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• Outsiders #7 doubles-down on its links to Planetary - and reveals which long-running character has died

  14-05-2024 18:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Readers who have been playing close attention to DC's solicitations over the last few months will know that Outsiders by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, and Robert Carey has been teasing a big character death and an issue that will change the course of the series as it enters the back half of its 12 issue run. Well, Outsiders #7 publishes today and the moment has finally arrived... It turns out that the body on the cover of the issue belongs to neither Batwoman Kate Kane or Lucius Fox as I h
  
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• "If Silksong shadow drops in the next two weeks I'm burning the whole thing down": Prince of Persia roguelike dev is at its limit after a delay to dodge Hades 2

  14-05-2024 19:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Rogue Prince of Persia, the Ubisoft-published sidescrolling roguelite take on Prince of Persia, was recently delayed in reaction to Hades 2's surprise launch last week, and its developer is just really, really hoping there isn't another unexpected release to derail things further.The Rogue Prince of Persia was originally set to release into Early Access today, May 14, but it was delayed after Supergiant Games decided to drop its roguelike sequel Hades 2 without any prior notice. Now, we have
  
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• Helldivers 2 led one of PlayStation's most active periods "in history," second only to the COVID stay-at-home boom

  14-05-2024 19:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest Sony financial report is in, and the PlayStation division is particularly excited about the performance of its increasingly multiplatform strategy and the success of live service titles like Helldivers 2.In its latest financial report, Sony says that "Total play time on PS in the month of March increased 15% year-on-year, and, for the entire fourth quarter ended March 31, 2024, it reached the second highest level in history, second only to the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended M
  
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• Years after lawsuits were filed against Nintendo for drifting Joy-Con controllers, 2 class action complaints are reportedly set to be dismissed

  14-05-2024 18:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  After several years, two lawsuits brought against Nintendo over Joy-Con drift issues are reportedly set to come to a close, after both Nintendo and the individuals who filed the class action complaints allegedly called for their dismissal. 'Joy-Con drift' refers to a fault sometimes found in the Nintendo Switch's Joy-Con controllers, which sees the control sticks start responding to inputs incorrectly. Sometimes, inputs might be detected when players aren't touching the sticks at all, while
  
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• A new live-action Tomb Raider series from Indiana Jones star Phoebe Waller-Bridge is in the works

  14-05-2024 18:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Indiana Jones star Phoebe Waller-Bridge has landed a series adaptation of the popular video game Tomb Raider on Amazon Prime Video.The project has been handed a series order from Amazon and MGM Studios with Waller-Bridge penning the show, as reported by Deadline. The news was announced by Head of the Studios Jen Salke at a company event in New York. It was first revealed to be in development back in January 2023.Waller-Bridge spoke on the project: "If I could tell my teenage self this was happen
  
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• Nintendo 64 games can now be instantly ported to PC, and there's a widescreen, 60 FPS Majora's Mask to play right now

  14-05-2024 18:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new tool allows modders to instantly port Nintendo 64 games to PC, greatly reducing the time it takes to build major upgrades like widescreen and high frame rate support for the console's library. We're still in the early days, but an absolutely incredible PC version of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is already available for you to see what's possible.This tool is called N64: Recompiled, from a developer who goes by Wiseguy, and it essentially translates the original code of an N64 game in
  
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• Stardew Valley creator says he's "doing everything within my power" to get update 1.6 out for console and mobile players, and a new PC patch is coming too

  14-05-2024 18:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Yes, Stardew Valley 1.6 is still headed to console and mobile players, and creator Eric Barone is well aware you're "eager" to play it. In the latest production update, Barone said he's "doing everything within my power to have the ports ready as soon as possible," though an exact release date still eludes us. "The ports require extra work beyond the PC version," Barone adds. "There is also another patch for PC underway which is mainly some bug fixes." Originally released in mid-March,
  
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• House of the Dragon season 2 trailer brings more fire, dragons, and epic battles as the Targaryens go to war

  14-05-2024 17:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new trailer for House of the Dragon season 2 is here – and it's heavy on dragons, fire, and brutal battles.After the events of season 1, the Targaryens are at war with each other, with Aegon leading the greens and Rhaenyra leading the blacks. That means the realm is preparing for dragon vs. dragon – and choosing sides. It looks like the greens and blacks are at odds even within their own ranks, though, with Daemon pointedly answering Rhaenyra with silence when she asks if he'l
  
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• Asus ROG Ally X price leaks match up to what I was expecting, but it’s not all bad news for handheld fans

  14-05-2024 17:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  The recent Asus ROG Ally X reveal was admittedly more a teaser for a trailer, and it completely dodged how much it’ll cost. Naturally, it didn’t take long for leaks to spill out with a potential MSRP, and while whispers of a $799 might leave a sour taste in your mouth, I think this is actually a good thing for anyone planning to pick up a handheld in the future. Sure, I’ll need to see some specs before knowing whether the rumored Asus ROG Ally X price is acceptable, not to
  
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• Enormous new Lego Lord of the Rings set is giving me goosebumps

  14-05-2024 17:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  The next Lego Lord of the Rings set has been revealed, and it looks like we're taking the hobbits to Isengard Mordor. Barad-dûr, the lair of series big-bad Sauron (you know, the tower with a flaming eye casually stuck to its roof) has been given an impressive makeover. Comprising over 5,000 pieces, this Lego Lord of the Rings set rises to 32.5 inches (83cm) tall and comes with 10 minifigures in total – including the Dark Lord himself. Oh, and that flaming eye sitting pretty at t
  
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• Dread Delusion | New Gameplay Today

  14-05-2024 17:00
  
  After a few years in Early Access, Dread Delusion, an Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind-like RPG, is finally out in 1.0 on PC! And to celebrate the game's launch, Game Informer editors Wesley LeBlanc, Kyle Hilliard, and Marcus Stewart are showcasing what to expect in today's New Gameplay Today. The gameplay you can watch below takes place about five hours into the game, with Wesley exploring an Eldritch castle of sorts. If you like what you see, you can up the game on Steam for $15.99
  
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• Ahead of Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom's action RPG behemoth hits 100 million copies sold, with World and Rise chipping in nearly half of that in just a few years

  14-05-2024 16:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Capcom has announced that its beloved action RPG series Monster Hunter has surpassed a total of 100 million sales worldwide, with Monster Hunter World and Rise in particular playing a huge part in its success.In a press release, Capcom notes that World, which first released in 2018, accounts for around a quarter of the series' sales, with a whopping 25 million units sold as of the end of March. Its popularity has really persisted over the years, with it racking up one million sales every year si
  
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• Nicolas Cage is reprising his role as Spider-Man Noir, this time in a live-action series adapted by Prime Video

  14-05-2024 16:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nicolas Cage is going back to his Marvel character roots as he will once again play Spider-Man Noir, this time in a live-action series adaptation set to premiere on Prime Video. After a long-awaited cast announcement since the show was first announced, Cage is officially set to star in Amazon Prime Video, Sony, and MGM Studio’s live-action series Noir following the darker version of Spider-Man, as reported by Variety. The announcement was made by the head of television for Amazon
  
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• Lord of the Rings villain Sauron is poisoning Middle-earth in first look at Rings of Power season 2, as fantasy show’s return date is confirmed

  14-05-2024 15:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 has got its first trailer, and it’s seriously epic. The Prime Video fantasy series is set to return on Thursday, August 29, and if the first look is anything to go by, things are going to get much darker for Middle-earth. Watch it below.The trailer picks up right where we left off in season 1, as we see Sauron looking on at Mount Doom in flames. "An evil, ancient and powerful has returned," Durin IV warns as Galadriel, Elrond, and the othe
  
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• The Boys has been renewed for season 5 – before season 4 has even aired

  14-05-2024 15:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Boys season 5 has been confirmed by Amazon Prime Video – before season 4 of the hit superhero show has even aired. The streamer broke the news with a video of Karen Fukuhara's Kimiko carving something onto wood, which was revealed to say "season 5." That mysterious tease is all the information out there about the next season so far, and it's pretty hard to speculate on what might be coming considering season 4 has yet to debut on Prime Video. 
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• Stellar Blade studio head says outfit redesigns were intentional, not censorship: "Just because the costumes are vulgar doesn't necessarily mean they're good"

  14-05-2024 15:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kim Hyeong-tae, CEO of Stellar Blade developer Shift Up, has dispelled censorship allegations regarding protagonist Eve's clothing.The costume redesigns that altered a handful of the heroine's original outfits, as seen in promotional materials, are a result of a day-one patch that had always been intended as the "final result", according to Kim (via GameAbout). Some Stellar Blade fans had taken these visual changes as evidence of publisher Sony wanting to censor Shift Up's original design b
  
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• Former Marvel's Midnight Suns dev wants his debut life sim to focus more on storytelling than similar games: "we feel ourselves drifting off into our own little bubble"

  14-05-2024 15:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  The newly formed Midsummer Studios, fronted by Marvel's Midnight Suns and XCOM developer Jake Solomon, is aiming to create a new next-gen life sim that will exist in its "own little bubble" thanks to its focus on storytelling. Made up of a veteran team including former Sims director Grant Rodiek and Firaxis developer Will Miller, Midsummer Studios revealed its aim to "revitalize" the life sim genre by creating a new experience that lets players tell their own stories in a small town setting
  
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• Chris Pratt wants a role in James Gunn's DCU, but to also keep playing Guardians of the Galaxy's Star-Lord

  14-05-2024 14:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Having collaborated on three Guardians of the Galaxy movies, Chris Pratt is no stranger to playing a superhero in a comic book flick from James Gunn. It's hardly surprising, then, that he'd be keen to team up with the director again now that Gunn has been appointed the co-leader of DC Studios.While promoting his upcoming animation The Garfield Movie recently, the Marvel star was asked whether he'll follow Gunn into the new franchise by ComicBook, to which he replied: "Well, it probably make more
  
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• Spider-Man director has shared his advice for whoever directs Spidey 4 and fans aren't happy

  14-05-2024 13:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Spider-Man director Jon Watts has passed on some wisdom to the next Spidey helmer – but fans aren't best pleased. "I have a very practical bit of Spider-Man advice, and I think every Spider-Man director goes through it," Watts shared with Collider. "It doesn't look good when someone is just swinging on a rope. You think you're gonna go in there, you're like, 'we're gonna do it all practical. We're gonna get a stuntman. We're gonna be swinging around.' It's boring. It looks dumb. It lo
  
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• In a huge win for democracy, latest Helldivers 2 patch adds "optional" PSN account linking, which is hopefully the end of that whole debacle

  14-05-2024 13:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Helldivers 2 patch is here and will hopefully put the whole PlayStation Network account linking debacle to bed once and for all, as it's now been added as an explicitly "optional" setting.Earlier this month, Helldivers 2 publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that players on PC would be required to link their Steam and PSN accounts in order to continue playing the hit shooter. Linking accounts was made optional when the game launched due to some technical difficulties, but Sony
  
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• "There are more Helldivers than Swedes" says Helldivers 2 lead as his game becomes Sony's fastest-selling title ever

  14-05-2024 13:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's only been out three months, but Sony has revealed that everyone's favorite extraction shooter has become the fastest-selling PlayStation game ever.Having launched on PS5 and PC on February 8, 2024, Helldivers 2 moved a whopping 12 million units during its first 12 weeks, according to Sony's FY23 earnings call. This like-for-like ratio was enough to beat the likes of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and God of War: Ragnarok in fresh-out-the-gate sales – no small feat for Swedish developer Arrowhe
  
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• Doctor Who's Steven Moffat won’t return for season 2, but he has written the 2024 Christmas special

  14-05-2024 12:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Doctor Who’s Steven Moffat has confirmed that he’s written the 2024 Christmas special. The former showrunner penned the third episode in Ncuti Gatwa’s first season, ‘Boom’, which is out later this week. Speaking to TV Choice about the episode, Moffat shared an update on his future on Doctor Who. "We’d shot this year’s Christmas special before last year’s Christmas special went out," he explained. "I know that of course, because
  
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• This Sony OLED TV is practically made for PS5, and it’s down to its lowest price

  14-05-2024 12:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  The words ‘PS5 TV’ might automatically make your wallet weep, but I come bearing good news about one of the best in the business. Not only does the Sony Bravia XR A75L boast exclusive PlayStation 5 features baked in, the 55-inch model is also down to its lowest price. You might want to think on your feet, however, as I get a feeling this specific screen will be hard to find later in the year.Best Buy is leading the charge with this Sony Bravia XR A75L, with a $400 discount bringing i
  
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• The Last of Us season 2 set photos show off Bella Ramsey's Ellie looking absolutely perfect for her Part 2 debut

  14-05-2024 12:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  New pictures from the British Columbia set of HBO's The Last of Us season 2 have been leaked, showing star Bella Ramsey looking very similar to Ellie in The Last of Us Part 2 video game.The photos in question, posted on Twitter, show Ramsey and season 2 newcomer Isabela Merced as Ellie’s love interest Dina walking through what looks to be a forest. From what we can see in the images there are a few similarities between the real-life and in-game characters, such as Dina’s red shirt an
  
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• Joker 2 star Steve Coogan reveals his surprise role in the DC sequel

  14-05-2024 12:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Steve Coogan has teased his role in the upcoming Joker 2 – and it's quite unexpected. The actor appears briefly in the first trailer for the movie, though without any context, it was practically impossible to guess at how he fit into the DC film. "I have a very interesting scene with Joaquin Phoenix," Coogan told Deadline. "I play a CNN-type reporter who interviews him in his cell. Beyond that, I don't know. I've not seen it, so I'm as in the dark as anyone else." So far the
  
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• PlayStation will unveil its new "long-term vision" later this month as new CEOs are brought on board

  14-05-2024 12:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony Group is set to reveal its "long-term vision" – including Sony Interactive Entertainment's role in that – later this month, as two PlayStation veterans are brought on board as new SIE CEOs to replace Jim Ryan. Last night, it was confirmed that Hermen Hulst (currently the head of PlayStation Studios) and Hideaki Nishino (senior vice president of the platform experience group) will take over as CEO of SIE’s studio business group and CEO of SIE’s platform business
  
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• The Witcher star says she's relieved the show is ending after season 5

  14-05-2024 12:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Witcher's Freya Allan is relieved the Netflix show is ending with season 5, and she's explained why in a new interview.The actor, who has starred as Ciri in the popular fantasy series since its debut in 2019 and is currently filming season 4, admitted to Inverse recently that she was initially daunted when the streaming platform confirmed there'd be two more installments following Henry Cavill's exit as Geralt of Rivia, Ciri's adoptive father and protector."I was so kind of finished with it
  
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• Adam Driver and Aubrey Plaza star in surreal trailer for new sci-fi epic Megalopolis, as The Godfather director calls it his "best work"

  14-05-2024 11:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first major trailer for Megalopolis is here, and it’s our best look yet at The Godfather director’s new sci-fi. Debuting ahead of its premiere at Cannes Film Festival, Francis Ford Coppola shared the trailer with a caption calling it "the best work I've ever had the privilege to preside over".The short clip opens with Laurence Fishburne’s Fundi Romaine driving around a decaying city as he says, "When does an empire die? Does it collapse in one terrible moment? No, no, but t
  
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• The actor behind Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's main character recorded 508 hours of dialogue over 127 sessions for the RPG sequel

  14-05-2024 02:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 just passed a significant development milestone: Tom McKay, the actor behind main character Henry, has wrapped dialogue recording after a staggering 508 hours in the studio across 127 sessions.I remember the first Kingdom Come: Deliverance being a pretty darn dialogue-heavy game, but 508 hours of recorded dialogue for one character? I'm sure a lot of that won't make it into the full game, and most people won't hear every line that does make it because of the branching
  
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• PlayStation replaces outgoing CEO Jim Ryan with two new bosses as co-CEOs: Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino

  14-05-2024 01:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sony Interactive Entertainment is replacing outgoing CEO Jim Ryan with two new co-CEOs: previous head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst and SIE exec Hideaki Nishino.Hulst co-founded Horizon Zero Dawn studio Guerrilla Games in 2001 and served as the studio's managing director until he left to head up PlayStation Studios in November 2019. Nishino, meanwhile, has been at SIE as SVP of global product strategy and management since April 2016. Hurst will be appointed CEO of SIE's studio business gro
  
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