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The Storyteller and ED-NA in Fallout New Vegas.

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RIP | The actor behind Fallout YouTube's power-armoured loremaster The Storyteller appears to have died, leading to tributes from the Bethesda community

According to a tweet from his account, voice actor Jason Damron passed away from cancer on September 7.

Sept. 11, 2024 Mark Warren

Still from Good Omens showing Crowley, a man with short red hair and dark sunglasses, and Aziraphale, a man with bright blonde curly hair holding a clipboard.

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As claims of Amazon pausing Good Omens production emerge over serious allegations against Neil Gaiman, the author reportedly offers to step away from the show

The author has denied the allegations placed against him.

Sept. 11, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A young version of Spider-Man wearing a homemade suit that is mostly just a customised polo, sweatpants, sneakers, and the iconic red mask and white eyes, swinging through New York.

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Page Turner | Marvel still hasn't really shown much of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, but hopefully the reveal of a prequel comic will tide you over

It's not a trailer, but it's something.

Sept. 11, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A helldiver in front of a dead Terminid in Helldivers 2.

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I Started Blasting | Helldivers 2's next big update is buffing the gun that's designed to be "like a sniper rifle on crack" so you can blast larger enemies to bits

The railgun's durable damage is being close to quadrupled. Nice.

Sept. 11, 2024 Mark Warren

An enemy with its arms folded in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree.

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Big Bad Balancing | Elden Ring’s latest patch, patch 1.1.4, should give you a better chance of finally making a mess of Shadow of the Erdtree’s final boss (if you haven’t already)

Yep, you might want to look away, hardcore git gudders, FromSoft's made things a little easier again.

Sept. 11, 2024 Mark Warren

Two people with short hair in a fringe stairing at each other, a map behind them, in a promotional image for the anime Leviathan.

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Bountiful Fruit | Netflix's next anime is a beautiful look at an alternative history with talent that's worked on hits like Howl's Moving Castle, Metal Gear Solid 4, and Trigun Stampede

There's a strong team behind this one.

Sept. 11, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Timothee Chalamet in Dune: Part Two, he's holding up a dagger above his head, looking forwards.

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What're You Dune? | Despite currently writing the third one, Dune director Denis Villeneuve doesn't consider his take on the series to be a trilogy

"It’s important that people understand that for me, it was really a diptych."

Sept. 11, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Some Pals doing manual labour in Palworld.

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PS Pals? | Keen to play Palworld on PS5? A Tokyo Game Show listing looks like it could be the latest hint at a port

It's still worth waiting for an official announcement before you start to Celaray-te.

Sept. 11, 2024 Mark Warren

Hal Jordan in his Green Lantern outfit pointing his ring hand at something, a glow around it and him.

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Ring Ring | You can stop photoshopping Josh Brolin onto Green Lantern's body, as the actor has apparently passed on the DC series

Another previous report claimed Ewan McGregor and Matthew McConaughey were being eyed up if Brolin declined the role.

Sept. 11, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Several cast members of The Office posing for a promotional image.

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Paper Jam | The Office follow-up series has cast its next batch of fresh talent you'll inevitably end up cringing at

Though maybe they could tone down the cringe factor just a touch.

Sept. 11, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A Helldivers 2 player incinerating a Terminid with a flamethrower.

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Hot Stuff | Wahey, Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead says its next update will be giving flamethrowers enough of a buff to facilitate cooking showdowns

"We've heard you loud and clear."

Sept. 11, 2024 Mark Warren

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Diablo 4 Tired | Watch Diablo 4 fail to compute after one player's Barb does well beyond the highest amount of damage possible

One Diablo 4 player has caused the game to forget how to calculate damage after they did so much of it in such a short span of time.

Sept. 11, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Fly, You Fools | It sounds like The Hunt for Gollum will take a while, as Gandalf himself says the team behind it is planning for two films

Two for the price of two.

Sept. 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Treyarch confirms Call of Duty Black Ops 6 maps won’t be too big at launch, and certainly no bigger than what you’ve played in the beta

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MAPPING THINGS OUT | Treyarch confirms Call of Duty Black Ops 6 maps won’t be too big at launch, and certainly no bigger than what you’ve played in the beta

The company also notes that map flow and variety is key, with more info to come.

Sept. 10, 2024 Connor Makar

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Pro Strats | The PS5 Pro is real, but it's so expensive you might wish it wasn't

PS5 architect Mark Cerny gives us a rundown like a pro.

Sept. 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Miles Morales as Spider-Man fighting the Spot in Across the Spider-Verse.

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Web Of Lies | Has Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse actually been delayed to 2027? Not according to its composer

The film was originally meant to come out in March of this year.

Sept. 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Been Around The Bend | With the weight of a beloved series like Avatar: The Last Airbender behind her, the next actor to play fan favourite Katara is really hoping she can 'serve it justice'

"I just don't want to let anyone down, that’s all."

Sept. 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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New Brothers | Its official, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is one of the biggest games of the year after it breaks its own Steam concurrent record

Space Marine 2 has, quite predictably, made another jump on Steam's most played games chart now that it's been officially released.

Sept. 10, 2024 Sherif Saed

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Concept art for Destiny 2's Codename: Frontiers.

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Switching Loadouts | Destiny 2 is switching to offering two "medium-sized" expansions per year, because its annual add-ons had "started to feel too formulaic"

"We believe it’s time for Destiny to change and evolve, and that our community wants this game to grow and innovate too."

Sept. 10, 2024 Mark Warren

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Propare Yourself | What time is Sony's PS5 Pro Tech Presentation and where to watch it

It'll feature Knack's director, so you know you don't want to miss this.

Sept. 10, 2024 Mark Warren

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Tom Holland as Spider-Man, stood in a dimly lit area wearing his Spider-suit, mask off, looking at something offscreen.

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Can He Swing? | Shang-Chi 2, Naruto, and now potentially Spider-Man 4? It sounds like Destin Daniel Cretton has a lot on his plate

The director seems to be in Marvel's good books.

Sept. 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Dark Desires | Following Patch 7, Baldur's Gate 3 Durge mains are urging Larian to revamp some key companion reactions before it moves on

"I honestly can't understand how this issue is being ignored, being that Durge is, along with Tav, the main character of the game, our own character."

Sept. 10, 2024 Mark Warren

James Earl Jones in Coming 2 American, he's wearing an decorated crow, and is smiling.

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RIP | James Earl Jones, the iconic actor behind Darth Vader, Mufasa, and more, has died aged 93

The actor was surrounded by family at the time of his passing.

Sept. 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Mbappe, Rodri, Haaland, Bellingham, Vini Jr, De Bruyne and Kane as the highest rated men in EA Sports FC 25.

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Solid Gold | Mbappe, Rodri and Haaland highest rated players in EA Sports FC 25, plus big upgrade for Bellingham

Bonmati is the highest-rated Women's player in EA Sports FC 25 after her Ballon D'or win.

Sept. 9, 2024 James Billcliffe

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Will It Have Games? | Sony hasn't said the PS5 Pro is the focus of tomorrow's Technical Presentation, but come on, it pro-bably is, right?

It's almost definitely a safe bet.

Sept. 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Just A Few Replies | Following Arrowhead's update announcement, PlayStation asks Helldivers 2 players how they feel about the game, cue "over 5,000 responses" in less than an hour

Plus some folks arguing that the survey didn't let them be as negative as they'd have liked.

Sept. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

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The Funny Number | A very small but very nice number of people managed to get Concord's Platinum trophy before it shutdown

A small giggle amongst the sad situation.

Sept. 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Some characters hanging off a ledge in Concord.

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Bazzk in Black? | Will Concord ever come back? Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition willing the game to, but even the experts reckon it's in an "unprecedented situation"

Hey, there's a chance not all of these people who've signed this thing are joking, right? Er, maybe.

Sept. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

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Confused why Nintendo said The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's title was a big spoiler? That's because it had a different name for most of development

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Rock The Dragon | Confused why Nintendo said The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's title was a big spoiler? That's because it had a different name for most of development

That odd comment finally makes a lot more sense.

Sept. 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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A character unleashing an attack in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Next Level Stuff | Baldur's Gate 3 modders have already cheekily unlocked a developer mode in Larian's toolkit, potentially paving the way for full custom adventures

Because mods, and it could well just be the start of people doing cool in-depth stuff with the game.

Sept. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

Paradox from Deadlock, they are wearing a trenchcoat and have a see through, glass-like head with a lava-lamp style goo sloating inside it.

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Locked Out | People are already cheating in Deadlock, a game that isn't even technically out yet

You can just have fun, you know.

Sept. 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

What do you mean Silent Hill: Ascension, possibly the worst game in the whole series, won an Emmy for ‘Outstanding Innovation In Emerging Media Programming’

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Excuse Me? | What do you mean Silent Hill: Ascension, possibly the worst game in the whole series, won an Emmy for ‘Outstanding Innovation In Emerging Media Programming’

Who made this decision, I just want to talk.

Sept. 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Kazuma Kiryu and Akira Nishkiyama in Yakuza Zero looking confused.

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Majima City | Remember SEGA's Yakuza Wars trademark? Well, it seemingly is a mobile strategy game with Kiryu and Majima that you'll be able to play on the loo

That's assuming a Facebook page and ads which have popped up turn out to be the real thing.

Sept. 9, 2024 Mark Warren

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POSITVE THOUGHTS | Praise the emperor! Space Marine 2 hits Very Positive on Steam the day before its general release

A good sign for a game that's about to have its floodgates opened.

Sept. 9, 2024 Connor Makar

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A close-up of The Ghoul smirking in Amazon's Fallout.

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Not What You Think | Fallout: Vault 33 just won an Emmy, but what is it?

I don't want any of you sarcastically commenting "the show, duh."

Sept. 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

A player character in Once Human looking up at some kind of tall, monstrous figure.

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Twice Animal | Once Human still has plenty of people playing it, but some negative player feedback for season 2 has still apparently been "quite demoralising"

"What's important is that it's made us aware of how your experience has been affected by the changes we've made."

Sept. 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Ah, Shoot | Renowned FPS developer MachineGames de-emphasized guns for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle because the fedora-wearer is mostly just "a somewhat clumsy archeologist"

That doesn't mean there won't be any shooting, though.

Sept. 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Oldschool RuneScape characters sat facing another character, a black heart floating next to them.

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Real Old School | Still playing Old School RuneScape and wish there was an easier way to make custom private servers? Jagex has some great news for you

Giving players exactly what they want.

Sept. 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Out Of This World | Stay calm, Astro Bot fans: the game's credits might be hinting towards some more DLC cameos

More little guys to make you go "aww hey I love that game!"

Sept. 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Sneaky | Yes, Star Wars Outlaws' creative director knows the instant-fail stealth missions are annoying, but don't worry, there's a patch coming soon

Those of you that have already beaten them can have bragging rights as a consolation prize.

Sept. 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Bungie is offering a little bit of insight into what's next for Destiny 2 next week, just don't expect much for its 10th anniversary

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Destiny's Destiny | Bungie is offering a little bit of insight into what's next for Destiny 2 next week, just don't expect much for its 10th anniversary

Another 10 years of Destiny, perhaps?

Sept. 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

The main cast of Baldur's Gate 3 on a smoky, grey background.

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Where's The Rockers? | At more than 3m downloads in just over 24 hours after Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 7 dropped, you can probably say that the modding tools are popular

Baldur's Gate 3 and mods get on like a house on fire.

Sept. 8, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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When Durges Cry | Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 unleashes some of the hardest lines you'll ever hear, and it's broken the hearts of a bard's stans

Larian's ability to write dialogue that gives you emotional whiplash certainly isn't Karlaching.

Sept. 6, 2024 Mark Warren

22cans founder Peter Molyneux in front of a screen saying Masters of Albion.

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He's Said A Thing | Peter Molyneux reckons AI will "be a real game changer" in the future of games, and it'll "allow anyone" to make an entire title with a single prompt

"AI-generated characters, animations, dialogue, VO, there is so much that AI will be able to tackle."

Sept. 6, 2024 Mark Warren

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Emperor's Faithful | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is already one of Steam's most popular games, and it's not even technically out yet

Things were already looking pretty good for Space Marine 2 just based on its recent sales on Steam, and many of those players showed up at not-launch.

Sept. 6, 2024 Sherif Saed