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• Skeleton Crew's creators explain why Jude Law's character doesn't show up until the final 10 seconds of episode 2: "We wanted you to feel like you're already lost and on an adventure"

  04-12-2024 10:00 via gamesradar.com
  
  Skeleton Crew creators Jon Watts and Christopher Ford break down why Jude Law's mysterious character doesn't emerge until the closing moments of the second episode.With the gang locked up in the brig on the pirate-infested planet of Borgo, it appears their situation is dire. But, suddenly, a beacon of hope – as Jude Law's robe-wearing character steps out of the shadows and uses the Force to snatch away a jail key."I was thinking about [not introducing Jude Law's Jod until the end of episod
  
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• Games keep fighting over February 2025: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is now launching a week early, further away from Civilization 7 and Assassin's Creed Shadows

  04-12-2024 19:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Amidst an exceptionally crowded February 2025 release calendar, the Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 release date has been pushed forward a week - further from the launches of Civilization 7 and Assassin's Creed Shadows.Barring any further release date shifts, February 2025 will see the release of Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Avowed, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Monster Hunter Wilds, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Civilization 7, and Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered. It's not at all uncommon to see pub
  
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• Fallout creator wishes he made different genres in the RPG series like a "really good FPS" similar to Borderlands or an adventure game all about stealing from Vaults

  04-12-2024 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout creator Timothy Cain has been thinking about what genres would work well for the beloved RPG series, and I'd play all of them."Why don't we make a Fallout-style game that's just combat," Cain says in a YouTube video. While he likes that it continued as an RPG series and appreciates the ways you can avoid combat through stealth and dialog, he also thinks, "You could really double down on the combat elements and make a really, really good FPS in the Fallout universe."When he first played B
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds director says 4 weapons will get "big improvements or changes" after beta feedback: lance, switch axe, insect glaive, and sword and shield

  04-12-2024 18:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fear not, Monster Hunter fans, your feedback has been noted, as Capcom is planning some "big improvements" and changes for a number of weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds following the recent open beta test.From our latest hands-on preview of Monster Hunter Wilds, we already noticed a significant difference between the beta test version and the updated build in the form of hitstop (which is much more noticeable now), but that's not the only improvement Capcom has been cooking up. During the session,
  
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• Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor Neil Newbon messaged the Fallout London team early on to say he wanted "to be involved," only to be left on read for nearly 2 years

  04-12-2024 18:21 via gamesradar.com
  
  Baldur's Gate 3 voice actor Neil Newbon hasn't only played the role of the ever-beloved pale elf Astarion, but he's also acted in one of the biggest Fallout 4 mods to date - although it took a while for the Fallout London team to onboard him, apparently. Speaking in an upcoming interview with Ginx TV, Newbon looks back at how he joined the cast of Fallout London. "I just heard about it," he admits. "Astarion and Baldur's Gate 3 had just kicked off in a wonderful way. I'd heard about Fallout
  
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• Former PlayStation boss says "You're not going to see another PS1 to PS2 jump in performance," and believes we're nearing "a point where the console becomes irrelevant"

  04-12-2024 18:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  PlayStation is celebrating its 30th anniversary, and former chief Shawn Layden is looking to the future of the industry and how the console market is nearing its limit."I think we're at a point where the console becomes irrelevant in the next... if not the next generation then the next next generation definitely," Layden says in an interview with Eurogamer. The difference between console generations is getting smaller. Visuals are now 4K instead of 1080p, frame rates are hitting 120 instead
  
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• Former PlayStation boss says exploding AAA budgets squeeze out creativity as the "finance guys" hunt for their own GTA and find a "lot of copycats, a lot of sequels"

  04-12-2024 18:07 via gamesradar.com
  
  PlayStation's former boss thinks that ballooning development budgets are "squeezing" the creative juices out of AAA game development. Shawn Layden is no stranger to huge game budgets, having served as a senior executive at the console maker for years. Poorly redacted legal documents previously revealed that blockbuster games he'd been involved with, including The Last of Us Part 2 and Horizon Forbidden West, had budgets exceeding $200 million, but Layden now feels those huge price tags are
  
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• I put 300 hours into Inquisition but this massive discount has finally made me want to pick up Dragon Age The Veilguard

  04-12-2024 18:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  While I appreciate the calm after the Black Friday storm, it's always a bit of a downer to no longer have a ton of savings at your fingertips. Especially when there's still a lot of time to go until the holidays. Most of the best deals are either out of stock or have returned to their full price, so Santa has to look elsewhere. However, over in the UK, Amazon has some limited-timed deals that are even better than what Black Friday had to offer.Dragon Age The Veilguard saw a tasty discount during
  
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• Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden says 100-hour games are a "mismatch" to today's reality: "I haven't even opened Red Dead Redemption 2, because I don't have 90 hours"

  04-12-2024 17:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you find yourself exhausted by the thought of all those 100-hour RPGs and open-world games in your backlog, you're in good company. Shawn Layden, who served for decades in executive roles at PlayStation, culminating in his tenure as chairman for SIE Worldwide Studios from 2014 through 2019, says that game development costs are skyrocketing to unsustainable levels, and part of the problem is that games have gotten very, very long.Layden tells Eurogamer that game dev costs tend to dou
  
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• A Hulu/Disney Plus fan-favorite with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score is coming back for season 2

  04-12-2024 17:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Did the first season of Rivals leave you wanting more? Well, you're in luck, because the colorful, crude comedy drama is officially returning for a second season.The show was met with hugely positive reviews upon its premiere on October 18, pulling in a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, so it's hardly surprising a season 2 has been greenlit. Its comeback was announced by Hulu, where it airs in the US, and Disney Plus, its hosts in the UK, on December 4, with author Dame Jilly Cooper saying she
  
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• Almost 3 years after season 1, Severance gets a new look at season 2 as the sci-fi show creators explain the delay

  04-12-2024 17:49 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ahead of Severance season 2 debuting on Apple TV Plus in January, a series of new images have been revealed – and they contain some interesting details. Tramell Tillman's Seth, Adam Scott's Mark, and Britt Lower's Helly all appear in the season 2 preview, as the creators explain why it's taken so long to reach our screens.Shared by Vanity Fair, the images see a mix of the Innie and Outie lives of the cast of characters, as well as one intriguing shot when they're all wearing fur hats. We a
  
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• A year on from GTA 6's first and only trailer, fans are convinced there's finally a new teaser hiding in the latest GTA Online update art

  04-12-2024 17:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Folks, we made it – a whole year has passed since the release of the first GTA 6 trailer. We may be an entire calendar year closer to the launch of Rockstar Games' upcoming blockbuster, but with no other trailers to tide us over in the meantime, Grand Theft Auto fans are getting rather hungry. So hungry, in fact, that they're now convinced that a teaser has been tucked away in the upcoming update for GTA Online, titled Agents of Sabotage. And to be honest, looking at it? They might be
  
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• Helldivers 2 claws its way back to "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam after Arrowhead puts the focus back on having fun, with over 13,000 positive reviews in the past week alone

  04-12-2024 17:16 via gamesradar.com
  
  Helldivers 2 exploded onto the scene in February to rave reviews, but a controversial decision by Sony saw it review-bombed, and then weapon nerfs got it more negative criticism. Now, reviews on Steam are finally back up to overwhelmingly positive.The game was first review bombed back in May due to a surprise announcement that PSN accounts would be required, even for PC players. The problem is that about two-thirds of the world doesn't have access to PSN, so the game was delisted in 177 cou
  
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• Dragon Age: The Veilguard is getting a free standalone character creator as BioWare celebrates Dragon Age Day, along with a patch adding nostalgic armor and more to the RPG

  04-12-2024 17:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  Today is Dragon Age Day, and BioWare certainly hasn't forgotten about it - in fact, the team has a lot in store for its most recent RPG, The Veilguard, in celebration.December 4 marks the arrival of Dragon Age Day, the equivalent of Mass Effect Day for fans of BioWare's fantasy RPGs. It's not going to be small this year like its sci-fi sibling's day was, however - developers are adding some exciting features to The Veilguard, a title that arguably stands as one of this year's best RPGs, as well
  
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• As Dragon Age: The Veilguard resolves major story arcs and mysteries, the RPG's creative director says that means Dragon Age 5 is a "possibility" for BioWare to "tell any story we want"

  04-12-2024 17:15 via gamesradar.com
  
  In many ways, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a game of revelations for the series. At last giving some answers to longheld questions, BioWare's latest RPG lifts the lid on the nature of the Blight, the true story of the elves, and even explores the real history of the dwarves. It's a real treat for lore fans, but it also begs one major question: what's next for Dragon Age?
  With some big mysteries put to rest and some major ongoing story arcs resolved, the future of the series is arguably wide open
  
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• Marvel Rivals' microtransactions might be even stingier than Overwatch 2 as streamers show off its in-game store featuring MCU skins

  04-12-2024 16:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  Marvel Rivals' in-game micro(macro)transaction storefront has been unofficially shown off and prices for its cosmetics might just, ahem, rival Overwatch's.Shared by Miller Ross on social media, it seems some streamers with early access to the hero shooter have accidentally shown what its storefront looks like. The Marvel Rivals screenshot below specifically reveals a selection of MCU movie-related skins, like Logan's outfit from Deadpool & Wolverine and Wanda's witchy get-up from Doctor Stra
  
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• Netflix shares a spooky new look at Jenna Ortega in Wednesday season 2 as filming finally wraps

  04-12-2024 16:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Wednesday season 2 has finally wrapped filming, and we are (hopefully) just months away from the return of Jenna Ortega's violin-playing, prom-dancing, super-power-having protagonist.Netflix shared a new look at the hit show's second season, which sees Ortega as Wednesday in her signature braids and unimpressed facial expression, alongside the caption, "Jenna Ortega closes the coffin on Wednesday Season 2." Check out the spooky new photo above.Newcomers to the season 2 cast include Steve Buscemi
  
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• Alan Moore's The Great When is being made into a TV show – and the author is involved, saying "I'm genuinely excited"

  04-12-2024 15:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Although he's left the world of comics behind, it's a pretty great time to be an Alan Moore fan. The author published his long-awaited Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic in October this year. The same month also saw the release of The Great When, the first novel in his planned Long London quintet. Now it has been announced that The Great When will be adapted for television – and in a move that will shock long-time fans, Moore himself is involved!Deadline is reporting that production com
  
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• Daredevil: Born Again star reveals that the MCU series is set five years after the Netflix original

  04-12-2024 14:47 via gamesradar.com
  
  Daredevil: Born Again's Wilson Bethel has confirmed when the new Disney Plus series takes place in the MCU timeline.Speaking at Fan Expo San Francisco recently, the actor, who is set to reprise his role as Bullseye/Benjamin Poindexter in the show, revealed it takes place five years after the Netflix original. He went on to explain that it was only natural to do so, given that himself and co-stars Jon Bernthal, Elden Henson, Deborah Ann Woll, and Charlie Cox are all... visibly older than when we
  
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• David Harbour has already seen a cut of Marvel's Thunderbolts – and teases the movie's "surprising" and "impressive" direction

  04-12-2024 14:01 via gamesradar.com
  
  David Harbour says he's already seen an early cut of new MCU movie Thunderbolts* – and his verdict sounds extremely promising."Marvel is excited by its expansion, to a certain degree. And also, I think they're doing a bit of a course correction around getting too big, in a way, with the Disney Plus stuff," the actor told CinemaBlend. "I'm very excited for you guys to see Thunderbolts*. Because I'm impressed with the direction they took that. And it's surprising. It's a real movie. I mean,
  
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• Ahsoka season 2 has Dave Filoni as the only writer as he provides exciting update on returning Star Wars show

  04-12-2024 13:55 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ahsoka season 2 is in the works, and, though it doesn't have a release date just yet, creator Dave Filoni has given an exciting update on how the new episodes are going."I'm so well into that as well… I've been writing it, and I'm still the single writer on it, and so I've been enjoying doing that, but it's a challenge, of course, and working some of these arcs through has been a challenge and making sure it's all going to come out in a way that I think is exciting for fans," he told Extr
  
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• Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck joins fellow Stephen King adaptations The Monkey and Welcome to Derry as it nabs 2025 release date

  04-12-2024 13:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck has finally got a release date. The upcoming sci-fi drama is set to follow in the footsteps of fellow Stephen King adaptations The Monkey and It spin-off Welcome to Derry and release in 2025.More specifically, NEON has confirmed that the flick will land in cinemas on May 30 – a whopping six years after Flanagan's last feature Doctor Sleep.Based on a short story found in King's If It Bleeds collection (alongside Mr. Harrigan's Phone, which inspired the 2022
  
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• Fortnite XP gets a boost after battle royale players complained that leveling up was too slow in Chapter 6, but "it still isn't enough" to make up for the nerf

  04-12-2024 13:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Epic Games is attempting to make amends for the huge nerfs to XP gain in Fortnite Chapter 6: Season 1, but battle royale players insist that the leveling-up situation is "still awful."Chapter 6: Season 1 kicked off last week, and while its new additions are generally loads of fun, the experience has been somewhat dampened by some significant changes to the ways to earn XP in order to level up and earn Battle Pass rewards. Namely, a reduction in the number of Fortnite quests, playtime XP, and har
  
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• Monster Hunter Wilds' new boss won't let you gang up on it in co-op - you'll instead need "new ways of playing" to squash the spider-like foe

  04-12-2024 13:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Monster Hunter Wilds' new boss is designed to make you find new strategies while in co-op teams, as long as you can get over any potential arachnophobia. Lala Barina is an elegant spider-ish boss that twirls like a ballerina but will ensnare you in webs all the same, and we now know more about how to defeat the creature ahead of Monster Hunter Wilds' February release date.Speaking to Automaton, Monster Hunter Wilds' executive director and art lead Kaname Fujioka explains that the ballerina
  
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• Miles Morales star wants Tom Hardy’s Venom to make a live-action cameo in Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

  04-12-2024 13:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  It looks like Venom 3 might not be the last dance for Tom Hardy’s Marvel journey after all as Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse star Shameik Moore says he wants Hardy’s Venom to make a live-action cameo in the upcoming Spidey sequel."Someone else in their physical live-action form? I like Tom [Hardy] as Venom," said the Miles Morales star in an interview with ScreenRant, when asked who he’d like to see appear in the next Spider-Man film.This wouldn't be the first time we have
  
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• As the PS1 turns 30 years old, former PlayStation chief reveals he knew nothing about making games when joining the team but was assured "none of us do either"

  04-12-2024 13:03 via gamesradar.com
  
  PlayStation is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the original console, and it turns out its early team didn't have much of a clue what they were doing at first.In an interview with Eurogamer, former Sony Interactive Entertainment America president Shawn Layden reminisces about the early days of the company. "I joined PlayStation specifically in '96 when they were a year into it," he says. "They'd already launched in North America and in Japan."Layden had already worked with the then PlayStatio
  
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• As the third Final Fantasy 14 Ultimate race in a row ends in MMO raiders caught using add-ons, World Race lead bans them outright: "Not everyone will be happy, but I think this is the best way forward"

  04-12-2024 12:56 via gamesradar.com
  
  The latest Final Fantasy 14 Ultimate raid has not come without its drama as players hoping to snag the top spot in the race to clear the fight first were caught and disqualified for cheating - a situation that has resulted in a controversial complete rework of the World Race's rules.Following patch 7.1 and the arrival of Futures Unwritten, Square Enix's most recent Ultimate raid, the drama surrounding the use of third-party add-ons and tools has once again surfaced. After a static known by the c
  
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• Even after 10 years of My Hero Academia, creator Kōhei Horikoshi is already "planning to start a new manga as soon as I possibly can"

  04-12-2024 12:54 via gamesradar.com
  
  The My Hero Academia manga wrapped up in August after 430 chapters and 10 years, but its creator, Kohei Horikoshi, is already planning his next move. In a new interview with Marvel to celebrate the publication of MHA's final collected edition, Horikoshi revealed that he is back at work."I feel really lucky over the success of MHA, so I know there's a lot of pressure around my next move," he admits, before adding "I'm planning to start a new manga as soon as I possibly can."No details h
  
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• Fallout season 2 starts filming as The Ghoul's Walton Goggins shares BTS look: "It feels good to slip on this skin"

  04-12-2024 12:48 via gamesradar.com
  
  Fallout's Walton Goggins says it "feels good" to be back playing the Ghoul, confirming that season 2 has officially started filming.The actor, who will next been seen in The White Lotus season 3, took to Instagram to share a close-up photo of himself in the make-up chair, as someone carefully applies his facial prosthetics. "Back in the saddle… #Deux. Gatdamn it feels good to slip on this skin. I do this shit for the love of the Game," he captioned the image.
  A post shared by Walton Goggi
  
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• First Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim reactions call the anime movie "breathtaking" and "a roaring return to Middle-earth"

  04-12-2024 12:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  Reactions for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim are in, and they're overwhelmingly positive.The anime movie is a prequel that tells the story of Helm Hammerhand, who was a King of Rohan – and the namesake of Helm's Deep."The War of the Rohirrim is a ROARING return to Middle-earth with gorgeous animation that wonderfully weaves Peter Jackson’s cinematic vision through the artistry of anime. This is The Lord of the Rings like we’ve never seen before. Overly long but
  
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