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Bungie has unveiled a massive cast list for its upcoming shooter Marathon, featuring the likes of Baldur’s Gate 3, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and Hades 2 actors.Alongside confirming the March release date, Bungie confirmed that Marathon will feature the voices of a very short cast list including, ahem, “Krizia Bajos, Samantha Béart, Beau Bridgland, Ry Chase, Roger Clark, Darin De Paul, Jennifer English, Dave Fennoy, Nika Futterman, Morla Gorrondona, Reina Guthrie, Donnla Hughes, Keston John, Sohm Kapila, Rich Keeble, Elliot Knight, Erica Lindbeck, Piotr Michael, Brent Mukai, Neil Newbon, Ariana Nicole George, Emily O’Brien, Lee Shorten, Jason Spisak, Ben Starr,…

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A bunch of alleged concept art for the Fable reboot has reportedly been unearthed via a developer’s portfolio, ahead of the RPG’s appearance at this week’s Xbox showcase. As of writing, there’s no indication as to what stage of developement the apparent game art could be from. However, if it’s genuine, it does seem to point towards a location from Fable 2 making a return in the reboot.

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If you take a look at the Steam charts, Splitgate Arena Reloaded isn’t doing particularly well. However, developer 1047 Games refutes that numbers are everything, saying that “Steam charts don’t measure fun” in an official communication. While that’s true, it will be hoping that its new-look battle royale mode, Arena Royale, will bring more players to the recently-reimagined shooter. And, as someone who’s put thousands of hours into battle royale games over the years, I must admit it’s got some interesting quirks that might be worth checking out. Arena Royale’s modus operandi is, “Less looting, more shooting.” While I enjoy…

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The co-founder and CEO of Razer claims players are in favour of AI tools in game development if they lead to games being made faster and having fewer bugs.In an interview with The Verge, Min-Liang Tan was asked about the company’s announcement that it will invest $600 million into AI over the next few years, and reports that it plans to hire 150 AI engineers.The interviewer put it to Tan that players are “in open revolt against AI coming into their games”, and suggested that Razer’s claims that “AI is the future of gaming” may be disconnected from what the…

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It looks like Zootopia 2 and Moana have something in common after all as an animator behind the new sequel reveals that the sequel “borrowed” an item from the Disney princess movie.During the Zootopia 2 post-credits scene, we see a single feather fall beside Judy Hopps’ carrot-shaped pen, all but confirming that birds exist in the Zootopia universe. However, it sounds like the feather was a pretty last-minute addition, as the animators had to borrow it from another Disney movie altogether.”A little trivia about this image. For this moment, we didn’t have time to build a bird, so the shadow…

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Historical real-time tactics game Strategos is out in early access today, boasting over 120 factions and 250 units based on “the major and minor powers of the ancient Mediterranean”, according to developers Strategos Games. If you are a brazen tomfool, you might summarise it as Total War without the sprawling campaign map element. If you are an excessively brazen tomfool – brazen to the point that a formation of Greek Hoplites would use you as cover while manouvering around some pesky Achaemenid Persian archers – you might also say that “Strategos” sounds like a spiky brand of cereal, rich in…

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In the last couple of weeks, my excitement for Marathon has only grown, as has my confidence that Bungie’s extraction shooter will be around for the long-haul. A project I was previously concerned about is now right up near the top of my most anticipated games for this year, and it seems that swing is being felt far more widely. Following Bungie’s confirmation of the Marathon release date, and pre-orders going live, you’ll now find the FPS game sitting in the top five best-selling games on Steam, according to Valve’s Top Sellers chart. Plus, its reveal of a stacked cast…

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ 3.0 update brought with it a bunch of new items and activities, but without a doubt, the one thing everyone wants to get their hands on is the new selection of Nintendo items.Yes, the Zelda and Splatoon-themed items are very cool, but the new Resort Hotel’s most exclusive stock can allow you to play retro Nintendo games within Animal Crossing — assuming you have an active Nintendo Switch Online subscription, that is.For the full breakdown on all available Nintendo items, retro games you can play, and how to unlock them all, read through our explanation below.How…

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If you want to believe them, three Marvel actors have revealed they won’t be returning in Avengers: Doomsday – despite the vast majority of the MCU being on board for the mega-crossover.After being asked by Graham Norton on his talkshow about whether they would be appearing in “the new fancy” Marvel movie alongside seemingly everyone else, Martin Freeman – who plays Everett Ross in multiple Black Panther movies – replied, “Apparently not. Not everyone.”Freeman was sitting alongside B-15 actor Wumni Mosaku, who jokingly said Norton’s assertion that “most people are in” was “rude.” You may like To top off the…

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