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• Final Fantasy 14 wins Best Community at the Golden Joystick Awards 2021

  23-11-2021 23:50 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 14 has taken the crown for the Best Games Community award at the Golden Joystick Awards 2021.Square Enix's mega-popular MMO beat out some incredibly tough competition this year to take the award. It saw off the likes of Capcom's excellent Monster Hunter Rise, the game that just keeps on giving years later in No Man's Sky, and Bungie's ongoing foray into new realms of Destiny 2.You can see the full list of nominees just below:
  Destiny 2DreamsFinal Fantasy 14 (winner)Monster Hunter
  
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• League of Legends co-creator responds to report that Arcane was a "financial miss," says "people think we make things like Arcane to sell skins, when in reality we sell skins to make things like Arcane"

  24-12-2024 13:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  According to a new report, Arcane recouped less than half of its budget from payments to air its 18 episodes, but a Riot co-founder says the show is about more than just money.Bloomberg's report claims Arcane was a "financial miss" and Riot "didn’t have a robust plan to recoup the cost of the show before it launched." Executive producer Paul Bellezza tells Bloomberg the show cost $250 to produce and market, but that figure has been disputed.The report states Netflix paid $3 million per epi
  
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• After hours of number-crunching, one Marvel Rivals player has laid out the true meta – and Iron Fist's ranking feels alarming

  24-12-2024 13:27 via gamesradar.com
  
  Throw out everything you thought you knew about the chaotic, Overwatch-shaped problem with the Marvel Rivals meta, because one statistical genius fan just spelled it out for you.Each one of my shooter sessions seems plagued with the tanky likes of Hulk, Groot, and far too many Iron Fists to make staying alive an option for long, but according to one data-sifting aficionado on Reddit, these heroes don't even make the S tier. Aggragating_Job9976's rankings are based on the TOP500 players leaderboa
  
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• James Gunn says his DC shows will likely stick to the "one episode a week" schedule moving forward: "It affords a quality show an opportunity to be discussed"

  24-12-2024 13:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  James Gunn has reiterated his plan to keep his DCU series to releasing one episode a week – instead of the all-at-once or staggered models used by other studios and streamers.In response to a fan asking why DC animated series Creature Commandos wasn't released all at once, DC Studios co-CEO and Superman director Gunn replied on Twitter, "Because it affords a quality show an opportunity to be discussed and grow from week to week.Gunn continued, "[Creature Commandos] has gotten more popular
  
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• Just two weeks after its theatrical release, Lord of the Ring: The War of Rohirrim is heading to digital

  24-12-2024 13:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  New Lord of the Rings anime movie looks to be joining The Joker 2 in fastest theatrical run of 2024, as the film heads to digital just two weeks after it hit theaters.The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, which opened on December 13, will be available on participating digital platforms including Amazon Prime Video on December 27 (H/T Deadline), just 14 days after it hit the big screen.However, it is important to note that just because the movie is heading to digital, doesn't mean it wi
  
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• Nosferatu should "feel like a love triangle" according to star Lily-Rose Depp, albeit a twisted one

  24-12-2024 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Robert Eggers' reimagining of Nosferatu charts a similar path to F. W. Murnau's 1922 silent film, following a real estate agent who goes to visit the mysterious Count Orlok in the depths of Transylvania. There, he learns that the ancient vampire actually harbors a deep, secret obsession with his wife, Ellen, and will stop at nothing to get to her.Lily-Rose Depp plays Ellen in this iteration, alongside Nicholas Hoult as her husband Thomas Hutter and Bill Skarsgård as Orlok. Speaking to Game
  
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• You might be ready for Elden Ring: Nightreign, but not as ready as this streamer who completed the RPG like it was a roguelike – 207 bosses, random items, and permadeath

  24-12-2024 12:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Everyone loves doing challenge runs of FromSoftware games, and none is more repeatable than an Elden Ring randomizer that switches up the locations of every item and boss in the game.Streamer Bushy decided to do a deathless, randomized run of Elden Ring where he could only progress to the next region of the map once he'd fully cleared out the one preceding it. That's 207 bosses with just a single life, and if he dies the randomizer gets reset. This effectively turns Elden Ring into a roguelike &
  
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• The team behind the unofficial Zelda Ocarina of Time PC port just modernized another Nintendo 64 classic, and the original creator is "very happy" about it

  24-12-2024 11:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Retro shooter fans are celebrating the hotly anticipated Star Fox 64 PC fan port, and the original character designer is among those thrilled with the result."I don't think Nintendo would tolerate this," ex-Nintendo developer Takaya Imamura responded to the news on Twitter, "but I'm personally very happy about it." The classic sequel, also known in the PAL region as Lylat Wars, launched back in 1997 as a series reboot of 1993 original. Star Fox 64 had only been playable on Nintendo 64 hardware u
  
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• Nosferatu's Bill Skarsgård was so happy to shed the Orlok character when filming wrapped: "It was an immense sense of relief"

  24-12-2024 09:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  New horror movie Nosferatu retells the chilling story of Count Orlok, an ancient vampire who becomes obsessed with a young woman. Based on the 1922 silent German short film – which in turn is based on Dracula – Robert Eggers' gothic drama stars Bill Skarsgård as the titular vampire in what has been called a transformative performance.Clad in full prosthetics for the role, the It actor deepened his voice and went through intense preparation to play Count Orlok. And as he tells G
  
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• Warner Bros. is inexplicably delisting a bunch of games without warning, again, and devs are once again distraught: "We are heartbroken"

  24-12-2024 02:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warner Bros. is going on a delisting spree again, this time pulling a host of Cartoon Network-licensed games from digital storefronts.As first spotted by Wario64 on Twitter, some of the games that have been delisted so far include Adventure Time: Finn and Jake's Epic Quest, Adventure Time: Magic Man's Head Games, Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time, OK K.O.! Let's Play Heroes, Steven Universe: Save the Light, and Steven Universe: Unleash the Light. Looking around various online retailers like Best
  
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• Marvel Rivals joins Manor Lords, Palworld, and Helldivers 2 as one of Steam's best-selling and most-played new releases of 2024 despite launching at the end of the year

  24-12-2024 01:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valve has revealed Steam's most-played and best-selling games of the year, and when you narrow it down to new releases of 2024, Marvel Rivals is one of them despite just launching earlier this month.Steam's 'Best of 2024' page breaks down the platform's "top games measured by gross revenue," and the winners aren't entirely surprising. In the top-tier 'Platinum' group we have Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 at number one, followed by Counter Strike 2, Dota 2, Palworld, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2,
  
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• Sonic 3 didn't relegate Gerald Robotnik to Sonic Adventure 2-style flashbacks so he could be "more of a present danger"

  24-12-2024 00:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warning: the following features spoilers for Sonic the Hedgehog 3...Sonic 3 takes more than a few cues from Sonic Adventure 2, the 2001 Dreamcast title that helped cement the Blue Blur as a 3D platforming icon while simultaneously unleashing Shadow the Hedgehog onto the world.While the live-action threequel follows Sonic Adventure 2's story beats and broad narrative brushstrokes, one of the key differences involves the character of Gerald Robotnik (Jim Carrey).Namely, he is still alive and (some
  
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• The secret's out: Christopher Nolan's new Tom Holland-led movie is an Odyssey adaptation and a "mythic action epic shot across the world"

  23-12-2024 23:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Universal has officially announced Christopher Nolan's next movie is an adaptation of the seminal ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer.Nolan fans have been desperate to know what the Interstellar director has been cooking up as his next project since it was announced with Matt Damon attached as a lead actor back in October. Spider-Man web slinger Tom Holland was later announced as one of Damon's co-stars, further ratcheting up the anticipation. And now, following a number of rumors that w
  
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• Hideo Kojima offers another Death Stranding 2 update and a demonstration of his unique PS5 controller technique: "Building the game"

  23-12-2024 23:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Death Stranding 2 director Hideo Kojima took a momentary break from posting photos of Fragile actress Léa Seydoux on Twitter to instead post a photo of himself looking impossibly locked in while working on Death Stranding 2. "Building the game," Kojima said on Twitter over a set of photos showing him staring at a blank desktop screen with an inscrutable look on his face and a mysterious pair of black sunglasses. He's holding an Astro Bot PS5 controller – a gift, I think, b
  
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• Palworld drops a massive update that further distances the survival game from Pokemon following the Nintendo lawsuit, and fans couldn't be more proud: "Justice for Palworld"

  23-12-2024 21:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Palworld might be getting sued by Nintendo, but Pocketpair won't let that ruin Christmas – the developer just issued a gigantic update that largely tears the monster-hunter survival game away from Pokemon.The Feybreak update acts like a mini earthquake for Palworld, shaking up and rearranging many of the early access game's most key features. Along with introducing the new island Feybreak, the update alters how Pal Spheres work, which Pocketpair began differentiating from Pokeballs earlier
  
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• The Silent Hill 2 Remake director has pitched a Lord of the Rings horror game, and suddenly I'm hunched over growling 'my precious' at the thought of it

  23-12-2024 21:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Silent Hill 2 Remake director Mateusz Lenart once pitched a Lord of the Rings horror game, and now I feel utterly lost in a world without one.First spotted by The Gamer, Lenart appeared in a recent episode of the Bonfire Conversations podcast (timestamped here) and said his dream project is a medieval horror RPG. He also expressed his passion for fantasy and Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien in particular, which prompted the interviewer to say a Lord of the Rings horror game would be "cool
  
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• Creature Commandos gets a season 2 as James Gunn bestows us all with a monstrous holiday gift

  23-12-2024 21:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  James Gunn's Creature Commandos animated streaming series has officially been renewed for a second season according to Gunn himself, who shared the good news on social media just in time for Christmas, along with a holiday card featuring the show's unlikely mascot Weasel."You wanted monsters? Well, you’re getting even more," Gunn says. "We’re coming back for season two! But don’t worry, we’ve still got plenty left this season for you. Catch new episodes of Creature Comman
  
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• Sonic 3 writers have their say on whether Robotnik is really dead and begin the Jim Carrey Oscar campaign: "The fact that the Oscars almost exclusively only focus on drama is a little silly"

  23-12-2024 19:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warning: the following features spoilers for Sonic the Hedgehog 3...If you have already seen threequel Sonic 3, you will be well aware of just how terrific Jim Carrey is in it, pulling double duty in fashion playing both Ivo and Gerald Robotnik. In fact, our very own Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review says that Carrey steals the show.He's so good that, earlier this week, Sonic 3 writer Pat Casey tweeted that Carrey deserves an Oscar nomination for his performance, telling GamesRadar+ later in an interv
  
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• Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl's directors reveal the surprising influences behind their new "gnome noir" movie – including a Hitchcock classic

  23-12-2024 18:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wallace and Gromit has always worn its filmic influences on its clay-splattered sleeve. Its last feature film, Curse of the Were-Rabbit, spoofed Hammer Horror, while The Wrong Trousers was a picture-perfect pastiche of Hitchcockian thrillers.It's to the Hitchcock well where co-directors Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham return for upcoming movie Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – as part of a long-standing creative process for Aardman that arrives at the beginning of any production."
  
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• After being labeled a Dark Souls copy, Black Myth: Wukong is now getting its own imitators on the Nintendo store

  23-12-2024 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  What appears to be a knock-off version of the immensely popular Black Myth: Wukong has appeared on the Nintendo online store and is due to launch December 26.Wukong Sun: Black Legend, is a 2D platformer that strongly resembles Black Myth: Wukong, at least in terms of its story description and the art used to advertise the game.Wukong Sun: Black Legend is being developed and published by Global Game Studio. Its description on the Nintendo store reads: "Embark on an epic Journey to the West in Wuk
  
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• Bill Skarsgård ended up staying "isolated" from his castmates when filming horror movie Nosferatu – but he recalls co-star Nicholas Hoult's kindness

  23-12-2024 18:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Bill Skarsgård transforms into an undead vampire in the new horror movie Nosferatu and according to the actor, it was a very isolating process. The It: Chapter Two star is no stranger to onscreen shapeshifting, but he tells GamesRadar+ that the process of becoming Count Orlok in Robert Eggers' reimagining of the classic vampire tale left him distant from his co-stars."It happens kind of organically when you're in so much prosthetics and there's a whole process for me to access that voice,"
  
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• The Witcher 4 devs say romance will "absolutely" be a part of the RPG, it just has to be "super compelling and very meaningful"

  23-12-2024 17:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Witcher 3 is famous for its divisive love triangle, but an emotionally ambiguous, magical throuple could never stop developer CD Projekt Red from believing in love, so they promise The Witcher 4 will have enough of it. That's because romance is "a part of the way we make games," director Sebastian Kalemba tells GameSpot in a new interview. "It is a part of human nature. It's a very normal thing. Without that, I think we wouldn't be able to tell the very full story."While Ciri hasn't yet
  
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• One of the best Yu-Gi-Oh anime series is getting a 2025 remaster for its milestone 20th anniversary

  23-12-2024 17:02 via gamesradar.com
  
  Yu-Gi-Oh! is celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of its most popular series, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, with a special remaster coming in 2025.The remaster will air on TV Tokyo from April 2025, as reported by Crunchyroll. A wider release date is yet to be revealed. Voice actor Kenn who plays protagonist Jaden Yuki in the series commented on the remaster: "Thanks to everyone supporting me, I've been able to consistently face and play Jaden Yuki for almost half my life."Alongside the news, the show has rev
  
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• Unhinged outtakes from live-action Balatro trailer reveal we could have seen Final Fantasy 16's Ben Starr gobble down a banana too many ways

  23-12-2024 16:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  Balatro is the viral indie poker roguelite that's taken the world by storm, and also caused quite a few of us to lose our senses a little bit. Maybe none more so than Final Fantasy 16 star Ben Starr. Balatro has become an absolute sensation, causing our team members to definitely (not) play it during meetings and winning some Critics' Choice awards, too.The voice of Clive has become somewhat of an industry darling in recent years, and most recently used his talents to play a live-action Jim
  
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• Sonic 3 writers admit that they did consider killing James Marsden's lovable Tom: "It came up... but would have been maybe a bridge too far"

  23-12-2024 16:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warning: the following features spoilers for Sonic the Hedgehog 3...Just because a movie is mostly aimed at kids, it doesn't mean that a major character will bite the dust. Look at Disney for example, who have famously killed off so many from Mufasa to Bambi's mom, leading to plenty of childhood trauma.You would be forgiven, then, for thinking James Marsden's lovable Tom was dead during the final act of Sonic 3, which is out now in theaters. Taking a hefty blow from Shadow, Tom was sent straight
  
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• Sonic 3 writers say that Amy Rose nearly appeared in the movie rather than just the post-credits, revealing that they have a "great plan" for her future

  23-12-2024 15:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warning: the following features spoilers for Sonic the Hedgehog 3...It seems to be tradition now that the character teased in the post-credits scene of a Sonic the Hedgehog movie appears in the next film. The first instalment teased the arrival of Tails, whilst the second set up Shadow's appearance.All eyes were therefore on the Sonic 3 post-credits scenes, which did indeed feature some exciting cameos. Saving our beloved blue blur from an army of Metal Sonics was none other than Amy Rose, with
  
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• Sonic 3 writers talk that crucial change to Maria's death scene: "I don't think we can just shoot a little girl"

  23-12-2024 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  Warning: the following features spoilers for Sonic the Hedgehog 3...As any Sonic the Hedgehog fan will know, the story of Shadow and Maria is legendary. In beloved game Sonic Adventure 2, the young Maria forms a close bond with Shadow whilst her grandfather Gerald Robotnik was conducting research on him.Tragically, Maria was shot dead by a G.U.N. soldier whilst trying to help Shadow escape, leaving him completely devastated. It's an iconic moment for many reasons, also becoming a viral meme amon
  
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• "We're not interested right now": Original Dead Space creators say their pitch for a fourth game was turned down by EA

  23-12-2024 13:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Dead Space trilogy is one of the most iconic in modern horror gaming, and even though the remake did incredibly well, the original game's creators were rebuffed by EA when they pitched Dead Space 4.Speaking to Dan Allen Gaming (in a video shared on ResetEra), some of the game's original creators, Glen Schofield, Christopher Stone, and Bret Robbins, say EA wasn't interested in their ideas."We tried actually, the three of us," Schofield says. "We tried Dead Space 4. We're talking this year. We
  
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• Superman’s super dog Krypto may look all innocent in the trailer, but James Gunn says he is a "terrible dog" and is based on his own mischievous mutt

  23-12-2024 13:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  He may look all cute and innocent in the first trailer, but DC boss James Gunn says Superman’s dog Krypto is actually a pretty terrible pet."You'll see in the movie that Krypto probably comes off as a better dog in the trailer than he is in the movie," said writer and director Gunn at a Q&A session held after a press screening for the new Superman trailer (H/T IGN). "Pretty terrible dog! You love him because he's a dog and how can you not? And he's got the cute, innocent eyes, but he's
  
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• Nosferatu star Willem Dafoe describes his "surprising" first reaction to Bill Skarsgård as Orlok: "It was something that we hadn't seen before"

  23-12-2024 13:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Willem Dafoe has a long history with Nosferatu, stemming back to his performance in 2000's Shadow of the Vampire. In the horror dark comedy, Dafoe played Max Schreck, the actor who originated the role of Count Orlok in F. W. Murnau's 1922 Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror.The legendary actor tells GamesRadar+ that it was a real treat then to return to this story for Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, where he plays the eccentric professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz."I mean to prepare for Shadow of the Vampir
  
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