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• The Rock looks unrecognizable in first look at new sports drama from Uncut Gems director

  21-05-2024 21:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  A24 has unveiled the first look at Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine, which stars an unrecognizable Dwayne Johnson. The upcoming sports drama is a biopic that follows the life and times of former wrestler and mixed martial artist Mark Kerr. Kerr was a two-time UFC Heavyweight Tournament Champion and an NCAA Division I Champion, among dozens of other accolades and accomplishments. The film takes its name from the 2002 HBO documentary The Smashing Machine, which explored both his career and
  
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• Amid reports of XDefiant server issues, Ubisoft acknowledges "some players are unable to join a game" and says "we are seeing progress"

  22-05-2024 01:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  The new free-to-play FPS XDefiant is struggling with server stability on launch day, and Ubisoft says it's "making progress" on the issue."We're aware that some players are unable to join a game- please bear with us while we look into servers and matchmaking!" reads a tweet sent Tuesday from the official XDefiant Twitter account. A few hours later, the account shared an update reading: "We are seeing progress on the matchmaking servers. We will continue to monitor the situation and keep you upda
  
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• X-Men '97 is so popular that Marvel is ramping up development on its X-Men movie with Hunger Games screenwriter

  22-05-2024 01:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Studios is wasting no time capitalizing on the big success of its X-Men '97 animated revival series by reportedly hiring a writer for its Marvel Cinematic Universe X-Men reboot movie. Taking the reins on the script is Michael Lesslie, who is hot off penning the Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes movie (another big revival/reboot of a major franchise, of course).And Marvel is specifically tying the accelerated movement on the long awaited film to the popularity of X-Men '97, acco
  
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• Meet the new Ultimate She-Hulk, Ultimate Sinister Six, and more in Marvel's August Ultimate Universe solicitations

  22-05-2024 00:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel's new Ultimate Universe is rapidly filling out the ranks of its new versions of classic Marvel characters, and with the release of advance solicitations for August's Ultimate Universe titles, several more prominent heroes and villains are popping up.In August 14's Ultimates #3 starts bringing in more characters to the new Ultimates team (the Ultimate Universe's equivalent of the Avengers) with the addition of She-Hulk, who has her own army of Hulks at her disposal. But with the main Ultim
  
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• Immediately after releasing my new all-time favorite strategy RPG, Japanese juggernaut Vanillaware is hiring for a new action RPG

  21-05-2024 22:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  After falling in love with March strategy RPG Unicorn Overlord, it's music to my ears to see developer Vanillaware already hiring for a new fantasy RPG, this time of the action variety. As Gematsu noted, the studio's official Twitter account recently put out a call for programmers, 2D animators, and background designers to help with "a new fantasy action RPG" that's seemingly been in the works since at least last year. Details are thin on the ground, and it doesn't help that the link for th
  
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• In some of 2024's best patch notes, Manor Lords dev rescues players from sheep that were "breeding exponentially" and taking over villages

  21-05-2024 22:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Manor Lords developer Slavic Magic has come to the rescue of players overburdened by sheep.For some context, Manor Lords players have been crying for help after unwittingly spawning out-of-control armies of sheep due to the fact that the game's breeding mechanic increases exponentially. Several reports have surfaced over the last few weeks showing villages and cities absolutely overrun by sheep, leading to markets flooded with sheep and wool with nowhere to keep the excess, not to mention all th
  
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• Bill Skarsgård has a sword for some reason in new look at controversial Crow reboot

  21-05-2024 22:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Lionsgate has released a new look at The Crow, starring Bill Skarsgård as the titular hero.Aside from the classic makeup, both the trailer and images we've seen thus far look nothing like the original 1994 movie starring Brandon Lee or the 1989 comic by James O'Barr (though I, a mega fan of both, am still excited regardless). Though the film has received backlash thus far for its tone, visuals, and overall use of the character Eric Draven which has not been touched since Lee's death, many
  
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• Just 3 known players remain in the Nintendo Network servers as beloved JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X, "known to have the worst netcode on the Wii U," loses its last

  21-05-2024 21:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  With controllers clenched and routers reinforced, a few determined players have been fighting to stay connected to the recently deprecated Nintendo Network servers for 3DS and Wii U. As of today, May 21, the number of known players logged in has dropped from four to three, as the last known Xenoblade Chronicles X representative has finally disconnected. "I just got DCed," Twitter user XC_omoroid said. "I'm surprised that I somehow managed to beat the record set by the Noble 14 with the game
  
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• Helldivers 2 is slowing down the release of new patches "to maintain the quality standard we want and you deserve"

  21-05-2024 21:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has strongly suggested it'll start slowing down the release of new patches to maintain quality.This comes from the official Helldivers Discord channel, in which community manager Twinbeard was asked when the latest patch will drop. "When it's done," Twinbeard replied.There's been a pervading sentiment from inside Arrowhead that the developers have struggled since launch to keep up with the game's explosive success, and it seems now the studio is keen to give itse
  
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• Wolverine takes on Deadpool, dinosaurs, and more in his new red band comic from superstar creators Jonathan Hickman and Greg Capullo

  21-05-2024 19:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  As suspected, fan favorite artist Greg Capullo is indeed jumping back into Marvel Comics interiors with a Wolverine story written by none other than superstar writer Jonathan Hickman which celebrates Wolverine's 50th anniversary. And what's more, the five-issue limited series, titled Wolverine: Revenge, will also release with a special red band edition (a la Marvel's current Blood Hunt limited series) with extra pages that add additional "elevated violence" - meaning readers will get to see
  
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• I thought I couldn't be any more excited for my most anticipated strategy game, and then the tank showed up

  21-05-2024 19:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  Earlier this year, I begged people to watch the first 24 seconds of the trailer for my most-anticipated strategy game of 2024. Now, that game is back with a new trailer even more bombastic than the last.Kingmakers introduced itself to the world in February with a trailer that initially obscured its true nature. After an opening 23 seconds that look like a quintessential medieval strategy game - think something like Mount & Blade with a touch of Age of Empires - it gave way to some DeLorean-s
  
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• Marvel's Overwatch clone isn't even out yet, but Doctor Strange players are already cheesing their way to an easy victory

  21-05-2024 18:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Rivals' closed alpha players are already finding ways to exploit the hero shooter with Doctor Strange's powerful portal loop ability.While Marvel and NetEase Games' Overwatch-esque FPS title isn't quite here just yet, fans have already been traversing its alpha build for over a week now. With more than a dozen iconic superheroes to choose from and chaotic comic-book combat galore, it comes as no surprise that people are cheesing mechanics in the game's pre-release version. In fact, they'r
  
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• First look at Game of Thrones star in a much-loved drama's third season

  21-05-2024 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The BBC and HBO have released a bunch of first look images at season 3 of popular business drama Industry, welcoming back season lead Harry Lawtey and introducing series newcomer Kit Harrington.In one of the images (shown above), we can see Lawty sat next to the Game of Thrones star in what looks to be the back of a red-lined vintage limo, both dressed in the series’ usual business wear dress code. Harrington’s character Henry Muck is giving Lawty’s Robert Spearing a stern look
  
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• The new Elden Ring DLC story trailer is peak FromSoftware: 3 minutes of messed-up war lore beamed straight into your eyeballs

  21-05-2024 17:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Elden Ring DLC story trailer has arrived, and it's the FromSoftware special from start to finish: epic music, a despondent narrator, and grim lore beamed straight into your eyeballs with little to no explanation. The 3-minute trailer seems to chronicle the historic war waged by new antagonist Messmer, as well as the response from Miquella, a central character in the DLC who was more of a background figure in the main game. 
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• BioWare veterans' new hard sci-fi space RPG just teased a story that sounds way scarier than anything in Mass Effect

  21-05-2024 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Exodus, the spacefaring new RPG from a studio of BioWare veterans, has been gently drip-feeding players information about its universe for a while now, but its latest drop is the furthest it's strayed from its Mass Effect-shaped roots so far.In the far future, an ailing humanity took to the stars to discover relics left behind by an ancient civilization, the Celestials. Those relics allowed humanity to jet around the galaxy, but, thanks to Exodus' hard sci-fi approach to intergalactic travel, on
  
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• Assassin's Creed Shadows marks another first for Ubisoft's stealth-turned-RPG series: It actually revealed both of its protagonists at once

  21-05-2024 16:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Shadows is the first in the dual-protagonist vein of Ubisoft's series to actually show both its protagonists in its debut trailer.Last week, Assassin's Creed Shadows was finally unveiled with a trailer that showed off its dual protagonists - famed Samurai Yasuke, and stealthy Shinobi Naoe. As reporter Stephen Totilo pointed out on Twitter, the debut Shadows trailer showing both its protagonists marks a huge shift for Ubisoft's series, which has typically only shown one protagoni
  
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• A first look at Lord of the Rings star’s new adventure-comedy is here – and fans are all saying the same thing

  21-05-2024 16:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  The first look at Bookworm, an upcoming adventure-comedy starring Elijah Wood, has arrived – and Lord of the Rings fans are all saying the same thing about his character's appearance.Per the official synopsis, "11-year-old Mildred's world is turned upside-down when her estranged father, the washed-up magician Strawn Wise comes to look after her and agrees to take her camping to find a mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther." The washed-up magician is none other than Wood, who d
  
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• Pirates of the Caribbean producer confirms two new movies are in development – including the Margot Robbie film

  21-05-2024 16:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  The future of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise just got a little bit clearer – producer Jerry Bruckheimer has offered an exciting update that not one but two new movies are in development. "It's two different movies," Bruckheimer told Entertainment Weekly, referring to a reboot penned by Jeff Nathanson and a separate film scripted by Birds of Prey writer Christina Hodson, which would be the mysterious Margot Robbie project that was previously thought to be scrapped. "We hope to
  
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• After 12 years, Stardew Valley creator still thinks he could "keep working on the game forever," but "at some point you have to move on"

  21-05-2024 16:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Following the hotly anticipated release of Stardew Valley's recent 1.6 update, the indie gem's creator reveals that more new content could be in store.It's been a couple of months since Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone launched Stardew Valley patch 1.6. While I've spent my time enjoying the azure fields and tending to the adorable raccoon family's quests in 1.6, I've often thought about the game's future and whether I'd pour over a hundred more hours into yet another big update one day. Fortunately fo
  
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• Revenge-fueled MMO fiend wins race to max level in WoW Classic Cataclysm in just 3 hours to right a near-2-year-old wrong, despite Blizzard nerfing them twice

  21-05-2024 16:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  A World of Warcraft fan has overcome two Blizzard hotfixes to not only hit WoW Classic Cataclysm's max level before anyone else in just three hours, but to secure revenge against a rival who beat them in the same leveling race back in Wrath of the Lich King Classic.WoW Classic's Cataclysm servers are now live, sending many within the MMO's community on a race to see who can reach the new level cap the quickest – something that's been a tradition in World of Warcraft for years. This race wa
  
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• M. Night Shyamalan worked as a second unit director on his daughter’s debut horror movie

  21-05-2024 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Ishana Night Shyamalan’s debut horror movie The Watched nears release, the filmmaker says that she was inspired by growing up on her father's sets, and reveals he even shot some second unit footage for her new film."He actually shot a bunch of the second unit on my movie, so that was a really wonderful role reversal," Ishana Night Shyamalan tells Total Film in our new issue about working with M. Night Shyamalan. And while The Watched marks her feature film debut, Shyamalan tells us she
  
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• Now that Madame Web has hit Netflix, people are loving it and the memes are incredible

  21-05-2024 14:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Just weeks after Sony’s Madame Web hit Netflix, it has flown up the streamer’s charts, becoming very popular with viewers, despite its negative reception upon release. After landing on May 15, Madame Web has absolutely dominated the streamer’s charts sitting at number 1 in several countries including the US, according to Flix Patrol. The flick is yet to drop in the UK, but considering how Sony movies in the past have landed on Netflix UK around the time they expire in the
  
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• Furiosa star Tom Burke thinks Praetorian Jack should get his own Mad Max Saga

  21-05-2024 13:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Though many of the distinctive faces in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga will be familiar to anyone who saw 2015 action masterpiece Mad Max: Fury Road, one that definitely won’t be is that of Praetorian Jack.As played by British actor Tom Burke, who adopts an impressively convincing Antipodean accent for the role, Jack is the Immortan Joe’s main War Rig driver, and an ally to Furiosa in her quest for vengeance against Chris Hemsworth’s despotic warlord Dementus. Unlike Furiosa, Jack&rsq
  
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• The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 studio dev thinks "it only makes sense" for CD Projekt Red to make a new IP that comes "straight from us"

  21-05-2024 13:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  A CD Projekt developer on Cyberpunk 2077 and now Project Hadar has said it "makes sense" for the developer to focus on a new IP.CD Projekt announced in 2022 that it was making a brand new IP, which has since become known as Project Hadar. We don't know much about the new project, but we do know that it's not a "cosmic horror in Feudal Japan," as CD Projekt themselves had to rebuff just earlier this year. GamesRadar+ recently spoke to Maria Mazur at Digital Dragons in Poland, and asked the f
  
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• Mad Max creator George Miller "often thinks" about what happens to Furiosa after Fury Road

  21-05-2024 13:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  In 2015, Mad Max: Fury Road introduced the world to the Imperator Furiosa, a seriously ass-kicking addition to George Miller’s Mad World who upstaged Max in his own movie. Now the Wasteland Warrior has taken the wheel for her own Mad Max Saga. Furiosa sees Anya Taylor-Joy and Alyla Browne step into Charlize Theron’s skull-crusher boots, chronicling some 16 years in the character’s traumatic life, from her abduction at the age of 10 to her ascent through the ranks of the Im
  
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• House of the Dragon star says we should "expect the very worst possible" as season 2 will include one of Game of Thrones' most brutal moments

  21-05-2024 13:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  House of the Dragon season 2 star Olivia Cooke, who plays Alicent in the fantasy show, is warning everyone to prepare for one of Game of Thrones' most brutal moments. "God!" Cooke told Entertainment Weekly. "I'd just say, it is Game of Thrones, expect the worst. Expect the very worst possible, and then double it. I dunno what else to say without heavily spoiling it, but it is heinous."We won't spoil what exactly happens in the moment, but if your curiosity is piqued, you can check out our s
  
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• With 30 million people signed up already, imminent open-world RPG Wuthering Waves is another Chinese action darling to watch

  21-05-2024 13:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ahead of launch tomorrow, action-RPG Wuthering Waves has amassed a staggering 30 million pre-registrations around the world across mobile and PC platforms.Wuthering Waves, if you don't already know about it, is another sublime-looking open-world action RPG from a Chinese developer, and it's right around the corner with a May 22 launch in sight. Ahead of launch last week, developer Kuro Game announced in the tweet below that a grand total of 30 million players around the world had pre-registered
  
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• One Gremlins scene was so divisive, the studio asked theater projectionists to cut it during screenings

  21-05-2024 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The story of the making of 1984's Gremlins is as fascinating at the film itself, as the team behind it broke all the rules to make a classic still very much beloved today. There are, of course, numerous infamous stories, from the fact that studio Warner Bros. suggested there were too many Gremlins in the movie to the original script being far more violent than what we eventually saw on-screen.One particular scene was a point of contention - the moment where Kate (Phoebe Cates) tells Billy (
  
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• Wade Wilson himself stumbles through Deadpool 3's official synopsis, promising Marvel's "most significant mistake to date"

  21-05-2024 12:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Deadpool 3 has been getting meta with its marketing since it was first announced, but the latest update seems to be the most Wade Wilson-coded yet. Marvel has released an official synopsis for the movie, which seems like it’s been written by the Merc with the Mouth himself."Marvel Studios presents their most significant mistake to date – Deadpool & Wolverine," the short introduction reads. "A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life. His days as the morally flexible merce
  
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• Kingdom Hearts hopeful held off buying the RPGs on Epic for 3 years - only to cave 5 days before the Steam version was announced

  21-05-2024 12:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  A Kingdom Hearts fan held out purchasing the RPG series on the Epic Games Store for three years, only to cave five days before they came to Steam.Square Enix's Disney-infused RPG series first came to PC back in 2021 and has been an Epic Games Store exclusive until now. Some fans weren't happy with this apparently, like the one seen just below, who stubbornly refused to purchase the Kingdom Hearts games until they came to Steam. Last week on May 16, that fan finally caved, putting down the cash f
  
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