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• Star Wars Rebels executive producer says Sabine being a Jedi was "absolutely not the plan" for the animated show as it would "step on Ezra's story" and be "overkill"

  19-11-2025 23:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars Rebel executive producer Henry Gilroy says they never planned to make Sabine a Jedi in the animated series, and don't understand why it happened in Ahoka."It was absolutely not the plan… We really felt, not only did it step on Ezra’s story, but it was a retread. Like we already did this," Gilroy told Pod of Rebellion. "The idea of Sabine training as a Jedi when she is already this fantastic warrior of her own type, we felt like this is overkill."Sabine is a Mandalorian war
  
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• Arc Raiders players try to learn who's the nicest in cross-play lobbies, and I promise you it isn't anyone with a console: "PC players seem to be way more relaxed"

  19-11-2025 23:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Some Arc Raiders players have been conducting a social experiment and the results, indeed, may shock you.The meticulous study (spotted by PC Gamer) sought to settle a cross-play lobby issue with the blade of hard science: the friendliness of PC players when compared to console players. And, challenging everything you know about middle schoolers farting into their gamer headsets while shooting people online, Reddit user Monstras-Patrick seems to have determined PC users are the kindest.That said,
  
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• God of War 2018's boss fights were so good that they've been recreated almost one-for-one in a new Netflix Bollywood movie that feels like a tribute to Kratos as well as Mortal Kombat fatalities

  19-11-2025 22:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Seven years after it took home Game of the Year at the 2018 Game Awards, God of War is still collecting accolades. The one I'm telling you about today, admittedly, isn't as formal or official as the game's inclusion on Rolling Stone's 2025 list of the best games of all time, but it is far more entertaining.The honor I'm speaking of is God of War's apparent influence on the new Bollywood Netflix film, Mahavatar Narsimha. Clips from a battle scene in the movie are circulating around social media f
  
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• Wonder Man star says the series is "tongue-in-cheek" and "self-aware" about its place in the MCU: "There’ll be commentary about superhero fatigue"

  19-11-2025 22:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Teasers for Disney Plus' upcoming Wonder Man MCU streaming series have indicated that the show will not shy away from addressing topics like so-called superhero fatigue and an overabundance of superhero media. Now, speaking to Empire, star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who portrays Simon Williams/Wonder Man in the series, has confirmed that the show's "self-aware" approach will touch directly on superhero fatigue and more."We're doing something that, tonally, feels much different than really any other
  
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• Microsoft shares study of gamers that reckons a whopping 79% are "open to help from AI," but let's all stop to consider the sample size: 1,500 people

  19-11-2025 22:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox has published a report from Edelman Data & Intelligence, "commissioned" by Microsoft, about the "Culture of Play" and how people feel about games. Behind highlights like 68% of respondents saying gaming is "more emotionally fulfilling than their other hobbies," a curious and less visible result stood out to me: 79% of the people surveyed "are open to help from AI."I didn't see this statistic mentioned in the Xbox Wire blog post sharing the report or in its front-facing infographic. Inst
  
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• Gorgeous Dispatch criminal was apparently based on a popular soda ad, according to art director: "And the body type of LeanBeefPatty"

  19-11-2025 22:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Don't be surprised if, despite her iron abs, Dispatch demon Malevola displays a strong taste for high fructose corn syrup. Her character design was apparently inspired by a '90s Pepsi advertisement."She represents 'sexy demon lady,'" Dispatch art director Derek Stratton tells IGN about Malevola – if you were wondering whether her blood-red lipstick and itsy bitsy cutoffs might have some more metaphorical meaning. She's supermodel Cindy Crawford meets fitness influencer LeanBeefPatty."Out c
  
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• Pluribus writer says he has no plans to reveal what the sci-fi mystery is a "metaphor" for anytime soon: "The show becomes meaningless"

  19-11-2025 21:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pluribus writer-director Gordon Smith says there's no need to reveal what the hit sci-fi show is actually about...because then it will essentially become "meaningless.""There are themes that come to mind, but it's less rich to say, 'Oh, this is a show about fill-in-the-blank.' If I said that it's a metaphor about not using your phone, you don't need to watch the show," Smith told The Hollywood Reporter. "The show becomes useless. The show becomes meaningless. There are AI proponents that are goi
  
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• Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says today's games could learn a lot from '80s games: "They add too many things thinking more of those things make the game better, when really what they do is dilute the game"

  19-11-2025 20:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Long before he co-created the legendary RPG series Fallout, veteran game designer Tim Cain cut his teeth on old '80s games, particularly on PC and set-top console boxes, and he has some wisdom to share with today's much more "indulgent" game developers.In a new YouTube video shared to his official channel, Cain answers a simple yet provocative question: can new games learn anything from old games? The answer is very much yes, according to Cain, and particularly from '80s games, which he says wer
  
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• Cult favorite '00s sci-fi show Stargate is getting a reboot at Amazon Prime

  19-11-2025 20:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cult classic sci-fi franchise Stargate is returning with a new series from Amazon Prime, with a new showrunner, Martin Gero, who has ties to the all three original Stargate shows (via Variety).Stargate has managed to hold onto a fairly sizable cult following in the years since the franchise last bowed. Launching with a modestly successful 1994 film before spinning off into a TV series titled Stargate: SG-1 which ran from 1997-2007. This ran alongside Stargate: Atlantis, which aired 100 episodes
  
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• Steam Machine is "Microsoft's worst nightmare" according to analysts, and one day Xbox games might be more beneficial to Valve than their own publisher: "Xbox console sales have really struggled"

  19-11-2025 19:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Microsoft leaders have so far warmly welcomed the new Steam Machine, despite the PC-console black box looking worryingly like competition to its recent "this is an Xbox, everything's an Xbox" strategy. But analysts aren't sure that the publisher should feel so unruffled. They tell GamesRadar+ the Steam Machine might be "Microsoft's worst nightmare.""Steam Machine basically turns Microsoft's worst nightmare into a shipping product," explains Joost van Dreunen, NYU Stern School of Business profess
  
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• Baldur’s Gate 3 lead slams "insufferable" AI artists whose ideas are mere "LinkedIn Copypasta": "Every intellectual point they make on Twitter was made by a man with a toilet in the 1910s"

  19-11-2025 18:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Generative AI is a hot button issue in game development, as studios big and small employ some version of the tech in their processes. Baldur's Gate 3 company Larian Studios isn't among them, as publishing director Michael Douse believes the whole lot of it to be utterly useless.On X/Twitter, he posted a small rant about people thinking they're creative by throwing prompts at these algorithmic bots. "AI artists are insufferable," he starts. "They think they're punk post-modernists but every intel
  
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• The Sims 4 fans left baffled as rumors suggest EA's latest life sim entry could be getting a remaster, despite ongoing support: "What will they be remastering exactly?"

  19-11-2025 18:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  As rumors of a The Sims 4 remaster circulate, its community gathers to question what EA could actually be planning – after all, we're talking about a life sim that's still receiving new expansions to this day, with more yet to come.The Sims 4 Adventure Awaits literally only just launched in October, with massive updates to the base game following close behind. Shortly before Adventure Awaits, we also saw fairies finally come to the 2014 life sim in Enchanted by Nature. There are also (like
  
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• As Arc Raiders shows no signs of slowing down, developer Embark confirms it's ending support on PS4 for its previous shooter, The Finals, as it's "focusing our support on current generation hardware"

  19-11-2025 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  While Arc Raiders is popping off as one of the most popular and highest-rated games of 2025, developer Embark has announced its previous release, The Finals, is being killed on PS4 less than a year after that version launched.Outside of criticism of AI being used for some voices and the price of cosmetic items (which has since been tweaked), Arc Raiders has been killing it since it was released at the end of last month. Not only is it massively popular – and only getting bigger if the Stea
  
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• Half-Life 3 "would register on a GDP level" as a Steam Machine launch title, but "Valve doesn't need a Half-Life-sized spectacle to sell hardware," analyst says

  19-11-2025 18:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valve's recent Steam Machine announcement may have fuelled fans' hopes that Half-Life 3 could finally be happening, but analysts don't think the new hardware would need the first-person shooter to sell. But that said, if it did get the game as a launch title, "its impact would register on a GDP level."Half-Life 3 hype has been reaching fever pitch lately – not only is today the 27th anniversary of the series, but Valve recently announced new hardware, and in its reveal, showed off stickers
  
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• I'm not joking, this under-$30 gaming keyboard just became one of my favorites

  19-11-2025 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cheaper Amazon brands are tempting. They offer the world for ludicrously low prices, promising everything we’ve been taught to avoid - an offer that looks too good to be true. That’s what I thought I was buying when, for science purposes, I added the Newmen GM326 to my cart a few months ago. I was looking to build a custom keyboard for a friend and needed a budget base to work off. Instead, this super cheap deck accidentally became one of the best gaming keyboards I've tested.While p
  
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• "When I was growing up, games were designed to be fun, not manipulative": Path of Exile co-creator shines a blacklight on the "bulls**t" design tricks infesting all my live service games

  19-11-2025 18:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Grinding Gear Games co-founder and Path of Exile co-creator Chris Wilson has followed some other high-profile game devs to the YouTube sphere, where he shared some interesting info and perspective on development and the industry in general. His latest video essay examines "Dark Patterns" of game design, or psychological and behavioral hooks often explicitly designed to keep players logging in or spending money at all costs.This is maybe the most important line of the video: "I hate all of this b
  
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• Wicked: For Good earns a lukewarm Rotten Tomatoes score that's almost 20% lower than the first movie's

  19-11-2025 18:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wicked: For Good has earned a lukewarm Rotten Tomatoes score, and it's significantly lower than the first movie.The musical sequel currently holds a score of 71% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 118 reviews ahead of its release later this week. By comparison, 2024's Wicked: Part One has a score of 88% – a drop of 19% in the reception of the two films.Our own Wicked: For Good review gave the movie four stars, with our reviewer noting that "a darker and sadder Part 2 brings the story of Oz's witc
  
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• "The Bungie team is fantastic": Academy Award-winning artist behind Marathon cinematic says the shooter's stolen art "was genuinely a mistake," and "blown out of proportion"

  19-11-2025 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Upcoming Bungie shooter Marathon hasn't been without its fair share of controversies, facing indefinite delays and an increasingly wary community – not to mention the whole stolen art debacle that took off in May when an artist noted their work was lifted without pay.The situation unfolded when Scottish artist Fern Hook revealed that Bungie's new game was "covered with assets lifted from poster designs" of hers from years back – a claim that prompted a "personal apology" to Hook from
  
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• GTA 6 will launch in exactly one year, but some fans don’t believe it: "1 year from now we will be waiting for it to come out in a year"

  19-11-2025 18:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  In one year's time – unless there's yet another delay – we'll have GTA 6 in our hands, and the fans can't quite believe it.Hey, it's late 2025, and GTA 6 is set to be out by now! At least it was before a delay that shifted the open-world game to May 26, 2026… and then a second delay that pushed it another six months to November 19, 2026. But we're now on November 19, 2026, so barring another delay, we'll be playing it in a year. For what it's worth, Take-Two's CEO says, "I'm h
  
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• Pixar director says "nobody's being robbed" of the original Toy Story trilogy with Toy Story 5: "They can have that and never watch another if they don't want to"

  19-11-2025 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Toy Story 5 is on the way, arriving 16 years after the release of Toy Story 3 back in 2010. That movie seemed to say goodbye to the toys and Andy, until Toy Story 4, released in 2019, reunited the gang once again.As director Andrew Stanton sees it, there's always space for more stories. "So 3 was the end... of the Andy years," he told Empire. "Nobody's being robbed of their trilogy. They can have that and never watch another if they don't want to. But I've always loved how this world allows us t
  
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• Among millions of Arc Raiders, Embark says 117 legendary players "somehow downed themselves" with rocks in the Breaking New Ground community event

  19-11-2025 18:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Embark Studios have released the stats on the latest Arc Raiders community event called Breaking New Ground. Out of the millions of players who took part in the event, 117 somehow managed to knock themselves out by throwing rocks.Volcanic Rocks are items that occasionally spawn in Arc Raiders, and players can throw them to deal damage. However, they can also bounce back or land on players when thrown directly upwards. This naturally means that you can end up downed by your own rock.Congrats to e
  
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• Arc Raiders player crowns themselves the "engineer of chaos," makes new Stella Montis map as evil as possible: "People spawning late were trapped in a maze I built, screaming"

  19-11-2025 18:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Not seven full days out from Stella Montis being available in Arc Raiders, and players are already getting up to no good. The new map's a more claustrophobic addition to the extraction shooter, prompting one fan to become an agent of chaos using barricades to block various doors across the area.An ominously empty abandoned base burrowed deep in a mountain, Stella Montis condenses rounds of Arc Raiders into frenzied scurrying through hallways to find loot and get to extraction. Reddit user luvast
  
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• Josh O'Connor reveals the "most surprising" thing about making Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, as he describes teaming up with Daniel Craig as "a dream come true"

  19-11-2025 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Josh O'Connor says it was "a dream come true" working with Daniel Craig on upcoming Knives Out sequel Wake Up Dead Man – and that he "really learned" from the way the "humble and charismatic" actor approached the movie."He's such a gentleman," O'Connor, who follows in the footsteps of Ana de Armas and Janelle Monáe as the unwitting sidekick of Craig's Benoit Blanc this time around, tells GamesRadar+. "You know, one of the things that was most surprising about making this movie &ndas
  
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• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Ben Starr can "sympathize" with Daredevil lead Charlie Cox's bewilderment over the French JRPG's success, because he "didn't expect it to be this big" either

  19-11-2025 17:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Daredevil lead Charlie Cox can't really comprehend the excitement about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, despite playing its tousled engineer Gustave, but he is happy for you. Verso actor Ben Starr can relate. He didn't expect Clair Obscur to go supernova, either."I didn't expect it to be this big," says Starr, whose breakout role as Final Fantasy 16 protagonist Clive made him a certified video games spokesperson, on a recent episode of the Kit & Krysta podcast. "So [Charlie Cox is] not going to
  
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• Ghost of Yotei is getting New Game+ next week in an update adding higher difficulties, accessibility settings, and more to Sucker Punch's open-world PS5 hit

  19-11-2025 17:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  We’re six weeks removed from the launch of Ghost of Yotei, and if you’ve managed to complete the game in that time, Sucker Punch is rolling out the ideal update for you. A New Game Plus mode is being added, giving players the perfect reason to jump back in, bringing some other neat additions, too.On November 24, New Game Plus will become available on Ghost of Yotei, a new PlayStation Blog post reveals. As you might expect, it requires completing the main story first, but once you do,
  
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• After 2 roguelikes, an acclaimed strategy game, and a League of Legends spin-off all in just 7 years, the Moonlighter 2 devs explain how new ideas are key to their survival

  19-11-2025 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  You might be forgiven for assuming that Moonlighter 2 studio Digital Sun moved straight from its debut game to its newly-released sequel. But the Spanish developer has, in fact, been a hive of activity, churning out four titles (as well as Moonlighter DLC) since 2018. That level of productivity is rare, especially when studios shift between genres and disciplines as rapidly as this one has, and it's starting to earn Digital Sun something of a cult following."From the start, our studio wanted to
  
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• First look at Jumanji 3 teases that the video game characters are coming to the real world

  19-11-2025 16:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Jumanji 3 first look has arrived, and it's already revealing some plot details: mainly, that the video game characters have made it to the real world.In the picture, which you can see below, the main cast are reunited. That's Dwayne Johnson's Dr. Xander 'Smolder' Bravestone, Karen Gillan's Ruby Roundhouse, Kevin Hart's Franklin 'Mouse' Finbar, and Jack Black's Professor Sheldon 'Shelly' Oberon.Look who’s on the loose 👀 #JumanjiMovie is coming exclusively to theatres Christmas 2
  
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• Final Fantasy 14 actor speaks out after backlash for her Dawntrail role, says MMO director Yoshi-P apologized on behalf of Square Enix: "He was very kind"

  19-11-2025 16:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail arrived with its fair share of controversies, sitting with "Mostly Negative" to this day – one of which was central character Wuk Lamat, a protagonist whose unpopularity saw some fans aim unfair abuse toward her voice actor.Sena Bryer, the talented voice behind Wuk Lamat, was the target of online hate following her role in the Final Fantasy 14 DLC. It got so bad, in fact, that director Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida had to address the "personal attack" on the actor fro
  
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• MMO players are unstoppable: Handed a new skill after 19 years, Old School RuneScape fans instantly force the devs to hotfix a Sailing XP flood over "Daddy's Special Water's special water"

  19-11-2025 16:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Evergreen MMO Old School RuneScape just released Sailing, the first-ever new skill since the game's resurrection in 2013, and the first skill added to this "version" of the game – that is, not RuneScape proper – since the pre-OSRS days of 2006. But some things never change: within hours, players sniffed out an XP farm so good that it forced developer Jagex to swoop in with a hotfix.As I write this, countless OSRS streamers – many done up in pirate garb – are rushing to le
  
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• Here's how to watch the Golden Joystick Awards 2025, hosted by Lady Dimitrescu herself Maggie Robertson

  19-11-2025 16:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  This year's Golden Joystick Awards is almost upon us, and there's more ways than ever before to watch.The Golden Joystick Awards 2025 kicks off on Thursday, November 20 at 8am PST / 11am EST / 4pm GMT / 5pm CEST, and you can watch the showcase on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Steam, TikTok and Twitter.You can also watch The Golden Joystick Awards 2025 right here.Watch the Golden Joystick Awards LIVE belowThis year, there are 26 categories including a new award celebrating the Best Remake/Remaster.
  
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• At 100+ hours, Dragon Quest 7 is an enormous JRPG, so in the Reimagined remake "a few of the stories which weren't 100% relevant to the main storyline have just been cut entirely"

  19-11-2025 16:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  In an attempt to make Dragon Quest 7 less bloated, remake producer Takeshi Ichikawa says the team has cut out some of the game's storylines entirely for Reimagined.Dragon Quest 7 is a strange game in the canon of the series. It does have its fans, but it's very likely that it's the game in the series that most players have abandoned before finishing, because it's simply so long. HowLongToBeat reckons it'll take someone 78 hours to simply mainline the 3DS version, which is already longer than the
  
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• Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined lead "had a lot of fun" playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 while remaking the classic JRPG: "It really keeps what makes turn-based games great"

  19-11-2025 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Among the plaudits and game of the year nods Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is sure to receive, here's one blessing developer Sandfall Entertainment should be proud of. Takeshi Ichikawa, executive producer on Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined, thoroughly enjoyed the heavily JRPG-inspired game, believing it captures much of what makes the form intriguing.Ichikawa revealed as much to us during an interview about putting together Reimagined. "I had a lot of fun with [Clair Obscur], it really keeps what makes
  
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• Guillermo del Toro's new Frankenstein movie is on its way to breaking into Netflix's top 10 most-watched movies ever

  19-11-2025 13:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  After less than two weeks on the streamer, Guillermo del Toro's new Frankenstein movie is on track to break into Netflix's top 10 most-watched movies ever if it keeps drawing in viewers.After a short theatrical release, the new gothic horror movie landed on Netflix on November 7 and has since been watched 62.9 million times, as reported by Deadline. Frankenstein still has a ways to go before placing in Netflix's top 10 most-watched movies of all time list, but it is certainly on track.In first p
  
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• As Half-Life 3 hopefuls convince themselves that an announcement is imminent, Geoff Keighley accidentally causes chaos with a screenshot of one wishlisted Steam game

  19-11-2025 13:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  As everyone is on Half-Life 3 watch, a single Geoff Keighley Steam wishlist entry has truthers going into overdrive.Half-Life 3 copium has been at an all-time high recently following the Steam Machine announcement, with every 'insider' and their mother coming out of the woodwork to be like, "big things coming ;) look at me I know things you don't" in the vaguest way possible. And while I won't believe Half-Life 3 – or Valve making a new video game that isn't a MOBA – exists until I s
  
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• One of the greatest TV shows of all time is finally coming back to streaming in 4K next month

  19-11-2025 13:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  HBO Max has announced that Mad Men, one of the most critically acclaimed dramas of the 2000s, is heading to the streaming service – and will be available to watch in 4K for the very first time. Originally broadcast on cable network AMC, all seven seasons of the show will be available on HBO Max from December 1."Mad Men continues to show truly remarkable staying power with audiences a full decade after concluding its network run, and we couldn't imagine a better home for it than HBO Max," s
  
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• Chaos hits Battlefield 6 as update leaves support players with "busted" defibrillators that only work some of the time: "I let at least 4 teammates die because I couldn't get the defib to register"

  19-11-2025 13:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Battlefield 6's latest update has left defibrillators "busted," but thankfully the devs are already on the case investigating the issue.Battlefield 6 update 1.1.2.0 went live yesterday, "reverting aim assist back to the values some of you experienced during Open Beta and Battlefield Labs," adding the new Eastwood map, and more. However, one change that clearly wasn't supposed to happen involves the shooter's defibs – the support gadget that's meant to quickly revive downed teammates. Unfor
  
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• Super Smash Bros. and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai says "it's best to just play games, instead of looking at who made them," so please don't perceive him

  19-11-2025 13:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a rare interview following the release of a manga based on his work and life, Masahiro Sakurai explains how he wants the focus to be on his games rather than him personally. Despite previously launching a popular YouTube channel, the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. creator says, "I try my best to communicate my work to others, but I refrain from trying to promote myself."In an interview with Game*Spark that's been translated by GamesRadar+, Sakurai says he was surprised that someone wanted to cre
  
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• Writer of 1987's Running Man was "totally rooting" for Glen Powell's new movie despite disappointing box office opening: "Maybe the third version in 2045 will stick the landing"

  19-11-2025 13:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  The writer of the 1987 Running Man movie has responded to the new Stephen King adaptation's disappointing box office opening – and he says he was "rooting" for the movie, which stars Glen Powell as reality show contestant Ben Richards."I was totally rooting for it because I figured the more people see this movie, [then they] will want to go out and rent the old one, just for comparison’s sakes," screenwriter Steven E. de Souza told The Hollywood Reporter. "So, win-win."The Running Ma
  
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• Squid Game US series from Fight Club director David Fincher looks to still be happening at Netflix, with potential plot and filming details unveiled

  19-11-2025 13:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  After months of silence, it looks like David Fincher's US Squid Game series is still going ahead at Netflix, and cameras are set to start rolling very soon.The upcoming series has been listed on the Film and Television Industry Alliance website, titled Squid Game: America. According to the site, the show is set to start filming on February 26, 2026, in Los Angeles, California.Original Squid Game producer Kim Ji-yeon and director Hwang Dong-hyuk are listed as producers on Squid Game: America, alo
  
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• Fresh from bringing his canceled Minecraft competitor back from the dead, Hytale boss shares new gameplay footage as "a taste of things to come" – but there's still "a lot of work" to be done

  19-11-2025 13:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  After entering development in 2015, hotly anticipated sandbox game Hytale went through years of trials – most recently, Riot Games' cancellation of the unreleased project and the closure of developer Hypixel Studios.The news came years after Riot's purchase of the studio in 2020 – one that was accompanied by promises of the small development team remaining in creative control over Hytale and working independently – and was especially disappointing considering past delays and th
  
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• PlayStation has unveiled its upcoming Black Friday deals, and the PS Portal is getting a rare saving

  19-11-2025 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  With Black Friday little over a week away, PlayStation has announced its discount and deal plans leading up to the big sales extravaganza, which will run for a "limited time" on the PlayStation Store, at the official PlayStation Direct online store, and at select retailers worldwide - and the PS Portal is finally part of the plans.The official PlayStation Black Friday savings will commence on November 21, but no official time was given for when we can expect the sales to go live just yet.While w
  
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• The Outer Worlds and Fallout: New Vegas studio Obsidian Entertainment pays tribute to legendary RPG dev and Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman: "Her spirit will live on"

  19-11-2025 12:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  The games industry recently lost an icon in Rebecca Heineman, esteemed developer, co-founder of Interplay Productions, and one of the first esports champions. Obsidian Entertainment is among those paying tribute, thanking Heineman for her incredible contributions to the medium."From all of us who worked with Becky at Interplay Entertainment, and the rest of us who have deep respect for her contribution to our industry, we want to extend our condolences to Rebecca Heineman's family and friends,"
  
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• Knives Out's Rian Johnson admits he usually "avoids" writing the murder mystery part "until I can't anymore" – and Wake Up Dead Man was no different

  19-11-2025 12:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Where do you start writing a murder mystery? Do you have the final act reveal pinned down before you flesh out the characters and how it all kicks off? Not, it turns out, if your Knives Out writer-director Rian Johnson..."I avoid writing [the murder mystery part] until I can't anymore, most glibly," the filmmaker laughs in a new interview with GamesRadar+. "I don't really start at the end or the beginning; I start zoomed out. I start with the most fundamental basics; I knew I wanted to do a lock
  
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• The artist behind Frieren's 'difficult angle' drawing thanks fans for their unlikely support after reaching cult meme status: "I didn't even know that drawing would touch that many people's soul"

  19-11-2025 12:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  The artist behind Frieren's 'difficult angle' drawing has thanked fans for their unlikely support after rapidly reaching cult meme status over the past week on social media."I realized I didn't give a proper thank you," SpaceDev1 began on Twitter, accompanied by a statement after their drawing of mage Frieren from an upwards angle on Reddit turned into a viral sensation overnight. It has also been lovingly dubbed the 'Friangle' thanks to its geometrically incorrect facial features."So my drawing
  
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• Borderlands 4's "most insane glitch" yet lets you break every character's skill tree and changes "the build meta for every build," swiftly catching the attention of Gearbox: "We're on it"

  19-11-2025 12:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  A brand new Borderlands 4 glitch has been discovered that allows players to completely break any character's skill tree – but it's clear that it won't be sticking around, as the looter shooter's creative director says, "we're on it."Yesterday, Borderlands content creator JoltzDude139 took to Twitter with a rather ominous message. "Uh oh… someone just found the most insane glitch in Borderlands 4," he wrote. "This will change the build meta for every build." Not long after, he posted
  
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• Palworld lead and Pocketpair founder says Megabonk dev is "one of the game developers I respect the most" as the solo indie creator withdraws his roguelike hit from The Game Awards

  19-11-2025 12:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Palworld lead Takuro Mizobe has expressed his adoration for the creator of Megabonk after its creator decided to remove the game from the "Debut Indie Game" category at The Game Awards 2025.Megabonk is a banger, plain and simple. In a year with games like Death Stranding 2, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and Ghost of Yotei, Megabonk stands among them as one of the most exciting games of the year. Major fans include Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director, Expedition 33 developers (who are rooting fo
  
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• Don't worry, former PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida also finds Silksong difficult: "I need to quit"

  19-11-2025 12:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hollow Knight: Silksong was finally released after seven years of waiting, and it seemed to immediately divide its audience. Significantly more difficult than its predecessor, discourse developed around whether the game is too punishing or if the challenge is what makes it so great.In an interview with Game*Spark that's been translated by GamesRadar+, former PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida reveals that he's been playing Silksong, and is finding it tough going. When asked if he's currently p
  
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• James Gunn shoots down Pierce Brosnan's suggestion that his Black Adam character could make a return in the DCU's Superman sequel

  19-11-2025 12:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  James Gunn has shot down reports that Pierce Brosnan could be bringing his DCEU character to the new DCU – despite word to the contrary by the actor himself."My opinion is I've never heard a Dr Fate rumor!" Gunn wrote on Threads.However, Brosnan recently suggested that Dr. Fate, his character from 2022's Black Adam, could have a place in Gunn's DCU, and even in upcoming Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow."I’ve heard that Dr. Fate was going to have his own show, or his own movie. I&rsquo
  
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• Excuse me, princess: The notorious Legend of Zelda series is now free to watch on streaming

  19-11-2025 12:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zelda fans may have to wait until 2027 to see Nintendo's live-action The Legend of Zelda movie hits the big screen, but we have something that might hold you over, as the original Zelda on-screen adaptation has just become available for free.The Legend of Zelda 1989 animated series is now available to watch for free on the streaming site Tubi (H/T Wario64). The show is just 13 episodes long, and is loosely based on Zelda games, the original The Legend of Zelda and The Adventure of Link, and foll
  
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• One-Punch Man season 3 plummets to new depths with one of the lowest-rated anime episodes of all time

  19-11-2025 11:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  One-Punch Man season 3's struggles have continued as its latest episode receives an unfathomably bad rating on IMDb.As of writing, the sixth episode's 'Motley Heroes' is sitting at a 2.7/10 on IMDb. That not only marks it out as one of the worst episodes of the year, but also one of the lowest-rated anime episodes of all time.While much of the reasoning behind the record low is due to one-star review bombing, thousands of voters at least have legitimate reasons behind their displeasure.One said
  
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