn it in Yautja"

  05-11-2025 13:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  "What hasn't been done in the franchise before?" is a phrase filmmaker Dan Trachtenberg asks himself whenever he's trying to dream up a new Predator movie. With Predator: Badlands, the filmmaker, who won franchise fans' respect with his acclaimed 2022 entry Prey, wanted to make a sequel without humans. The result? An unexpectedly funny action-adventure centering a Yautja outcast and a Weyland-Yutani synth.With its stars, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Elle Fanning, sharing scenes with only
  
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• Xbox wants to know how fun Ghost of Yotei is in a new survey, and fans immediately have some questions of their own: "Does this mean the game will be available on Xbox?"

  05-11-2025 13:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox Insider Program members have been in for a bit of a surprise over the last day or so, with some being given a survey asking them about none other than the PS5-exclusive Sucker Punch game, Ghost of Yotei.Numerous posts across social media show users being hit with the survey, which opens by saying: "We are looking to understand how you feel about a recently released game you may have played. If you've played Ghost of Yotei since it came out, please take a minute to fill out a short survey ab
  
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• Bucky Barnes actor Sebastian Stan talks about his Marvel experience in past tense, and fans are getting worried ahead of Avengers: Doomsday

  05-11-2025 13:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel star Sebastian Stan has reflected on his MCU experience in the past tense, and it's worrying fans of Bucky Barnes ahead of Avengers: Doomsday.Considering Doomsday is Marvel's first major team up since 2019's Endgame, it wouldn't be a huge surprise if some of the core cast died, especially considering the list of characters involved is absolutely massive."I have to try to offer something different than before,” Stan told the Stronger Podcast (H/T Variety). "And I've never favored one
  
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• Former GTA boss Dan Houser says Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears or the Kingdom are like Alfred Hitchcock films: "They're just speaking the language of video games"

  05-11-2025 13:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  When it comes to studios that have shaped games and how they are developed, Rockstar Games is definitely one of the names that should come up. But Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser has some strong words for how The Legend of Zelda shaped gaming, calling the games akin to the films of Alfred Hitchcock.Speaking to Lex Fridman, Houser speaks about the early years of 3D gaming, saying "all of those early 3D games were very amazing when you first saw them," adding that "suddenly these games, they're ali
  
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• Battlefield 6's recoil is making aiming so inaccurate players want it "fixed immediately," but lead developer suggests it may be a skill issue: "I don't think it's a bug we're looking at"

  05-11-2025 13:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've been getting frustrated by the aiming in Battlefield 6, you're not alone, as a number of players have found it tricky to maintain accuracy. As it turns out, this is a feature, not a bug, and may not be addressed in immediate patches, but the devs are investigating negative feedback.A fan posted on Twitter about the impact recoil is having on their aim in Battlefield 6, pointing out just how inaccurate their shooting becomes, even without making any big movements. "This needs to be fixe
  
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• New Five Nights at Freddy's 2 trailer shows first look at Scream star Skeet Ulrich, and we think we know which FNAF game character he is playing

  05-11-2025 13:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just one month before the horror sequel is due to hit the big screen, Five Nights at Freddy's 2 has released a new trailer, introducing who might shape up to be a very important character.The new clip, which you can watch below, opens with Vanessa (Elizabeth Lail) waking up from a nightmare, where she saw herself as a child running away from her father, William Afton (Matthew Lillard). The rest of the trailer shows Vanessa uncovering her father's dark past, while she and ex-Freddy Fazbear securi
  
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• Stranger Things season 5 star confirms a de-aged Will Byers will open the new season of the Netflix show in "a full circle moment"

  05-11-2025 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stranger Things is bringing everything back to the beginning with the upcoming fifth and final season, which is set to kick off with a flashback featuring a de-aged Will Byers."It was weird. I will say that I had to work with a younger kid, which was actually really cool and a full circle moment for me, because it felt like, 'Oh, wow, now I'm the adult telling this kid what to do, and I'm no longer that little boy being told where to stand,'" Will actor Noah Schnapp told SFX magazine. "It just h
  
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• Kim Kardashian's new show is being dubbed one of the worst dramas ever as it debuts to 0% on Rotten Tomatoes

  05-11-2025 12:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  The verdict is in on Kim Kardashian's fascinatingly terrible new legal drama All's Fair – and critics are not kind, to put it mildly.As of writing, All's Fair sits at the rare low score of 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. No, that's not a typo. The zeroes keep piling up elsewhere, too. It received zero stars in The Guardian and The Times, with the latter calling it possibly "the worst TV drama ever."The Guardian's Lucy Mangan scathingly wrote of the Ryan Murphy production, "I did not know it was sti
  
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• The Witcher season 4 viewership is down over 50% on season 3 so far, with only 7.3 million views on Netflix

  05-11-2025 12:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Witcher season 4 has debuted to record-low viewership figures for the Netflix series.Per What's on Netflix, the new season has accumulated 7.3 million views in its first week after all eight episodes dropped on October 30. By comparison, season 2 accrued 18.5 million views in the same time period, while season 3 clocked in 15.2 million views (there isn't any comparable data for season 1, as that aired in 2019 before the streamer introduced its current top 10 format).Only prequel show The Wit
  
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• Nintendo is shifting its "primary development focus to Nintendo Switch 2" as it looks to strengthen its development capabilities with plans to acquire new studios

  05-11-2025 12:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo has confirmed it will be focusing development on Nintendo Switch 2 going forward and that it plans to strengthen its game development capabilities, including by acquiring studios.Anyone who is a long-time Nintendo fan will know that when a new system arrives, sometimes it will take Nintendo longer than most to admit it's over. The DS was positioned as a "third pillar" alongside the GameCube and GBA rather than a replacement for the latter, while Nintendo kept making 3DS games as late as
  
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• Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner says he "did this [season] for George [R.R. Martin]," and the Game of Thrones creator has "only been a benefit to this show"

  05-11-2025 12:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  George R.R. Martin's on-screen universe is soon expanding again with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, a new Game of Thrones spin-off based on the author's Dunk and Egg novellas.Showrunner Ira Parker recently spoke about the show at New York Comic Con (via Temple of Geek), and it sounds like he kept Martin at the forefront of his mind while he made the show."They say when you're writing that you should not try to please everybody, that you shouldn't write for the audience, that you should pick one
  
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• More adaptations of Nintendo's hit games are on the way, teases president Shuntaro Furukawa: "We are continuing to prepare for the ongoing release of movies in the future"

  05-11-2025 12:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo is planning to release a "consistent cadence" of movies following Super Mario Galaxy in 2026 and The Legend of Zelda in 2027, president Shuntaro Furukawa has announced.The declaration was made during the company's most recent financial results briefing on November 4. "We are continuing to prepare for the ongoing release of movies in the future," Furukawa shared, as he highlighted that Nintendo doesn't just license out its IP, it is "deeply involved in production" and "takes part in fina
  
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• Marvel wanted the new Wolverine game to bring Logan back in "spectacular and visceral fashion," and Insomniac was "the perfect choice" after the Spider-Man games

  05-11-2025 12:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  After making three Spider-Man games, Insomniac is now working with Marvel and Sony on an adventure starring the mighty Wolverine. Although the adamantium-clawed hero is a different speed to the wallcrawler, there was no studio better suited to the job, according to management.Speaking to Game Informer about Logan's new video game, Haluk Mentes, the general manager of Marvel Games, reveals how the Ratchet & Clank studio became everyone's number one choice. "As is usually the case, once we com
  
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• Nintendo wants Mario Kart World to be a Switch 2 game fans will "continue to choose for years to come" like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and I hope that means DLC could be on the cards

  05-11-2025 12:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo hopes that Mario Kart World will become an evergreen game for Switch 2 just like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe did for Switch 1, and I sincerely hope that means there's some DLC planned for it.In Nintendo's latest financial results briefing presentation, president Shuntaro Furukawa reveals that "roughly nine out of every 10 people who purchased Nintendo Switch 2 have played" Mario Kart World, also counting those who bought the console and game bundle. That's not an enormous surprise – the s
  
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• Captain Marvel actor Brie Larson suspiciously tells everyone to "ignore the wig" in latest photo and we're convinced it's confirmation she will return in Avengers: Doomsday

  05-11-2025 11:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Avengers: Doomsday may include a who's who of iconic Marvel actors past and present, but one name was conspicuously absent from the line of chair-based casting announcements back in March: Captain Marvel actor Brie Larson.A recent photo posted on Larson's social media, however, has reignited hopes that Carol Danvers will be back to aid Earth's Mightiest Heroes once more in their battle against Robert Downey Jr'.s Doctor Doom.Larson's Instagram Stories – posted below on Twitter for posterit
  
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• Stranger Things creators defend season 5's three-part split, and you'll be fine with it too once you hear their plans for Volume One's "mega-movie"

  05-11-2025 11:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stranger Things is coming to a close with a three-part final season split over two months. No, wait, come back! As creators the Duffer Brothers reveal, it's actually allowing the Netflix series' endgame to expand even more in scope this time around."I'm also excited about the first volume because, in season four, we weren't aware that it was going to get split in two," Ross Duffer said in an interview with SFX Magazine. "It's not Netflix's fault, it's nobody’s fault. There was the pandemic
  
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• Stranger Things creators tease Avengers: Endgame-style opening, as Eleven and co pick themselves up after losing to Vecna: "Normally, they've defeated whatever evil"

  05-11-2025 09:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's already been confirmed that Stranger Things season 5 will open on a season 1 flashback of Noah Schnapp's Will Byers. But that's not the only reason the first few episodes will feel "very different" to previous chapters, according to the Duffer Brothers."Normally, at the end of the previous season, they've defeated whatever evil, and so we start with them going about their normal lives when something comes in, and that sets off our mystery," Ross Duffer revealed in the latest issue of SFX ma
  
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