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• Stellar Blade is set to run smoother than ever on PC as its multi-frame generation support promises to triple its frame rate, as long as you have the pricey hardware needed

  14-03-2025 13:23 via gamesradar.com
  
  Nearly a year after its original launch, there's not too much longer to wait for Stellar Blade to launch on PC, and it's now been confirmed that the action RPG will support the latest Nvidia tech on day one to make its frame rate juicier than ever.Ahead of the PC port's release in June, Nvidia has confirmed that Stellar Blade will immediately support DLSS 4. For anyone with compatible hardware (specifically, the pricey GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs),the game will also boast Nvidia's new Multi Frame
  
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• As Jurassic Park Survival, John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, and the Star Wars KOTOR remake remain MIA, Saber CEO promises "everything that we have talked about is still in development"

  15-03-2025 01:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been some time since we've heard from Saber Interactive on a number of its high-profile projects in development, but the company's CEO has assured they're all still being worked on.A year ago to the day, Saber Interactive split from its former parent company Embracer Group in a deal valued at nearly $250 million. Without the financial backing of the Swedish media giant and in the absence of updates on many of its most anticipated titles, it's natural to wonder if they're still in developmen
  
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• Horizon Zero Dawn star Ashly Burch responds to Sony's controversial AI Aloy by pushing for actor protections: "You have to compensate us fairly, and you have to tell us how you're using this AI"

  14-03-2025 22:52 via gamesradar.com
  
  Earlier this week, footage of an AI-powered character prototype developed by Sony and modeled after Horizon Zero Dawn's Aloy leaked online. The game's community was immediately critical of the whole effort, and now Ashly Burch, the human actor behind Aloy's original performance, has published her own response."I saw the tech demo earlier this week," Burch says in an Instagram video. "Guerrilla reached out to me to let me know that the demo didn't reflect anything that was actively in development
  
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• Silent Hill f's ESRB rating has zero chill: "Faces ripped apart," "a character burned alive inside a cage," and "entrails and sinew displayed on serving platters"

  14-03-2025 22:18 via gamesradar.com
  
  Silent Hill f has been rated by the ESRB in the US, and the rating summary is one of the most explicit and intense I've ever seen.In case you missed it, the new Silent Hill f cinematic trailer gives a sneak preview of some of the abominations the hapless protagonist Hinako will have to face off against. The trailer had some of the most unsettling creatures I've ever seen in the Silent Hill series' long history, but this ESRB rating summary suggests it was just a taster of the full meal.It's wort
  
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• District 9 filmmaker Neil Blomkamp is working on a Starship Troopers reboot that goes back to the original 1959 novel

  14-03-2025 22:14 via gamesradar.com
  
  Columbia Pictures has tapped District 9 filmmaker Neill Blomkamp to write and direct a new adaptation of Starship Troopers, per THR. According to the trade outlet, Blomkamp's new Starship Troopers will fully bypass Paul Verhoeven's 1997 film and its subsequent direct-to-video sequels, instead opting to return to the original source material of Robert A. Heinlein's 1959 sci-fi novel.This is an interesting decision, but not necessarily a surprising one, as Verhoeven's film is widely noted for its
  
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• Silent Hill f writer says many of the franchise's female characters experience "a great deal of suffering," so he wants his protagonist "to be able to make her own decisions, for better or for worse"

  14-03-2025 22:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Women in Silent Hill are smothered to death, bleeding from the waist down, and tortured by their fathers. It's not my idea of the perfect spring break, but sometimes it's unavoidable. So Silent Hill f, the newest title in Konami's survival horror series, won't make life any easier for its female protagonist, but writer Ryukishi07 at least vows to empower her."Up until now, I have played every Silent Hill game," says Ryukishi07, the mythic creator behind the When They Cry visual novels, in Konami
  
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• Jonathan Hickman will "revolutionize Marvel's galactic canon" in a new event that brings in the Hulks, Black Panther, Nova, and more

  14-03-2025 21:09 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jonathan Hickman, the architect of the new Ultimate Universe, is returning to the mainstream Marvel Universe with a transformative new four-issue event series titled Imperial, which Marvel promises will "revolutionize Marvel's galactic canon" and "lays the foundation for an entire new landscape of interconnected space-set stories."Hickman is joined by artists Federico Vicenti and Iban Coello on Imperial. The limited series throws the wider galactic societies of the Marvel Universe into disarray
  
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• Solo Leveling anime producer calls out "act of betrayal" after footage leaks ahead of latest episode: "It’s a shame”

  14-03-2025 21:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  Solo Leveling producer Atsushi Kaneko has spoken out after the latest episode leaked online ahead of release."I appreciate your anticipation of our latest story. But...it is a real shame that the footage is leaked prior to broadcast and distribution," Kaneko wrote in a statement shared to Twitter."It is an act of betrayal to the creative staff and the fans who are looking forward to the show.I feel sorry for them. It's a shame."Comic Book Review says that "prominent leakers" shared images of sea
  
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• Valve "followed" 1.7 million Steam users for over a year, and now reports those gamers spent $20 million on microtransactions and another $73 million on games and DLC

  14-03-2025 20:11 via gamesradar.com
  
  Valve monitored the activity of 1.7 million Steam users and found some pretty interesting stats about playtime and in-game transactions and purchases.In Steam's 2024 Year-in-Review writeup, Valve said it tracked the activity of 1.7 million customers who were first-time purchasers and bought one of the 20 biggest games of 2023. It used the big games to single them out, and "then we followed that cohort of new users," Valve says.Valve collected data that showed what those customers did on Steam fr
  
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• Just weeks later, Ubisoft walks back some disappointing Assassin's Creed Shadows news: it will be fully Steam Deck Verified "despite the fact the team thought it would not be the case"

  14-03-2025 19:26 via gamesradar.com
  
  Assassin's Creed Shadows will be Steam Deck compatible and fully Verified at launch after all, Ubisoft has confirmed.This is a pretty big 180 from Ubisoft, which just weeks ago said in no uncertain terms that Assassin's Creed Shadows wouldn't be Steam Deck compatible at launch due to the mobile hardware's technical limitations. In a tech Q&A from February 12, Ubisoft technology director Pierre F said: "At launch, the game will not be compatible with Steam Deck, due to the fact it is below ou
  
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• God of War's 20th anniversary announcement comes without a remaster, but PlayStation is giving us some sick new God of War Ragnarok skins and a 67-inch Jörmungandr plush

  14-03-2025 19:20 via gamesradar.com
  
  The 20th anniversary of the God of War series is upon us, and PlayStation has just announced a range of new merch and updates to celebrate – but, sadly, the announcements do not include the long-awaited remaster of the original PS2 and PS3 games.On Thursday, March 20, the Dark Odyssey Collection is coming to God of War Ragnarok as a free update on PS5, PS4, and PC. "Inspired by the working name of God of War (2005) and the skin that originally appeared in God of War II as a reward for beat
  
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• Ubisoft is reportedly laying the groundwork for a new company unit focusing on its most valuable series, including Assassin's Creed

  14-03-2025 18:34 via gamesradar.com
  
  Ubisoft is apparently up to some business-shaped shenanigans behind the scenes as it's reportedly considering launching a new part of the company that would house some of its main intellectual property, notably including Assassin's Creed.This comes from a new Bloomberg report, in which anonymous sources familiar with the situation have claimed that Ubisoft is looking for investors to support this so-called "IP unit," which apparently hasn't actually been formed yet. It's not actually clear what
  
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• Wednesday star Jenna Ortega and Escape Room's Taylor Russell in talks to lead reboot of beloved '90s thriller

  14-03-2025 18:30 via gamesradar.com
  
   Jenna Ortega and Taylor Russell are in talks to lead an upcoming reboot of iconic 1992 erotic thriller Single White Female, according to a report published by The Insneider on March 14.The Hollywood Reporter later confirmed the news, though the publication stated that Sony, the studio thought to be working on the project with Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures, offered no official comment.Starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Bridget Fonda, the original found inspiration from John Lutz's 1
  
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• Super Nintendo consoles have been quietly overclocking themselves for 35 years, but it took until 2025 for the SNES fandom to notice

  14-03-2025 18:05 via gamesradar.com
  
  It's been 35 years since the SNES first launched as the Super Famicom in Japan, complete with a sound chip designed by the father of PlayStation himself, Ken Kutaragi. Over the past few weeks, Super Nintendo fans have made a curious discovery – that chip has been quietly overclocking itself over the decades, making SNES consoles run ever so slightly faster than they did back in the day.The idea that "SNES consoles seem to be getting faster as they age" was posited back on February 26 via T
  
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• Capcom promises "lots in store" for Monster Hunter Wilds beyond just "the planned title updates," not to mention the "series as a whole"

  14-03-2025 17:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  As Capcom continues working towards its first free update for Monster Hunter Wilds, with new monsters like Mizutsune coming to the action RPG, the game's lead developers say there's more in store for the new game – and the series as a whole, too.Speaking in a recent video message on Monster Hunter Wilds, producer Ryozo Tsujimoto, art director Kaname Fujioka, and director Yuya Tokuda teased new content and announcements to come. Looking to the future of Wilds, Tsujimoto tells fans to "keep
  
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• New Nintendo patent implies veteran Splatoon developers are behind that mystery Minecraft-like game playtested last year

  14-03-2025 17:44 via gamesradar.com
  
  We finally have some clue as to what Splatoon's creative leads are working on behind Nintendo's well-secured doors.Last year, the company recruited fans themselves to test a "mystery" Nintendo Switch Online feature with a Playtest Program that filled up within seven minutes. The publisher was then quickly reminded of why it doesn't usually let anyone peek behind the curtain as leaks started flooding the internet almost immediately, describing what sounds like a playtest for a Minecraft-esque gam
  
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• It Takes Two sold over 20 million copies and won GOTY, but Hazelight's Josef Fares says "all the numbers looked really, really bad" before the co-op studio became "this really big developer"

  14-03-2025 17:42 via gamesradar.com
  
  Josef Fares – founder of Hazelight Studios and director of game of the year winner It Takes Two, as well as the massively popular Split Fiction – looks back on his past games and tells us their "numbers" really weren't good."Here's the thing: there was always a big, big risk in the beginning," Fares says in an interview with the Edge newsletter. "But I have extreme confidence in what we do. I trust in the core [of the idea]. Brothers, A Way Out, It Takes Two – all the numbers l
  
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• The Russo brothers finally debunk that Avengers: Doomsday concept art leak: "Nothing spoiling in there"

  14-03-2025 17:39 via gamesradar.com
  
  The Russo brothers have finally commented on that alleged Avengers: Doomsday concept art leak."That artwork was not from Avengers: Doomsday or Secret Wars," Joe Russo told The Hollywood Reporter.Added Anthony: "Nothing spoiling in there. That’s not our concept art."Artwork for Doomsday supposedly leaked onto the internet last month, teasing the likes of Young Avengers' Kate Bishop, Ms. Marvel, Cassie Lang, Wiccan, and Speed in addition to Hulk, She-Hulk, and Hulk's odd-looking son Skaar.Th
  
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• Freaky Friday 2 trailer promises more body-swap hilarity from Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in long-awaited sequel

  14-03-2025 17:31 via gamesradar.com
  
  Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan stans, our time has come. The first trailer for Freaky Friday 2, known as Freakier Friday, is here, reuniting the two stars for another episode of body-swapping hijinks.Curtis and Lohan reprise their roles as Tess and Anna Coleman, the mother and daughter duo who found themselves in each other’s bodies through Chinese magic in 2003. Alas, this wasn't a one-off occurrence, and now it's much worse because the whole family's involved.Anna's an adult with chi
  
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• Daredevil: Born Again star Vincent D'Onofrio swiftly shoots down reports of his involvement in Spider-Man 4

  14-03-2025 17:13 via gamesradar.com
  
  Rumors are swirling about all sorts around Spider-Man 4. One MCU star has swiftly debunked claims he’s got a big role to play in the upcoming Marvel movie, claiming the report is as much news to him as it is to everyone else.Vincent D’Onofrio, the actor behind Wilson Fisk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was quick to shoot down the belief he’d be a central antagonist of Spider-Man 4. Although some crossover between Matt Murdock’s adversary in Daredevil: Born Again and To
  
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• Michael Fassbender recalls his "awful" Mad Max: Fury Road audition: "I couldn’t wait to get out of there"

  14-03-2025 16:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Before Tom Hardy secured the title role in Mad Max: Fury Road, Michael Fassbender was another of the actors up for the part. When reminiscing about the audition, the former X-Men star reveals a genuine ordeal where nothing seemed to go right for him, least of all in front of director George Miller.On the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, Fassbender was asked about trying out for the 2015 blockbuster. Calling the whole incident "awful," he recalls getting off on the wrong foot by arriving late, only
  
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• Split Fiction director Josef Fares says EA has always been "super good" to his studio: "They get so much s**t they don't deserve"

  14-03-2025 16:30 via gamesradar.com
  
  For a long time, EA has been the butt of many jokes about how greedy it can be. Its then-CEO saying he wanted to charge us to reload in Battlefield likely hasn't helped its reputation. However, Split Fiction director Josef Fares says he thinks the company gets more flack than it deserves.In an interview published in Knowledge, the new newsletter from Edge magazine, Fares talks about how much pushback he got at the beginning of his game dev career, but adds "EA definitely never interferes with an
  
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• Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P was unsure about referencing Final Fantasy 9 so heavily because it's a "masterpiece, and everyone has a strong emotional attachment to it"

  14-03-2025 16:29 via gamesradar.com
  
  Final Fantasy 14 director and producer Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida was unsure about adding so many Final Fantasy 9 nods to the MMO's Dawntrail expansion because the game is plainly "a masterpiece." Hear, hear.Final Fantasy 9's fingerprints are pretty much all over the MMO's latest expansion – locations like Alexandria Castle are central to both, you can draw clear parallels between certain characters, FF9's iconic sword-fighting minigame is definitely referenced in Dawntrail, and the expansion
  
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• As Deltarune Chapter 3 and 4 seem closer than ever, Toby Fox's unforgettable RPG Undertale is just $1 in the Steam Spring Sale 2025 and everyone should play it

  14-03-2025 16:28 via gamesradar.com
  
  As the latest chapters of Toby Fox's new RPG Deltarune approach, it's a great time to play Undertale, especially now that it's gone on sale (an Undersale, if you will) for just one singular dollar in the latest Steam sale. That's about the price equivalent of a big sip of coffee.Over on Twitter, Fox says that for "anyone who's ever had any interest in playing this game on PC... now is the best time to pick it up." And he's not wrong – this is the lowest price the RPG has ever seen on Steam
  
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• Ted Lasso season 4 confirmed with Jason Sudeikis returning, but with one major change

  14-03-2025 16:04 via gamesradar.com
  
  Believe! Ted Lasso season 4 is officially happening, with Jason Sudeikis back as the ever-optimistic coach, this time tackling a different side of the football league.Apple TV Plus itself made the announcement, finally confirming that more is in the pipeline for the comedy show after months of uncertainty. Although the third season provided some closure, the door always seemed open for more, and the demand has remained strong, since we’d all fallen in love with the namesake personality.Now
  
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• Reacher season 3 breaks a new record for Prime Video as the action show becomes its most-watched returning season of television ever

  14-03-2025 15:51 via gamesradar.com
  
  Reacher season 3 has broken more records for Amazon, becoming the most-watched returning show on the streaming platform. The latest season of the action hit has had 54.6 million viewers over the first 19 days, beating its number from season 2.According to Deadline, Amazon has confirmed that they've seen particularly strong performance internationally with the show, including in the UK, Germany and Brazil. As well as breaking returning season records, it's also become the most-watched series sinc
  
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• Silent Hill f may be the scariest game in the 26-year-old series, or at least the first one rated 18+ in Japan

  14-03-2025 15:43 via gamesradar.com
  
  Silent Hill f, the latest mainline game in the series, is the first in the franchise's history to be rated 18+ in Japan, which is especially wild because they've often been adult-only in the UK and US.As reported by Automaton, Silent Hill f has been rated CERO:Z, Japan's equivalent of an 18+ rating. All of the other mainline games have been rated CERO:C in Japan, or 15+. I'm quite surprised, because I've always known the games to be absolutely terrifying so I assumed they'd also be rated for adu
  
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• One Piece Egghead Arc release schedule: when is One Piece returning with episode 1123 on Crunchyroll and Netflix?

  14-03-2025 15:32 via gamesradar.com
  
  If you're anything like us, you've been waiting a long, long time for the One Piece episode 1123 release date to drop after a months-long hiatus. Thankfully for those hopping back onboard the Grand Line, the return of the Egghead Arc is only just over the horizon.Below, you'll find the confirmed release date for the 35th episode in what is listed as both the 14th and 21st seasons of One Piece, depending on where you're watching (because One Piece, as ever, remains impenetrable to newcomers).To p
  
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• Bridgerton star to join Jake Gyllenhaal in a new romantic supernatural thriller from M. Night Shyamalan and the author of The Notebook

  14-03-2025 15:17 via gamesradar.com
  
  Phoebe Dynevor is set to join Jake Gyllenhaal in a new supernatural romantic thriller from M. Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks.According to Deadline, Shyamalan and Sparks have collaborated on an original story and are independently writing a screenplay and a novel, respectively, based on said story. Both projects will be based on the same concept and set of characters, of course. The filmmaker previously told Deadline that he would "keep fighting" for "more original storytelling" in the indus
  
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• New Prison Break reboot adds Sucker Punch and Euphoria stars to its cast

  14-03-2025 14:59 via gamesradar.com
  
  Hulu's new Prison Break reboot pilot has added three new cast members: Sucker Punch's Emily Browning, Euphoria's Lukas Gage, and Landman's Drake Rodger have been cast as series regulars.Elgin James, co-creator of Sons of Anarchy spin-off Mayans M.C., is on board as showrunner for the project, which went into development in late 2023 before a pilot was ordered in December 2024.The series will reportedly be set in the same universe as the original show, but none of its characters are expected to c
  
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