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• Marvel Rivals devs lift bans on players mistakenly banned for cheating: "We do not and will not ban players who are playing fairly"

  03-01-2025 11:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Rivals developer NetEase Games admits that a number of players have recently been hit with bans for cheating… even though they'd not been cheating at all. According to community manager 'James' in the game's official Discord server, this has proven to be a problem for those playing Marvel Rivals in compatibility layer programs – software designed to allow users to run things like games on a different operating system to the one it was written for. For example, you might
  
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• Valve shuts down Steam Deck 2 speculation as AMD says it's building chips for a stronger handheld: "There is and will be no Z2 Steam Deck"

  06-01-2025 23:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  AMD unveiled the Ryzen Z2 processor line today, intended to power a new wave of gaming handhelds. While early word from the manufacturer appeared to suggest that a Z2-powered Steam Deck was on the way, a Valve dev has logged on to tell the world that no such product is in development.This all started when VideoCardz.com published a series of slides running down the capabilities of the Z2 series. One of those slides highlighted the "explosive growth" of the handheld gaming market, including produ
  
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• The Metroidvania gods have spoken and answered my prayers with this horror game that looks like Majora's Mask if it let you play as an onion-headed freak

  06-01-2025 23:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Tower of Tears isn't out yet, but I can already tell it's 100% psycho business. Every preview that solo developer xena-spectrale shares about the part-Metroidvania, sort-of The Legend of Zelda horror game makes it sound like a life-changing fever dream, and I can't wait to play it. 
  when mommy finally gives u the HUG 💀 🔊#theTowerOfTears pic.twitter.com/JULyt0U72jDecember 18, 2024
  "Struggle your way into the ominous floors of the tower and meet all of its strange inhabita
  
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• After 12 years making custom Super Mario 64 levels, dev helps build an N64-style platformer whose demo sold me in seconds

  06-01-2025 22:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Like anybody who started gaming in the '90s, I'm a sucker for N64 aesthetics and collectathon platformers, but it's been a while since I've seen anything as exciting as Kero Quest 64. This indie platform game is coming from a team with loads of experience modding Nintendo classics, and after spending a bit of time with the demo, it's clear that experience is paying off.Kero Quest 64 plays a lot like Super Mario 64. The main character shares pretty much Mario's entire moveset, right down to the f
  
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• 26 years after he turned down The Matrix, Will Smith teases an upcoming reboot where he will star as Neo: "Wake up, Will"

  06-01-2025 21:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Will Smith posted a cryptic video to his personal Instagram account teasing a possible turn as Neo in a reimagining of the first Matrix film - and we are so here for it.Smith uploaded the video with no other details or caption, but the text in the video reads: "In 1997, the Wachowskis offered Will Smith the role of Neo in The Matrix. Smith turned it down. He chose Wild Wild West, believing it would be a better fit for him at the time. But the question remains: What would The Matrix have been lik
  
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• Stellar Blade was such a hit that its dev gave all employees a PS5 Pro and a roughly $3,400 bonus, and this horny action RPG isn't even on PC yet

  06-01-2025 21:12 via gamesradar.com
  
  Stellar Blade was wildly successful in 2024, having sold one million copies in just its first two months on the market, so developer Shift Up had no choice but to reward all of its employees with an approximately $3,400 bonus and the coveted PS5 Pro. Shift Up doled out the presents at a January 6 event in Seoul, as Korean website Naver reported. A company representative told the site - according to a DeepL translation - that "the payment of plusses and bonuses is a way to encourage talent,"
  
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• AMD has revealed new Ryzen Z2 series chips official, and I'm hyped for the handhelds they'll power

  06-01-2025 21:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  AMD has finally unveiled its Ryzen Z2 series of chipsets, and the red team's APUs will power new gaming handhelds starting Q1 2025. The red team plans to release three different options that will cater to portable PC players, with models including the new Lenovo Legion Go range, future Asus ROG Ally devices, and even (maybe) the next Steam Deck.Outside of its CES 2025 keynote, AMD revealed three chips - the Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Ryzen Z2, and Ryzen Z2 Go. The first two are set to feature 8 cores and
  
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• The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is officially coming Q1 2025 with 16GB VRAM, but the first RDNA 4 graphics card isn't an RTX 5090 rival

  06-01-2025 21:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Update: Asus has shared official images of its Radeon RX 7090 XT on Instagram, and a blog post also reveals it'll be a 16GB graphics card. While I'm still waiting for more specs to surface, we can now at least get a decent look at the TUF OC version in the flesh.So far, the card is staying true to its implied class, serving as al alternative to the RX 7900 XT with enhanced AI abilities. Naturally, that means it won't be taking on the RTX 5090 or any other top-end Nvidia cards, instead fighting f
  
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• The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is officially coming Q1 2025, but the first RDNA 4 graphics card isn't an RTX 5090 rival

  06-01-2025 21:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070, marking the launch of RDNA 4 graphics card. Just like the RX 7900 XTX, the new GPU line-up won't be taking on Nvidia frontrunners like the RTX 5090 in terms of performance, but it could lure PC players looking for an affordable 4K experience this generation.Scheduled to land Q1 2025, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT will enter the best graphics card race with a 4nm RDNA 4 GPU, boasting improved ray tracing core performance and new AI capabilities. The latter goes
  
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• The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is officially on the way, but the first RDNA 4 graphics card isn't an RTX 5090 rival

  06-01-2025 20:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070, marking the launch of RDNA 4 graphics card. Just like the RX 7900 XTX, the new GPU line-up won't be taking on Nvidia frontrunners like the RTX 5090 in terms of performance, but it could lure PC players looking for an affordable 4K experience this generation.Scheduled to land Q1 2025, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT will enter the best graphics card race with a 4nm RDNA 4 GPU, boasting improved ray tracing core performance and new AI capabilities. The latter goes
  
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• "There's always time to bone": Old School RuneScape players give a big vtuber so many dragon bones that she's nearly maxed one of the MMO's most expensive skills

  06-01-2025 20:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  The fascinating intersection of MMOs and vtubers continues as countless Old School RuneScape players crowd around hololive streamer Nerissa Ravencroft to quite literally throw her a bone.Nerissa has been playing Old School RuneScape for a few months, and her most recent stream, titled "I'm sick but there's always time to bone," gave a particular subsection of her audience more of what they love: Prayer training. Yes, all this boning was ironically done in service of the lord.There are other ways
  
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• AMD is kicking off 2025 with two new Ryzen 9 X3D desktop CPUs

  06-01-2025 20:45 via gamesradar.com
  
  The main draw of CES 2025 for most PC gamers is new graphics cards, but CPU enthusiasts have something to be excited for too. Not one, but two new Ryzen 9 9000 desktop processors have just been unveiled, and both are stacked with AMD's 2nd Gen 3D V-Cache technology.The AMD Ryzen 9-9950X3D is the latest flagship processor that's stealing the title of "the world's best CPU for gaming and content creation". It will feature 16 Zen 5 CPU Cores, supported by a generous 32 threads, giving it a maximum
  
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• Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford is "testing Borderlands 4 on Steam," and just wanted to check and see if you can tell

  06-01-2025 19:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Borderlands 4 is due out this year, and it seems nobody's more excited about that fact than Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford. He's spent months enthusiastically teasing the new looter shooter on social media, and now he's coyly asking if you can see that he's playing the game on Steam."When I’m testing Borderlands 4 on Steam," Pitchford asks on Twitter, "can you guys who can see my account on a friends list see that I am playing Borderlands 4?" The results of the attached poll are currently 17
  
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• Horror game legend Ikumi Nakamura swaps her love of gore for true romance by helping dev use custom sidequest as real-life proposal: "Moments like this remind me how lucky I am"

  06-01-2025 19:10 via gamesradar.com
  
  Like so much of the lonely world, some lonely heart gamers may struggle to find a significant other — their duo, their twinblade swordsperson, so to speak — but don't let anyone tell you that gaming isn't romantic. The Evil Within artist and Unseen studio founder Ikumi Nakamura showed gaming's sensitive side recently by encouraging her employee to plan his real-life proposal inside the game he was working on. "Never did I imagine directing not just the timing, but even the actin
  
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• Remember 3D displays? Well they're a thing again at CES thanks to the Samsung Odyssey 3D

  06-01-2025 18:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  CES 2025 is gearing up to be densely packed with the latest gadgets the tech world has to offer and Samsung has come prepared with the announcement that the Odyssey 3D gaming monitor will be shown off at this year's event. If you thought that 3D displays were long since relinquished to the shadow realm, you'd be wrong as the CES show floor will play host to the brand-new 3D display,alongside the Smart Monitor M9 with built-in AI features and the world's first 27-inch 4K OLED Samsung Odyssey gami
  
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• Marvel Rivals Season 1 kicks off this week as Eternal Night Falls sees the Fantastic Four join the Overwatch rival to put a stop to Dracula's antics

  06-01-2025 18:24 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Rivals' first proper season is almost here, and a new trailer has revealed its release date and a cinematic look at the lineup of new heroes set to appear during it.Specifically, Marvel Rivals Season 1 is called Eternal Night Falls, and as was previously announced, it'll introduce the Fantastic Four heroes Mister Fantastic, the Human Torch, Invisible Woman, and The Thing to the fray. Things are set to kick off on January 10 at 1am PST (which is 4am EST or 9am GMT), so there's only a few m
  
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• Ex-Starfield lead looks at the open-world game boom and says "you can see Dark Souls and Elden Ring being a secondary trend: let's make third-person action combat really hard"

  06-01-2025 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you've ever wondered why, every few years, lots of games start having similar mechanics, Starfield's lead designer, Will Shen, has some answers for you.Like any artistic medium, video games have trends. They're slower to catch on to new ideas than films or paintings because development takes half a dozen years, but the trends are easy to spot once you start looking.In an interview with Kiwi Talkz, Shen explains: "All of a sudden, games like Skyrim and other open-world games rea
  
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• Getting Nintendo to approve a dark murder mystery, the first new Famicom Detective Club in 35 years, had one dev worried: "Is it alright for us to make this"

  06-01-2025 18:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club might not have been the M-rated Switch horror game that many first assumed it would be, but the dark return of the Famicom Detective Club series was still a huge shock on multiple levels, and even producer Yoshio Sakamoto was surprised that it got approved so easily by Nintendo. In a new interview with Inverse, Sakamoto is asked about the game's mature themes, to which he reveals that "there was no other way but to go in the direction we
  
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• Final Fantasy legends Nobuo Uematsu and Masayoshi Soken reunite to turn one of the greatest wrestlers ever into the ultimate final boss

  06-01-2025 17:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Here in 2025, pro wrestling is filled with video game nerds making our hobby look far cooler than it has any right to. Kenny Omega, one of the best wrestlers of the modern era, has been known to work with video game creators to add a little something special to his biggest entrances, and it's tough to imagine it getting better than a custom entrance composed by Final Fantasy 14's Masayoshi Soken, with a special touch added from the legendary Nobuo Uematsu.After a nearly year-long hiatus resultin
  
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• The Penguin showrunner debunks popular fan theory: "Well, I can say he's not the Scarecrow"

  06-01-2025 17:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Penguin showrunner Lauren LeFranc has shut down a popular fan theory about the show.Eagle-eyed fans spotted some suspicious items in Julian Rush's office during The Penguin episode 4, with what looks to be a syringe glove and a mask on show. That led to speculation that the psychiatrist is actually Jonathan Crane, AKA The Scarecrow – a Batman villain who hasn't been seen in a live-action movie since the Christopher Nolan films.But, as it turns out, Rush isn't the villain after all. "We
  
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• Former Starfield lead says "people are fatigued" with huge games, and "I'm sorry" because "part of what happened is the success of games like Skyrim and Fallout 4"

  06-01-2025 17:33 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ex-Bethesda veteran and Starfield lead quest designer Will Shen reckons the volume of huge games is "reaching a point where people are fatigued," with that bigger-is-better design trend partly fueled by the likes of Bethesda's games.Speaking with Kiwi Talkz in a recent interview, Shen waded into the ongoing discussion over whether games have gotten too long. Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden notably said 100-hour games are a "mismatch" for today's reality just last month."I'm sorry," Shen jok
  
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• It's about sending a message: Elden Ring fan waits for Nightreign by no-hitting Shadow of the Erdtree's Messmer on NG+7 difficulty with a new weapon every single day

  06-01-2025 17:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  One FromSoftware diehard is passing the time by completing a no-hit clear of Shadow of the Erdtree DLC boss Messmer the Impaler every single day until Elden Ring: Nightreign comes out.Elden Ring: Nightreign is the next FromSoftware game, surprise announced during The Game Awards last year. It feels weird writing last year already, but the good news is it's coming out sometime this year, with a network test of some kind coming ahead of launch, so hopefully we don't have too long to wait.As notice
  
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• In less than 24 hours, hit anime Solo Leveling season 2 broke its own Crunchyroll record

  06-01-2025 16:08 via gamesradar.com
  
  Solo Leveling has returned with season 2 of the hit anime, and it's already winning over viewers. The show tells the next chapter in Sung Jinwoo's story, known as the weakest hunter of all mankind as he fights more magical beasts.Only one episode has aired so far on Crunchyroll but it's already been a hit, taking less than 24 hours to break its own record. The news was confirmed in a tweet shared by fansite SoloLevelAnime.They wrote: "Solo Leveling Season 2 has broken its own record set by Seaso
  
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• Mario's iconic pipes only exist because Shigeru Miyamoto happened to see "a plastic pipe sticking out of a wall" while wandering the streets of Kyoto

  06-01-2025 16:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  The big green warp pipes populating Mario's world are just an accepted feature at this point, but have you ever wondered where they first came from? According to an old interview with series creator Shigeru Miyamoto, the idea was inspired by a real-life pipe the designer just happened to see while wandering around Kyoto.This comes from a Japanese interview from 2000, which was initially published in volume one of Game Maestro, and has now been translated by Shmuplations. In it, Miyamoto discusse
  
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• Before taking the lead on Alan Wake 2, its game director wanted Remedy to be the "European Naughty Dog" because "Naughty Dog games are f***ing awesome"

  06-01-2025 15:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Artists are almost always inspired by other artists, and Remedy's Kyle Rowley, the game director for Alan Wake 2, is no different, saying he wanted the team to be the "European Naughty Dog."Speaking on the Behind The Voice podcast about his time on Quantum Break, Rowley says "One of my favorite games at the time was Uncharted. I remember having a discussion with our lead animator at the time and I was like, 'I think we should be aiming to be like a European version of Naughty Dog. That would be
  
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• Matt Reeves explains why The Batman 2 is delayed to 2027, but says they still want to film this year

  06-01-2025 14:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Batman 2 director Matt Reeves has confirmed that the sequel will start filming this year, offering some reassurance to fans after the announcement of a new delay in the production.Last month, Warner Bros revealed the film's release date has been pushed back a full year, and it's now set to open in theaters on October 1, 2027.Reeves was asked about these changes during the Golden Globes red carpet, and he confirmed that things are in motion."I can tell you we're going to be shooting this year
  
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• Nosferatu director Robert Eggers tried to make a Frankenstein movie, but gave up after two weeks: "It definitely sucked"

  06-01-2025 14:06 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nosferatu director Robert Eggers has revealed that he once started working on a movie adaptation of Frankenstein, but stopped after two weeks."Sometimes you know you've got a dud," Eggers said during an interview with Curzon. "I'm super, super excited for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein. But when my son was born, I had an unconscious urge, I'm sure because of that, but as I started writing, I was like, 'Oh yeah, this is why.' But as I started to try to do Frankenstein, which after two weeks, I
  
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• Squid Game star was worried he'd struggle with one of the show's most ingenious twists that you probably didn't even notice

  06-01-2025 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  Squid Game season 2 featured a major twist as the Front Man entered the games undercover. Playing as 001, he becomes close to Gi-hun, often teaming up with him for challenges, including the brutal and bloody six-legged race.The tense game sees the team of competitors try and complete a number of challenges before their timer runs out. Each is a game they may have played when they were younger, including the spinning top, which is what the Front Man is tasked with doing.He initially struggles, un
  
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• Marvel Rivals looks set to get its first balance adjustments soon as a leaked schedule claims Wolverine is getting even stronger as Hela and Hawkeye get nerfed

  06-01-2025 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  The next few days are apparently set to be pretty busy for Marvel Rivals fans, as it's been claimed that we can expect preview videos for a couple of upcoming new Fantastic Four heroes being added to the shooter, as well as the reveal of buffs and nerfs for some of the existing characters.While currently unconfirmed, a supposedly leaked schedule has been shared on Twitter by @RivalsLeaks – the same one has also reached r/MarvelRivalsLeaks where user Lower_Island6120 claims it's been "confi
  
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• Anthony Mackie crashes Marvel co-star Sebastian Stan's Golden Globe post-win interview to share the love: "Captain America and The Winter Soldier, we’re coming back!"

  06-01-2025 13:58 via gamesradar.com
  
  After Sebastian Stan won a Golden Globe for his role in A Different Man, Anthony Mackie crashed his interview to share the love."We won," Mackie joked, with Stan adding: "Captain America and the Winter Soldier, we're coming back!"
  Anthony Mackie couldn't help but crash our interview with Sebastian Stan to congratulate him on his #GoldenGlobes win. 😂 pic.twitter.com/6y7H6eg0p5January 6, 2025
  Of course, Mackie plays Sam Wilson in the MCU, with Stan playing Bucky Barnes. The duo starred tog
  
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