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• 30 million copies later, Stardew Valley creator says "I'm just a dude who made a game" and still spends "all day hunched over the computer"

  16-05-2024 21:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone, who goes by ConcernedApe online, says the iconic farming sim's near-unparalleled success hasn't changed how he views himself or ultimately lives his life. In an interview with Aftermath, Barone casually remarks, "I'm just a dude that made a game," seemingly dodging the pedestal the game's fandom sometimes gives him. Unpacking the game's runaway popularity, he adds: "I was just making the game I wanted to play. What I would say is, I was tapping into
  
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• Call of Duty hacker says "I had my fun" after reportedly getting thousands of Warzone and Modern Warfare 3 players falsely banned

  09-11-2024 01:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  A hacker says they've got "thousands upon thousands" of innocent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone players banned using an exploit in the game's Ricochet anti-cheat system that's since been resolved.Last month, Activision said it had found and fixed an exploit in Ricochet that resulted in the banning of "a small number of legitimate players," but a hacker going by Vizor told TechCrunch the number is a whole lot higher than that, and that they know because they're the one responsible."I
  
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• Stalker 2 has finally gone gold after a 14-year saga where it was announced, canceled, reannounced, and delayed 5 times amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine

  08-11-2024 23:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  After perhaps the most harrowing game development saga of all time, Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl has finally gone gold ahead of its release on November 20.Developer GSC Game World announced the news via social media today, with a brief trailer featuring a few clips from the FPS culminating in the message "G.O.N.E. G.O.L.D." The term "gone gold" dates back to the days when physical media was supreme, and essentially means that the game's code is final and ready for launch. No doubt there'll be a
  
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• BioWare reveals Dragon Age The Veilguard stats: one quest is killing absolutely everybody, and the most popular classes and factions are no surprise

  08-11-2024 23:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dragon Age: The Veilguard just came out a little over a week ago, but BioWare has already started drip-feeding player stats showing things like the most popular class and faction, deadliest quest and enemy, and more.Well, I say "more," but really it's just those exact stats plus a breakdown of the most popular lineage choice. However, BioWare is saying it'll "have even more to share in future," confirming this is just the beginning of Dragon Age: The Veilguard player stats.Anyway, on to the good
  
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• "Please give it a chance": After 3,200 mixed Steam reviews for his new MMO, RuneScape creator explains the soft-reset class design confusing some players

  08-11-2024 22:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  The launch reception for Brighter Shores, the new free-to-play MMO from original RuneScape creator Andrew Gower, has been mixed but slightly positive, with 3,288 Steam reviews sitting at 67% positive at the time of writing. One sticking point has been the game's class or profession system, which basically gives you a fresh profession each time you start a new episode of content. This runs counter to the account progression in most MMOs, including the cumulative levels of RuneScape and Old S
  
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• After 29 years, Donkey Kong Country 2 players have just discovered a brand-new cheat code in the SNES classic

  08-11-2024 22:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  For 29 years, classic SNES platformer Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest has held a secret - a hidden cheat code that had never previously been revealed to the world. But now, it's finally gone public.Donkey Kong Country 2 lets you quickly exit any level you've previously completed by pausing and then hitting the select button. It's a handy way to get back to the world map, but it only works on completed levels.The newly discovered code lets you exit any level, even incomplete ones, by pa
  
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• Christopher Nolan's new movie adds Zendaya and Anne Hathaway to an already star-studded cast including Tom Holland and Matt Damon

  08-11-2024 22:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zendaya and Anne Hathaway have been added to the cast of Christopher Nolan's mysterious new movie.According to Deadline, Zendaya and Hathaway are set to star alongside Tom Holland and Matt Damon. No official info about the upcoming pic has been released, though it's rumored to be anything from a 1920s vampire horror to a story inspired by the 1983 action movie Blue Thunder. When asked about his casting, Holland suggested that he didn't know much about the film either: "All I can say is that I'm
  
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• Peter Parker and Miles Morales team up to mentor the all-new hero Elementary in Spectacular Spider-Men #10

  08-11-2024 22:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Peter Parker has been a mentor to Miles Morales as Spider-Man since the pair first crossed paths, and now, in their team-up title Spectacular Spider-Men, the pair will be putting their heads together to mentor a totally new hero named Elementary.We've got an early look at unlettered pages from the issue by writer Greg Weisman and artist Cory Smith, showing Elementary training with her powers - which apparently include transmuting into different substances - before heading out on a mission with M
  
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• 6 months after Take-Two's CEO said "we didn't shutter those studios," Take-Two confirms it shuttered the Kerbal Space Program and Rollerdrome studios

  08-11-2024 21:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Take-Two has now confirmed it indeed shut down the studios behind Rollerdrome and Kerbal Space Program despite its CEO, Strauss Zelnick, previously saying in no uncertain terms, "we didn't shutter those studios."Back in April, and despite previous reassurance that layoffs weren't on the table, Take-Two announced a cost reduction plan that resulted in making 5% of its workforce redundant. Amid that announcement, a Bloomberg report claimed Take-Two had shuttered two studios: OlliOlli World and Rol
  
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• Ultimates #6 reveals the new Ultimate Iron Fist, and he absolutely destroys the team in their first big fight

  08-11-2024 20:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ultimates #6 puts the team on its first full mission together, though things take a fateful turn when they come face-to-face with the Ultimate Iron Fist, who also just so happens to be another Ultimate character we've already met.With the team's first big fight stacked against almost impossible odds, not everyone makes it out unscathed - and the implications of what happens in Ultimates #6 could shape everything that comes next in the new Ultimate Universe.
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• Multiversus significantly underperformed, Warner Bros admits, but maybe its dedicated "Goth Girl Season" will be enough to pull everyone back

  08-11-2024 20:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Okay, yes, Multiversus has seemingly had a rough go since its relaunch earlier this year, to the point where even publisher Warner Bros. has been on record noting that the game's underperformed. What's a free-to-play fighting game to do in these circumstances? Why, break out the goth girls, of course.Multiverse Season 4 was unveiled this week, and the devs themselves are calling it "Goth Girl Season" ahead of its November 12 launch. The event is led by two new playable fighters, Raven of Teen Ti
  
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• 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime, Disney Plus, and more (Nov 8-10)

  08-11-2024 20:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Daylight savings may have brought the darker evenings, but there are plenty of new movies and shows to get stuck into this November on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, Max, and Apple TV. But how do you narrow down what to watch from everything that's new on streaming? That's where we come in.There's no shortage of great movies and shows to watch across the best streaming services, but a good place to get started is Arcane season 2, as Act 1 of the new installment of one of the best show
  
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• Sony boss admits forcing PC gamers into PlayStation accounts can "invite pushback," but insists they have to keep games safe – which doesn't really track in single-player

  08-11-2024 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony president, COO, and CFO Hiroki Totoki acknowledged that the company's plan to push PlayStation Network account linking on famously resistant PC gamers can "invite pushback" – rather, "offering" these accounts, in his words – but the company is sticking to its guns, insisting that it's essential to ensure that "anybody can enjoy games safely."Via interpreter, Totoki discussed the company's learnings in the Q&A portion of Sony's latest financial call. "We have learned a l
  
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• Astro Bot has sold 1.5 million copies, but Sony says the platformer's real strength is grabbing people who didn't care about games like God of War Ragnarok or Marvel's Spider-Man 2

  08-11-2024 18:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony has had some ups and downs over the last 11 months, but Astro Bot is bringing a strong end to the year with over 1.5 million copies sold since it launched September 6, 2024. In its Q2 financial results report, Sony claims that of those 1.5 million players, 37% hadn't bought a first-party PlayStation game in at least two years. That means they weren't enticed by the likes of God of War Ragnarok, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Horizon Forbidden West, or the various Last of Us remakes and remaste
  
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• Star Wars fans get unexpected first look at Andor season 2 at D23 Brazil

  08-11-2024 18:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars fans were treated to an unexpected first look at Andor season 2 at D23.At the expo, fans can pose for a photo in front of a backdrop containing a first look image for Andor season 2 that sees Diego Luna's Cassian Andor walking forward in a smart black trench coat.Andor, created by Tony Gilroy, first hit Disney Plus in 2022. The series is a prequel to Rogue One, which in turn is a prequel to the original 1977 Star Wars. Luna, reprising his role from Rogue One, stars as Cassian Andor, th
  
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• Warner Bros knows its Batman games are popular, and plans to focus its "development efforts" on "core franchises" like DC, Mortal Kombat, Hogwarts Legacy, and Game of Thrones

  08-11-2024 17:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  It sounds like if a new Batman game isn't already in the works, one could well be in time to come, as Warner Bros. outlines its plans to focus its efforts on the four main game franchises it knows fans love.During its latest earnings call, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav admits that the company's games business "is substantially underperforming its potential right now," but he still seems optimistic about the future thanks to the company's plan to focus on four "strong and profitable gam
  
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• PS5 Pro support in No Man's Sky was a "tough gig" for the small team, dev says: "I spent around 4-5 months of my time spread over the last year"

  08-11-2024 17:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  No Man's Sky has robust PS5 Pro support at the new console's launch, going far beyond the 4K 60 FPS promise other games have been making. If you think that might be a challenge for a small team like the one at Hello Games, you'd be right."I spent around 4-5 months of my time spread over the last year working on the PS5 Pro support," engine programmer Martin Griffiths says on Twitter. "This was a tough gig since we are one of smallest teams releasing today and also one of only a handful of games
  
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• 2 years later, God of War Ragnarok PS5 and PS4 players finally get a solution to the game's most annoying 'feature' as it gets updated for PS5 Pro

  08-11-2024 17:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  God of War Ragnarok fans on PlayStation rejoice: the PS4 and PS5 versions of the game are finally getting an update that adds an option to reduce the frequency that your companions will give you hints while completing puzzles.Developer Sony Santa Monica announced the news via a tweet yesterday, November 7, 2024. When the game launched, it was met with mass critical and fan acclaim, but one feature many people agreed was annoying was how often Kratos' companions would give him unsolicited hi
  
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• Early Deadpool and Wolverine drafts featured Ghost Rider and Ben Affleck's Daredevil, Ryan Reynolds confirms: "We did talk to Nic Cage"

  08-11-2024 16:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Deadpool and Wolverine cameos come thick and fast already, but, as it turns out, there could've been even more.Deadpool and Wolverine sees Ryan Reynolds's Merc with a Mouth team up with Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, fighting to save the multiverse from Emma Corrin's Cassandra Nova.The duo, though, might have had some more allies on their side, if certain things had worked out. Some concept art from Rodney Fuentebella revealed that Ben Affleck's Daredevil and Nicolas Cage's Ghost Rider were almos
  
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• 10 years after its release, John Wick co-director reveals Bruce Willis was originally cast as the action hero

  08-11-2024 16:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  John Wick co-director David Leitch says Bruce Willis was initially cast as the titular hitman."We were first exposed to the script by our manager at the time, Kelly McCormick, who’s now my wife and producer," Leitch explained to The Hollywood Reporter. "She had introduced us to Basil Iwanyk and Peter Lawson at Basil’s company [Thunder Road] to maybe do second unit work on that script. So that was the first time we read it, and I think Bruce Willis might’ve been attached at that
  
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• Attack on Titan movie's post-credits scene has been revealed – and it's not what we were expecting

  08-11-2024 15:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  It didn't take long for the details of the Attack on Titan movie's post-credits scene to spill out onto the internet – and it's a brilliant meta treat for long-time fans.With Attack on Titan: The Movie: The Last Attack currently only being available in Japan, we expected the post-credits scenes to be kept under wraps for at least a few days. But that's not the case.Multiple viewers on social media across Reddit and Twitter have confirmed that the after-credits stinger is an adaptation of o
  
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• With Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding 2 on the horizon, Sony reaffirms plans to release "major single-player" games every year going forward

  08-11-2024 15:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's no doubt that Sony Interactive Entertainment does single-player games very well, and the company has reiterated plans to lean into that strength consistently going forward. In Sony Group Corporation's financial results presentation today, Sony's senior vice president in charge of finance and IR, Sadahiko Hayakawa, explains that the company intends "to build an optimal title portfolio during the current mid-range plan period." This will combine "single-player games, which are our str
  
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• Save $111 on highly sought-after Pokemon 151 Japanese booster box

  08-11-2024 14:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  A certain mobile version of the Pokemon Trading Card Game may be taking the world by storm, but that doesn't mean you should count out the paper version. As a case in point, you can save a frankly absurd amount on a highly sought-after set.How does a $111 discount on the Japanese 151 booster box sound? It's the most eye-catching Pokemon card deal I've seen in my travels as we gear up for Black Friday later this month. I mean, $94.99 at Walmart instead of $205.99? Get outta here. That's the sort
  
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• Final Fantasy 14's patch 7.1 notes are here and it's good news, MMO fans - over 118 shoes have been spruced up to make your feet look better than ever

  08-11-2024 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Final Fantasy 14 community may unsurprisingly have some thoughts to share following patch 7.1 and its preliminary notes, which detail various important changes - and some for all us /gpose fans out there, like "improved" attention to "character toe detail." The first big post-Dawntrail patch is almost here, and boy is it packing quite a bit of content - fans can expect to experience the first Echoes of Vana'diel alliance raid, an older 24-man raid now essentially transformed into a Sava
  
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• PS5 Pro scalpers may be losing money on the console, but they're still making a profit on disc drives

  08-11-2024 13:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Unlike the original PS5 launch back in 2020, scalpers are learning the hard way that there's no shortage of the new PS5 Pro – some are even reselling them at a loss.Get your tiniest violins out, folks; VGC has reported that because the PS5 Pro isn't facing the same supply issues the PS5 did, some scalpers are actually losing money on them. As someone who struggled to get a retail PS5 until December 2021, this news brings a big smile to my face.At least in the UK, there are quite
  
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• Nosferatu first reactions are in, and critics say the Bill Skarsgård vampire movie "goes harder than any other horror film this year"

  08-11-2024 13:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first reactions to Robert Eggers' upcoming vampire remake Nosferatu are in, and they're full of praise for the horror movie.Nosferatu stars Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlock, with Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter, Nicholas Hoult as Thomas Hutter, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Friedrich Harding, Emma Corrin as Anna Harding, Willem Dafoe as Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz, and Ralph Ineson as Dr. Wilhelm Sievers."Robert Eggers’ #Nosferatu goes HARDER than any other horror film this year. H
  
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• The Goddamn Tragedy is a gruesome horror western with "an atmosphere like The Shining" inspired by the infamous Donner Party

  08-11-2024 13:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ultimate Wolverine writer Chris Condon is returning to his Western roots with The Goddamn Tragedy – "a vicious and vengeful" story inspired by a grisly chapter of Old West history. The 48-page one-shot is drawn by Fishflies artist Shawn Kuruneru, and is the latest in Oni Press's recent series of high-profile one-shots from rising creators.In The Goddamn Tragedy, Ellen Janson and her parents Irena and Leo are heading west in search of a new life. When Leo splits off from the group, however,
  
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• I just learned there's a new Fallout vinyl and I'd fight Deathclaws for it

  08-11-2024 13:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  There's a new Fallout vinyl record bringing us "The Soothing Sounds of the Apocalypse," and my day just got a bit better for learning that fact.Sure, it's not a suit of T-45 power armor. It's not a bottle of ice-cold Nuka Cola Quantum, either. (Ahhhh, refreshing.) But it is a fun collectible thanks to being themed as if it was found in the Wasteland. Modelled after Vault-Tec's cheery branding, this Fallout vinyl features songs that will make fans of the TV series and video games nostalgic for Wa
  
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• Just writing the final line of Arcane season 2 took its creator 27 hours: "How do you end a show like this?"

  08-11-2024 13:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arcane's co-creator says he spent "an insane amount of time" on the final line of the show, putting as much as 27 hours into the single line.Speaking to GamesRadar+ ahead of the release of Arcane season 2, co-creator Alex Yee said: "I spent just an insane amount of time on the last line of the show. It was literally like 27 hours or something like that. I was just sitting there trying to be like 'what is the line? How do you end a show like this?'"While Yee says he was keen that Arcane season 2
  
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• Sony leads say the company "gained a lot of experience" from Concord's failure and will have to do more "user testing or internal evaluation" in the future

  08-11-2024 12:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite being in development for about eight years, Concord's potential legacy was cut short when its servers went offline just two weeks after launch - and according to Sony's president and vice president, the company has learned quite a bit from the shooter's failure.Speaking during Sony's most recent financial earnings call, president Hiroki Totoki discusses live service games like Concord and how the company's dip into such titles is still very much a learning process. "Currently, we are sti
  
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