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• Cult of the Lamb dev says the roguelike is "just like Animal Crossing" except "more realistic, since you can't buy a house"

  01-11-2024 16:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Cult of the Lamb fans have been hit with "a dose of reality" by the roguelike game's Twitter community manager, who's compared the indie hit to Animal Crossing in a way that's in equal parts hilarious and truly painful. Over on Twitter yesterday, the official Cult of the Lamb Twitter account shared a new parody animation from YouTube channel 64 Bits, which reimagines Nintendo's adorable cozy life sim series Animal Crossing – transforming it into something which looks and feels much mo
  
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• Somehow another roguelike RPG 17 years in the making launched last year, and sitting beside Caves of Qud it's gotten 4,700 glowing Steam reviews in near-total silence

  02-01-2025 21:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  After 17 years, a slightly confusing pre-alpha, a fat Kickstarter, and one false sequel, the true follow-up to legendary 2007 release Elona is out in the wild. Roguelike sandbox RPG Elin launched on Steam in early access last year, and it's gone down quite well with both Japanese and English-speaking fans, amassing over 4,700 94% positive user reviews at the time of writing.Elin, not unlike fellow roguelike RPG Caves of Qud, which was also officially released last year after a 17-year wait, is o
  
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• 2025 kicks off with another live service death as Friday the 13th: The Game fans sadly twerk on its grave

  02-01-2025 20:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Friday the 13th: The Game has just ended online service, and since fans knew it was coming, they had the chance to give the survival horror multiplayer a proper burial – one that involves bikinis and stuff. While Friday the 13th was removed from storefronts in 2023, players who already owned the game had access to it through the very end of New Year's Eve 2024. So, instead of choreographing their midnight kisses, fans decided to put on their best ass-breaking dance emotes and shimmy t
  
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• The Switch 2 news drought sent so many Nintendo fans to the page for a new AI upscaling patent that they seemingly crashed it

  02-01-2025 19:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Everybody's desperate for Switch 2 news, and the leaks and rumors that have been percolating for years feel like they're about to boil over. Now, all the focus is on a patent Nintendo filed for an AI-based upscaling technology, and so many people are trying to take a look that they're crashing the page on the US Patent and Trademark Office website.The patent concerns "systems and methods for machine learned image conversion," and while it was initially filed on July 13, 2023, it was only just pu
  
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• Marvel Rivals officially confirms first new characters: The Fantastic Four are coming soon

  02-01-2025 19:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Confirming the first of many Marvel Rivals characters to come, developer NetEase Games announced that the Fantastic Four are headed to the hero shooter soon."Get ready to welcome Marvel’s First family in Marvel Rivals," a fresh tweet reads, teasing the hero art pictured above. "Trailer on January 6th at 8:00 AM PST / 16:00 UTC. Be there."Season 0 of Marvel Rivals will end soon and was "inspired by Doctor Doom and his never-ending quest to unravel the mysteries of time," making the Fantasti
  
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• You probably missed this heartbreaking Celebrimbor detail in The Rings of Power

  02-01-2025 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Rings of Power fans have spotted a heartbreaking Celebrimbor detail, and it's all to do with Adar.Back in season 1, Celebrimbor lamented that, while the master craftsman Fëanor's works had "nearly turned the heart of the Great Foe himself," his own had accomplished nothing. It's a sentiment that feels all the more upsetting when you remember that Celebrimbor would later forge the rings of power themselves under the manipulation of Annatar, as seen in The Rings of Power season 2.But, tra
  
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• Trap star Josh Hartnett is stuck on a plane full of assassins in first trailer for new action thriller from the team behind John Wick

  02-01-2025 18:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Trap star Josh Hartnett finds himself in another sticky situation in his next movie – and, this time, 37,000 feet in the air.He stars in Fight or Flight, a new action thriller produced by John Wick helmer Basil Iwanyk and made by his production company Thunder Road Films. Per the official synopsis, "a mercenary takes on the job of tracking down a target on a plane but must protect her when they're surrounded by people trying to kill both of them."The high-octane trailer, which you can wat
  
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• Minecraft experts dedicate 3 years to building Breath of the Wild's entire open-world map out of blocks: "I put everything else aside"

  02-01-2025 18:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  YouTuber and Minecraft architect Grazzy recently finished building Breath of the Wild's entire, surreal open-world map in the sandbox game after three years of toiling. "I'd put this idea off for so long because of one simple reason: it's impossible," Grazzy says in a recent video explaining how he brought Nintendo's wistful cel-shaded world to the land of cubes. "Replicating every patch of ruins, every settlement, every Guardian – that would be hard enough on its own, but how would I
  
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• Goosebumps: The Vanishing's David Schwimmer explains what actually gives him goosebumps

  02-01-2025 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Disney Plus streaming anthology series Goosebumps: The Vanishing sits, like the books by R.L. Stine it's based on, largely within the horror genre with a side of comedy. The name itself is all about what frightens you, which is why we had to ask star David Schwimmer what, exactly, gives him goosebumps.Rather than go for an easy answer about what scares the Friends star in various media, Schwimmer had something more unsettling in mind. "What gives me goosebumps in real life, not watching a movie
  
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• Everyone Goosebumps: The Vanishing star David Schwimmer talked to about it said the same thing: "Oh my God, you have to do it"

  02-01-2025 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Goosebumps: The Vanishing, the second season of the Disney Plus streaming anthology series based on the classic horror books by writer R.L. Stine, is almost certainly heavily anticipated by an audience that grew up reading Stine's work and is now the exact right age to be interested in a Disney Plus show. But according to Friends star David Schwimmer, who plays recently divorced dad Anthony in the new season, he'd actually missed out on all the hype back in the day."I love horror; I love action;
  
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• Borderlands 4 CEO wouldn't call the shooter an open-world, but it is the "most open and free" game Gearbox has ever made

  02-01-2025 17:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  Gearbox Software wouldn't necessarily call its upcoming looter shooter behemoth Borderlands 4 an open-world game, but it is seamless and you will be able to travel to any location in sight without loading screens, so we might just be splitting hairs here.In response to one content creator who called Borderlands 4 open world, Gearbox CEO and occasional magician Randy Pitchford tweeted that he wouldn't use those worlds because "the term comes with a lot of baggage that doesn't apply. You'll see."&
  
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• Undertale creator Toby Fox brings a joyous New Year's reminder: "Deltarune Chapter 3 and 4 will release this year in 2025!"

  02-01-2025 17:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fans have been waiting a long, long time for Deltarune Chapter 3 and 4 - the first paid parts of the episodic Undertale follow-up - but series creator Toby Fox has brought some joy to the new year with the reminder that these episodes are still on track to launch in 2025."Happy New Year, friends," Fox says in a Bluesky post. "Don't forget, Deltarune Chapter 3 and 4 will release this year in 2025!" Fox describes this line as "his New catch phrase," so I guess we can expect to hear it a few more t
  
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• GTA 6 will be "worth waiting for" says CEO of Rockstar owner, who teases that "we really focus on presenting something to the audience that they just haven't seen before"

  02-01-2025 16:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Unless it gets hit with a delay, GTA 6 is officially scheduled to grace our screens later this year, and the CEO of Rockstar Games owner Take-Two Interactive is teasing that it'll be "worth waiting for."In a recent interview with content creator Conner Mather on YouTube (below), CEO Strauss Zelnick speaks about the success of the Take-Two, which serves as the parent of the studios behind GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Borderlands, and more. Supporting the company's creative teams is a massive part of
  
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• Microsoft said "'Nah'" to the Halo x Doom crossover pitched for Amazon's Secret Level, but I'm crossing my fingers for Season 2

  02-01-2025 16:22 via gamesradar.com
  
  Secret Level is an animated anthology show that reimagines a handful of iconic games - from Pac-Man and Spelunky to Armored Core and The Outer Worlds - in small, self-contained episodes, but the series' creators had originally pitched a badass-sounding crossover between Halo's Master Chief and the self-titled Doom Slayer that sadly never came to be."I get a little chafed when I read online, and they're like, 'Hold on, these assholes took Spelunky when they could have taken Halo?,'" series creato
  
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• Helldivers 2's Killzone-inspired sniper "could maybe use some tweaking," creative director admits, but "weapons are what weapons are" and "balance doesn't matter"

  02-01-2025 15:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Helldivers 2's first collaboration with Killzone didn't have the most spectacular start last month, and as the dust settles, some loyal Super Earth defenders have been left contemplating the lack of firepower for one certain crossover weapon, while the game's creative director insists that "balance doesn't matter."The weapon in question is the PLAS-39 Accelerator Rifle – the Killzone-inspired burst fire sniper. It's far from the strongest thing in the game, to the point that some on Reddit
  
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• Netflix's new number 1 movie may be a Christmas thriller, but it's still topping the streamer's charts after the holidays

  02-01-2025 15:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  New Christmas action-thriller Carry-On is still Netflix's number 1 movie, even though the holidays have been and gone.The movie stars Kingsman star Taron Egerton as a TSA agent working at LAX, who's blackmailed into allowing a dangerous piece of luggage on board a flight on Christmas Eve. Black Adam and Jungle Cruise helmer Jaume Collet-Serra directed the film, and the cast also includes Jason Bateman, Dean Norris, and Danielle Deadwyler.Originally released on December 13, Carry-On is still the
  
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• Squid Game star thought the season 2 brutal cliffhanger might make the audience "angry" and "curse" the ending: "How could you end the season at that point?"

  02-01-2025 14:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Squid Game season 2 has finally arrived, and it's already a huge hit for Netflix, breaking a record previously held by Wednesday and becoming one of the most popular shows on the streamer.But, as anyone who's seen all seven episodes will know, it ends on quite the brutal cliffhanger. If you were shouting at your TV when the credits rolled, you're not alone – even Gi-hun actor Lee Jung-jae was taken aback."My first reaction was, 'how could you end the season at that point?' I think the audi
  
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• After 30 years of work on Capcom's Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma games, director Hideaki Itsuno has already started his "new project"

  02-01-2025 13:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  After directing multiple Devil May Cries and both Dragon's Dogmas, famed director Hideaki Itsuno has already begun working on a "new project" at his shiny new studio.Last summer, Hideaki Itsuno announced that he was leaving publisher Capcom after three whole decades and multiple genre-defining hits under his belt to make a "new game in a new environment." A few months later, the pioneering developer then confirmed he was opening two new Japan-based development offices with Tencent's LightSpeed S
  
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• With Jason Momoa switching Aquaman for Lobo, DC fans are convinced it's perfect casting

  02-01-2025 13:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Former Aquaman star Jason Momoa will play Lobo in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. While it's a casting that has been rumored for some time, DC fans are still overjoyed by the change."Hell F***in Yeah... dude was born to play the role but was stuck with Aquaman," says one person, with another adding: "He's been prepping his entire life for this. Doesn't even need hair extensions""This is a good casting (Momoa's Aquaman was more Lobo than Arthur Curry already) but I can't say I want to see Lobo in t
  
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• Black Myth: Wukong lead blames the missing Xbox port on Series S specs, months after Microsoft claimed the delay wasn't due to "platform limitations"

  02-01-2025 12:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  The situation around Black Myth: Wukong's console exclusivity has gotten even stranger as the action blockbuster's lead has said the game isn't on Xbox because of the Xbox Series S' specs.Black Myth: Wukong lead and Game Science CEO Feng Ji celebrated the game's multiple wins in the player-voted 2024 Steam Awards - where it grabbed gold for Game of the Year - in a post on Chinese social media site Weibo, where he also wagged his finger at Microsoft's more affordable console. "The only thing
  
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• GTA Online fans find a "loophole" to enable crossplay across PC and PS4, and apparently all you need is a jailbroken console, a dev copy of GTA 5, and access to a private server

  02-01-2025 12:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  GTA Online may be the lifeblood that's kept Grand Theft Auto fans going throughout the over decade-long wait for GTA 6, but more than 11 years on from its launch, developer Rockstar still hasn't added crossplay to allow players across different platforms to dive into the action together. However, some fans have apparently found a workaround, but it's not straightforward.Specifically, according to Twitter account GTASixInfo, a "loophole" has been found to enable crossplay across PS4 and PC, but i
  
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• Nosferatu star Bill Skarsgård is interested in playing the Joker: "I think that would be pretty sick"

  02-01-2025 12:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nosferatu star Bill Skarsgård may be well known for playing Pennywise in the It movies, but he's interested in playing another clown: the Joker."I was, like, a Batman kid. Batman was my superhero growing up," the actor said during a recent appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.When asked if he'd rather play Batman or Joker at this point in his career, he joked, "Maybe both," before continuing, "I don't know, man. I think there'd be a fucking cool Joker in me, probably, somewhere. I
  
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• Squid Game season 2 beats Wednesday to have Netflix's biggest ever premiere week

  02-01-2025 11:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Squid Game season 2 is off to a massive start on Netflix, already becoming one of its most popular shows of all time – and breaking a record for the streamer's biggest-ever premiere week.The second season of the hit drama show was released on December 26, 2024, with seven episodes available to stream. A third and final season is due later this year.According to Netflix, season 2 scored 68 million views in its first week, making it the most-watched premiere week ever. That means it steals t
  
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• With Concord in the rearview, Halo Infinite dev is glad it's still kicking "in a climate where games can be shut down with little notice"

  02-01-2025 11:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Despite a rocky launch year, Halo Infinite is still alive and well - and one developer is particularly grateful for its enduring legs considering just how brutal 2024 was for struggling live service games."Lots to be thankful for in 2024," Halo Studios' senior community manager John Junyszek tweeted to usher in the new year. "After taking a step back to reflect, it's been great to see how much Halo Infinite improved this year. In a climate where games can be shut down with little notice, I'm hap
  
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• The RTS genre "hasn’t changed much" says former Age of Empires developer, "you’re still playing the same game we’re playing 20 years ago"

  31-12-2024 20:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  RTS games have been around for a long time, but industry veteran Dave Pottinger whose resume includes games like Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, and Halo Wars, believes the genre is stagnating.Pottinger is working on a new game, Project Citadel, with Last Keep Games, and with the pedigree he has, it'll be interesting to see if he does make something that keeps the genre fresh. Everyone at Last Keep Games plays something together once a week, and recently that's been Microsoft's Age of Mytholog
  
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• Cozy farming sim Stardew Valley has sold over 41 million copies as of right now, with over half on PC and almost 8 million on the Switch

  31-12-2024 19:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stardew Valley is one of the most-successful indie games of all time, and as of December this year, it's sold over 41 million copies.That's a huge chunk of change for developer ConcernedApe, who has worked on the game mostly by himself. He's contracted people here and there and had help porting it to other platforms, but as of March, 2024, his net worth is estimated at $45 million.According to the official Stardew Valley website, 26 million copies of the game have been sold on PC and 7.9 million
  
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• Ambitious Skyblivion project is nearing completion, with only one region of Oblivion left to remake with Skryim's engine, but it still needs volunteers to help

  31-12-2024 19:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  A fan-made project that's remaking Oblivion using Skyrim's engine, Skyblivion, has just released its latest roadmap. It's nearly finished and should still make its promised 2025 launch, so we've got yet another game to be excited for next year.In the video, the narrator says "we're finalizing the world map with only the Nibene region on Cyrodiil's Eastern border left to complete." This is an impressive feat since Oblivion is almost 33% bigger than Skyrim, but eight out of the nine regions have b
  
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• Hideo Kojima's Overdose hit a snag this year because "scanning and filming were suspended" due to the SAG-AFTRA strikes, but work on Death Stranding 2 continued as normal

  31-12-2024 18:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  In a thank you message to fans on Twitter, Hideo Kojima reveals that scanning and filming for one of his next games, Overdose, had to be suspended earlier in the year due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.The SAG-AFTRA strikes first began in 2023 when members of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and production companies like Disney and Netflix failed to reach an agreement over issues such as pay and the unauthorized use of performers' likenesses for AI.&nb
  
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• Discover the secrets of Section 31 with the latest issue of SFX

  31-12-2024 10:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Michelle Yeoh and three of her fellow Section 31 cast members are the cover stars of SFX issue 387.Don't forget: if you live in the UK you can use this tool to find a stockist near you. Or you can order a copy online.
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  The ruthless Mirror Universe version of Philippa Georgiou returns in Section 31, a streaming Star Trek movie about the Federation’s black ops division. We speak to director Olatunde Osunsanmi, plus cast members Robert Kazinsky and Sam Richard
  
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• Severance season 2 will reveal more about the mysterious Eagans promises showrunner Dan Erickson, following that shocking Helly reveal: "I have a many, many page document that keeps the lore of the show"

  31-12-2024 09:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Severance showrunner Dan Erickson says we've only barely scratched the surface when it comes to the Eagans - the cult-like family behind Lumon and the 'revolutionary' severance process."We're going to see some of their plans and machinations coming to fruition, or nearing fruition. It was vitally important that we [the writers] know them, and that we know them well. I have what has become a many, many page document that's essentially a show bible for us, that keeps the lore of the show," Erickso
  
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