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• Vin Diesel is doing the most Vin Diesel thing possible by writing, producing, and starring in a Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots movie

  04-12-2025 23:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Fast and the Furious star Vin Diesel is adding writer to the list of jobs he'll take on for Mattel Studios' Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots movie. Diesel was initially attached to the project back in 2021 as a producer and lead actor, and now Mattel has confirmed he'll also be behind the script."Vin is a powerhouse storyteller with an unmatched understanding of action, heart, and world-building," says Mattel Studios president and chief content officer Robbie Brenner (via Deadline). "His creative vi
  
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• Romancing Saga, a Square Enix JRPG released in 1992, remade in 2005, and remastered in 2022, gets yet another re-release: "I had always wanted to make a grand fantasy RPG in the style of The Lord of the Rings"

  04-12-2025 23:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  "The gods created man, and man created stories," begins a dramatic PlayStation Blog post from Maëlle Pezout of Red Art Games. And for our purposes, man was created in 1992.In 1992, Romancing SaGa entered our little world on the Super Famicom in Japan as an ambitious, open-world-leaning JRPG. In 2005, we got a PS2 remake, Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song, or just called Romancing SaGa as it came to the West for the first time. And in 2022, Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Remastered hit modern co
  
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• World of Warcraft Midnight "brought me to the verge of tears," says MMO's production director, and it's not only "our best expansion ever," but maybe one of the most important ones in 10 years

  04-12-2025 23:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  World of Warcraft developers are expecting big things from the game's upcoming Midnight expansion, which will finally bring housing to the two-decades-old MMO once it launches in full on March 2, 2026. Since the housing early access period began December 2, some WoW fans are already getting cozy with what promises to be a highly customizable experience, but Midnight's creators think the expansion could be even more important than that."I think Midnight really has the potential to be our best exp
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 actor reveals Shadowheart's pal Nocturne was more of a "sexy demon" until she "found Nocturne on the spot" in a "girl next door" vibe

  04-12-2025 22:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you explore the Cloister of Somber Embrace in Baldur's Gate 3's third act, you'll likely meet Nocturne – the order's tiefling quartermaster, and a childhood friend of Shadowheart. She's a pretty minor character, but a new interview with the actor who voiced her shows just how much consideration goes into bringing even an RPG's tertiary characters to life.Abigail Thorn, who you may also recognize from her roles on shows like The Acolyte or House of the Dragon, or her massive YouTube chan
  
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• FromSoftware, you appear to have broken Elden Ring Nightreign: the new DLC class Undertaker is an ult-spamming, boss-melting monster

  04-12-2025 21:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Elden Ring Nightreign DLC Forsaken Hollows is finally out, and despite the worst Steam reviews developer FromSoftware has ever gotten, it has managed to add some cool new stuff to the game's oddball combat sandbox. The crown jewel is one of the new Nightfarers, the Undertaker, whose extraordinarily powerful abilities have quickly made her a top pick for anyone who likes big ladies with bigger maces, or just wants to see bosses disappear like magic.Before we go any further, here's how to unlock t
  
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• 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (December 5-7)

  04-12-2025 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Our list of the best new movies and TV shows to watch during the first weekend of December is already packed with Christmas spirit, although there is still something for everyone. From Michelle Pfeiffer's Prime Video holiday comedy to George Clooney's new Netflix movie, these are the titles that should be on your radar right now.With new upcoming movies and the best shows continually arriving on our screens, it can be difficult to choose what to watch next. That's where we come in. We've put tog
  
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• The Witcher Ciri actor says she considered quitting the show with former star Henry Cavill: "He's the Geralt I grew up with"

  04-12-2025 19:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Actor Freya Allan has played Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon (better known as Ciri to her friends) across eight years and four seasons of Netflix's adaptation of The Witcher, with one final season left to go. But Ciri almost had another actor for seasons 4 and 5, as Allan tells NME that she spent a "solid amount of time" considering leaving the show alongside original Geralt actor Henry Cavill after season 3. Cavill was replaced in season 4 and the upcoming season 5 with actor Liam Hemsworth."Season
  
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• Arc Raiders players exploited the Hidden Bunker so hard that Embark has turned it off entirely

  04-12-2025 19:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios has fully disabled the game's Hidden Bunker map event to shut out players who were glitching into the thing and ruining all the fun.As one studio representative announced in the Arc Raiders Discord server today, "We have temporarily disabled Hidden Bunker from the rotation to prevent unfair exploits while we are working on a fix. In other news, the store has been updated with some new items."Ordinarily, when the Hidden bunker event appears on the Spaceport ma
  
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• The Doom Slayer voice actor is in Metroid Prime 4, and he's down for a Samus crossover: "I wouldn't be mad at that pairing. Neither one of us say much"

  04-12-2025 18:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Metroid Prime 4: Beyond voice credits feature the voice of another blaster-toting icon who is totally up for a team-up down the line: the Doom Slayer himself.Following what seems to be a trend of the Switch 2 era, Nintendo has made another major voice change, as Metal Gear Solid actor Jennifer Hale no longer voices Samus after previously being the voice for every Metroid Prime release. Instead, Erin Yvette – who most recently played Scylla and Dora in Hades 2 and Blonde Blazer in Dispa
  
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• Wuthering Heights director wants her adaptation starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi to be "this generation's Titanic"

  04-12-2025 18:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wuthering Heights director Emerald Fennell has a particular vision for her adaptation of the beloved novel, according to star Margot Robbie."It's a literary classic, visually stunning and emotionally resonant," Robbie told Vogue. "In one of our first conversations about this film, I asked Emerald what her dream outcome was. She said, 'I want this to be this generation's Titanic. I went to the cinema to watch Romeo & Juliet eight times and I was on the ground crying when I wasn't allowed to g
  
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• Elden Ring Nightreign DLC Forsaken Hollows faces storm of negative Steam reviews over lacking content, becoming FromSoftware's worst-rated PC release at 46% positive

  04-12-2025 18:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  FromSoftware has encountered the worst boss of all with the Forsaken Hollows DLC for Elden Ring Nightreign: unhappy players. The roguelike spin-off's first content pack is getting blasted on Steam for not being up to snuff with the rest of the developer's post-launch additions, to the point it's setting a record low, ratings wise.Yes, as at time of writing, The Forsaken Hollows is FromSoftware's worst rated release on Steam. This is per SteamDB, where the 47.7% user rating places the DLC at the
  
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• Future Total War games can come to PlayStation and Xbox, Creative Assembly confirms

  04-12-2025 18:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Total War has been a lot of things over the last 25 years. It has certainly been iconic, reshaping the strategy genre time and time again. It's also been open to experimentation, diving into multiple eras of history and into the fantasy Warhammer sandbox. Something it has never primarily been, however, is console-friendly. Creative Assembly is ready to change that.Announced as part of its 25th anniversary showcase on December 4, Creative Assembly announced the Warcore game engine – the nex
  
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• Creative Assembly confirms that a new Total War game will be revealed at The Game Awards 2025

  04-12-2025 18:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Creative Assembly and Sega have spent the last few months celebrating 25 years of Total War, a massive milestone for the iconic strategy series. To cap it all off, the developer hosted a 25th Anniversary Showcase on December 4, which it used to unveil a new game engine, a suite of new content for Total War: Warhammer 3, and the reveal of Total War: Medieval 3. But it would appear that the studio has more to share in the near future.Alongside its work on Medieval 3 and Warhammer 3, Creative Assem
  
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• After almost 20 years, Creative Assembly announces the long-awaited Total War: Medieval 3

  04-12-2025 18:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Creative Assembly has finally confirmed that Total War: Medieval 3 is in development. This has been a long-time coming for fans of the studio's historical strategy installments, with Total War: Medieval 2 having launched almost two decades ago.Total War: Medieval 3 was announced at the 25th Anniversary Showcase on December 4, which Creative Assembly used to unveil the future of its long-running series. This included a massive new update to Total War: Warhammer 3 set to release next summer, a new
  
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• Bethesda's Todd Howard tips his hat to Obsidian, says he invited the Fallout: New Vegas devs to the Fallout Season 2 set to relive the iconic setting

  04-12-2025 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas? Bethesda Game Studios or Obsidian Entertainment? Fan wars never change, but it doesn't really matter to the developers involved with the post-apocalyptic franchise. In fact, Todd Howard enjoys that fans are so passionate about picking their favorites, so much so that he even invited some Obsidian developers onto the set of Amazon's Fallout streaming show."Huge respect to the folks at Obsidian," Howard said in an interview with PC Gamer. "Had them out to the set t
  
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• An immortal-looking Todd Howard thinks GTA 6 will be out before The Elder Scrolls 6, calls Rockstar "some of the absolute best" at world design

  04-12-2025 17:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bethesda's Todd Howard reckons we'll see GTA 6 release before The Elder Scrolls 6 or Fallout 5, so don't expect much over the next year.When it comes to games that feel like they will never come out, GTA 6 and The Elder Scrolls 6 are the two that have been at the front of the pack. Obviously, we now know GTA 6 will finally arrive on November 19, 2026 (barring yet another delay), but the journey here was long and arduous. Whereas when Bethesda busted out a JPEG at E3 2018 to say that The Elder Sc
  
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• Open-world RPG Wuthering Waves pulls a Breath of the Wild, adds a motorbike in 3.0 expansion

  04-12-2025 17:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wuthering Waves update 3.0 will add yet another way to get around the game's increasingly large world: a full-on motorbike.As revealed in a version 3.0 gameplay showcase posted by PlayStation, "Rovers will take the new Utility, 'Expedition Motorbike,' to explore the brand-new area, Lahai-Roi." Players initially wondered if the bike might be exclusive to Lynae, the new character shown riding the bike in the video showcase, but it will be an account-wide utility.This bike, which can't not remind m
  
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• Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P says it's "time to go back to school" as the MMO builds to its next expansion and turns away from the "summer vacation" that was its mixed Dawntrail expansion

  04-12-2025 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Preparing for the launch of Final Fantasy 14's 7.4 patch, Into the Mist, director Naoki Yoshida, better known as Yoshi-P, has described the upcoming story as a "bridge" between beats, giving the vibe of the end of the summer vacation, before 7.5 sees us back in school.We all know that overwhelming sense of impending doom that comes with the end of a long break and the return to work. Many would consider this a negative emotion, but Yoshi-P thinks that Final Fantasy 14 players will enjoy the feel
  
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• Left 4 Dead co-creator is directing a mysterious co-op shooter for JJ Abrams' production company, and Sony's going to publish it: "We hope to deliver a bold, innovative experience"

  04-12-2025 17:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Four years out from the launch of Back 4 Blood, another Left 4 Dead vet is making a different co-op shooter. This one sounds intriguing, insofar as it's being distributed by Sony, and developed by Bad Robot Games, the video games wing of JJ Abrams' production company.The as-yet-unannounced co-operative multiplayer game is being led by Mike Booth, the co-creator of Left 4 Dead and co-founder of Turtle Rock Studios, and it's coming to PC and PlayStation 5. No other details are known, though it&rsq
  
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• The CRKD Atom controller is my top pick for the best under $20 gaming gift for the holidays

  04-12-2025 17:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  December is finally here, and that means the countdown to find the best gifts for those with a Switch and Switch 2 is on. If they've got a ridiculous enough gaming backlog, you can always pick up one of the best Nintendo Switch 2 controllers and give the gift of a more premium pad, but not everyone can afford the $80+ price tag that comes with them.If your budget is tight, I'd recommend you gift one of the colorful CRKD Atom keychain controllers instead, which are down to $17.99 at Amazon today.
  
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• I'm convinced Nintendo might be gearing up for a Mario Kart World DLC announcement as it prepares to spotlight a Donkey Kong Bananza character it's been refusing to publicly acknowledge since launch

  04-12-2025 16:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Nintendo Today app was updated with a new Donkey Kong theme earlier this week. And as well as remedying the lack of one of Nintendo's biggest icons as an option, this resulted in dataminers finding some interesting animations set to play later this month, which, when paired with The Game Awards, have some interesting timing.Spoilers for Donkey Kong Bananza's final few levels below, so read at your own risk. As those of you who have beaten Donkey Kong Bananza know, the game's finale featured
  
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• Hytale won't be on Steam at launch as devs "do not see the necessity of it" and want to avoid bad reviews from "people that aren't as well-informed"

  04-12-2025 16:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  After years in development and a temporary cancellation, blocky sandbox RPG Hytale is hurtling toward an early access release sooner than anyone could've anticipated on January 13, 2026. But the Minecraft-like's Early Access version is avoiding Steam for now, mainly because the team doesn't want to reckon with negative reviews from players unprepared for the state of the game.That comes courtesy of Hytale's FAQ page, penned by the game's executive director, Patrick 'Lyall' Derbic, who explained
  
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• Everyone's "free time is dwindling," so Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P wants players to feel rewarded no matter how much time they invest in the MMO

  04-12-2025 15:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida, better known as Yoshi-P, claims that the team has been discussing how to adjust the game so that all players feel a sense of accomplishment, no matter how much time they are able to spend in the critically acclaimed MMORPG.As players eagerly await patch 7.4, titled Into the Mist, Yoshi-P has been hitting the media circuit to promote the upcoming content for the long-enduring MMO. In an interview with Famitsu, which has been translated by GamesRadar+, Yosh
  
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• Battlefield 6 adds more vehicles to Breakthrough, but players have one specific demand for the mode: "Bring back 64 player Breakthrough you cowards!"

  04-12-2025 15:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Breakthrough is getting some attention is the latest Battlefield 6 update, with changes to make the mode more enjoyable for the attackers. Specifically, there'll be more vehicles available, and their positioning will be fairer for either side (in theory, anyway). Some players aren't too pleased though, with more specific demands for the game type.In Breakthrough, an attacking team attempts to commandeer parts of the map from a defensive squad against a timer. For Battlefield 6, the player count
  
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• These Nintendo Switch game deals at Woot are perfect presents in the making

  04-12-2025 15:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you just started your holiday shopping, then you might be a bit overwhelmed as to what gift you should get for the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 owners in your life. As a Nintendo nerd myself, I always end up asking for a couple of games at this time of year, as they can be notoriously expensive compared to physical releases from other platforms, and I'm well aware that some Black Friday discounts are still going strong as we get further into December.If you've been asked to grab some too, the
  
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• These sim racing wheels are getting a performance boost in today's Gran Turismo 7 update

  04-12-2025 14:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fanatec has announced that support for its proprietary FullForce feedback system has finally come to Gran Turismo 7 in the game's most recent update. This will enable compatible Fanatec wheel bases to give sim racers more detailed feedback in GT7, following the Spec III update, which arrives today, December 4. If you bought one of Fanatec's best PS5 steering wheels and you've been waiting to get your true value for money, your gameplay is about to feel much more realistic.For the most part, this
  
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• Destiny 2's Star Wars-themed expansion pulls in series-low Steam numbers while fans debate if Renegades is "pretty great" or a "$10 season disguised as a $30 Campaign"

  04-12-2025 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Destiny 2's latest expansion hasn't set the world on fire, as the Star Wars-themed update has had the worst launch numbers of any of Bungie's game expansions.The SteamDB numbers for the Destiny 2: Renegades launch peaked at 71,278, which is the lowest peak in the game's history of expansions, seasons, and episodes. The previous low was with Episode Heresy, which peaked at 77,399, but compared to the other major expansions, it isn't even close: Lightfall reached 316,750, and Shadowkeep was consid
  
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• One of my favorite '90s N64 games that happens to be a precursor to GTA just arrived on an emulation console I can't afford

  04-12-2025 13:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  I really didn't have a re-release of Body Harvest, an N64 alien invasion sci-fi romp by the developers of GTA, on my 2025 bingo card. Yet, here I am looking at a new double-bill release of what was once one of my favorite early 3D shooters and the NES classic A Body And His Blob. The catch? The complication is for a modern, emulation-based retro console I can't remotely afford.That's right, Body Harvest is now available on the modular Polymega, a Linux-based system that can run a legacy of physi
  
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• As if Hellmire wasn't fiery enough, Helldivers 2 just added magma planets so you can 'accidentally' push friends into lava pools: "Arrowhead spent so long cooking they overheated the planet"

  04-12-2025 13:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arrowhead Game Studios just put the hell back into Helldivers 2 with new magma planets that you can go get steamy in right now.Arrowhead released a trailer (in-universe propaganda piece) earlier today, proclaiming that pesky Automatons are yet again stealing natural resources from planets "rightfully owned" by humanity, this time lava-filled planets, getting in the way of Super Earth's interstellar colonial project - err, I mean, perfectly managed, totally democratic project.The magma planets ar
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 performance director doubles down on the need for award shows to implement a motion capture category, because "mocap performers just disappear" and "nobody knows about them"

  04-12-2025 13:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  One Baldur's Gate 3 performance director has doubled down on her calls for game awards shows to introduce a motion capture category, saying that mocap performers historically "disappear."Recently, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Charlie Cox commented on his best performance nomination at The Game Awards 2025, graciously saying "any credit I get" should instead go to Gustave's mocap actor, Maxence Cazorla. In turn, this had people coming out of the woodwork in support, including Red Dead actor
  
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• James Cameron had the perfect response for splitting an Avatar sequel into two films after studio pushback: "What part of you getting a chance to make two billion dollars is in question here?"

  04-12-2025 13:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Director James Cameron had the perfect response to studio pushback on splitting Avatar: The Way of Water into two moviesAs mentioned by Discussing Film's Andrew J. Salazar, Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar: Fire and Ash were originally planned to be one movie, but split into two.On the rumors that Cameron decided to press ahead with more movies without involving the studio ahead of time because they would 'say yes anyway', the director clarified, "I got a fair bit of pushback from the studio.
  
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• Controversial anti-cheat software Denuvo is being removed from Hi-Fi Rush to "provide a more stable and efficient service environment," but Krafton's anti-tamper features remain

  04-12-2025 13:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Krafton announces that it will remove Denuvo anti-cheat software from Hi-Fi Rush next year, but that its own anti-tampering measures will remain. Following Denuvo's removal from the PC version of the game, players will need to update Hi-Fi Rush in order to continue playing.As a single-player game, people have often questioned why anti-cheat software was even present in Hi-Fi Rush though Krafton's statement appears to suggest that the inclusion of Denuvo was to deal with piracy. In the statement,
  
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• Metroid Prime 4 recasts Samus as a Hades 2 and Dispatch actor replaces Mass Effect's Jennifer Hale, continuing the Nintendo Switch 2 era's trend of introducing new talent

  04-12-2025 12:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nintendo recently made sweeping changes to the extended cast of Super Mario, but the Mushroom Kingdom's not the only place dealing with unfamiliar voices in this new Switch 2 era. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond also has a brand new actor behind bounty hunter Samus Aran's grunts and death cries.Nintendo Life recently took a magnifying glass to Metroid Prime 4's credits, which reveal Samus is now voiced by Erin Yvette, while Krystle Martin is responsible for the icon's motion capture performance.For thos
  
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• In just 7 days, Zootopia 2 has already outgrossed Superman with a $616.7 million global box office

  04-12-2025 12:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zootopia 2 is taking the world by storm – and in just seven days, the animated Disney sequel has even beat Superman at the box office.According to the latest box office update from Deadline (which came on December 3), Zootopia 2 has scored a global total of $616.7 million: per Box Office Mojo, the full figure is $616,776,630. That's just ahead of Superman's own $616.68 million, and it's also ahead of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning's $598.76 million.Zootopia 2's box office
  
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• Helldivers 2 creative director gives a shoutout to new fan film he "really enjoyed," and the movie's producer is "honored" by the Arrowhead lead's support

  04-12-2025 12:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  While Hollywood works on an official Helldivers 2 movie, a fan film called For Liberty! has come out to help satiate our need for democracy. Though unofficial, Arrowhead Game Studios is not only aware of the production, but the company approves.Johan Pilestedt, the CCO of Arrowhead and creative director on Helldivers 2, gives the film a shout out on Twitter. "If you missed it, check out the Helldivers 2 fan film For Liberty!," he says. "I really enjoyed it!"His gesture did not go unnoticed, with
  
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• Zack Snyder and Army of the Dead star are teaming up to write a "hot lesbian action" movie – and apparently it'll be set in "old-timey days"

  04-12-2025 12:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tig Notaro has pinned down her next project with Batman v Superman director Zack Snyder: an action movie centered on "hot lesbians".The comedian spilled the beans during an appearance on the podcast On With Kara Swisher, where she recalled digitally replacing Chris D'Elia in Snyder's zombie flick Army of the Dead – and the fan reaction to her character, cigar-chomping helicopter pilot Marianne Peters."I go viral for being sexy in this film," Notaro remembered. "And it was so unexpected. My
  
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• Amidst a pricing apocalypse, one of gaming's best memory and storage brands "has made the difficult decision" to abandon its consumers

  04-12-2025 12:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Crucial, one of the best brands making storage and memory products for gamers and PC builders, is being shut down by its parent company, all in the name of AI. This comes after 29 years of Crucial supplying consumers with some of the best RAM for gaming and some of the best SSDs for gaming available.If you've been keeping up with the news of late, you'll know that RAM and SSDs are seeing an enormous pricing spike, which all comes down to AI data centers stealing up the world's supply of RAM wafe
  
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• Five Nights at Freddy's 2 debuts to scathing reviews from critics, calling the horror sequel "overstuffed" and "worse than the first film"

  04-12-2025 12:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just a day before one of this year's most anticipated upcoming video game movies hits the big screen, the reviews are in for Five Nights at Freddy's 2, and it's safe to say that critics did not have the best time on their return to Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria.Directed by Emma Tammi, the sequel welcomes back Josh Hutcherson as ex-Fazbear security guard Mike as he, his little sister Abby, and Vanessa try to move on from the events of the first film, but are eventually pulled back into the world of F
  
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• Amazon's Tomb Raider series is suddenly a huge deal as it promises to "reinvent the franchise on a massive scale" and connect to the games in "a unified storytelling universe"

  04-12-2025 11:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new listing from Amazon's Tomb Raider series has unveiled the surprisingly grand plans for the upcoming video game adaptation.Tomb Raider on Prime Video, starring Game of Thrones actor Sophie Turner as the iconic adventurer, aims to "reinvent the franchise on a massive scale, interconnecting a new live-action television series and video games into a unified storytelling universe" according to the production company Story Kitchen's website (via Infinity Tomb Raider, H/T Eurogamer).It's been a l
  
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• Robert Downey Jr. says Gwyneth Paltrow is "forever confused by the basic tenets of the Marvel Universe," and that she once forgot who Tom Holland is

  04-12-2025 11:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gwyneth Paltrow might play Pepper Potts in the MCU, but she famously doesn't have a great memory of the franchise.After Paltrow forgot she was in Spider-Man: Homecoming and lost track of how many Marvel films she has appeared in, Robert Downey Jr. has revealed another moment of confusion from the actor.At The Hollywood Reporter's 2025 Women in Entertainment breakfast gala, Downey Jr. said his co-star is "impossibly intelligent, but forever confused by the basic tenets of the Marvel Universe and
  
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• As Splitgate 2 prepares to release for a second time, design director says the team has handled "a challenging situation with honesty, humility, and grit"

  04-12-2025 11:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  1047 Games is preparing to undo the un-launching of its portal-hopping arena shooter Splitgate 2, and the game's design director says the studio handled the controversies around overpriced microtransactions, free-to-play grind, and divisive hats with "honesty, humility, and grit."Splitgate 2's design director as of this summer, Josh Watson, recently penned a letter posted to social media ahead of the free-to-play shooter's relaunch, introducing himself to the community as a lifelong Halo buff, U
  
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• The Witcher 4 isn't just hiring Baldur's Gate 3 talent – CD Projekt Red is still expanding to "strengthen" its team, with various job openings for the RPG as well as Cyberpunk 2

  04-12-2025 11:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  As work on The Witcher 4 continues to press on, CD Projekt Red welcomes new developers from Baldur's Gate 3 and beyond – something they're apparently not done doing just yet, as fresh job listings circulate online.Two days ago, former Baldur's Gate 3 developer Felix Pedulla joined CD Projekt Red as the team's newest senior cinematic designer – a good sign of some beautiful cinematics to come, if you ask me, considering Pedulla's six years at Larian Studios. The Witcher 4 and Cyberpun
  
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• Scarlett Johansson is joining the cast of The Batman 2 – and Zoë Kravitz's Catwoman is not expected to return

  04-12-2025 11:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Scarlett Johansson could be joining the DC world in The Batman 2, according to new reports that say the actor is in talks to join the film.Johansson, of course, is already a superhero icon thanks to her role as Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (although, we haven't seen her since 2021's Black Widow prequel, and we're unlikely to see her again after Natasha Romanoff died in Avengers: Endgame).News of Johansson being in talks to join The Batman 2 was first broken by Nexus Point News, t
  
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• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond was made with the help of more than 20 other studios including Luigi's Mansion and Oblivion Remastered devs

  04-12-2025 11:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  The credits for Nintendo's latest first-party game, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, features more than 20 external studios that helped make the game a reality in its credits.In 2025, discussion around video games has centered on the size of development teams, focusing on the primary studio's full-time employees rather than the plethora of contractors and external studios, without which developing these games wouldn't be possible.Famously, many focused on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which has a core te
  
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• A machine you've almost certainly never heard of just spent a week beating the PS5 as the second best-selling games console in the US behind the Switch 2

  04-12-2025 01:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Nex Playground, an Xbox Kinect-type motion-controlled games console, has quietly spent a week outselling both the PS5 and Xbox Series X as the second best-selling hardware in the US.As reported by Circana senior director Mat Piscatella, the number-one best-selling games console in the US for the week ending in November 22 was the Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart World bundle - not a huge surprise given the system recently released and has been a massive success. But what followed the Switch 2 is
  
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• After 4 years, there's a new Paranormal Activity movie in the works, it's a "rebirth" for the series, and The Conjuring and Insidious creator James Wan is producing: "Do not see it alone"

  04-12-2025 00:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a new Paranormal Activity in the works described as a "rebirth" for the franchise, and James Wan, known for The Conjuring universe, is one of the producers.The news, per THR, comes nearly two years after Wan's production company Atomic Monster merged with Paranormal Activity production company Blumhouse. Paramount is once again back to produce, distribute, and co-finance the flick. Meanwhile, original Paranormal Activity director Oren Peli, who managed to make a $194 million-grossing sma
  
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