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• Reprisal Creator Josh Corbin Talks Tarantino Influences and Resident Evil 2

  05-09-2019 21:00
  
  All September long, IGN is highlighting the best TV coming your way in the 2019-2020 season. Today, we're delving into the world of Hulu's Reprisal, created by Josh Corbin. The series centers on a relentless femme fatale who, after being left for dead, leads a vengeful campaign against a bombastic gang of gearheads. Reprisal features the acting talents of Abigail Spencer (Timeless), Rodrigo Santoro (300), and Mena Massoud (Aladdin). The series premieres on Hulu on Friday, December 6, 2019.
  
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• "Unconscionable": The day of Bethesda's Fallout reveal explosion, its laid-off Montreal devs were told they "would receive the smallest severance legally possible" and "immediately" lose health insurance benefits, union says

  22-07-2026 18:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  On July 17, Xbox-owned Bethesda announced a whole bunch of stuff about the future of Fallout and, more distantly, The Elder Scrolls and Starfield. That same day, studio union OneBGS says devs hit by recent layoffs at Bethesda's Montreal branch were told that their severance pay would be as low as legally possible despite the billions in profit recorded by parent Microsoft and investment in the IP they helped build. In a post on Bluesky, OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union claims, "Montreal work
  
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• Skyrim and Stardew Valley mods weren't enough: rotund icon Jimothy the viral raccoon invades D&D as a Wizards-approved "cryptid" who is "hurling garbage and making friends"

  22-07-2026 18:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jimothy, the viral raccoon from Seattle with suspected short spine syndrome, has been added to numerous games by modders, and many developers have paid tribute on social media with art featuring the raccoon in their games' style. Wizards of the Coast has gone one step further, though, by creating an official Dungeons & Dragons stat block for the "beloved cryptid."Companies often try to jump on viral trends as part of their marketing, and few things have gone as viral as Jimothy's long legs a
  
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• The Elder Scrolls Online is struggling with "team bandwidth" after Xbox layoffs hit Bethesda and ZeniMax, leading devs to limit a store for in-game items

  22-07-2026 18:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amid the rubble of the layoffs across Xbox, which included numerous positions at Bethesda and ZeniMax, the remaining developers on The Elder Scrolls Online are starting to struggle. The MMO is one of numerous projects impacted by Microsoft's restructuring of its games division, with only a fraction of the staff attached now as opposed to prior.To mitigate their own workload, devs on The Elder Scrolls Online are making changes to what features are available to players. As of today, July 22, that
  
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• With 58 consoles and a dream, Pokemon Sapphire player chases "1 in 9 million" odds in an attempt to find a very specific shiny duck that he could immediately lose

  22-07-2026 18:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  There are no Pokemon players more dedicated, patient, and locked in than shiny hunters, and one veteran is proving just that as he simultaneously uses 58 consoles in the hopes of hunting down an apparently one-in-9-million duck that, worst of all, has a chance of running away and being lost forever.Shiny Pokemon are the ultimate trophies for Pokemon players. Rare, sparkly, alternate-colored variants of your favorite 'mons – what's not to love? While some players might never happen upon one
  
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• New trailer for DCU's bloody body horror movie Clayface is sure to give you nightmares

  22-07-2026 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new trailer for the DCU's first all-out horror movie Clayface has arrived, and I've never been more excited to have nightmares about my own skin sticking together.In the brief clip, which can be viewed above, Hollywood actor Matt Hagen (Tom Rhys Harries) makes the mistake of getting with a mobster's girlfriend, which results in a brutal attack that leaves him scarred and unable to work. He decides to undergo an experimental treatment, at the hands of trusted doctor Caitlin Bates (Naomi Ackie),
  
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• Sonic boss admits "keeping momentum in such a competitive market is always a challenge," but teases more "in store" across the series' "different pillars"

  22-07-2026 18:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sonic Team lead Takashi Iizuka teases there's more to come within the series' many pillars, and that keeping the series' momentum is a challenge. Sonic is simultaneously a yearly franchise and a franchise that feels like it's been missing. While 2026 is the first year without a new release for the series since 2018, it will feature a second season of DLC for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. However, fans have been wondering when a proper follow-up to Sonic Frontiers will finally emerge – possibl
  
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• Former Ultima Online lead says MMOs are "finally free of the fever dream of imitating World of Warcraft" thanks to Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, and more

  22-07-2026 18:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  The lead designer behind pioneering MMO Ultima Online says the genre has finally broken free from the shackles of World of Warcraft.Speaking to 80LV, Raph Koster, whose MMO resumé also includes a suite of early 2000s titles including EverQuest and its sequel, as well as Star Wars: Galaxies, says that he is finally returning to the genre after several decades, in part because it no longer has to chase World of Warcraft. After Blizzard began what has proven to be an almost uninterrupted sti
  
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• Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 expands Ricochet anti-cheat to combat exploits in Ranked after banning over 263,000 cheaters already this year

  22-07-2026 18:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The war against cheaters continues, with Activision bringing in the latest round of protections for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. The publisher is utilizing the Ricochet software to help handle ne'er-do-wells in the FPS, in order to better single out the more discreet exploits players are taking advantage of.Ricochet is already part of the framework for the latest Call of Duty, and Warzone 2, but now Activision's revealed the partnership is being extended. "Through June, Ricochet Anti-Cheat banned
  
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• "Mario looks like Mario now" - One week later, the cursed plumber in Super Mario 64 for 3DO has been cured

  22-07-2026 18:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Last week, Eyepatch Entertainment unveiled their bananas attempt at Super Mario 64 on the 3DO. That initial version was actually pretty impressive, featuring a distinguishable Peach's Castle and even Bob-omb Battlefield, but its Mario spite has been keeping me up at night.Thankfully, the developer has shared a Super Mario 64 3DO update, and the plumber is looking far less haunted (cheers, Time Extension). In fact, the whole N64 conversion is looking a lot better running on the real retro console
  
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• Bethesda reportedly canceled an unannounced PvP shooter, likely from Wolfenstein dev MachineGames

  22-07-2026 17:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  A former Bethesda employee has revealed that the publisher was working on an unannounced PVP shooter which was eventually canceled.The employee, who was included in Xbox's latest wave of layoffs that hit the publisher, included details about his 12-year tenure at Bethesda on his LinkedIn profile (via Twitter user Timur222), which included a detail from his role as an associate producer that reads: "Supported production on an unannounced PvP FPS title (subsequently canceled), contributing to sche
  
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• Xbox launches new backwards compatibility program on PC, starting with four games from the early 2000s

  22-07-2026 17:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Xbox has announced Xbox backward compatibility for PC, with four original Xbox games released today on the Xbox app. In a post on Xbox Wire, Microsoft says, "Today, we’re introducing Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC, making it easier to play classic Xbox games from the past across PC and handhelds, including the ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X." The post adds, "As players, we don’t want to leave our gaming legacy behind even as technology continues to evolve and advance. We expect our
  
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• Marvel fans think the Avengers: Doomsday trailer spoiled the end of the movie because of one specific shot

  22-07-2026 17:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  The official trailer for Avengers: Doomsday is here, and some eagle-eyed Marvel fans have pointed out what they believe to be the final shot (or one of the very last shots, at least) of the new Marvel movie.The two-minute trailer sees the Avengers, New Avengers, Fantastic Four, and X-Men all face off while the looming presence of Doctor Doom hangs over them. In one specific shot, Johnny Storm is seen holding his sister Sue while a (rather nuclear-disaster-looking) flash of light encompasses them
  
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• Anbernic is making yet another GBA SP clone, and I'm glad it's ditching the sticks

  22-07-2026 17:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Upon catching Anbernic's RG SP teaser, I assumed an old clip had reached my feed. After all, the handheld maker already has two GBA SP clones, so it's reasonable to think it wouldn't have a third stab. It turns out I'm a big idiot, as it is indeed cooking up another model that ditches the previous portable's embedded thumbsticks. The trailer in question reveals the Anbernic RG SP in all its clamshell glory, but not before highlighting its prior retro handhelds. In a bid not to mask over previous
  
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• Palworld lead promises "you will always be able to play" Pocketpair's survival game: "Why would you assume it had an 'end of service?'"

  22-07-2026 17:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Palworld's head of publishing and communications, John 'Bucky' Buckley, has promised players that Palworld will always be playable, as, at its core, it's not a live service game. The creature-collecting survival-crafting game has seen a resurgence of players since it left early access on July 10, 2026.Palworld is by no means a single-player game, and the majority of players use at least some of its online functions. You can invite up to four people to your world to play in co-op, or create a ser
  
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• Hasbro reveals its first Legend of Zelda action figures, bringing Tears of the Kingdom to life

  22-07-2026 17:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hasbro has pulled back the curtain on its first Legend of Zelda action figures during San Diego Comic Con 2026, and they're based on one of the most beloved games in the series.Three toys will lead the line-up next year; franchise hero Link, villain Ganondorf, and Princess Zelda herself. All of them are inspired by the versions seen in Tears of the Kingdom, and they come with a host of accessories drawn from that game (including the broken Master Sword hilt for Zelda and a Hylian Shield for Link
  
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• Hasbro reveals first Legend of Zelda action figures

  22-07-2026 17:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hasbro has pulled back the curtain on its first Legend of Zelda action figures during San Diego Comic Con 2026, and they're based on some of the most beloved games in the series.Three Legend of Zelda action figures will lead the Hasbro lineup in Spring 2027; franchise hero Link, villain Ganondorf, and Princess Zelda herself. All of them are inspired by the versions seen in Tears of the Kingdom, and they come with a host of accessories drawn from those games (including the broken Master Sword hil
  
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• Kevin Feige says Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars will set up a "streamlined, simplified, single universe" that could last through 2042

  22-07-2026 17:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kevin Feige has opened up about his plans for the future of the MCU – and it's looking like it's not stopping any time soon. The Marvel Studios head shared some insight with a Chinese publication called Watching Hollywood recently, confirming they have plans for another two decades of movies. "We were just in a Marvel Studios meeting room, planning movies all the way up to 2042," he told the publication in a transcript shared on Weibo, which has been translated. "Whether we can make it to
  
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• Blizzard intervenes in World of Warcraft cheating scandal: employee accused of insta-killing an enemy to help a Twitch streamer's Mythic team

  22-07-2026 16:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  A World of Warcraft game master has been accused of helping a Twitch streamer's Mythic group cheat a high-level dungeon by using their GM powers to insta-kill an enemy, and Blizzard says it's actively investigating the situation as evidence piles up. This began with a July 21 Reddit post from user Acrobatic_Pianist688, who claimed to have seen a "Blizzard GM death touching mobs in M+23 for their favorite streamer." Of course, we don't actually know if anyone's "favorite" streamer was involved, b
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 player throws 60-hour Honour Mode run with just 2 fights left by falling for one of the D&D RPG's most dishonorable deaths

  22-07-2026 16:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3's Honour Mode continues to throw hands, but one player was within sight of the finish line when they threw their 60-hour run in deplorable fashion.In a post on Reddit, user theyfieri said they were 60 hours into an Honour Mode run, with "Ansur dead" and "just Raphael and the Elder Brain left." That's a seriously late-stage Act 3 run, pushing past what I still maintain is Baldur's Gate 3's most difficult fight and moving into the very final stages of the game - with just one more
  
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• Modder creates a Grand Theft Auto multiverse, opening portals within GTA San Andreas that make GTA 3 and Vice City completely playable

  22-07-2026 16:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Yo dawg, I heard you like Grand Theft Auto, so I put multiple GTA games inside your GTA. That's probably what the modder behind the GTA multiverse was thinking, because he made it possible to quite literally jump between 3, Vice City, and San Andreas at will.I'm not exaggerating, either. The creative mind in question is known as Dryxio, and he put up a video demonstrating his digital creation. Starting on Grove Street, the home of CJ in San Andreas, he's confronted by three portals: one going to
  
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• PlayStation "may as well eliminate the hardware" if Sony is ending physical discs, says creator of Disgaea RPG series: "Why would you need the console?"

  22-07-2026 15:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Disgaea series creator and former president of Nippon Ichi Software, Sohei Niikawa, has spoken out against Sony's decision to kill discs for new PlayStation games from 2028, saying the company "may as well go all the way" and "eliminate the hardware too."Sony's controversial announcement earlier this month has sparked outrage across the games industry, with everyone from players to devs raising concerns about the future of physical media, game preservation, ownership, and more. I'm honestly stru
  
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• Castlevania: Belmont's Curse wants you to find the "joy" in the difficulty and it won't be "simple or easy": "That's not Castlevania"

  22-07-2026 15:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Leads working on Castlevania: Belmont's Curse have spoken out about how it will continue the series' tradition of challenging difficulty, while allowing players ways to mitigate it through level ups, exploring alternative paths, and if none of that works for you, difficulty settings.In an interview with Famitsu that's been translated by GamesRadar+, Belmont's Curse's producer Tsutomu Taniguchi describes how people might mitigate the difficulty by using the game's mechanics. "People might find th
  
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• The Audeze Maxwell 2 came and went, but now the headset is back again with ANC and a more premium price

  22-07-2026 15:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Audeze recently announced the launch of the brand-new Maxwell 2 ANC headset. The pair finally brings active and adaptive noise cancellation and "enhanced smart-audio capabilities" to the fan-favorite audiophile cups so you can play your favorite games and entirely shut out the world around you - just the way plenty of us nerds like it.This upgraded Audeze Maxwell 2 ANC is available now for $429 (Audeze) / £429 (HiFiheadphones) for PC and PS5, and there's an Xbox model arriving shortly if y
  
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• Persona and Shin Megami Tensei artist isn't using generative AI in his next game following backlash to his last 2 deckbuilders

  22-07-2026 15:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Persona and Shin Megami Tensei artist Kazuma Kaneko says he won't be using generative AI in his next game. Kaneko previously worked at Atlus from 1988, with his most recent collaboration with the company being the Demon design for 2024's Metaphor: ReFantazio. Alongside that he also did freelance work, designing a boss for Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner and the devil trigger designs for Dante and Vergil in Devil May Cry 3 – with his latest game Kazuma Kaneko's Tsukuyomi receiving a Devi
  
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• "I was told you couldn't do 3D on the Playdate, so I did it" - Gamedev creates a 3D renderer for Panic's tiny monochrome handheld that makes even Mirror's Edge inspired levels possible

  22-07-2026 14:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Playdate is a handheld haven of low-spec creativity, but one dev is going the extra mile by making a 3D "Metroidbrainia" for Panic's portable. Not only does the outing use its own "tiny" 3D renderer that even gets DOOM running on the monochrome indie game machine, but it also allows for outdoor cityscape platforming inspired by Mirror's Edge.In a Bluesky clip, developer Cristina Ramos shows off her first-person exploration game Katavatis running on Panic's gaming handheld using the aforement
  
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• Kevin Feige stood up and cheered after watching Spider-Man: Brand New Day for the first time: "That's how good it was"

  22-07-2026 13:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kevin Feige had a very promising reaction to Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and it's only made us more excited for the Marvel Phase 6 movie. According to producer Amy Pascal, she and Feige had a particularly exuberant reaction to the cut of the film they saw. "Actually, it was the first time that Kevin and I stood up after a director's cut and cheered," she told Collider. "That's how good it was. That's how good Destin [Daniel Cretton, director] is."The film is so far pretty mysterious, even though
  
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• Diablo 4 hotfix makes it easier to farm Mythics as Blizzard confirms Season 15 will remove Mythic reroll crafting from the Horadric Cube, "adding a direct upgrade" instead

  22-07-2026 13:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest Diablo 4 Season 14 patch is now available, and once again, it's tweaking drop rates for Mythics and making them easier to get in general. This has been a running theme since Season of Death Awakening kicked off at the end of June, though the current changes should help alleviate lingering frustrations.In Undercity, you now have a much better chance of getting a Mythic from the Mythic Tribute of Armaments. If you're Torment X, the odds are "greatly increased," while for Torment XII, th
  
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• Christopher Nolan's no CGI rule on The Odyssey applied even to the pig scene, and the way they brought it to life is genius

  22-07-2026 13:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you have seen The Odyssey, you may be surprised to learn that Christopher Nolan didn't use CGI to bring the movie's array of mythical characters and creatures to life, even in the pig scene. Warning, the following contains spoilers for The Odyssey, so turn back now if you haven't seen it yet, but make sure to read our spoiler-free The Odyssey review first.On their journey home from the Trojan War, Odysseus and his men stop off at a lush island. As Odysseus goes off to hunt, Eurylochus and the
  
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• Sorry Luna Snow mains, but the Deluxe Version Jeff the Land Shark Hot Toy figure is all I want on my shelf

  22-07-2026 13:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Slideshow and Hot Toys recently unveiled an incoming sixth-scale figure of Luna Snow, and the preview images are remarkable. Just like the rest of their lineup, the premium toy brand has gone the extra mile to include ice effect accessories so the fictional K-pop star looks like she's healing you in real time. Yet while I'm absolutely the kind of gal who would love to add one of the best toys I've seen based on a Marvel Rivals character on her shelf, I'd much rather dedicate a space for the Hot
  
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