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• Zack Snyder shares another picture of Henry Cavill as Superman and hopes for "many more stories together"

  08-12-2025 16:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zack Snyder has shared another photo of Henry Cavill on social media, as well as his hopes for "many more stories together.""Today marks a little milestone on this wild Instagram journey – 500k followers in just over two months!" Snyder wrote alongside the photo of Cavill. "I just want to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who’s joined along the way. For me, these characters are a kind of modern mythology, and I put a ton of reverence and respect into bringing them to life. Seeing
  
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• Square Enix director Naoki Hamaguchi considered giving Cloud Strife a more realistic sword for Final Fantasy 7 Remake, but decided JRPG fans "wouldn’t accept it": "We stayed faithful to the OG"

  08-12-2025 23:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cloud Strife has once again narrowly escaped destruction, this time, due to his merciful creators at Square Enix. Final Fantasy 7 Remake developers initially wondered if they should give the steel-eyed swordsman a more reasonable weapon in the ongoing remake trilogy, but they thankfully decided against it.Director Naoki Hamaguchi explains as much in a new interview with French gaming personality Julien Chièze, also featuring Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director Guillaume Broche. Final Fan
  
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• "Why does Valve allows this?": Indie dev laments losing Overwhelmingly Positive Steam review score to off-topic rant, replies "please never, ever play any of our games"

  08-12-2025 22:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Replying to a gross negative Steam review for automation sandbox game Little Rocket Lab, Mike Rose of publisher No More Robots offered some advice: "Please never, ever play any of our games ever again".As Rose shared on Bluesky, Little Rocket Lab "had an Overwhelmingly Positive score on Steam, then these two reviews rolled in." (From the score averages on Steam, I gather this was specifically the game's recent review score.) The negative reviews in question complain of a "woke game" that "also h
  
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• "Wiimote was bad. You can't say Wiimote": Nintendo's legal team made it drop "Nindies" label, former staff say, because it and similar phrases "dilutes the brand"

  08-12-2025 22:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  While considering the fate of old acquaintances and high school best friends, did you ever stop to wonder what ever happened to Nindies – Nintendo's brand for indie game showcases before "Indie World" replaced it? No need, I'll tell you: it was one day painlessly throttled for legal reasons."They definitely do not care anything about what independent developers think, so that was not it," says Krysta Yang while explaining why Nintendo ditched the Nindies brand on a recent episode of the Ki
  
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• Paramount launches "clearly superior" $100 billion cash bid to steal Warner Bros. away from Netflix, WB to respond "within 10 business days"

  08-12-2025 21:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Days after Netflix tentatively sealed a deal to purchase studio monolith Warner Bros. Discovery, one of the streaming service's biggest competitors is making a backend attempt to snatch WB away, as Paramount has submitted an all cash bid of around $100.7 billion directly to WB shareholders, $18 billion more than Netflix's $82.7 billion offer.Paramount states that Warner Bros. Discovery "never engaged meaningfully" with their previous attempts to negotiate the purchase of the entertainment giant.
  
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• Tomb Raider reveal confirmed for The Game Awards as devs tease return of iconic dual-pistol Lara Croft: "Did you miss her?"

  08-12-2025 21:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been more than seven years since Shadow of the Tomb Raider put a bow on Lara Croft's big reboot trilogy, and since then, series fans have been desperate for even a morsel of information on what's coming next. Now, finally, it seems relief is in sight, as a big Tomb Raider reveal has been teased for The Game Awards later this week."Did you miss her?" the official Tomb Raider account asks on Twitter. "She missed you." The message encourages you to tune into the annual TGA showcase on December
  
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• After Horses ban, Steam loses gooner monolith BrownDust2 to "the platform's policy requirements": "We encountered an issue that cannot be reasonably resolved"

  08-12-2025 21:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Exceptionally NSFW gacha RPG BrownDust2 has abandoned Steam as a viable storefront, citing issues with "the platform's policy requirements," which makers GAMFS N and Neowiz were apparently unable to resolve without compromising "the game's core direction."In a new notice, the BrownDust2 team announced that its long-planned Steam version has been shelved. The game has been out on the Android and iPhone app stores for several years, where it's accrued impressively positive user reviews under T-for
  
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• One Battle After Another is the most-nominated film at the 2026 Golden Globes, but Sinners isn't far behind

  08-12-2025 19:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Surprising absolutely no one, One Battle After Another has become the most nominated film at the Golden Globes... and Ryan Coogler's Sinners is third in line.One Battle After Another, based on the novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon, has received a whopping nine Golden Globe nominations – making it the most-nominated film of the year. The nominations include Best Motion Picture (Comedy), Best Director, Best Actor (Comedy) for DiCaprio, Best Actress (Comedy) for Infiniti (which makes me the ha
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 player does the math, finds Larian's RPG has 236 hours of recorded dialogue, and the character with the most lines is exactly who you'd expect

  08-12-2025 18:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Anyone who's played Baldur's Gate 3 is well aware of how large the game is. The RPG from Larian Studios has hours upon hours upon hours of gameplay in it, and with that comes reams and reams of dialogue. How many voice lines, exactly? Just under ten days worth, it turns out, as one fan managed to calculate.As spotted by PC Gamer, Reddit user Everwhite-moonlight took on the difficult quest of quantifying every uttered word across the Forgotten Realms in Baldur's Gate 3, and they provided a comple
  
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• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Verso actor Ben Starr says the RPG had an "unapologetic vision," and there's a reason it's been an unexpected hit: "There's nothing cynical about it"

  08-12-2025 18:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Ben Starr has explained why he thinks the RPG has been such a hit, even if no one expected it to be.It's undeniable to say the biggest gaming success story of 2025 has to be Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. The debut of an independent studio with its beginnings in Reddit threads, it became a massive hit, taking home seven awards from the Golden Joysticks and is currently the single most-nominated game in The Game Awards history (with it looking very likely to take h
  
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• Wallace and Gromit creator says beloved animation studio Aardman will "embrace the technology" of AI, but will be "very cautious not to lose our values"

  08-12-2025 18:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Aardman boss Nick Park says the animation studio known for its stop-motion claymation will be "cautious" not to lose its values to AI, even if it is willing to embrace the technology."When Toy Story came out [in 1995], we thought, ‘How long have we got?’ But we’ve managed to survive CGI," Park told Radio Times. "In fact, there’s been a resurgence of interest over the years in our stop-motion animation. We use CGI as well, but AI is a whole new thing."He continued, "Obviou
  
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• Team Fortress 2 Classic mod delayed to January, and also isn't actually called Team Fortress 2 Classic anymore as Valve apparently asked for a name change

  08-12-2025 18:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Team Fortress 2 Classic – a mod that sets out to offer a new TF2 experience but with the "original inspirations and tone" of Valve's FPS original – has been pushed back to January 2026, as the devs also confirm it'll be releasing under a new name when it arrives.In a new post on Steam, gameplay lead Nito and the mod team at Eminoma officially introduce Team Fortress 2 Classified – removing one letter and adding four more in a move that should satisfy an apparent request from Va
  
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• If you missed last month's PS5 deals, you have a second chance thanks to these Sony holiday savings

  08-12-2025 17:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you missed out on last month's Black Friday savings, PlayStation Direct has come to the rescue. The official PlayStation online store has dropped its huge list of holiday savings on everything from PS5 consoles and bundles, controllers, and other accessories, and plenty of November's best deals have made a comeback.This sale could be a perfect time to grab a PS5 in time for the holidays, especially as the stunning black limited edition Ghost of Yotei bundle is back down to $499 at PS Direct,
  
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• Assassin's Creed Shadows' Attack on Titan crossover is downright "whacky," says stun-locked Origins actor: "I thought the FF and Origins mashup was borderline mad"

  08-12-2025 17:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Assassin's Creed Shadows and Attack on Titan crossover event is underway at the moment, and amid the players who're a bit unsure of it is a former star of the franchise. Abubakar Salim, the voice of Bayek of Siza in Assassin's Creed Origins, checked out the add-on, and needless to say, he's scratching his head.Sharing his reaction on Twitter, Salim didn't mince words. "Man. Wtf is up with the Attack on Titan Assassin's Creed?" he posted. "I thought the [Final Fantasy] and Origins mashup was
  
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• After Metal Gear Solid, Hideo Kojima says he can make stealth games "while sleeping," so to amp things up Physint will "blur the lines between film and video game"

  08-12-2025 17:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  After many years with the Metal Gear series, Hideo Kojima says he can make a stealth action game in his sleep, which is why he's working to add new gimmicks to Physint.As exciting as OD is, when it comes to upcoming Hideo Kojima games, Physint is the one I'm most looking forward to. It's been over 10 years since the last new Metal Gear Solid game was released, and given that Konami is probably going to keep going back to the remake well for a while yet, Physint is likely the next brand-new tacti
  
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• Like some sort of handheld necromancer, this modder just transformed the Wii U Gamepad into a Switch Lite, and I both love and hate it

  08-12-2025 17:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  I am a certified Wii U enjoyer, but I'm not remotely sad about the Wii U gamepad being dead and buried. So, when I happened upon a handheld modder's project that resurrects the cursed controller using a Switch Lite, it's safe to say I was equally horrified and fascinated.Created by KOUZEX, the modder shows off their "Ultimate Switch U" console while detailing the process. As you can imagine, there's more to this project than shoving the Switch into a Wii U Gamepad shell, even if we are talking a
  
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• New Analogue 3D "Funtastic" console colors are inbound with matching controllers

  08-12-2025 17:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Analogue 3D only just arrived on the scene, but the 4K N64 maker just announced a bunch of new colors. Inspired by Nintendo's 2000s "Funtastic" retro console range, 8Bitdo has also conjured up matching translucent controllers, but equally excited to hear the regular edition will soon be back in stock.Available in "highly limited" quantities for $299, the "Analogue 3D Funtastic" range includes translucent orange, red, purple, teal, green, white, and smoke grey models of the FPGA N64 remake. T
  
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• Fallout and Elder Scrolls boss Todd Howard reads "a lot" of Reddit, says seeing fans' thoughts line up with what Bethesda is doing gives "confidence to lean in more on some of those things"

  08-12-2025 16:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you find yourself posting a lot about Fallout on Reddit, it sounds like there's a decent chance that Bethesda veteran Todd Howard has seen your thoughts, as he confirms that "I read a lot of it."In a recent interview with GameCentral (below) about season two of the Fallout TV series on Prime Video, executive producer Jonathan Nolan, co-showrunner Geneva Robertson-Dworet, and Howard are asked if they keep up with Fallout theories and discussions on Reddit. While Nolan and Robertson-Dworet aren
  
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• I tried a wireless sim racing wheel, but I'd only recommend it for junior racers this Christmas

  08-12-2025 16:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sim racing sounds great on paper, but unless you have a dedicated space for a cockpit chair, pedals, and a wheel, it demands a lot of faff. Setting it all up when you want to use it is a pain, making sure the pedals aren't going to slide away from you as you stomp down the brake is a classic problem, and bolting one of the best PC racing wheels to your desk could cause a monitor to vibrate its way to the floor.I really wish there were more accessible solutions out there, and thankfully, Turtle B
  
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• Ex-Sony boss Shuhei Yoshida says Japanese devs likely can't keep up with Chinese games: "They are made in an environment which allows for hiring a large number of personnel who can work long hours"

  08-12-2025 16:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Shuhei Yoshida, the former head of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios at PlayStation, thinks it's going to be tough for Japanese studios to keep up with the scale of development in China, which is powering rising hits like Genshin Impact all over the world. In part, that's because of "legal problems" that might prevent Japanese studios from hiring massive numbers of developers to work the same extensive hours they might at a studio like MiHoYo."The development speed in China is ama
  
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• Fallout 4 is actually "quite a hopeful story," according to Todd Howard, who believes the whole series is lowkey optimistic: "Every character, what will they do to survive?"

  08-12-2025 15:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  On the surface, the Fallout series mightn't seem particularly optimistic, taking place in a post-nuclear wasteland, as it does. Todd Howard, Bethesda boss and director of two entries in the franchise so far, believes they're ultimately quite inspiring, in their own way.He explained his logic during an interview with GameCentral. "Fallout 4 is quite a hopeful story, and I think that’s a thread underneath it all," he says. "Through it, every character, what will they do to survive? Do you ag
  
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• Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake reveal could be imminent, fan theory suggests, as Steam updates could point to Ubisoft being up to something following recent release window rumors

  08-12-2025 15:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Could Ubisoft be gearing up to finally announce a Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag remake? One fan theory suggests that could be the case, as the original game has been receiving regular behind-the-scenes updates on Steam.One of the biggest open secrets in games as of late is that an Assassin's Creed 4 remake is apparently on the way. Ubisoft already confirmed remakes of "older Assassin's Creed games" are in the works, and Edward Kenway actor Matt Ryan dropped a not-so-subtle hint that Black Flag
  
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• Razer's levelled-up Gengar PC collection is an almost perfect Pokemon set, but where is that keyboard?

  08-12-2025 15:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  The official Razer Pokemon Gengar Collection launched exclusively in Asia last year, and ever since I first caught a glimpse of the pretty and purple peripherals, I dreamt it would release elsewhere. My dream finally became a reality when the Gengar Kraken Kitty V2 headset launched in the US and UK earlier this year, but the rest of the collection had yet to show its grinning face.Razer finally released the matching Gengar Edition Cobra gaming mouse and the Gigantus V2 mouse mat during October t
  
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• Warner Bros. founder's grandson says the studio's Netflix sale "does not sit well with me": "The idea of only making 'content' is such a low bar for the medium of film and TV"

  08-12-2025 13:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  The grandson of Warner Bros.' founder Jack Warner has expressed concerns over the studio's sale to Netflix, and what it means for the future of its film distribution."The potential sale of WBD does not sit well with me," Gregory Orr told The Hollywood Reporter last week, before the sale was confirmed on Friday (December 5). "The industry stands at a crossroads and Netflix does too. It would be buying the deep assets of WB, which includes a successful creative management team and an unmatched the
  
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• Lords of the Fallen boss says the viral Game Awards teaser isn't pointing to the Soulslike RPG's sequel, but "devs are praying" it's something from FromSoftware

  08-12-2025 13:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Folks, we can cross off yet another game from the list of things that The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley may or may not be teasing with his mysterious statue, as Lords of the Fallen studio's CEO denies it pointing to CI Games' upcoming Soulslike sequel.As we get ready for The Game Awards later this week, the internet has been flooded with speculation over what Keighley might be hinting at. Ever since he shared a picture of some kind of door-like statue (starring a bunch of skeletons) with the w
  
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• David Corenswet says he was "really was not expecting" to even get an audition for Superman, and thought the call was for Top Gun 3: "It feels completely impossible"

  08-12-2025 13:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  It is not a huge surprise to hear that David Corenswet was shocked when he first found out he had been cast as Superman, but the star thought the role was so out of reach that when he got a call back to audition, he thought it was for Top Gun 3."When I got the audition, I was standing on a ladder changing a light fixture. My agent said, “We think you know what this is about." I said, "Is it Top Gun 3? What am I waiting for?" said Corenswet to Wicked: For Good star Jonathan Bailey, as part
  
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• After beating Superman, Zootopia 2 has now outgrossed Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle and Jurassic World Rebirth with a massive $915.8 million

  08-12-2025 13:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Zootopia 2 has already outgrossed Superman, and now it has surpassed Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle and Jurassic World Rebirth, too.The animated Disney sequel currently stands at a worldwide total of $915.8 million, per Deadline. That means it has sailed past Demon Slayer's $768.9 million and Jurassic World Rebirth's $868.9 million. It also has A Minecraft Movie's $957.9 million in its sights, since Deadline predicts Zootopia 2 will hit the billion-dollar mark this week.That's not a huge surprise
  
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• Not even Hideo Kojima knows what his new horror game OD will be like, but it'll be different from Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding: "I can't say exactly what it is yet, nor do I know if it will work out"

  08-12-2025 12:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Metal Gear and Death Stranding mastermind Hideo Kojima isn't one to rest on his laurels. Despite Death Stranding 2 coming out this year, he's knee deep in another project, the mysterious horror game OD. Ambitious and star-studded, OD is such a swing for Kojima Productions, he's not actually sure how it'll pan out."I can't say exactly what it is yet, nor do I know if it will work out," he tells ananweb, as translated by Automaton. "We've created stealth games and delivery games which were unlike
  
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• Fallout season 3 expected to start filming next summer as director Jonathan Nolan criticizes TV's "unfortunate trend" of widening the gap between seasons

  08-12-2025 12:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ahead of the release of Fallout season 2 next week, the show's executive producer Jonathan Nolan has addressed the timeline for the next installment, and he has great news for fans – filming for the new episodes is expected to start next summer, which could mean a 2027 release date."With regards to production, we're hoping to be shooting again next summer," Nolan told IGN. "We'll see if that all comes together, best laid plans, and all. But I'm excited that, though the scope of the show fe
  
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• Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada is leaving Bandai Namco after 31 years: "I felt this was the most fitting moment to bring one chapter to a close"

  08-12-2025 12:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Longtime Tekken series producer Katsuhiro Harada is leaving Bandai Namco at the end of 2025 after a 31-year stint at the company.Harada, who has been with the series since the beginning and directed Tekken 3, Tag Tournament, 4, 5, and 7 – and produced a number of Bandai Namco titles – announced his departure on Twitter, saying, "With the Tekken series reaching its 30th anniversary – an important milestone for a project I've devoted much of my life to – I felt this was the
  
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