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• Daredevil: Born Again season 2 star Matthew Lillard says there's "Cheshire Cat" energy to his new villain, but he doesn't have any scenes with Daredevil

  16-03-2026 23:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Beloved actor Matthew Lillard is part of the cast of Daredevil: Born Again season 2 as the enigmatic Mr. Charles, a character apparently original to the show. Though we don't know much about who he is, Lillard is offering up some clues about what to expect from his performance."He is somebody who bends the ear of very powerful people around the world. So he's not really interested in Gotham politics. He's interested in world politics," Lillard tells EW, referring to New York City by its old nick
  
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• GTA Wiki editors cite "a reportedly pro-AI CEO," "terrible" ads, and restrictive censorship as they go independent from Fandom

  16-03-2026 23:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The GTA Wiki is going independent. The fan-run information repository is the latest to migrate away from Fandom hosting, as its editors protest increasingly aggressive ads and restrictive censorship policies. Months ahead of the launch of GTA 6, it joins an increasingly large list of video game community wikis that have sought alternate hosting amid similar complaints about Fandom."GTA Wiki has officially migrated from Fandom," according to a statement on the front page of the new wiki. "Freedom
  
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• Bethesda fans are petitioning for The Elder Scrolls 6 to add a tribute to a late TES lore legend: "He helped countless gamers delve deeper into the world of Tamriel"

  16-03-2026 22:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Elder Scrolls community is mourning the loss of Bethesda content creator Mackenzie Rowles, widely known as Camelworks, and fans are calling for Bethesda to add a tribute to Rowles in The Elder Scrolls 6.Rowles, known for his extraordinarily detailed guides to The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Starfield lore on YouTube, died on Sunday, March 15 of unknown causes at the age of 33. Just a day later, a Change petition has attracted 766 verified signatures and counting at the time of writing."Camel
  
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• The Last of Us season 3 adds Lanterns and The Conjuring stars to cast, including your favorite exorcist Patrick Wilson in a crucial role

  16-03-2026 22:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jason Ritter and Patrick Wilson have joined the cast of The Last of Us season 3.According to Variety, Ritter will play a WLF agent, while Wilson will play none other than Jerry Anderson... who was the only person left on earth who could've made a cure for the virus before Joel made an uh-oh oopsie (in the name of love, mind you).The hit series, based on the massively popular video games, was renewed for a third season ahead of the season 2 premiere in 2025. The first season follows The Last of U
  
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• Subnautica 2 owner constantly relied on ChatGPT for legal strategy, judge says in scathing order: "Krafton followed most of ChatGPT’s recommendations"

  16-03-2026 22:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Last year, the founders of Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds, alongside CEO Ted Gill, were pushed out of the studio by parent company Krafton. The trio sued Krafton, alleging they had been let go so they wouldn't be able to claim $250 million dollars worth of bonuses for delivering the game. According to the same judge's opinion that reinstated Gill today, Krafton CEO Kim Chang-han relied on ChatGPT for advice on how to take over Unknown Worlds.In the leadup to the originally planned early a
  
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• Bungie is filling the biggest hole in Marathon: duos mode rolling out as an "experimental feature" this week on Perimeter only, but that's a start

  16-03-2026 22:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marathon developer Bungie will answer widespread demand with an "experimental" duos mode coming this Wednesday, March 18, making it significantly easier to play the game with a friend. It will be limited, but it will be a Marathon duos mode, and that's enough for me. Game director Joe Ziegler broke the news on X/Twitter today. "We're going a bit rogue here," he writes. "We have a bit of an experimental feature that's in development we want to test and we'd love for you to help. As of Wednesday m
  
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• Assassin's Creed director says "Black Flag reused like 80% of Assassin's Creed 3," and the games industry should rely on asset reuse even more: "Maybe the future is, to use the dirty word, AI vibe-coding"

  16-03-2026 21:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Asset reuse – two forbidden words for fans of franchises like Dark Souls and Yakuza, but also, according to Far Cry 4 and Assassin's Creed 3 creative director Alex Hutchinson, possibly the answer to saving video games.He tells PC Gamer in a new interview, "We do a lot of dopey things in the games industry. We redo too much stuff." But modern Japanese developers, he argues, "got their head around it now.""The genius of Yakuza was always for me that you're revisiting the same place," says Hu
  
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• Green Lantern legend Grant Morrison also isn't a fan of the Lanterns trailer: "What is this jockish dismissal of superhero conventions intended to prove anyway?"

  16-03-2026 21:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first trailer for DC's Lanterns has generated mixed reactions from fans of the venerable Green Lantern franchise, and one of the character's biggest name comic writers is joining the chorus of those left unimpressed, as legendary scribe Grant Morrison has weighed in on the side of those who want something less grounded.Judging by the trailer, Lanterns seemingly eschews much of the Green Lantern's larger-than-life spacefaring elements for a rural murder mystery. Given that Morrison wrote one
  
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• Mortal Kombat 2 star Lewis Tan further fuels the Street Fighter beef by responding to new dig from Cody Rhodes: "Almost spilled my drink laughing"

  16-03-2026 21:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mortal Kombat 2 star Lewis Tan isn't backing down from the beef that Street Fighter actor Andrew Schulz started... and now Cody Rhodes is getting in on the action."My friend Andrew Schulz can be a bit loud and hot-headed... and impulsive... and perhaps a hair dumb," Rhodes, who plays Guile, explained on The Brandon Davis Show, in response to whether or not there was truly beef between the two casts. You might recall that Schulz told the audience at The Game Awards that the Mortal Kombat cast was
  
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• Nvidia announces DLSS 5 in uncanny video putting games through obvious AI filter, Bethesda's Todd Howard joins devs hyping it up: "We got it running in Starfield, it was amazing how it brought it to life"

  16-03-2026 21:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nvidia has announced DLSS 5, the next evolution of its AI-powered rendering technique, and only gone and called it "the company’s most significant breakthrough in computer graphics since the debut of real-time ray tracing."A video showcasing DLSS 5's effects on games including Resident Evil Requiem, Starfield, Hogwarts Legacy, and EA Sports FC demonstrates the visual impact of the upgraded "real-time neural rendering model." You know those online weirdos who roleplay Instagram filters by p
  
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• Exclusive: Jhin joins Riftbound with absurdly powerful cards

  16-03-2026 18:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fans have been clamoring for him since the game launched, and now it's finally happening: Jhin is joining the League of Legends card game Riftbound, and you can get an exclusive first look at some cards featuring him here.There are four cards to feast your eyeballs on, and they're ones you'll need to watch out for if you play the best card games. Just as you'd hope for a psychopathic murder-artist, Jhin is a force to be reckoned with in Riftbound. Actually, his debut – which arrives in May
  
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• Bethesda veterans "wouldn't be surprised" if Fallout 5 went to another company, because the devs "have their hands full" with The Elder Scrolls 6

  16-03-2026 18:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Could Fallout 5 come from a studio other than Bethesda? It'd be a big change from the norm, but a dev who worked for the company for almost a decade, contributing to both Fallout 3 and 4, believes it's very possible.Speaking on the Kiwi Talkz YouTube channel, along with several other developers who've worked on the Fallout wasteland, Jonah Lobe – a character artist who designed the Deathclaw – presents his theory. "I wouldn't be surprised if Bethesda gave Fallout 5 to a different pro
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem's Leon actor doesn't know who he's married to either: "That's a Capcom question"

  16-03-2026 18:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Leon Kennedy actor Nick Apostolides has acknowledged the mystery of his character's wedding ring… but sadly, he doesn't know who he's married to, either. Resident Evil Requiem has been out for a few weeks now, sold 6 million copies, and it has inspired a lot of discussion. So what are people saying about Capcom's latest survival horror entry? Is it the new lore drops and how the likes of Resident Evil Outbreak's Alyssa Ashcroft is handled? Is it how her daughter and Requiem protagonist Gr
  
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• 1,200 hours in, Final Fantasy 14 player trying to beat the MMO under RuneScape's Ironman rules clears biggest obstacle yet thanks to a backup strategy that took 300 hours to prepare

  16-03-2026 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Of all the Final Fantasy 14 challenges I've seen, Rath Games' solo runs might just be the most impressive – and his latest, tackling the ever-infamous Hades trial from Shadowbringers, is arguably the most mind-boggling to date.Rath started his journey three years ago, asking the question I never thought I'd see a player wonder: "Is it possible to SOLO Final Fantasy 14?" Thus began his legendary challenge, with a video showing him demolish Ifrit all on his own following a very lengthy grind
  
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• PSSR 2 is finally here, and the tech that made Resident Evil Requiem look so good promises a big PS5 Pro upgrade for Crimson Desert this week

  16-03-2026 18:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  We got a preview of PSSR 2 with the launch of Resident Evil Requiem a few weeks ago, but today marks the wider launch of the improved upscaling tech on PS5 Pro. The upgrade lands as part of a system-level update that can apply to all games, but some specific titles – including the likes of Silent Hill 2, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and Monster Hunter Wilds – are getting their own special patches, and arguably the tech's most notable test will be the launch of Crimson Desert later this w
  
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• Fired Subnautica 2 CEO must be reinstated, judge rules, and "may proceed with the early access release of Subnautica 2 when he deems it appropriate"

  16-03-2026 18:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ousted Subnautica 2 CEO Ted Gill must be reinstated under a court order freshly filed by the Delaware Court of Chancery, giving Gill control of the Steam early access release of the long-waited, now-delayed undersea survival game. This order follows a messy legal battle between Gill, joined by fellow Unknown Worlds executives Charlie Cleveland and Max McGuire, and new studio owner Krafton. The case erupted in 2025 after Krafton replaced all three executives in a move that a lawsuit, filed by the
  
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• Ash voice actor rewatched Pokemon's saddest episode and thinks it could be improved: "I think it takes you out of it"

  16-03-2026 18:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ash Ketchum voice actor Veronica Taylor, who voiced Pallet Town's favorite son across the first eight seasons of the Pokemon anime's English dub, says the episode that broke a generation's hearts could have been even sadder.The entry in question, 'Bye-Bye, Butterfree!' was likely the day you found out all about loss. In the episode, remarkably only the 21st in the show's entire run, Ash has to come to terms with Butterfree leaving with a mate. The iconic episode, coupled with the Futurama episod
  
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• John Wick creator says the Hitman TV show is "dead in the water": "It's a little bit of a dagger in the chest"

  16-03-2026 17:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  John Wick creator Derek Kolstad has provided an update on the Hitman TV show – and it seems the video game adaptation was an unknowing mark."It's a little bit of a dagger in the chest," Kolstad told The Direct when the publication asked for an update on the adaptation. "Who knows nowadays, but it's dead in the water. But, man, I love that thing, because I love that game and I love that character. But the problem is, I can write a screenplay, but no one's going to go out and buy the screenp
  
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• Monster Hunter Stories 3 hits a record player count on Steam for Capcom's cozier spin-off RPG series

  16-03-2026 17:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Monster Hunter Stories 3 has had the best debut for the series on PC, with almost exactly 20,000 more players at its peak than the previous entry in the RPG spinoff.While a mainline Monster Hunter release is perhaps the biggest deal when it comes to Capcom's titles, its RPG spinoffs have been quietly leveling up with every release. The original Monster Hunter Stories launched on the Nintendo 3DS back in 2016 and was a fun, novel RPG that felt like a solid Pokemon homage, but not something too in
  
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• Pokopia players say its water physics are "just as bad" as they are in Minecraft, prompting all sorts of liquid chaos: "How do I even begin to fix this"

  16-03-2026 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been a fun few days for Pokemon Pokopia players, as the cozy new gem continues to impress with its Animal Crossing: New Horizons vibes and Minecraft mechanics – but it's not all smooth sailing when it comes to terraforming islands, apparently.Pokopia players are already blowing fellow fans' minds with their builds, with underground lavafalls, entire little themed villages, and more – but there's one big aspect of building that remains a bit of a mystery to many: water.
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• World of Warcraft would've been a first-person MMO in the EverQuest-inspired world of Overwatch's Jeff Kaplan: "I argued a lot for that"

  16-03-2026 17:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  If Jeff Kaplan had his wish, World of Warcraft would look quite different. During development of the MMORPG, he campaigned within Blizzard for the first-person perspective to be used, and he views his upcoming game The Legend of California as an indirect realization of those aspirations."I really wanted [World of Warcraft] to be first-person," he said during a livestream, as clipped by Majid Manzarpour on Twitter. "I argued a lot for that."He believes "WoW is great" as it is in third-person, and
  
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• New Warhammer 40K teaser brings back Commisar Yarrick and the grimmest battlefield in the galaxy

  16-03-2026 17:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  The war for Armageddon continues in a new brutal, particularly grim reveal from Warhammer 40K (along with the return of a tough-as-nails hero, Commisar Yarrick), but I'll be damned if I know what's going on. Is it the reveal of the next edition? A box set? A new campaign book? I'm genuinely not sure. We see the wartorn, utterly miserable world of Armageddon getting torn to shreds during a new cinematic trailer, and it's one of the grimmest battlefields of an already grimdark future; think the tr
  
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• Daredevil: Born Again season 2 showrunner and executive producer talk reuniting the Defenders for the first time in 7 years: "Bringing [Jessica Jones] back in this season was top of the checklist"

  16-03-2026 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Daredevil: Born Again season 2 showrunner Dario Scardapane and executive producer Sana Amanat say bringing back Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones was a must for the second season of the hit Marvel-Disney Plus show."I really love the work that Melissa [Rosenberg] did in Jessica Jones," Scardapane tells GamesRadar+. I think it's one of the best genre television shows done. I think Krysten's created an amazing character. Bringing her back in this season was top of the checklist. It's not in the episo
  
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• Animated spin-off Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord is the franchise's first "cops and robbers" story

  16-03-2026 16:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  New animated Star Wars spin-off Maul – Shadow Lord will be the galaxy far, far away's first "cops and robbers" story, according to the team behind the scenes. "We’ve kind of never done a full-on, for lack of a better word, cops-and-robbers kind of Star Wars," animation supervisor Keith Kellogg told Animation Magazine of the new show, which picks up with former Sith after the events of The Clone Wars, between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. The cop in question is Brander Lawson, w
  
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• Invincible stars Steven Yeun and Gillian Jacobs on the dark days ahead for Mark and Eve in season 4 "You're watching Mark as he's coming to understand the loss of his idealism"

  16-03-2026 16:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Invincible season 4 is almost upon us, and after a close encounter with Conquest that almost cost them their lives in the season 3 finale, things are set to go from bad to worse for Mark and Eve in season 4, according to stars Steven Yeun and Gillian Jacobs.Speaking to GamesRadar+ over Zoom, Yeun and Jacobs say that Mark and Eve are facing hardships ahead in season 4, and not just of the Viltrumite variety. "Right now you're watching Mark as he's coming to understand maybe a little bit of the lo
  
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• Netflix's Assassin's Creed show adds Mission: Impossible and Prometheus stars, and we'd put money on one of them being a Templar

  16-03-2026 16:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix's Assassin's Creed show has bulked out its cast – and there could be a Templar hiding in their midst.As revealed by the streamer, Noomi Rapace (Prometheus), Razmy Bedia (Of Money and Blood), Corrado Invernizzi (Ford vs. Ferrari), and Sean Harris (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) are joining the upcoming Assassin's Creed series.While their roles are currently undisclosed, Harris – in particular – stands out, not least of all because his menacing turn as Solomon Lane
  
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• New Marathon update takes players closer to finally unlocking the Cryo Archive map, once they figure out more mind-bending puzzles

  16-03-2026 15:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Something's afoot in Marathon, as Bungie's new FPS is leading players toward the trickiest map to date. A mysterious new area has been added to the menu, indicating the ongoing ARG will soon be ending, letting people into the Cryo Archive.Made up of seven disparate puzzles, diehard Marathon-ers have been gradually solving each layer to unlock the next, with the seventh leading us to this fourth map. In classic Bungie fashion, these have been relatively esoteric challenges to work out, and actual
  
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• With over 30 billion images logged, Pokemon Go is using players' activity to train its spinout AI company to help GPS pinpointing: "I'm very focused on trying to re-create the real world"

  16-03-2026 14:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Pokemon Go players are helping delivery robots reach consumers' doors, as Niantic Spatial says it's using images captured on the app to improve location pinpointing in partnership with companies like Coco Robotics.Although Pokemon Go makes it clear in-game that it's collecting AR mapping data, with a notification prompting players to acknowledge that they'll help add to this pool for any given location, AI company Niantic Spatial – a spinout from developer and publisher Niantic – is
  
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• Marathon designer shuts down claims that nobody who worked on Halo was involved in Bungie's latest FPS: "Damn i'll have to tell this to Chris Butcher, and Jason Jones, and Tom Gioconda, and..."

  16-03-2026 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Marathon designer has addressed claims that nobody at Bungie who worked on the title was involved in the development of Halo. Over the weekend, a post went viral on Twitter that aired grievances about companies using 'From the makers of' when pitching new games created by the same studio, but not by the actual people who brought those legacy titles to life. One example cited was Bungie's latest release, Marathon, because "I doubt anyone who worked on Halo is still there." Needless to say, that
  
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• One Piece's creator was "worried" about how Netflix was handling the live-action Chopper, so gave his advice on getting the fan favorite character right

  16-03-2026 13:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda reveals the suggestions Netflix took on-board for the live-action Chopper – including thinking of the fan favorite reindeer as a "cute plushie.""I was worried, because I was shared material from the early stages," Oda admitted on the first episode of One Piece: Into the Grand Line: Official Podcast. "They did tend to see Chopper as this living creature at first, concerned about being true to animal bone structure, for instance, and bringing some realism to hi
  
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• Halloween final girl Jamie Lee Curtis says she wouldn't have returned for the Blumhouse legacy sequel if she'd known it was a trilogy

  16-03-2026 13:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Though she won her Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once, the Jamie Lee Curtis renaissance undoubtedly started with 2018's excellent Halloween legacy sequel, directed by David Gordon Green. That project eventually turned into a trilogy, but Curtis has revealed that had she known the full scope of Green's plans, she wouldn't have said yes in the first place.Speaking on a SXSW panel (h/t Variety), Curtis didn't mince her words when discussing the reason why a trilogy of Halloween films for B
  
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• Former Overwatch director has sage advice for those who complain about games they don't play: "Shut the f**k up"

  16-03-2026 13:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  As a longtime team lead at Blizzard, Jeff Kaplan's seen plenty of criticism over the years. In a recent livestream, he decided to share his feelings on what he believes makes for legitimate critique, among which lies one unshakeable belief: people who haven't played a game shouldn't tear it down."If a game comes out and you don't want to play it and you've never played it, shut the fuck up. No one cares," he says, in a clip reposted by Majid Manzarpour on Twitter."We don't need to hear that you
  
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• Ahead of GTA 6, Rockstar-owned GTA 5 RP mega mod FiveM breaks its own Steam record with 200,000 concurrent players

  16-03-2026 12:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 5 roleplay mod FiveM seems to be getting more popular every week, now reaching a new milestone on Steam ahead of the GTA 6 release later this year.Since there were roughly 50 years between the release of GTA 5 and now, fans have had to find ways to entertain themselves with Rockstar Games' open-world classic. And sure, there have been tons of updates to GTA Online, but one of the most rejuvenating things for the game was the popularity of roleplay servers. This became such a massive thing th
  
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• Buffy revival star reveals first look at the show we'll never get to see as Chloe Zhao reveals she is "not surprised" by its cancelation

  16-03-2026 12:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Buffy revival is no more. And as if to drive the stake a little deeper into our hearts, the show's new star, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, has revealed the first look at a show we'll never get to see.Taking to Instagram after OG Buffy actor Sarah Michelle Gellar revealed the news on social media, Armstrong posted a picture of her in costume for the Buffy pilot, complete with the caption "your slayer."A post shared by ryan kiera armstrong (@ryankarmstrong)A photo posted byon Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
  
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• The Mandalorian and Grogu runtime may have been revealed by a UK theater chain listing, but take it with a pinch of salt

  16-03-2026 12:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  We're a mere two months out from the release of the first Star Wars movie in over six years, and if a listing from UK theater chain Odeon is to be believed, we now know exactly how long we'll be in the presence of The Mandalorian and Grogu when the movie releases this summer.According to Odeon's website, the runtime of The Mandalorian and Grogu is 140 minutes. That sounds about right for live-action Star Wars, as the Disney-era movies have clocked in at 135-140 minutes with remarkable consistenc
  
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• 24 years after it was cancelled, Firefly is back – this time as an animated series

  16-03-2026 12:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Browncoats rejoice, the beloved '00s sci-fi western Firefly is returning to TV, albeit this time as an animated series. Star Nathan Fillion, who played Captain Malcolm Reynolds on the short-lived series, revealed the news at a live recording of his and co-star Alan Tudyk's podcast, Once We Were Spacemen, held at Awesome Con on Sunday.The animated series, which appears to currently be working under the title Firefly: Still Flyin', will reunite all of the show's surviving cast. That's Fillion, Tud
  
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• 24 years after it was canceled, Firefly is back – this time as an animated series

  16-03-2026 12:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Browncoats rejoice, the beloved '00s sci-fi western Firefly is returning to TV, albeit this time as an animated series. Star Nathan Fillion, who played Captain Malcolm Reynolds on the short-lived series, revealed the news at a live recording of his and co-star Alan Tudyk's podcast, Once We Were Spacemen, held at Awesome Con on Sunday.The animated series, which appears to currently be working under the title Firefly: Still Flyin', will reunite all of the show's surviving cast. That's Fillion, Tud
  
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• Resident Evil movie director Zach Cregger proves he's the right person for the job after revealing he's beaten Requiem twice already

  16-03-2026 11:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Resident Evil movie director Zach Cregger has once again proven his Resi street cred ahead of the horror adaptation's release.As revealed by Deadline writer Destiny Jackson on Twitter, Cregger has already beaten the latest release Resident Evil Requiem twice already.I fulfilled a lifelong dream of meeting the whitest kid I know! Zac Cregger & talked to him about Resident Evil Requiem (he said he beat it twice already!) ♥️♥️♥️ I’m so happy. pic.
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem hits 6 million sales in 17 days, Capcom reveals, "the fastest that a title in the series has reached this milestone"

  16-03-2026 11:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Releasing at the tail end of February, Resident Evil Requiem has already made waves among horror fans and longtime lovers of Capcom's series alike for its action-packed gameplay and solid story – more so than any other Resident Evil, apparently.Not only did Resident Evil Requiem set a series record on Steam within an hour of launch, hitting a peak of 260,000 concurrent players, but Capcom now reveals that it's also reached another milestone for the beloved RE name – it's hit a whoppi
  
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• After missing out on Best Animated Feature to KPop Demon Hunters, Disney has made surprising Oscars history with its unlikely losing streak

  16-03-2026 11:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  It was an inauspicious night for Disney's animation studios at the 2026 Oscars, as their latest failure to win in the Best Animated Feature category now puts their losing streak at a record-breaking four years.The winner this year, of course, was Netflix/Sony Pictures Animation phenomenon KPop Demon Hunters, which went on to win Best Song as well, for 'Golden' (obviously). That means Disney's two key branches – Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar – have now gone five years withou
  
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• Hament star Jessie Buckley wins Best Actress at the 2026 Oscars, to the surprise of no one

  16-03-2026 04:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jessie Buckley has won Best Actress at the 98th Academy Awards for her role as Agnes in Chloé Zhao's Hamnet."We all come from a lineage of women who continue to create against all odds," Buckley told the crowd in her acceptance speech, adding that it was Mother's Day in the UK. Buckley also won Best Actress in a Drama at the 2026 Golden Globes. This is her second Oscar nomination and first win, having been nominated back in 2021 for Best Supporting Actress for Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Lost
  
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• Here's how many Oscars KPop Demon Hunters won

  16-03-2026 04:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  KPop Demon Hunters was nominated for two awards at the 98th Academy Awards... and managed to take home both.The Netflix film won Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for "Golden," which was performed live at the ceremony by Ejae, Rae Ami, and Audrey Nuna. Ejae accepted the award for Best Original Song alongside her co-songwriters, telling the crowd, through tears, that the song and the award are about "resilience." Overall, the film has been nominated for a total of 190 accolades this aw
  
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• One Battle After Another wins Best Picture at the Oscars 2026

  16-03-2026 04:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  One Battle After Another has taken home the gold for Best Picture at the 98th Academy Awards.The film beat out Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, and Train Dreams... and we're not surprised, mainly due to the fact that the film had already taken home five Oscars. These wins include Best Directing for Anderson (his first after receiving a total of 14 Oscar nominations during his storied career), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Casting, Be
  
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• 2026 Oscar winners in full and in order: One Battle After Another sweeps the Academy Awards with 6 wins, including Best Picture

  16-03-2026 03:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  What a night. The curtain has fallen on the Oscars 2026 and, with it, has crowned a new Best Picture: Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another. Although Sinners broke records with the most nominations in Academy Award history, it was One Battle that took home the most awards on the night – six, in total. Along with Best Picture, the action-comedy also won Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Casting, Best Editing, and Best Supporting Actor for an absent Sean Penn. Sinners st
  
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• After a record-breaking number of Oscars 2026 nominations, Sinners takes home one of the night's big awards as star Michael B. Jordan wins Best Actor

  16-03-2026 03:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sinners star Michael B. Jordan has won Best Actor at the Oscars 2026, one of four wins for the movie.Jordan played the dual roles of twin brothers Smoke and Stack in the vampire horror movie, two '30s gangsters who return to their hometown after a stint in organized crime in Chicago.The actor thanked Ryan Coogler profusely, as well as his co-stars – including a shoutout for Wunmi Mosaku, who played Smoke's estranged wife Annie."I stand here because of people that came before me," Jordan sa
  
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• One Battle After Another's Paul Thomas Anderson wins Best Director at the Oscars 2026, his first Academy Award after 14 nominations

  16-03-2026 03:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  One Battle After Another helmer Paul Thomas Anderson has picked up the gong for Best Director at the Oscars 2026, taking home his first-ever Academy Award."I'm here because of people's faith in me," he said during his acceptance speech after being presented with the award by Dune 3, The Odyssey and The Drama co-stars Robert Pattinson and Zendaya. "This is a wonderful gift, and I'm so happy to call the movies home."The other nominees in the directing category were Ryan Coogler for Sinners, Josh S
  
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• Sean Penn won Best Supporting Actor at the 2026 Oscars and, unsurprisingly, didn't turn up

  16-03-2026 01:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sean Penn has taken home the gold for Best Supporting Actor at the 98th Academy Awards for his role as corrupt military officer Col. Steven J. Lockjaw in One Battle After Another.The award was accepted on his behalf by Kieran Culkin, who won the award the previous year for Jesse Eisenberg's A Real Pain. "Sean Penn couldn't be here this evening, or didn't want to," Culkin humorously said. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and loosely based on Thomas Pynchon's Vineland, the black comedy follows an
  
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• Weapons star Amy Madigan wins Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars 2026 in a big move for horror recognition in awards season

  16-03-2026 00:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amy Madigan has won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress at the 2026 Academy Awards."This is great," Madigan laughed as she accepted her award, presented by last year's winner Zoe Saldaña, before thanking Weapons writer and director Zach Cregger. "He just wrote a dream part, and he let me grab it by the throat," she said.The other nominees in the category were Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas for Norwegian family drama Sentimental Value, Wunmi Mosaku for historical vampire movie
  
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