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• New Doctor Who companion actor breaks silence on surprise early appearance in the show

  20-05-2024 12:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  Doctor Who will be introducing a new companion in its next season, played by Andor star Varada Sethu. But, if you watched the latest episode, 'Boom,' you might have noticed a familiar face popping up quite early…Sethu played Mundy Flynn in the episode, and, if you're confused about just what's going on, the team behind the sci-fi show have explained all. "It's a delight to welcome Varada to Doctor Who, earlier than expected, though things are about to get timey-wimey," showrunner Rus
  
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• The devs behind PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade are "considering" a PC port and a sequel

  21-05-2024 01:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stellar Blade studio Shift Up is considering a sequel as well as a PC port of the PS5 exclusive action-RPG.This comes from a recent public filing on the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (thanks, Gematsu), in which Shift Up confirms it's "considering a PC version of Stellar Blade and a sequel." Stellar Blade launched as a PS5 exclusive late last month, but Shift Up isn't a first-party Sony studio. In fact, we recently learned the studio is working on a "cross-platform next-ge
  
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• The Sims 4 challenger Life by You delayed again, again, and this time there's no new release date

  20-05-2024 22:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Life by You, the upcoming life sim gunning for The Sims' crown, has had its Early Access launch delayed a third time.An update from publisher Paradox Interactive's deputy CEO Mattias Lilja reads: "After much consideration, we regret to announce that we have decided to retract Life by You's Early Access release date, previously set for June 4th. This was not an easy decision, especially since we understand the anticipation and excitement that many players have for the game. However, we believe th
  
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• Street Fighter 6 Director Talks Akuma's Arrival

  20-05-2024 22:25 via gameinformer.com
  
  Platform:PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PC
  Publisher:Capcom
  Developer:Capcom
  Release: June 2, 2023
  Rating:Teen Street Fighter 6 is poised to wrap up its Year 1 character offerings with one of the franchise's most iconic fighters. Akuma brings his Satsui no Hado mastery to the renowned title this week. Introduced in 1994's Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Akuma represents the most classic post-launch character added to Street Fighter 6 during its first year of post-launch content,
  
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• Elder Scrolls Online lead says "we're the most prolific AAA game studio" after making an MMO that's "the equivalent of more than 10 single-player games"

  20-05-2024 21:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Elder Scrolls Online narrative director Bill Slavicsek reckons ZeniMax Online is the most prolific AAA game studio ever after 10 years of updates he reckons are equivalent to 10 single-player games.I recently caught up with Slavicsek amid ESO's 10th anniversary festivities, and he explained how, right from the beginning of ESO's development, ZeniMax Online was essentially creating creating single-player stories packaged in an MMORPG. "And I think that has helped us craft the intricate stories th
  
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• Elden Ring player wins $1,000 bet with her husband by beating the RPG after nearly 50 hours of grinding: "It was extremely painful ... I don't play games often"

  20-05-2024 20:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new Elden Lord has ascended the throne in Elden Ring's Lands Between, and thanks to a bet with her husband, she's $1,000 richer. Last week, Reddit user Jamersaur informed the Elden Ring Reddit community that he'd bet his wife $1,000 she couldn't beat Elden Ring. He goes by Jamer online, and his wife asked to remain anonymous for this story. She tells me that it was no easy feat, in no small part because playing offline was part of the bet, but reader, she did beat Elden Ring. Jamer e
  
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• The scariest movie of the summer starring Nicolas Cage as a serial killer just got a disturbing new trailer

  20-05-2024 19:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  After a series of cryptic teasers and scary promotional photos, an official trailer for Oz Perkins's Longlegs has arrived.The clip, which can be viewed below, sees Maika Monroe's Lee Harker investigate what appears to be a series of gruesome murders that are all connected. Oh, but then we meet the murderer himself (none other than Nicolas Cage) – and the sounds that play during those particular scenes are definitely going to keep me up at night."I know you're not afraid of a little bit of
  
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• Sandman season 2 gets first look and new cast members: "It’s going to be one Hell of a family reunion"

  20-05-2024 18:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Netflix has unveiled the first look at The Sandman season 2 – and it's a full-out family reunion.A video shared to Netflix's Twitter and Instagram accounts shows not only the returning members of the Endless, but three new members that now render the family complete: Esmé Creed-Miles as Delirium, Adrian Lester as Destiny, and Barry Sloane as The Prodigal (aka Destruction). Now that all seven Endless are here...we can expect an even wilder season 2. Gaiman goths stay winning!The vide
  
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• One of the best anime shows of all time with a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score is climbing Netflix charts

  20-05-2024 18:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  The highly popular anime show One-Punch Man has finally landed on Netflix in selected regions and has managed to make its way into the streamer’s top 10 charts. As of May 20, the first season of the action comedy anime series stands at number 10 in the UK and an average of 8.5 in 11 regions, as shown on Flix Patrol. The show was released onto the streamer on May 17 in selected regions but has already been available to stream on Netflix US for quite some time. Based on the manga s
  
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• 25 years later, Star Wars has released the original teaser trailer for The Phantom Menace, and we've got goosebumps

  20-05-2024 18:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Star Wars: The Phantom Menace was a formative cinema experience for many – including one of our Jar Jar Binks-obsessed writers. If that’s the case for you, then get ready for a fresh wave of nostalgia: over 25 years after its release, the original teaser trailer has been re-surfaced by the official Star Wars Twitter account.As you can see below, the Anakin-centric trailer was audiences’ first taste of the prequels and The Phantom Menace. You might just be surprised at
  
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• Two years after it was announced, MCU's Nova series gets a positive update

  20-05-2024 18:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Back in 2022, a Nova MCU series was reported to be in the works – and since then, updates have been non-existent, besides a Hollywood Reporter report saying in 2023 that the show was now on a "slower path".But, Marvel streaming boss Brad Winderbaum has finally given a positive update on the show. "It's new territory for us, developing more shows than we produce," he told Screen Rant. "Nova certainly is exciting to us, we've got some great ideas simmering. I think there's a lot of pote
  
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• Deadpool 3 debuts some more NSFW footage with Wolverine, and Marvel fans are loving it

  20-05-2024 17:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new scrap of footage has debuted for Deadpool 3, and even though it’s not much, we’re even more excited to see the threequel now. To mark tickets going on sale for screenings later in July, Ryan Reynolds shared a new trailer for Wade Wilson’s MCU debut.Most of the clip covers moments we’ve seen before in the trailers for Deadpool & Wolverine, including the mutants' iconic entrance at the beginning. "Let’s fucking go," Logan and Wade both say as we se
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 director isn't giving advice to whoever makes Baldur's Gate 4, but he did have one thing to say: "They have to do their own thing"

  20-05-2024 17:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3's director isn't giving the development team for the next game in the RPG series any advice - he says "they have to do their own thing" instead.GamesRadar+ recently spoke to Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke at the Digital Dragons conference in Poland, and asked the game director and Larian studio head if he had any advice for the team making Baldur's Gate 4. This follows from Larian saying it was done with the RPG series after Baldur's Gate 3, and would instead be an entirely
  
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• The hosts for The PC Gaming Show's 10th anniversary have been confirmed

  20-05-2024 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The PC Gaming Show is returning for its tenth anniversary, and a returning suite of hosts has been confirmed.First hosted by our sister site PC Gamer nearly a decade ago, the PC Gaming Show is back this summer. Taking place on Sunday, June 9 at 13.00 PT/ 16:00 ET/ 21:00 BST/ 22:00 CEST, this year's show will feature a huge line-up of more than 75 games. There'll be an exclusive update on Killing Floor 3, the reveal of the third faction in Stormgate, the anticipated RTS from Warcraft and Sta
  
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• Hades 2 director challenges roguelike convention: "If you don't finish the run, it doesn't mean that you failed"

  20-05-2024 16:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Hades 2 team hopes that its roguelike sequel offers "more opportunities to set your own goals" as you play.Supergiant Games creative director and Hades 2 head Greg Kasavin says that the indie studio looked to how the community played through its original roguelike for inspiration on how to design the more recently released sequel. Speaking to Edge, Kasavin explains that while the first game presented us with a "clear goal," which is to simply "get to the end," the team found that most player
  
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• Helldivers 2 devs need "more time" to sort out the shooter's divisive weapon balancing: "We're cooking"

  20-05-2024 16:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead needs "more time" to get an upcoming weapon balance patch right, but fret not, the team is "cooking."A user in the Helldivers 2 Discord recently asked an Arrowhead community manager whether they had a timetable for a new weapon balance patch launching, as seen in the screenshot below. The community manager responded that the developer needs "more time," but reassures the player that "we're cooking."
  Twinbeard on timeline for weapon balance patch from r/Helldivers
  
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• Poor Things director's new movie with an all-star cast earns a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, but not everyone agrees

  20-05-2024 16:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  The new movie from Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos, Kinds of Kindness, has debuted to a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score. The film recently premiered at Cannes and has garnered an impressive 92% critics score from 25 reviews so far. "This long, scaldingly original film enthralls even as it frustrates, defying conventional logic while presenting an absurdist riff on modern society. It's never boring, and yet, Lanthimos' outré sensibility demands a special brand of patienc
  
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• Everything revealed at the Warhammer Preview Show at a glance, including a Necromunda dungeon-crawler

  20-05-2024 15:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Another Warhammer Preview Show just dropped, and that means more models to salivate over. Even though it operated under the shadow of the massive new Age of Sigmar boxset reveal, it had some surprises of its own. Reinforcements and a new Codex for a pair of Warhammer 40K armies dropped alongside a fresh spin on Necromunda that should appeal to RPG fans. A highly anticipated update for the Horus Heresy was also revealed.To save you a bit of time, I've rounded up the headlines. Here's all the cool
  
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• Alien: Romulus director had an extensive call with James Cameron to go over granular details, right down to the ship’s engine sizes

  20-05-2024 15:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest entry into the Alien franchise, Alien: Romulus, is set tantalizingly between Ridley Scott’s seminal ’79 original and James Cameron’s superlative sequel. And, in an exclusive new look at the film, director Fede Álvarez tells us it’s "an amalgamation of Alien and Aliens on many levels".Speaking to Total Film in our new issue, which features Twisters on the cover, Álvarez explains that he embraced many of the same practical filmmaking techn
  
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• Daisy Ridley absolutely wants John Boyega back in her Star Wars film: "It feels like we should"

  20-05-2024 14:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Daisy Ridley has reiterated how keen she is for John Boyega’s Finn to return in her upcoming Star Wars movie. The Rey star shared her hopes, after previously sharing her support for her co-star.Ridley "played coy" to The Hollywood Reporter when she was quizzed on if Finn could return for the upcoming film. It’s set 15 years after The Rise of Skywalker and will see Rey back to try and rebuild the Jedi order once again. While she didn’t reveal if he’d return,
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 director bragged it could be the "RPG of the decade" during development - then immediately regretted it

  20-05-2024 13:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3's director has reflected on the game's early development process, and why he regretted saying it could be the RPG of the decade.At a presentation at Digital Dragons in Poland, Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke revealed to attendees how the RPG looked in the early stages of development. Vincke revealed Larian originally wanted to have a "dungeon master" tell the player what was going on via voiceover, but Vincke felt it was a "little too ambitious" for Larian to handle.Baldur's
  
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• Sorry Venom fans, Venom 3 has been confirmed to be the last movie in the saga

  20-05-2024 13:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bad news Venom fans, but it looks like the franchise’s upcoming third installment will be the alien symbiote’s last dance as Sony has revealed that Venom 3 is the final film in the series. "The third and last Venom, is going to be huge," said Sony Motion Picture Group Chairman Tom Rothman whilst speaking on the future of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe in an interview with Deadline. Rothman’s comment gives us hope that the movie will go out with a bang but also confirms V
  
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• The Boys star says the ending of season 4 is "f****** nuts" – and wants the superhero show to run for as long as possible

  20-05-2024 13:38 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Boys season 4 is almost out, and Hughie star Jack Quaid has said it's his favorite season yet. Speaking ahead of the launch of the bloody and brutal superhero show, the actor also teased some details about what the ending will hold, after it was just renewed for season 5. "They always find a way to somehow find new beats, and they never repeat themselves," Quaid told Collider about the new season. "It’s been really cool. This is my favorite season that we’ve ever done. The w
  
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• X-Men '97 season 2 gets a major update, but Marvel streaming boss is asking people to be patient

  20-05-2024 13:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  X-Men '97 has just wrapped up on Disney Plus, but another season is in the works – though it might take a little while. "It's still an animatic phase. Animation takes so long to make as I'm sure you know. There was a great bit about this in Invincible season 2," Marvel streaming boss Brad Winderbaum explained to ComicBook.com. "They just nailed it so hard, it is the greatest. And it takes a long time. Because the studio wants to see how successful the first season is before they green
  
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• Upcoming horror sequel MaXXXine starring Mia Goth is a "very rich movie" with a "Terminator-like aesthetic" says director

  20-05-2024 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The next chapter in Ti West’s X trilogy, MaXXXine will transport fans to yet another decade, the ‘80s. But it’s not just all spandex and big hair in the threequel, as the director has taken influence straight from some of the era’s most risque and action-packed movies. "It’s a very rich movie," West tells Total Film in our new issue out on Thursday May 23, which features Twisters on the cover. The director goes on to explain how MaXXXine boasts everything from
  
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• New horror movie debuts to a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, as first reactions call it an "instant body horror classic" that is "one for the sickos"

  20-05-2024 12:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Substance has landed rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival, as the new Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley-led horror movie is called an "instant body horror classic".Landing an 11-minute standing ovation at the festival, the film is written and directed by  French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat. Taking its inspiration from cell division, the movie imagines a new revolutionary product called The Substance, which allows users to create an alter-ego that’s younger, more beautiful, and mor
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 developer is gearing up for its "two very ambitious RPGs" by opening a 7th studio on the Witcher devs' territory

  20-05-2024 12:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian has opened a brand new studio, as it's working on two new "very ambitious" RPGs.Earlier today, May 20, Larian announced it has opened up a brand new studio in Poland, called 'Larian Studios Warsaw.' Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke said in a press release that the new Polish studio is a chance to recruit a lot of outstanding talent, that he saw for himself last year when visiting Poland for the Game Industry Conference."On top of that, many of them want to work on
  
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• Death Stranding 2's filming and recording is complete, but now it's entering an "adjustment phase" that'll last for over a year

  20-05-2024 12:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  Death Stranding 2's filming and recording is now complete, but the sequel is now in an "adjustment phase" that will take about a year to complete.As reported by Famitsu (and translated by Automaton Media), Hideo Kojima recently appeared on a radio broadcast, where he addressed Death Stranding 2's ongoing development. The game director revealed that Kojima Productions has finished filming and recording with Death Stranding 2's cast, although it's unclear if this is the English or Japanese cast.Wh
  
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• GTA 6 publisher says "perfection is hard to measure," but Rockstar is trying to create "an experience that no one has seen before"

  20-05-2024 11:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA 6 publisher's CEO has said Take-Two is "highly confident" in being able to hit the fall 2025 release window, and Rockstar Games is trying to create "an experience that no one has seen before."Last week, publisher Take-Two announced a fall 2025 release window for GTA 6, finally dispelling weeks-long rumors of a potential delay into 2026. Shortly after the news, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick appeared on CNBC, seen below, to field questions about Rockstar's creative process, and how confident th
  
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• Ghost of Tsushima becomes PlayStation's biggest single-player launch on PC, beating God of War and Marvel's Spider-Man

  19-05-2024 20:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ghost of Tsushima, the open-world samurai romp that debuted in 2020 as a PS4 exclusive, has become the publisher's biggest single-player launch on PC based on concurrent player counts.Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut made its way over to digital storefront Steam earlier this week, on May 16, packaging in the original game's sword-slashing campaign, as well as exclusive armor sets, developer commentary, and the Legends co-op mode in the Director's Cut. PlayStation's growing multiplatform app
  
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