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• Apple orders Mythic Quest spin-off

  15-12-2022 21:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Apple has ordered a new Mythic Quest spin-off series from three of the show's original writers.According to Variety, Apple has ordered Mere Mortals from Mythic Quest writers John Howell Harris, Katie McElhenny, and Ashly Burch – the latter of whom plays Rachel. Mythic Quest creators Megan Ganz, Rob McElhenney, and Charlie Day are set to executive produce the new series along with Mythic Quest executive producer and star David Hornsby.Per the logline, Mere Mortals will "explore the lives of
  
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• R-rated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie isn't "off the table", says franchise co-creator: "I think it will happen"

  18-02-2026 13:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Even though the Last Ronin Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie was scrapped, franchise co-creator Kevin Eastman thinks it might still happen.The comic follows Michaelangelo on a mission to avenge the deaths of Master Splinter and his brothers. An R-rated, live-action adaptation was in the works, and though it was shelved last year, another live-action movie is planned."I don't think the movie's off the table," Eastman told Entertainment Weekly of The Last Ronin. "I think it's just delayed."The or
  
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• Battlefield 6 Season 2 delay "broke that pace" of the FPS' "smooth launch," lead dev admits, but hopes the update will be "the foundation going forward"

  18-02-2026 13:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Battlefield 6 Season 2 is finally here, and producer Phil Girette thinks not only is it the FPS' "strongest season" so far, but it's also going to be "kind of the foundation going forward," hopefully making up for its delay's disruption to the game's "smooth launch."Battlefield 6 Season 2 was meant to launch last month, but Season 1 ended up being extended to "allow extra time to further develop and refine Season 2 as a result of community feedback." Speaking in a recent interview with TechRadar
  
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• Barbarian star hunts down her husband's killer in new Psycho killer clip, and it reminds me of the basement scene in The Silence of the Lambs

  18-02-2026 13:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  2026 has been a great year for horror so far, but it's only going to get more gruesome as new slasher Psycho Killer creeps closer to the big screen. By the looks of a new clip, we're in for a wild ride.In the newly released snippet of Psycho Killer shared by 20th Century Studios on Twitter, Barbarian star Georgina Campbell searches a dingy motel room, where she spots a few chilling details. However, just as she edges closer to the bathroom with her gun drawn, the masked killer jumps out at her,
  
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• Bethesda turns Skyrim's rough Switch 2 launch around with an update that quietly adds 60fps mode, leaving fans on the floor: "I wanna cry, it's beautiful"

  18-02-2026 13:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  After a pretty disastrous launch, Bethesda is making some strong improvements to Skyrim on Switch 2. A new patch actually brings a rather momentous improvement, because it unlocks 60fps on the RPG, and players cannot believe their eyes.In the patch notes for update 1.2 on Switch 2, the top feature is a 60 Hz mode that lets you select to either "Prioritize Visuals" or "Prioritize Performance." Relatively innocuous on its face, the latter does something magic: it unlocks 60fps, in both docked and
  
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• Daniel Radcliffe doesn't want the new Harry Potter actors to always be asked about him, Emma Watson, or Rupert Grint: "I would like not to be some weird spectral phantom"

  18-02-2026 13:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Original Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe has one request to help the new actors in the HBO adaptation settle into their magical roles.After discussing calls to protect the new Harry Potter actors from outside noise in an interview with Screen Rant, Radcliffe commented, "If everyone really means that… one of the things you can do is not ask [them] about us – me, Emma [Watson], and Rupert [Grint] – all the time. I would like not to be some weird spectral phantom in these chi
  
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• New God of War game Sons of Sparta's early Metacritic score places it as the worst in the series, with even the divisive Ascension over 10 points higher

  18-02-2026 12:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  God of War Sons of Sparta's Metacritic score has landed after some early reviews, and so far it's not doing quite as well as the other games in the series.When it comes to open secrets, I don't think there was anyone who didn't know that a 2D God of War game was on the way after what felt like years of rumors, and finally at the PlayStation State of Play last week, Mega Cat Games' God of War Sons of Sparta was shadowdropped featuring a younger Kratos and his brother Deimos as they trained to bec
  
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• Even Chris Hemsworth thinks that they "took the piss" with how goofy Thor: Love and Thunder was: "We were just trying something different"

  18-02-2026 12:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Chris Hemsworth reckons they should have been more "careful" not to take Thor: Love and Thunder's goofy tone too far.During an appearance on the Smartless podcast, the Marvel actor candidly claimed that they "took the piss probably a little too much" with the movie, explaining that they were egged on to push the irreverent humor even further following the reception to its predecessor, Thor: Ragnarok."There's variations. But you do have to be careful because when we made Ragnarok, it was quite a
  
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• Mario fans are trying to work out who the mysterious character is in the new Super Mario Galaxy teaser: "Is that Fox?"

  18-02-2026 12:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  After adding Yoshi and Mouser to its already stacked cast list, it looks like The Super Mario Galaxy Movie may include even more surprise Nintendo cameos, as fans try to work out just who is lurking in the most recent teaser trailer.On February 17, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie released a 30-second-long teaser on Twitter, giving us another look at the upcoming sequel. However, in one frame, there seems to be a new figure standing next to Yoshi wearing a khaki green jacket with white sleeves and a
  
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• Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined convinces Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi to do the unthinkable and drop FF14, at least for now: "Somehow I eventually cracked"

  18-02-2026 12:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hironobu Sakaguchi, the legendary JRPG director behind all of your favorite games in the genre like Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, and Vagrant Story, says he has dived into the latest Dragon Quest entry, explaining that his username 'Auuo' started as his in-game name in the first game of the series.Posting to Twitter, Sakaguchi shares a screenshot of his Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined character, claiming that he "cracked" less than two weeks after the remake's release. As translated by GamesRadar+, h
  
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• Fans are realizing the Scream 7 timeline makes no sense, as the film introduces Sidney's grown-up daughter

  18-02-2026 12:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  With Scream 7 around the corner, fans are puzzling over its biggest mystery, and it has nothing to do with the identity of Ghostface.The film is set to introduce Sidney's grown-up daughter, Tatum, played by Isabel May. The problem is, that would mean Tatum was born before Scream 4, which has fans speculating how that can be possible.After all, no mention is made of Sidney's daughter at any point in the fourth film or beyond, and when we last saw Sidney in Scream 5, she had children, but they app
  
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• Netflix joins the fight against Seedance 2.0, with the streamer targeting AI-generated Stranger Things and Kpop Demon Hunters videos: "[We] will not stand by and watch ByteDance treat our valued IP as free, public domain clip art"

  18-02-2026 12:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hollywood's battle against AI video generator Seedance 2.0 continues.After the actors' union SAG-AFTRA condemned ByteDance, the company behind Seedance 2.0, earlier this week, Netflix has joined Warner Bros., Paramount, and Disney in standing against the Beijing-based brand.Netflix "will not stand by and watch ByteDance treat our valued IP as free, public domain clip art," the streamer wrote in a cease and desist letter yesterday (via Deadline). It's specifically concerned with AI-generated vide
  
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• Arc Raiders' February update gets a release date as players brace themselves for a new map condition, Arc threat, and more when Shrouded Sky launches next week

  18-02-2026 12:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Arc Raiders' big February update, Shrouded Sky, now has an actual release date, and after Embark previously teased it'd arrive at some point next week, you'll be pleased to know it's coming sooner rather than later.With an extremely short teaser that gives very little away, Embark now reveals that Arc Raiders Shrouded Sky will launch on February 24, so there's less than a week to wait. That's bound to be a relief for anyone itching for new content, as the studio noted just yesterday that "there'
  
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• Your fave might die in The Boys season 5 as Karl Urban confirms there are "fatalities right from the get-go" and "nobody is safe"

  18-02-2026 12:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Boys star Karl Urban has doubled down on the final season being filled with peril and, yes, some significant deaths."Every season – but particularly this [final] season – from episode one you're like, 'Oh, wow,'" Urban, who plays mouthy Brit Billy Butcher, told Variety. "Nobody is safe, fatalities from the get-go."The Boys season 5, which flies on to Prime Video on April 8, released a teaser trailer in December 2025 showcasing Homelander at his usual terrifying best, the return o
  
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• "Bet you thought you'd seen the last of these": New Baldur's Gate 3 update comes 10 months after Larian's "final" Patch 8 for the D&D RPG, with fixes in tow

  18-02-2026 11:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Now that the "final" Patch 8 for Baldur's Gate 3 has been out for nearly a year,you'd think Larian Studios would be ready to close the book on the beloved Dungeons & Dragons RPG for good – but, much to my delight, the devs are not quite finished cleaning it up.Larian has plenty to grapple with right now, between Divinity and its other upcoming project (the ever-mysterious title codenamed Excalibur), but the developers aren't done ironing out issues folks have flagged in Baldur's Gate 3
  
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• "That is extremely stupid design": The Witcher 1 story lead, frustrated playing the epilogue he largely designed, says "I got only myself to blame for everything that's happening here"

  18-02-2026 02:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Even the most beloved video games have their critics, but it's not often that those critics are the people who made the game. But that's exactly what happened at the end of a recent Witcher 1 playthrough by the game's lead narrative designer Artur Ganszyniec, who became frustrated during an action sequence in the game's epilogue but kept it classy and took the entirety of the blame.Ganszyniec recently published the final episode of his 26-video saga, in which he played through the entirety of th
  
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• Blizzard drops Overwatch Jetpack Cat lore and everyone agrees there's something fishy with that feline: "No regular cat would be able to coordinate and operate machinery like that"

  18-02-2026 01:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Overwatch players have had a week to familiarize themselves with new hero Jetpack Cat's ways, but no one really knows anything about the flying feline's history. The official story is that the support hero Brigitte found her as a stray and gave her that custom jet-propulsion rig, but let's be real, that doesn't exactly clear everything up.Seemingly in an attempt to calm down the growing chorus of critics demanding answers, Blizzard has released a lore video for Jetpack Cat, and I'm sorry to say
  
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• Netflix's live action Scooby Doo prequel reportedly finds its Daphne in Marvel actor

  18-02-2026 00:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  McKenna Grace has reportedly been cast as Daphne Blake for Netflix's live action Scooby Doo prequel show, reprising her voice role from 2020's Scoob! animated reboot movie, though the two projects are not connected.Grace is the first actor to be cast for the Netflix show (via Variety), taking on one of the five lead characters. Along with Daphne, the vivacious heart of the gang, the other members of Mystery Inc include loveable dirtbag Shaggy, nerdy genius Velma, kind-hearted jock Fred, and of c
  
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• Netflix's live-action Scooby Doo prequel finds its Daphne in Ghostbusters and Five Nights at Freddy's star

  18-02-2026 00:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  McKenna Grace has been cast as Daphne Blake for Netflix's live-action Scooby Doo prequel show, reprising her voice role from 2020's Scoob! animated reboot movie, though the two projects are not connected.Grace is the first actor to be cast for the Netflix show (via Variety), taking on one of the five lead characters. Grace also confirmed the news on Instagram, noting 'Oh my jeepers.' Along with Daphne, the vivacious heart of the gang, the other members of Mystery Inc include loveable dirtbag Sha
  
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• Resident Evil Requiem spoilers are apparently here 10 days ahead of launch, so prepare accordingly

  17-02-2026 23:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've been eagerly awaiting Resident Evil Requiem and all its new twists on franchise lore, it might be time to go on social media blackout. There are now reports that early copies are already reaching players' hands, and it seems some of those players are eager to share what they've seen, so you'll want to prepare accordingly."I can personally verify there is at least one person out there who bought Resident Evil Requiem from a store selling early," according to Resident Evil fandom staple
  
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• Fallout's Walton Goggins to star in John Wick-style thriller alongside Kick-Ass actor

  17-02-2026 23:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Walton Goggins is set to star alongside Chloe Grace Moretz in Mister, a new action-thriller from DP Wade Eastwood in his directorial debut.Per Deadline, the upcoming film, produced by John Wick studio Thunder Road, follows a man (Goggins) "who wakes up in a strange house covered in blood and comes to realize his true identity while fighting off contract killers from his past – including everyone from his exes to his best friend." In order to get out of said house, he teams up with his estr
  
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• Highguard was reportedly secretly funded by Tencent, and if that kind of backer can't offer more than two weeks of life I don't know what hope a multiplayer FPS has in 2026

  17-02-2026 23:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The future for Highguard does not look bright. Developer Wildlight went through mass layoffs barely two weeks after launch, and if the game can stage a comeback at this point, it'll be something beyond a miracle. Today, however, a bizarre twist in the Highguard saga has emerged, as a new report suggests Chinese megapublisher Tencent financially backed the game.Tencent's TiMi Studio Group, which makes games including Pokemon Unite and Delta Force, "was the undisclosed lead financial backer" behin
  
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• Streamer who beat Elden Ring with her mind creates a device that controls her movement in real life, immediately regrets it: "I don't condone that behavior. It's incredibly dangerous and I'm not liable"

  17-02-2026 22:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  In another classic meditation on the concept of can vs. should, the streamer who made her name beating Elden Ring using her mind has once again made incredibly unconventional use of her Master's degree in psychology. Content creator PerriKaryal is back with by far her most dangerous experiment yet: a custom controller rigged to her literal head that apparently controls her actual real-life bodily movement to a degree.As reported by PC Gamer, PerriKaryal's latest stunt involved hacking her own br
  
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• True Japanese horror games avoid "jump scares and graphic violence," Fatal Frame 2 directors say, because they respect that "frightening things can be beautiful"

  17-02-2026 22:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  I've been spending a lot of time fixating on little things in my Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly remake demo. When I'm done unlocking cursed doors as protagonist Mio, feeling sick as I meet an abandoned doll's shark-eye stare, or tripping around wraiths in my ballet flats, I quietly observe the dusty prettiness of the Japanese countryside developer Koei Tecmo built for its remake, due March 12. It's impossible to not notice the new, starlight glimmer of the red butterfly that guides me to my ne
  
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• Chris Hemsworth says Thor might return after Avengers: Doomsday, and that he and Marvel boss Kevin Feige have some "pretty unique" ideas about the God of Thunder's future

  17-02-2026 22:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Chris Henmsorth says Thor may very well return after making an appearance in the upcoming MCU movie Avengers: Doomsday."I was talking to Kevin Feige about it, and he said it’s cool because the audience now expects dramatic turns with the character," Hemsworth said on the Smartless podcast, explaining that the Russo brothers let him "try different things" with Thor in both Endgame and Doomsday. "And whatever we do next – we’ve got some ideas to do something pretty unique again a
  
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• LittleBigPlanet lead working on OG Fable boss Peter Molyneux's new god game finds cozy games "incredibly boring," and they're so much "nicer" with a dash of "extreme violence"

  17-02-2026 21:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  LittleBigPlanet offers one of the coziest aesthetics in all of gaming, with adorable knitted Sackboys running around as Stephen Fry encourages you to to embrace the creative spirit that binds humanity together. It might come as some surprise, then, to learn that the game's original creative director, Mark Healey, finds the modern cozy gaming trend pretty dull."There's a lot of people that like cozy games – I think they became really popular during COVID, actually – but I find them in
  
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• KPop Demon Hunters star auditioned with a "cheap $40 mic" and begged her manager to remove a challenging high note in Golden: "Tell them Rei cannot hit this note"

  17-02-2026 21:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  KPop Demon Hunters star Rei Ami says the role of Zoey's singing voice was the last one to fill, and she was "shocked" that it came down to her."With Zoey, the only description I got was that this person needs to be able to sing in Korean and English, but they need to be able to rap extremely fast," Ami explained to Variety. "I got the material, and it was different snippets of the songs. I recorded on a very cheap $40 mic. I don’t know what this movie is going to do, but it’s everyth
  
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• After directing 29 films across nearly 60 years, legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese finally joins the Star Wars universe as a four-armed monkey creature in The Mandalorian and Grogu

  17-02-2026 20:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Martin Scorsese has directed 29 feature films, including some that are consistently ranked among the best movies ever made. Now, he's taking the leap into A Galaxy Far, Far Away by joining the cast of upcoming Star Wars movie The Mandalorian & Grogu as a four-armed monkey looking food vendor who has an encounter with Pedro Pascal's Din Djaron, the eponymous Mandalorian.The scene is featured in the latest trailer for The Mandalorian & Grogu, with many viewers noticing Scrosese's recogniza
  
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• Ahead of The Witcher 1 remake, OG RPG story lead reveals that ending cutscene was created not "really involving the story team," which was "a mistake"

  17-02-2026 20:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  The whole reason The Witcher 2 goes off in a decidedly more political direction is because someone high up at developer CD Projekt Red wanted the first Witcher to have one more final ending cutscene and chose to have one made without much involvement from the studio's narrative team, according to original lead story designer Artur Ganszyniec.Ganszyniec recently wrapped up his first playthrough of the original Witcher in about 20 years on YouTube, a 26-video series that yielded all sorts of inter
  
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• I have 100 different ways to play The Legend of Zelda, but I'm still using the Game and Watch ahead of the 40th anniversary

  17-02-2026 19:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first Legend of Zelda is about to turn 40, and as someone who owns many of the best retro consoles, new and old, I've got plenty of ways to revisit Hyrule. Gatekeepers will tell you that the only real way to play is on an NES, and purists will suggest even getting hold of a Nintendo Famicom Disc System to play the original. Yet, while I do have that add-on sitting pretty under Ninty's Japanese console, I keep finding myself using the Game and Watch from five years ago.This isn't my first rod
  
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