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• Former Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida says the PlayStation marketing team had to completely redesign Crash Bandicoot in PS1 commercials because he was too ugly for the Japanese market

  21-03-2025 22:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Sorry to get personal so quickly but, do you think Crash Bandicoot is handsome? The Japanese PlayStation marketing team certainly didn't, so they guided the publisher toward redesigning the unsightly creature for local commercials around the game's 1996 release."The eyes were green," former Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida says about Crash Bandicoot in a new interview with gaming personality Kyle Bosman. "The, you know, [he] had a really, uh, thick, um – what was the name of this part? Eyebro
  
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• Team Rocket is blasting off again in new Pokemon TCG expansion, Destined Rivals

  24-03-2025 17:40 via gamesradar.com
  
  Prepare for trouble and make it double, because Team Rocket is taking over the next Pokemon TCG Destined Rivals - the game's next expansion.Revealed ahead of a May 30 launch, Destined Rivals builds on the Trainer Pokemon cards from its predecessor, Journey Together. That includes a grand total of 83 new cards featuring Team Rocket, along with 10 Trainer's Pokemon ex (like Mewtwo ex). According to the press release, this allows you to "embrace mischievous adventure" in one of the best card games.
  
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• Dune: Awakening will launch with full Razer Sensa HD haptics

  24-03-2025 17:35 via gamesradar.com
  
  Dune Awakening's system requirements were published just before the weekend, but eagle-eyed spec-scourers may have noticed a familiar Sneki logo popping up. Developer Funcom not only confirmed that the MMORPG will skip early access for a full launch when it hits the airwaves on May 20, but that it will support Razer's Sensa HD haptics straight out the gate. That means developer-coded haptic sensations running via either the Razer Freyja seat cushion (an add-on for the best gaming chairs) or Raze
  
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• New Apple TV show with 97% on Rotten Tomatoes teases all its cameos, including Martin Scorsese and Zac Efron

  24-03-2025 17:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have a new comedy show coming to Apple TV Plus, and the list of cameos is a sight to behold. In a new promo for the TV series, Rogen goes through many of the names they managed to wrangle, and it's a who's who of Hollywood right now, including none other than Martin Scorsese himself.The new TV show is The Studio, a satire of American production houses and distributors. Rogen stars as the fresh-faced head of Continental Studios, and the story follows him trying to kee
  
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• After his excellent debut Metroidvania took 7 years, Animal Well's solo dev says his next game shouldn't "take nearly as long"

  24-03-2025 17:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Animal Well's solo developer has said that whatever he works on next shouldn't have the seven-year development time like its predecessor.Even in a year with massive blockbusters worked on by hundreds of people like Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle arriving every month, one of 2024's biggest highlights was a 34MB indie game made by one guy. Animal Well arrived back in May 2024 and has since gone on to become one of the most beloved indie games in recent memory, nabbi
  
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• Reacher star is rooting for Alan Ritchson to be the next Batman in the DCU: "I think he would be the best Batman we've ever had"

  24-03-2025 17:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's no secret that Alan Ritchson wants to be the next Batman, and his Reacher co-star Roberto Montesinos is rooting for him. In a recent interview, Montesinos, who plays DEA Agent Guillermo Villanueva on the Prime Video series, listed all the attributes that make Ritchson the perfect choice for the DC superhero."What would he bring to that role? First of all, his work ethic, his research, his command of a character," he told Collider.“For example, in Lee Child's books, when you're reading
  
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• Tekken lead Katsuhiro Harada says he's spent decades "mentally preparing" for AI to overtake humans, but it's not happening: "If AI had really advanced, we wouldn't be pouring 10, 20, 30 billion Yen into making games"

  24-03-2025 17:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  AI is being pushed at us from all angles. From Google Docs and meetings to Minecraft assistants, you can't escape it. But Tekken legend Katsuhiro Harada doesn't think the technology is all it's hyped up to be."Back when I was a student, I was mentally preparing for the day AI would rapidly evolve and launch a war against humanity – like in Terminator," Harada tweets. "Now I'm well past the halfway point of life, and here I am, staring at a compiler that halts over a single dumb typo in gam
  
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• The Sims competitor inZOI dethrones Hollow Knight: Silksong to become most wishlisted game on Steam

  24-03-2025 16:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  inZOI, developer Krafton's Instagram-ready Sims rival, has just replaced the much awaited Metroidvania sequel Hollow Knight: Silksong as the most wishlisted game on Steam.That may sound like a particularly Herculean feat, but it's not, really – Silksong has been stumbling on and off Steam's number-one wishlists spot for years now, having also been recently replaced by Monster Hunter Wilds and Valve's hero shooter Deadlock.But, like any worthwhile fallen hero, Silksong usually manages to bo
  
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• Ubisoft reminds Assassin's Creed Shadows players that you control the buttons you press, even when it comes to romance: "Flirting in RPG games is always optional"

  24-03-2025 16:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Shadows is finally here, and Ubisoft has been quick to address complaints about its optional romances by reminding players that no one is forcing them to flirt with anyone.In Shadows, both protagonists – Yasuke and Naoe – have a number of potential romance options to choose from, so long as players choose to play with Canon Mode turned off (as this removes all romances from the game). They're a varied bunch, so no matter how you headcanon the protagonists' personal p
  
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• Tatiana Maslany canceled a Comic Con appearance due to "filming commitments", and it could mean She-Hulk is in the next Avengers movie

  24-03-2025 16:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  Tatiana Maslany is the latest Marvel actor to cancel an appearance due to scheduling conflicts – and it lines up with the prevailing theory that She-Hulk is in the next Avengers movie.Originally set to appear at May's Comic Con Liverpool, the organizers tweeted, "Unfortunately due to filming commitments, Tatiana Maslany will now be unable to attend this event."Given how much actors cherish these sorts of appearances and Maslany presumably needing a pretty good reason to get out of a prior
  
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• 16 years after Minecraft first released it's getting a modern visual upgrade with a retro lighting trick that Mojang hasn't seen "in any other game"

  24-03-2025 16:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  During the most recent edition of Minecraft Live, developer Mojang announced the upcoming Vibrant Visuals update, which will bring a host of modern graphical upgrades to the sandbox game. Minecraft looked old-school even when its first public alpha build launched in 2009, and the fancy new lighting and shadow effects still come with an old-school twist."One of my favorite things that the team created is the way shadows align with the grids and pixels," chief creative officer Jens Bergensten says
  
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• Snow White popcorn buckets are here, but they’re pretty tame compared to Nosferatu and Deadpool

  24-03-2025 16:41 via gamesradar.com
  
  Snow White popcorn buckets have arrived – and they're pretty cute, but also(understandably) pretty tame compared to AMC's other over-the-top buckets.The bucket is a cute little mining cart full of brightly colored gems. The gems, which act as the lid, come in red, blue, purple, green, and yellow. You can buy it for just $36 USD over at AMC's official website.You might remember that the themed popcorn bucket frenzy all started with Dune Part II and that rather suggestive popcorn bucket that
  
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• New Andor season 2 trailer is an intense new look at the returning Star Wars show that sees the Rebels discover the Death Star

  24-03-2025 16:25 via gamesradar.com
  
  A new look at Andor season 2 is here, and it's a seriously intense trailer spotlighting the Rebellion as it heats up.To the tune of a a blaring alarm, the trailer gives us a fresh look at Cassian Andor himself, along with Luthen Rael, Bix Caleen, Saw Gerrera, and Mon Mothma, while Syril Karn, Dedra Meero, and Orson Krennic also all appear on the side of the Imperials.We see what looks to be Mon Mothma's dramatic, anti-Empire speech in the Senate, which leads to the unification of the Rebellion
  
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• Severance star reveals the one finale moment that you may not have realized is "essential" for what comes next in season 3

  24-03-2025 16:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  With Severance season 3 on the way, fans are already searching for clues about what comes next in the story. The shocking ending of season 2 left us with some unanswered questions, but also with some details that will be key in the future of the Apple TV Plus show.Britt Lower, who plays Helly R and Helena Eagan in the show, just revealed a particular moment that could be "essential" for next season. Staying true to Severance's style, though, she was pretty mysterious about it.In case you need a
  
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• A quickly killed off Agatha All Along star thought she'd be a witch: "I get there and no one is really looking me in the eye"

  24-03-2025 16:19 via gamesradar.com
  
  Debra Jo Rupp was a little bit disappointed with her MCU return last year in Agatha All Along, where she reprised her role as as Sharon Davis from WandaVision. Also known as Mrs. Hart, one of Agatha Harkness' Westview neighbors, she was brought back to join the Witches' Road travels, but it wasn't exactly as she was promised."The phone call I got was 'We'd love you to join this project. You're gonna be a witch!' I was so excited," Rupp recalled during the PaleyFest panel for Agatha All Along las
  
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• Palworld isn't coming to the Switch as the open-world survival hit is a "beefy game," but Pocketpair says Switch 2 is "100% worth considering"

  24-03-2025 15:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  We probably won't see Palworld on the Nintendo Switch as the survival hit is a "beefy game," but there's still hope for the Switch 2 if the console is up to the task.Talking to IGN, Pocketpair communications director John 'Bucky' Buckley explains that Palworld's skipping the Switch is mainly down to technical reasons. "If we could make the game work on the Switch, we would, but Palworld is a beefy game," he explains.The Nintendo Switch 2, though? Pocketpair is certainly interested, though that d
  
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• After it landed 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, Hideo Kojima has also given his verdict on everyone's new Netflix obsession Adolescence

  24-03-2025 15:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hideo Kojima is the latest person to wade in on new Netflix show Adolescence, calling it an "impressive" show. The video game developer is well known for his love of all things TV and film, often sharing reviews on his Twitter account from the positive (like Furiosa) to the slightly underwhelming (like Madame Web).Now, he's been watching Adolescence, a new Netflix crime drama that it seems everyone has been talking about. Already taking the top spot on the streamer's most-watched list, as well a
  
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• A new look at Matt Murdock suiting up in Daredevil: Born Again has Marvel fans saying the same thing

  24-03-2025 15:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  Daredevil: Born Again fans are all thinking the same thing after a new brief clip was unveiled online, which shows Matt Murdock getting suited back up as Daredevil and placing his red, horned helmet on his head.Other MCU heroes, most recently Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson in Captain America: Brave New World, have swapped their physical suits for nanotechnology, which makes suiting up a much smoother process. Instead of having to physically put items on, nanoparticles are simply deployed over the w
  
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• It's Bloodborne's 10th anniversary, and FromSoftware is celebrating with an Elden Ring patch that "does not contain any game related changes"

  24-03-2025 15:37 via gamesradar.com
  
  On the tenth anniversary of Bloodborne, FromSoftware has made an announcement... of a minor Elden Ring update.In a post earlier today, the official Elden Ring account confirmed that the game's servers would undergo a two-hour maintenance, starting late tonight in the US and very early tomorrow morning in Europe. Before you get your hopes up for anything to do with Elden Ring Nightreign, however, it's worth noting that "this maintenance does not contain any game related changes."My guess is that
  
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• As Assassin's Creed Shadows passes 2 million players, Devil May Cry creator Hideki Kamiya reveals "I felt bad that it was being criticized so much"

  24-03-2025 15:36 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Shadows has launched to pretty solid reviews and a player count of over 2 million over its first weekend despite a rocky development that resulted in a number of delays. The success of the game has caught the attention of many in the industry, including Devil May Cry and Bayonetta's creator (and more importantly, the creator of the criminally overlooked The Wonderful 101), Hideki Kamiya.Taking to Twitter, the legendary director reposted the news about Assassin's Creed Shadows hi
  
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• Amid Assassin's Creed Shadows' controversies, shrine popularized by Ghost of Tsushima bans all tourists after "unforgivable act of disrespect"

  24-03-2025 14:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Priests taking care of a Japanese shrine made famous through its inclusion in Ghost of Tsushima have banned all tourists from their site.Watazumi Shrine is found on Tsushima Island. Most famous for its half-sunken Torii gate, it's thought to have inspired Ghost of Tsushima's in-game Scarlet Rock shrine, and received $260,000 from the game's community after it was damaged in a 2020 typhoon. Now, however, its caretakers have issued a statement banning all tourists from visiting.In a post on Instag
  
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• A year after Malevelon Creek became Helldivers 2's fiercest battleground, it looks like the Automatons are coming back for more

  24-03-2025 14:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  Calling all Helldivers 2 reservists, you might be needed back on Malevelon Creek. The Automatons have launched an attack in the Severin Sector, where the planet dubbed "Robot Vietnam" is situated.If you've been playing Helldivers 2 since it came out last year, then you're likely a veteran of Malevelon Creek. Its dense jungles and brutal Automaton battles made it one of the most-feared places in the galaxy, and despite our valiant efforts, it was lost to the bots.It became such a beacon in the co
  
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• "If this is just how it is, then yeah, that's the end": WoW Classic's most famous hardcore guild calls time for now after multiple raiders lose their MMO characters to DDoS attacks

  24-03-2025 13:57 via gamesradar.com
  
  A popular WoW Classic guild is calling it quits -perhaps for good - after a series of DDoS attacks upended its attempt to complete a hardcore raid.Since the introduction of hardcore servers back in 2023, WoW Classic has exploded in popularity. Part of that ascent in attention comes from the many streamers who have been playing the MMO's unforgiving servers since launch. You see, WoW Classic's Hardcore servers are unique in that your character's death really is the end – no revives here. It
  
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• 43 years later, John Carpenter has hinted at who turns into The Thing in the horror movie and one eagle-eyed fan has worked it out

  24-03-2025 13:53 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been 43 years since legendary director John Carpenter’s The Thing hit screens, but the mystery behind which character turns into the fearsome monster has remained shrouded in secrecy, until now. And one fan has worked it out.At a special 4K screening of The Thing at David Geffen Theater on March 22, Carpenter revealed that a scene in the middle of the movie reveals whether Kurt Russell’s R.J. MacReady or Keith David’s Childs is The Thing. "I think I found that hint," said
  
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• Star of cult hit Jennifer's Body says marketing "ruined" the horror movie's chances, but they may get another shot with a sequel 16 years later

  24-03-2025 13:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  In the pantheon of cult movies that deserved better, Jennifer’s Body is right up there. Underserved by its promotion, the demonic horror ate dirt on first release, gradually accruing an audience through word of mouth. One of the stars, Amanda Seyfried, still laments how the film was treated in 2009.During a career retrospective with GQ, she talked up the work everyone put into Jennifer's Body and what a special production it is. "I can't critique this movie. It's, to me, a perfect movie,"
  
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• Weeks after modding GTA 6's map to GTA 5, modder pre-emptively pulls all their work offline after a single YouTube strike from Rockstar's owner

  24-03-2025 13:46 via gamesradar.com
  
  Yet another GTA 5 mod project has been pulled from the internet, just weeks after its initial release.This time, the ambitious mod in question – developed by YouTube creator Dark Space – aimed to add GTA 6's Vice City map to GTA 5, using glimpses of the real thing seen in the official trailer as well as allegedly leaked information to recreate the next best thing to Rockstar's upcoming blockbuster before it even launches. However, as spotted by VG247, Dark Space has now had a video s
  
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• My newest MMO hero is World of Warcraft Priest 'Chimneytime,' who got an official "warning" from Blizzard for making too many people get trapped inside chimneys

  24-03-2025 13:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  I have a new favorite MMO player: a diabolical World of Warcraft Shadow Priest who trapped players inside chimneys until they got an official warning from Blizzard.Last week, Natlikesbatslivrary uploaded a video to TikTok showing a handful of World of Warcraft players attempting to jump out of a piece of geometry they'd all become stuck in. That geometry? The chimney on top of a house. And the reason? A nearby Priest, suspiciously named 'Chimneytime'.The Tiktok explains that Chimneytime was ambu
  
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• Hollow Knight: Silksong gets unprecedented second update in 2 weeks, with a Steam page tweak pointing to a 2025 release

  24-03-2025 13:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Time to put on your tinfoil hats and huff your copium, because Hollow Knight: Silksong's Steam page has had several updates in the last 12 hours.A recent Reddit post reveals some changes have been made to Silksong's Steam metadata. One change shows that the game has added the Nvidia cloud gaming category, meaning it should be available to play via GeForce Now.Another change is that the copyright year in a legal line has been changed from 2019 to 2025, so fingers crossed that means the game is ac
  
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• One Piece co-showrunner announces he's stepping away from the "life changing journey" of working on the Netflix show to "focus on myself and my mental health"

  24-03-2025 13:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  One Piece co-showrunner Matt Owens has announced he's stepping down from the Netflix show."The last six years working on the live-action One Piece have been a life changing journey," Owens wrote in a statement posted to Instagram. "A dream come true. It's also been A LOT. So I'm stepping off the Going Merry to take a break and focus on myself and my mental health. Thank you so much to [creator Eiichiro] Oda, Shueisha, Tomorrow Studios, Netflix, and the entire cast and crew for your trust, partne
  
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• The Minecraft movie director says it isn't "the official story": "We're not canonizing anything"

  24-03-2025 13:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  The team behind A Minecraft Movie has confirmed that the film isn't canon. Minecraft is a sandbox game and, in the Overworld, there isn't any one singular way to play, which is reportedly reflected in the movie."We’re calling it A Minecraft Movie because we’re respecting the fact that there’s no one story that drives the game," Mary Parent, chairman of worldwide production at production company Legendary Entertainment, told Variety."We’re not the official story," the movi
  
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