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Zombies Origin | One of the most beloved Call of Duty games, and a unique shooter from the X360 era, are seemingly coming to Game Pass

Game Pass continues to amass a large library of classic Call of Duty games, and it appears the list will be gaining one major addition next year.

Dec. 24, 2024 Sherif Saed

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V has Come to (FN) | Keanu Reeves is in Fortnite again, this time as Cyberpunk 2077's Johnny Silverhand, and he's bringing his nuke along

Fortnite's next cross-over is with Cyberpunk 2077, making it the second time Keanu Reeves has joined the battle royale shooter.

Dec. 24, 2024 Sherif Saed

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The Moon? | We’re almost certainly not getting a new GTA 6 trailer this week, but some fans have really convinced themselves that we are

It's not impossible, but the idea that we may be getting a new GTA 6 trailer by the end of this week borders on the absurd.

Dec. 24, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Some Rest | No Rest for the Wicked dev may have been quiet for a little too long, but it will back with a vengeance in January

We're finally getting some major No Rest for the Wicked news in the new year, to kick-start 2025 with a bang.

Dec. 23, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Dead Dead | Just in case you had any hope the horror series wasn't dead, EA said no to a Dead Space 4 pitch from the original co-creator

Remember when EA managed to fool us into thinking that maybe it's ready to really bring back Dead Space? Well, that was fun while it lasted.

Dec. 23, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Testers Wanted | Fancy testing out Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 and its long-awaited crossplay mechanics? Larian's now letting folks sign up to do just that

Apply for a nice prezzie that you might get to open in January, if you're one of the players picked.

Dec. 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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We'll Lu-see | Fallout season two likely won't see Fallout 76 take its TV crossovers to a whole new level, as its devs don't want to "give fan service for just the sake of doing it"

"We probably won't go out of our way to add a whole bunch of stuff specific to the show, because we don't feel like we need to."

Dec. 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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Ray-Aw, Man | Rayman stars in a weird NFT game vaguely inspired by the coolest Far Cry DLC that Ubisoft's just quietly plopped out, because of course he does

Also, he's seemingly now a Die Hard baddie who makes a lot of probably very salient points about how America sucks.

Dec. 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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Holiday Hell Hurl | Diablo 4 is free to play until the new year on everything, and you can even try out the new Spiritborn class

Blizzard really wants you to be playing Diablo 4 over the holidays and into the new year.

Dec. 20, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Future Box Fight | Either PlayStation or Xbox will "struggle mightily" to do well with their next gen console, while Nintendo'll be "the clear winner”, predicts research firm

“There isn’t room for more than two major console systems" in the upcoming cycle, reckons DFC Intelligence.

Dec. 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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Carnundrum | Helldivers 2's Illuminate are coming for your new wheels, and players are convinced it's a push towards Meridia's definitely not suspiciously revamped black hole

It's ok, Arrowhead says the purple circle's new appearance is nothing to worry about right now. People aren't buying that though.

Dec. 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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Smooth | Monster Hunter Wilds' performance has been improved in the final game, and we may even get a second beta

Capcom just revealed a bunch of new Monster Hunter Wilds details, and addressed several points of criticism from the recent open beta.

Dec. 20, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Super Santa | Helldivers 2 dev Arrowhead comes up with a suitably festive solution to all that Killzone collab price backlash

"We will revisit this," the studio says of the item prices folks weren't fans of, while loading up the free gifts onto its sleigh.

Dec. 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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Flying Or Crashing | James Gunn's Superman has just received its first trailer: some people love it, some don't, and we can't tell if Krypto or Lois Lane has the bigger stan army

Not everything is praise and hype.

Dec. 19, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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The Next Evolution? | Would Fallout 76's devs be open to doing playable super mutants? The game's lead producer says it could depend on how much people like going ghoul

"That does give pause to talk about: ‘Okay, does it make sense for us to have anything else in this world that players can do?’"

Dec. 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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Sense Of Wonder | James Gunn's Superman teaser trailer shows Krypto the super dog, and is therefore incredible (other characters appear too)

A fresh new start which skips the origin story.

Dec. 19, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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Cash Money | Pokemon TCG Pocket players are heads over heels for a new addition to the cosmetic store

It's a cute little thing, but nothing can save you back-to-back tails I'm afraid.

Dec. 19, 2024 Connor Makar

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BEEEEEGGGGGG | Stalker 2 gets its "first major patch", patch 1.1, featuring a mammoth list of more than 1,800 fixes that includes the first batch of A-Life tweaks

GSC says "the size of the patch is huge and the process of downloading will take some time", so you best set it away and make a cup of tea.

Dec. 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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Bloody Reunion | Courteney Cox is officially returning for Scream 7 after months of doubt, locking yet another Gale Weathers and Sidney Prescott reunion

Will she survive this one?

Dec. 19, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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Rock And Hard Place | As Helldivers 2's Killzone collab pricing backlash rumbles on, CCO Pilestedt says Arrowhead chose not to make it a warbond to try and avoid exactly this kind of thing

Either way, players don't reckon the price is right.

Dec. 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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Through The Jungle | Jurassic World: Rebirth director Gareth Edwards promises a very simple "survival story" and says they put the actors in water that poisonous snakes call home

Living dinosaurs aren't real, but other dangerous animals were.

Dec. 19, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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Horny Bat | Zenless Zone Zero saves gooner Christmas by fixing bug that prevented pervy camera angles

The online community freaked out a bit before it knew this was an unintended change.

Dec. 19, 2024 Connor Makar

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Not In Control | Jesse Eisenberg believes the reaction to Batman v Superman and his performance as Lex Luthor hurt his career, even if that's "kind of embarrassing to admit"

Flew too close to the sun.

Dec. 19, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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Soulslike Strats | Sony becomes the "largest shareholder" in FromSoftware owner Kadokawa, as the two put an Elden Ring on a "strategic capital and business alliance"

After all that corporate courting, the big duo have opted to strengthen their collaborative ties, but haven't gone the full buyout route.

Dec. 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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Fight the new year | 2XKO fiends will have to wait until February to hear what's coming next in Riot's upcoming fighting game

The team is on holiday, but we have a roadmap on future updates

Dec. 19, 2024 Connor Makar

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Credit Crunch | "I hear what you're saying" Helldivers 2 dev Arrowhead's CEO responds to backlash from players against the lofty prices of its new Killzone collab gear

"The more of this we sell - the more Illuminate type stuff we can keep dropping for free"

Dec. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Honk If You're... | The first trailer for A24's Death of a Unicorn has Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega freaking out about accidentally killing everyone's favourite fictitious animal

It's an understandable reaction, honestly.

Dec. 18, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Up In The Sky! | Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a tease of a teaser trailer for James Gunn's Superman, and it really wants you to look up

That's too many teases.

Dec. 18, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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MassConaughey | Remember Exodus? Here's its first gameplay, featuring a not quite Commander Shepard sci-fi slapping up a space bear

The game also has Matthew McConaughey in it, doing video games for the first time.

Dec. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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You're Kidding Me | Who said nostalgia was dead? Certainly not the first trailer for Karate Kid: Legends

It's some guys you've seen in films before! Neato!

Dec. 18, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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A Colourful Bunch | A Bluey movie is on the way, putting the fear of uncontrollably sobbing in front of a crowd of children in parents everywhere

Based on how parents have reacted to the TV show, you might want to bring some tissues.

Dec. 18, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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In The Killzone | Helldivers 2's first ever crossover is here, and it's good news for super credit flush Killzone fans

When two PlayStation-backed shooty things with armour that looks a bit fascist love each other very much...

Dec. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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This Is Fine | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse finally puts some names to its directors, and no, they didn't just join the film

It might not be coming out next year, but it's seemingly doing just fine.

Dec. 18, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Ciri You Soon | Can't wait for The Witcher 4? Well, thanks to Witcher 3 modders, you can now get an early taste of playing as grown up monster slayer Ciri

As TW4's director says, the Witcher community always delivers.

Dec. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Bonus Level | Turns out Secret Level wasn't so secret after all, as Amazon has renewed it for a second season

Start placing your bets on what gets adapted next.

Dec. 18, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Rider! | Warframe does it again, turning another mobility bug into a permanent feature

Motorbikes weren't meant to be used in non-Warframe 1999 missions. But fun comes first!

Dec. 17, 2024 Connor Makar

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Fallen-on-and-On | If you can believe it, Lords of the Fallen is still getting patches that change its combat this many months after launch

Over a year after its initial release, the devs behind Lords of the Fallen continue to tweak some of its most fundamental aspects.

Dec. 17, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Shadowy Behaviour | Turns out we can't have anything nice anymore, as Sonic the Hedgehog 3 spoilers are apparently already floating around

The film is due out later this week.

Dec. 16, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Dun-dun-dun-duhh-duh | While you wait for that Superman trailer, have a listen to the upcoming film's quite lovely main theme that calls back to the 1978 original

A little something to tide you over.

Dec. 16, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Exciting Stuff | Hideki Kamiya might be all in on the Okami sequel at his new studio, but that doesn't mean completely new titles aren't on the table

"Our mission at Clovers is to create unique games that only we can make."

Dec. 16, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Fingers Crossed | The Witcher 4 might not end up looking as pretty as its reveal trailer, but at the very least CD Projekt Red says it represents an "overall feel" the devs wants it to have

"The trailer is a cinematic look at the kind of experience The Witcher 4 is aspiring to give to players."

Dec. 16, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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All Aboard | We really don't need a Cyberpunk 2077 movie, but if there ever is one, Idris Elba is already up for reprising his role

"Let's speak that into existence."

Dec. 16, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Dead Man's Hand | Balatro Dev jokes about adding loot boxes to lower 18 age rating, highlighting the "real gambling" EA Sports FC gets away with

The game features no actual gambling, while other games monetised through loot boxes get off with a lower rating.

Dec. 16, 2024 Connor Makar

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Global Goblin Grind | Diablo 4's final event of the year has the entire community chasing Treasure Goblins for some cool rewards

Diablo 4 is just about ready to wrap up 2024, and it's going to do so with a very on-theme event.

Dec. 16, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Rock The Dragon | You might be surprised to hear it, but Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is apparently already one of Bandai Namco's best selling games of all time

"I wasn't expecting this."

Dec. 16, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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As You Please | Hidetaka Miyazaki's five words of advice for the director of Elden Ring: Nightreign probably sum up his own ethos better than any of us ever could

And they're good words of advice too.

Dec. 15, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Bloody Hell | While you wait for The Witcher 4, a bunch of former CD Projekt Red devs hope to get you interested in what they're working on with a title reveal and a promise of a proper showcase

Not sure on the title, though.

Dec. 15, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Let The Race Begin | There's a big JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime event coming next year, and fans have already convinced themselves that the next part of the series is finally getting adapted

I mean, what else could it be, right?

Dec. 15, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Page Turner | Still not over Cyberpunk: Edgerunners? The just revealed manga prequel won't help, but it does seem like a great addition to the series

Plus it's the only new Cyberpunk thing you'll be getting for a while.

Dec. 15, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Speak Up | Yes, you're hearing right: Ciri does sound different in that first Witcher 4 trailer, but CD Projekt Red hasn't shared why she's been recast

Meet your new Witcher.

Dec. 15, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke