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The next Mad Max movie may be another prequel to Fury Road, actually
As we eagerly await Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, we're also wondering what's going on with the actual follow-up to 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road. Well, it now sounds like it could be another prequel!Look, I'll forever be on George Miller's team, but it's a bit odd the saga is now kind of stuck circling around Fury Road's events. In fact, even the highly underrated Mad Max video game released later that year has been confirmed to be another canon prequel.This tidbit comes from Entertainment Weekly's...
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Freeze, Helldivers 2's next Warbond is dropping soon, and the new guns and gear in it look pretty cool
Guess what? Helldivers 2's next Warbond has just been revealed, and you'll probably be a big fan of it if you like getting into snowball fights or have ever fantasised about being in a battle on Star Wars' Hoth. Seriously, it's even called Polar Patriots.Yup, following two patches this week, you're getting more Helldivers 2 things, because multiplayer video games are physically incapable of standing still. How does this Warbond follow-up last month's Democratic Detonation drop, you ask? Well,...
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Warframe reckons it's time for you to get Protea Prime
It's that time yet again - Warframe is getting another Prime Access release that introduces a pumped-up version of one of its many distinct and powerful frames. This time it's Protea Prime - everyone's favourite time-bending warframe - getting this gameplay and visual overhaul. Great news for fans of gadget utility, turning back the clocks, and having two dads. This release was celebrated with a brand-new video showcase, in which the new Protea drip is displayed for our viewing pleasure all...
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Marvel vs Capcom Infinite is finally easy on the eyes thanks to a lone modder
One modder is taking on the gargantuan task of giving Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite a serious makeover. The 2017 Capcom fighter has long been dunked on for poor visuals, but with a bit of elbow grease, cell-shading, and some modeling work, we may be on the verge of a real transformation for MvC's ugly duckling. The hero in question taking up the charge of this particular project is Ryn, a game dev and artist who has been posting her work on this Marvel vs Capcom project over the past few days. The...
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Watch Blizzard make a case for Diablo 4 Season 4 in today's post-PTR developer stream
Diablo 4 returns to the spotlight once gain today, thanks to a new developer livestream from Blizzard. This one is set to focus on all the lessons learned from the game's recent Public Test Realm (PTR), and basically discuss the larger points of feedback.This also happens to be the pre-Season 4 stream, so we’re bound to learn more about the upcoming season.
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A real-life version of Up's floating house sounds like a terrible idea, but Airbnb is offering exactly that
Are you afraid of heights? No? Maybe you should look into spending a night inside Up's floating house courtesy of Airbnb, just so you can tell your grandchildren (if you survive).Via CNN, the "vacation destination rental company" announced on on May first a series of limited-time, special locations named 'Icons' that pay homage to "the greatest names in music, film, television, art, sports, and more." It remains to be seen whether this will be a recurring thing from the company, but so far, the...
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Witcher 3 dev's new mod lets you experience an alternative version of Blood and Wine's most memorable quest
You there. You like The Witcher 3 right? Well, it got some fresh modding tools last month, and, thanks to one CD Projekt developer's desire to try them out, you can now experience a bit of an alternative version of one of the most iconic quests from the excellent Blood and Wine DLC.Even if you haven't take a trip to Toussaint in a while, odds are you'll definitely remember 'Beyond Hill and Dale': while you do have to pick a specific ending to the expansion's great main story in order to play...
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Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh are set to fight in a movie unrelated to the ones you probably know
Sorry, but it looks like mining the public domain for quick bucks is the new trend in low-budget horror. Following the success of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) and the launch of its 'Twisted Childhood Universe' à la the Marvel Cinematic Universe, more filmmakers are grabbing everyone's cute childhood memories and turning them into nightmares. Unsurprisingly, Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh will be duking it out sooner rather than later.Deadline dropped the exclusive on May 1,...
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Helldivers 2's latest hotfix is just a little fella, but it should get rid of fresh issues and crashes you might've run into since the last big patch
Hello there. Helldivers 2's last big patch only dropped on Monday - bringing with it a huge host of changes - and there's already another one out. Thankfully, this hotfix is just a little fella designed to sort out some of the performance issues and crashes that've cropped up since its hefty predecessor was deployed.If you're out of the loop, Monday's patch featured a pretty extensive array of balancing changes to 24 weapons and stratagems, as well as tweaks to some enemies. Though, it has also...
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Rise of the Ronin may have come and gone, but Koei Tecmo says it's selling faster than Nioh and Nioh 2
You'd be forgiven for not remembering that the storied Team Ninja put out its most ambitious game just a few weeks ago. Rise of the Ronin, the studio’s open-world epic, landed with a bit of a thud.The action RPG was generally favourably reviewed by critics, and received well enough by players, but it clearly didn’t satisfy longtime followers of the studio, or really anyone who thought it would be an evolution of the Nioh games.As it turns out, Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja may have made the right...
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Rollerdrome and Kerbal Space Program 2 studios to be shut down by Take-Two as part of mass layoffs, because we can't have nice things
Take-Two Interactive, the company behind GTA developer Rockstar Games - is reportedly set to shut down both Kerbal Space Program 2 developer Intercept Games and Roll7 - the studio behind Rollerdrome and OlliOlli World.According to a report from Bloomberg, these shutterings are part of mass layoffs at the company, with plans for Take-Two to cut just over 500 jobs and cancel some in-development projects by the end of 2024 having been revealed via an SEC filing last month. This news also comes...
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Starfield is finally getting a map overhaul and other key changes ahead of "massive" Shattered Space expansion"
Starfield is getting a vast new selection of fixes, changes and much-requested additions in its upcoming May update. These include interior ship decorations, new surface maps that should make nevigation less frustrating, new difficulty and gameplay options, and more. This update is live right now via Steam beta, but goes live for the public on May 15. The info comes via a dedicated video from Bethesda, as well as a blog post which dives into each individual change and fix coming with the May...