Bella Ramsey has discussed the "hardest" scene to film in HBO's The Last of Us, and it was a moment that even led to a camera operator crying behind the lens as well. Ramsey said they were "really worried" about filming this scene. This story contains spoilers.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Ramsey said the most challenging scene to film was in Season 2, Episode 3, when Ellie goes into Joel's closet and smells one of his jackets. Joel, played by Pedro Pascal, died in the previous episode. Ellie begins sobbing in this scene, and Ramsey's performance is crushing and memorable. It was difficult to film, Ramsey said, because they have a hard time crying on command.

"I really struggle with crying in scenes. I can get a tear out, but that's different to crying. And even getting the tear, it doesn't come easy for me. I don't cry in front of people in my everyday life," Ramsey said. "A very, very limited amount of people in my life will see me cry. And so having to do that on a set full of people with the monitor and then more people watching the monitors… it's virtually impossible for me. So I was really worried about that scene, and that was the toughest one for me to shoot."

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Last week's episode of HBO's The Last of Us delivered one of this year's most shocking moments in television. Viewers who hadn't played the game or learned about the twist of Joel's fate were more than surprised when he was murdered as an act of revenge. The same scene happened in the game five years ago, so players had been on edge to see when the show would pull the trigger. Episode 3 allowed for something they couldn't pull off in the game: Having Jackson give Joel a mourning period.

In the game, after Joel is killed, Ellie starts planning to track down the people who did this, continuing the circle of revenge. Here, though, with Episode 3, it showed the town mourning Joel, feeling his loss, and gave both Tommy (Gabriel Luna) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) scenes to feel their grief.

"There's this really beautiful scene where Tommy comes in, and he has to clean up his brother's body," Luna said during the Making Of featurette. "I thought about that scene quite a bit. You know, I call it the one-man wake. It was definitely a very long night shooting that scene."

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Later this year, the Predator franchise will return to the big screen for the first time since 2018 in Predator: Badlands. Prey director and writer Dan Trachtenberg is returning to the franchise with a new story that puts a young Predator named Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) into the leading role. That alone is a first for the franchise, and Trachtenberg also recently revealed that a classic PlayStation 2 game inspired his story for Badlands.

The film will also introduce Elle Fanning as Thia, a character who is rumored to be an android with links to the Alien franchise's Weyland-Yutani corporation. According to Trachtenberg, the unusual dynamic between Dek and Thia was born out of his experiences with Shadow of the Colossus, a PS2 game that debuted in 2005.

"I've been very inspired by video games [like] Shadow of the Colossus, where you have a protagonist paired with someone else who provides color and connection," said Trachtenberg during an interview with Bloody Disgusting. "There's a thing with a horse in Shadow of the Colossus that's devastating when you play the game. And so [Predator: Badlands] was a little bit inspired by that in terms of wanting to see the Predator with someone else, this character who's the opposite of him. He's very laconic, [Fanning] is not. She's capable in ways that he is not. Physically, she's got a real thing that I'm so excited for you guys to see. But I want to let eventually some of that speak for itself."

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Another weekend and another strong showing for A Minecraft Movie at the worldwide box office, as the Warner Bros. film has now topped $800 million. That makes the video game adaptation the biggest Hollywood movie of the year so far, and it's not particularly close. Captain America: A Brave New World sits in second place with $414.8 million, according to BoxOfficeMojo.

Variety reports A Minecraft Movie pulled in $22.7 million domestically over the weekend, good enough for fourth place. Keep in mind, though, this was the video game film's fourth weekend at the box office. It also wasn't the only video game adaptation at theaters: Until Dawn debuted by raking in $18 million worldwide.

Globally, A Minecraft Movie now sits at $816.5 million, per BoxOfficeMojo, so $1 billion still seems in play. For instance, just a week ago the Jack Black-starring flick surged past $700 million. That said, Marvel's The Thunderbolts arrives later this week, bringing big competition to theaters.

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Hyper Light Breaker's first major content update arrives on April 29 and will bring with it major changes to the core gameplay loop, as well as brand-new content including a new Breaker and new Crown.

Lead producer Michael Clark introduced the update in a new trailer, leading with the fearsome new Crown called Maw. Maw has already been teased in the game, and her arena is available pre-update, but this will be the first time players can take her on in combat.

The new Breaker is called Rondo, who has a new SyCom with two new perks: Bladedancer and Reaper. The content update also inroduces two new weapons for players to wield: the Gloom Shiv and the Dreamblade. The update will also add new environments, a new enemy, and more that the devs haven't yet detailed.

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Blizzard has released the patch notes for Diablo 4 Patch 2.2.0, set to drop at the start of Season 8 on April 29. The patch includes a huge number of minor balance changes for player characters, items, and bosses, as part of Blizzard's ongoing plan to improve the core gameplay experience throughout 2025. Here's what's new.

While there aren't many surprises in the patch notes, as Blizzard has spoken fairly extensively about the Season 8 changes, as well as letting players get hands-on with the new seasonal content in the PTR, a few changes will be made based on PTR feedback. The fearsome final form of Belial, who lends his name to the season, has been made even more challenging than it was in the PTR beta, with higher health, damage, and a few new moves up his sleeve.

Belial isn't the only boss getting a buff from his PTR form--all the Lair Bosses are getting at least minor tweaks or buffs to up the challenge level. Duriel and Gregoire will get new fight mechanics, Lord Zir is getting a damage buff, and Beast in the Ice has some minor tweaks. Varshan is the only one getting an update aimed at making the fight easier--or at least easier to read, thanks to a change to how Tormented Echo of Varshan functions.

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Fantasy fans are eating well right now, as last week saw the release of not one but two highly anticipated games in that genre. After a few brief leaks, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion remaster was shadow-dropped onto PC and console, and just two days later, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was officially released on the same platforms. Could both games co-exist in this swords and sorcery space together? It turns out that they could indeed, as both titles experienced solid weekends on PC, particularly.

While we don't know what their performance metrics were like on Xbox Series X|S--where both Oblivion and Expedition 33 are available via Game Pass--and PS5, the numbers sound positive so far for Expedition 33 and Oblivion Remastered. Developer Sandfall Interactive first reported 500,000 sales of Expedition 33 just 24 hours after launch, and after three days, that figure had climbed to 1 million sales. "This number includes units shipped to retailers, and does not encompass our awesome GamePass players," Sandfall Interactive added in a follow-up post.

And here we are.
Three days after launch.
One million copies sold.
Thank you for believing in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. pic.twitter.com/92T2qZxcHP

— Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (@expedition33) April 27, 2025

On Steam, the game reached an impressive concurrent peak of 121,422 players, and combined with players from other PC platforms like the Epic Games Store and Game Pass alongside Xbox Series X|S, and PS5, the overall numbers are likely very high during the game's first weekend.

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HBO has released a trailer for this coming Sunday's episode of The Last of Us, and it looks like a significant character from the game is going to be introduced. Spoilers for The Last of Us follow below.

The Episode 4 trailer (below) shows that Jeffrey Wright's character, Isaac, will finally show up. Isaac is a supporting character in The Last of Us: Part II the game, but it looks like the show will dig more into his backstory. Wright also played Isaac in the game.

Additionally, the Episode 4 trailer shows off a big battle against infected, while we also see Dina (Isabela Merced) pointing a gun at Ellie (Bella Ramsey). Many are theorizing that this is leading up to Ellie informing Dina that she is immune. Check out the trailer below.

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There are now two video game movies in theaters at the same time, as Sony's Until Dawn movie debuted on April 25, joining A Minecraft Movie. How well did Until Dawn do? Nowhere near as well as A Minecraft Movie--but it was never expected to.

The Until Dawn Movie brought in $8 million in the US and $10 million from international markets for a global start of $18 million. The movie was said to have a production budget of $15 million (before marketing and other costs). The $8 million from the US is on the low end of expectations, however, as it was expected to make between $8 million and $10 million.

For comparison, A Minecraft Movie made $22.7 million in theaters in the US alone this past weekend. It's now generated more than $800 million worldwide.

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When Nintendo Switch 2 preorders opened on April 24, some interested buyers undoubtedly found themselves searching Amazon, wondering why in the world the biggest online retailer in the US seemed to forget about a new Nintendo console. But the Switch 2's absence from Amazon was an expected continuation of a story that has been unfolding over the past year. Amazon simply doesn't carry first-party Nintendo products these days, which means you'll only find third-party games and accessories for the upcoming console on Amazon's storefront.

No Switch 2 preorders at Amazon? No surprise there.

If you regularly buy first-party Nintendo Switch games, the Switch 2's absence on Amazon's US storefront probably wasn't too surprising. To be clear, this article is specifically about Amazon in the US. Amazon UK, for instance, still carries Nintendo products, including the Switch 2.

Last spring, Amazon "sold out" of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door preorders. But when the retailer never restocked the remastered version of the GameCube classic, it became clear something else was happening. From that point forward, Nintendo's 2024 and 2025 Switch games weren't listed on Amazon. The list of absences included numerous notable releases: Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, Super Mario Party Jamboree, Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, and Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. Amazon also stopped restocking older Nintendo Switch exclusives that were previously available. You also can't buy digital games, eShop gift cards, or Switch Online subscriptions from Amazon.

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Hearing footsteps in Call of Duty can feel vital to success, especially in the game's more competitive modes. Thankfully, the latest system software update for PlayStation 5 makes hearing footsteps much easier in those crucial moments on Black Ops 6 and Warzone. Here, we guide you through the new setting and provide recommendations for using the Audio Focus feature on PS5.

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What is PS5 Audio Focus?

Sony's latest system software update arrived to PlayStation 5 on April 24, 2025, and this included the addition of Audio Focus, which is an accessibility feature that lets you amplify and more clearly hear certain parts of game audio.

PS5's Audio Focus works similar to the Loudness Equalization setting that Call of Duty PC players use. Loudness EQ levels out the game's high and low audio, minimizing loud and unnecessary sounds while amplifying quieter ones, such as enemy footsteps. This has kept console players at an audio disadvantage for the last several years.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive has announced that the game has already sold 500,000 copies, just after launch. In a social media post, the studio said the game reached this sales milestone "sooner than we'd ever imagined."

Expedition 33 is also on Game Pass, and presumably the 500,000 figure does not include people playing via the subscription service. Expedition 33 is the No. 2 best-selling game on Steam right now, only behind Oblivion Remastered, and it's reached more than 70,000 concurrent players. The game is also on PS5.

Some industry observers theorized that Expedition 33 might have had its lunch eaten by Oblivion Remastered, as it surprise-launched just two days before Expedition 33. Both are Game Pass titles, but clearly, there is enough room for multiple success stories this week. Both Bethesda and Sandfall shared congratulatory messages with each other regarding their respective game launches this week.

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La Quimera, the story-driven FPS from the developers formerly known as 4A Games Ukraine, has been delayed--just after reviews for the game went live.

Dmytro Lymar, co-founder and CEO of developer Reburn, said in a statement that the studio ran into "some unforeseen challenges" related to La Quimera being the company's first title as an independent studio.

"We are trying our best to address the matters as quickly as possible, while also navigating the circumstances we’re faced with here in the Ukraine," the developer said, acknowledging the ongoing Russian offensive into Ukraine.

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Do you want to rewatch old CCTV footage or cutscenes in Blue Prince? There's actually a method that unlocks this particular feature using terminals. Of course, you also need to gather a few clues along the way. Oh, and before we continue, please be reminded that this article contains minor spoilers.

How to replay cutscenes in Blue Prince - CCTV footage password guide

To replay cutscenes and watch CCTV footage, you must input a specific password based on clues found in the estate. Similar to our other guides, we look at the hints first just in case you want to discover these on your own. Then, we talk about the actual solution.

Where to find the clues for the CCTV recordings?

If you're eager to replay cutscenes in Blue Prince, you might want to check a couple of areas for hints:

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Are you planning to change your room upgrades in Blue Prince? Normally, the perks that you select are set in stone. They ought to be permanent for the rest of your playthrough, at least until you discover a workaround.

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  How to change room upgrades in Blue Prince - Room upgrade reroll guide

  The mechanic to change or reroll room upgrades was first made known to us by Discord user Lokyndra. It involves acquiring expensive items from the Showroom and then exchanging them via the Trading Post.

  Make sure you obtain all Upgrade Disks first

  Before you decide to change room upgrades in Blue Prince, you might want to obtain all Upgrade Disks first:

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Are you looking for the Repellent in Blue Prince? It's one of the rarest items in the game, and also one of the most useful given that it allows you to alter the location of the Foundation. Our guide has all the details that you need to help you in your playthrough.

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How to get the Repellent in Blue Prince - Foundation location guide

The Repellent has a nifty effect. When it's in your inventory, you can press "X" in a room inside the manor. Doing so removes that room from the house and your draft pool for a week.

Mind you, it won't work for every room--i.e. the Entrance Hall and Antechamber are immune to its effects. That said, it does become valuable when you consider one other permanent fixture in your mansion: The Foundation.

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The next video game movie, Until Dawn, is in theaters now, but we recently learned that director David F. Sandberg almost passed on it. He said in an interview that he considered giving up on IP-based films after the negative reaction to his superhero movie, Shazam: Fury of the Gods, over which he said he received death threats.

"I mean, to be honest, fans can get very, very crazy and very angry with you. You can get, like, death threats and everything so after Shazam 2, I was like, 'I never wanna do another IP-based movie because it's just not worth it,'" Sandberg told GamesRadar.

However, Sandberg said he read the Until Dawn script and thought it would be "so much fun to do," so he ultimately signed on to make it. Specifically, Sandberg said he latched onto the movie's core storytelling conceit, which is that the story plays out in a time loop where the survivors have to face a different horror threat each night.

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In an industry overflowing with news regarding layoffs, closures, and reduction, any example of a company withstanding the tests of time is worthy of celebration. Gameloft is one such company, and right now it's in celebration mode as it commemorates its 25th anniversary.

What started as a small mobile gaming outfit has grown into a firm that employs over 2,900 people across 10 studios. With a mix of popular original IP and licensed games in its portfolio, Gameloft is poised to stick around for the foreseeable future.

GameSpot sat down with Gameloft CEO Alexandre de Rochefort to reflect on the past 25 years of Gameloft's history. He speaks about the main reasons Gameloft has been able to persist, four essential turning points in the history of the company, and the challenges of overcoming the perceived stigmas of the mobile gaming scene.

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Pokemon fans--specifically those who adore Eevee and its Eeeveelutions--might want to to brace themselves for some good or bad news, depending on their current financial status. The good news is that The Pokemon Company has revealed a new range of life-size plushies based on the game franchise's alternative mascot Eevee, but the bad news is that these cost a whopping $400 each--Eevee on its own is $50--which is almost as much as a Switch 2 console.

Gotta buy 'em all! See on The Pokemon Center

Similar to its previous releases like Arcanine and Porygon, each one of these Pokemon are massive. Eevee is still manageable, but its popular evolutions--and Vaporeon--are much bigger in comparison. The Jolteon plushie is 32-inches long and Flareon is a little over 25-inches in length, to give you an idea of just how big they are.

The US Pokemon Center is currently offering Eevee and its original Kanto evolutions of Jolteon, Flareon, and Vaporeon, and the line will expand in summer with Espeon and Umbreon from Pokemon Gold and Silver. Later this year, Leafeon, Glaceon, and Sylveon will arrive to complete the set, if you have $3,250 to spend on all of these plushies.

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Larian Studios created one of the most beloved and acclaimed RPGs in recent times with 2024's Baldur's Gate 3, and everyone wants to know what's coming next from the studio.

It's too soon for that, however, as Larian isn't ready to pull back the curtain on its next project, codenamed Excalibur. While we wait, though, Vincke is sharing his thoughts on a wide variety of industry topics.

Speaking to GameSpot's Tamoor Hussain, Vincke discussed at a high level what's next for Larian and dug into hot-button issues like his stance on AI/machine learning. Vincke also talked about managing risk as Larian grows in size, weighed in with his take on if single-player games are dead or not, and discussed why Larian didn't release DLC for Baldur's Gate 3.

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