Star Wars Outlaws doesn't let you kill or steal from friendly civilians, and just like that my hopes of GTA in space have been dashed - games news - NewsLocker (2024)

A bunch of new Star Wars Outlaws details have surfaced, and while most of them are very exciting, there's one I'm just a little bummed out about.Gaming content creator JorRaptor recently was able to spend four hours playing Star Wars Outlaws and graciously lent us his insights both in video form and in a comprehensive list on Twitter. There's a lot of juicy info there, but the very first line made me go, "ah darn, that would've been cool."According to JorRaptor, there's no way to kill or even st

GTA 6 might already be using AI-powered animation tech, says San Andreas dev: "If anyone is going to make that step it's going to be Rockstar"

GTA 6 could have already fired the first shot in an upcoming AI animation "revolution," according to one veteran Rockstar developer.In an interview with SanInPlay, San Andreas and GTA 3 developer Obbe Vermeij said that the scene from the GTA 6 trailer that he was most impressed by was the beach scene, in which "everybody seems to be doing something else. Every character has its own animation."It's certainly a very detailed scene. So detailed, in fact, that Vermeij thinks Rockstar might have had

The Witcher 4 "won't focus on Geralt," but his voice actor says he'll at least be "a part" of the RPG sequel

Details about the untitled Witcher 4 (codenamed Polaris) are tightly secured behind CD Projekt Red's closed doors, but the voice actor behind Geralt of Rivia in the games and anime series has at least confirmed that his character will show up in some capacity."The Witcher 4 has been announced. I can't say anything about it," actor Doug co*ckle reiterated in an interview with Fall Damage, before announcing that "Geralt will be a part of the game. We just don't know how much, and the game won't foc

"Minecraft-inspired" developer demakes the blocky classic on GameCube with a version that somehow matches the Switch port

Now rivaling Skyrim's sweeping tour of platforms, Minecraft has been (kinda) ported to another console - that came out in 2001, I might add.Since beginning its blocky domination during its 2009 early access period, Minecraft has made its way to pretty much every gaming platform on the market from Xboxes and PlayStations to the 3DS and PS Vita. Now, one indie developer is using Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 as a bedrock to make their own block-based game on the GameCube and Dreamcast.Developer Meesedev (a

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard director wants the RPG's character creator to be a "make-good": "Full disclosure, Dragon Age has traditionally not done skin tones well"

BioWare hopes that Dragon Age: The Veilguard will help make up for the series' previous character creators, particularly when it comes to non-white skin tones.In an interview with Edge magazine, game director Corianne Busche acknowledged that some aspects of character creation were far from the series' high points. "Full disclosure," she admits, "Dragon Age has traditionally not done skin tones well, especially for people of color."As a result, she says, BioWare "wanted to do a make-good here."

Helldivers 2 CEO admits he's "not great at the game," but Arrowhead doesn't "base design on if I get my ass handed to me"

Helldivers 2 players are getting their butts whooped in light of recent nerfs and are responding with the heat that's been taken from them, but divers aren't alone in the struggle - Arrowhead Game Studios' CEO is also not faring well while trying to turn bugs into ash.Helldivers 2 has been through a bumpy ride in relation to buffs and nerfs and everything in between, as developer Arrowhead has sometimes swung too far in one direction in its quest for almighty balance. After nerfing various fan f

N64 modder continues to put Banjo-Kazooie into classic games, this time with a wonderful Zelda: Wind Waker invasion

Another Banjo-Kazooie mod is taking the beloved bird and bear to the flooded Hyrule of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker.It's definitely a bummer to see Banjo and Kazooie rotting in Microsoft's growing IP graveyard, outside of a Super Smash Bros appearance years ago, but at least the iconic platforming mascots have gotten to visit almost every famous N64 location there is thanks to amazing modding efforts in recent years.Just a couple of weeks ago, KurkoMods announced an upcoming romhack that had

First Snow White trailer sees Gal Gadot's Evil Queen go after a singing and dancing Rachel Zegler as she frolics through the forest

The first trailer for Disney's long-awaited live-action Snow White remake is here.In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, Rachel Zegler is dressed in arguably a much different version of Snow White's gown than we're used to seeing. and frolics through the forest – where she meets up with the Seven Dwarfs, and the group sings the classic song "Whistle While You Work."Elsewhere, Gal Gadot's Evil Queen is plotting her revenge, and we hear her ask that infamous question: "Mirror mi

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First footage for The Mandalorian and Grogu movie is shown behind closed doors at D23

Star Wars fans were in for a real treat as the first footage for The Mandalorian and Grogu movie was shown at D23.Per Deadline, the brief clip sees Mando and Grogu touch fingers in a sweet moment. In The Mandalorian season 3, Mando and Baby Yoda settled down together on Nevarro, but it's unclear what our heroes are up to now."We’re bounty hunters by trade, now that he’s with me, I’ll be selective about my assignments," Mando says in a voice-over. We assume that it's Pedro

Pixar surprise reveals new movie about a girl who trades brains with a beaver so she can live in their li'l kingdom, as one does

Pixar has surprise revealed a brand new animated movie that seemingly isn't part of any existing franchises, and it's about a girl who somehow exchanges brains with a beaver.Per Deadline, the flick was announced during the 2024 D3 Expo alongside the debut trailer, which showed two female scientists telling a child that they want to put his brain inside a beaver for whatever reason. This unusual scene is followed by a shot of a beaver running around.The movie is being directed byWe Bare Bea

Pixar surprise reveals new movie about a girl trades brains with a beaver so she can live in their li'l kingdom, as one does

Pixar has surprise revealed a brand new animated movie that seemingly isn't part of any existing franchises, and it's about a girl who somehow exchanges brains with a beaver.Per Deadline, the flick was announced during the 2024 D3 Expo alongside the debut trailer, which showed two female scientists telling a child that they want to put his brain inside a beaver for whatever reason. This unusual scene is followed by a shot of a beaver running around.The movie is being directed byWe Bare Bea

Jude Law is a Jedi in the Goonies-inspired first trailer for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

The trailer for new Star Wars show Skeleton Crew has been released – and it's unlike anything we've seen from the franchise thus far.In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, a group of kiddos decides to ditch school and embark on an adventure. When they happen upon a lost Jedi temple, they get thrown into the adventure of a lifetime – and become lost somewhere out in the galaxy. The trailer ends with the kids trapped behind bars and a pair of keys suddenly levitating towards the

With 96% positive Steam reviews, the new Five Nights at Freddy's game is being called the best in the horror series' 10 year history - here's why I'm not surprised

The retro-styled Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit just launched on Steam this week and it's already one of the highest rated in the series' 10 year history. Frankly, I'm not surprised.As soon as I found out the retro maestros over at Mega Cat Studios were handling the first pixel art Five Nights at Freddy's game, I knew the project was in mighty good hands. The beloved studio is known for developing and publishing bangers for retro consoles like the NES, SNES, and Sega Genesis, although its

Venom War #1 puts the last person you'd ever expect back in the symbiote - Spider-Man

The Venom War has officially begun. And with writer Al Ewing promising Newsarama that the big symbiote-centric crossover would crown the "one true Venom," it may turn out that the least likely candidate of all could at least be in the running - Peter Parker.Though it's been teased for a while in advance solicitations for September's Venom War #2 and October's Venom War #3, we now know exactly how Peter and the Venom symbiote reunite. And as it turns out, the reunion of Spider-Man and the Venom s

Fallout London devs are making plans to "launch our own indie games company," and with 500,000 downloads they're off to a great start

Fallout London arrived two weeks ago to instant, massive success - to the tune of 500,000 downloads in the first day alone. Now it seems the devs have even bigger things in mind, with plans to start a new indie studio and build their own, original game."As much as I love the fact that this is a free project - we can offer this thing for free to all the community - free doesn't pay our bills," Team Folon's Dean Carter tells the BBC. "What has been great for us is that a lot of people who have rea

For 15 years, this MMO player has held on to a letter his late father sent him in World of Warcraft: "He made sure I'd always have something to remind me"

A World of Warcraft player has shared the incredibly touching account of an in-game letter from his late father he's kept in his inventory for 15 years.WoW player Footlin, who first shared his story on Reddit, tells GamesRadar+ he got into the game at a young age after watching his father and older cousin play together. He was eventually invited into their 'Bootcamp' guild and given the name Footlin as a reference to his young age comparative to the rest of the guildmembers.Footlin tells u

The new Ultimate Black Cat makes her debut and the "Strange Doctor" joins Ultimate Black Panther in Marvel's November 2024 Ultimate Universe advance solicitations

Marvel's new reborn Ultimate Universe is rapidly expanding, with every month adding more heroes and villains to the roster of characters getting an Ultimate twist, and November will be no different.November's Ultimate Universe titles bring the addition of the Ultimate Black Cat to Kingpin's new Ultimate Sinister Six in Ultimate Spider-Man, and a look at the plague doctor-esque "Strange Doctor" who will become an unlikely ally to the Ultimate Black Panther.But that's not all - November will also

Marathon development is reportedly facing trouble at Bungie: "There's a reason that it was planned for this year and slipped a whole year"

Marathon, the Bungie-developed extraction shooter, is reportedly facing production struggles, with some devs not confident the game will make its internally planned release target in 2025.During a recent appearance on the Friends Per Second podcast (timestamped at 31:28), Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier was asked how development of Marathon was going. "Not great, from what I've heard," Schreier responded. "There's a reason that it was planned for this year and slipped a whole year. People that

No, Leia isn't getting married - she's joining the dark side with a "startling" father-daughter team-up in Star Wars: Darth Vader #50

In the original Star Wars trilogy, Darth Vader tries to entice his son Luke Skywalker to join the dark side and rule the galaxy by his side. But it's hinted that there's another possible Force user in the family - Luke's secret twin sister Leia Organa. And in Darth Vader #50, readers will get a peek at an alternate timeline where Leia becomes Vader's apprentice - complete with her own white version of his iconic body armor.Leia joins the dark side in a back-up story by series writer Greg Pak and

Steam's latest sale throws a spotlight on great games from tiny teams, including Stardew Valley and a blackjack roguelike with the Balatro dev's seal of approval

Another Steam sale is upon us, and while this one's not directly hosted by Valve, it is shining a fantastic spotlight on some of the best games made by tiny dev teams - including a gambling roguelike so good it's even got the Balatro dev's seal of approval.Yogscast Games - yes, the popular streaming group has its own indie publishing label - is presenting the Tiny Teams event on Steam, highlighting "very best of video games made by small teams from around the world." It's one part sale and one p

Borderlands stunt coordinator says they originally filmed the PG-13 movie for an R rating: "We were blowing people's heads off"

It's fair to say, Eli Roth's star-studded Borderlands movie is... not going down well with audiences. The video game adaptation currently has a 6% Rotten Tomatoes score – up from yesterday's 0% – and is being criticized for its "unfunny" script, questionable CGI, and lack of graphic violence.While its lackluster jokes and special effects are, obviously, disappointing, it doesn't sting quite so much as the sanitized action when you discover that the film was actually shot as it was go

I'm seriously tempted by this ridiculous board game bundle on Steam

Humble bundles are often aggressively good value, but this new Steam board game sale has me tempted.In the 'Board Game Night' offer, you can pick up digital versions of everything from Dune: Imperium and Wingspan to Scythe for just $18 / £13.93 at Humble. Because you're getting 13 items here (nine digital board games and a couple of expansions), that's a value of $166 reduced to a tiny fraction of what it should be. Crucially, the proceeds go to a good cause - the World Wildlife Fund.Seein

Hellboy creator Mike Mignola has "mixed feelings" about some of the other Hellboy movies, but thinks the new R-rated version is "amazing"

Mike Mignola has been involved in the new Hellboy reboot from the very beginning. The comic book legend penned the original script for the R-rated movie Hellboy: The Crooked Man with Christopher Golden and has been part of the process of bringing it to the screen throughout.Speaking to GamesRadar+ at San Diego Comic-Con, Mignola opened up about how much he enjoyed being involved from the very beginning. "So often I would come in late on projects where somebody else had already put the pieces tog

Deadpool star Jack Kesy says he didn’t feel any pressure taking on Hellboy in new version: "The supporters, the haters, bring them on"

Hellboy is getting reinvented once again in the new reboot, Hellboy: The Crooked Man. Based on one of Mike Mignola’s best comics, the R-rated movie casts a new leading man as the iconic demon, Jack Kesy.He follows in a long line of stars playing the character, including Ron Perlman and David Harbour. However, the Deadpool 2 star says he didn’t feel pressure from the previous performances stepping into the role."You know what, I love a good challenge, I've always been like that so I w

Lord of the Rings star says "no one got paid anything" for the epic fantasy trilogy

Cate Blanchett says she and her co-stars didn't make very much money off the Lord of the Rings franchise – which comes as a shock."Are you kidding me?" Blanchett replied when Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen suggested that her biggest paycheck was from Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy (via Variety). "No, no one got paid anything to do that movie."Blanchett played Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord

"I'll own this screwup": Helldivers 2 studio CEO apologizes for balance comments, admits fire weapon nerfs are "disappointing after we had a similar misstep earlier"

Arrowhead's CEO has said he'll "own this screwup" after comments made surrounding Helldivers 2's weapon nerfs and balance changes earlier this week.Arrowhead announced the Helldivers 2 Freedom's Flame Warbond, which launched yesterday, August 8. As you can probably guess from the headline, it offers plenty of fire-based weapons like new flamethrowers, but just days prior, Arrowhead took significant steps to nerf fire weapons like the Incendiary Breaker in the huge Helldivers 2 Escalation of Free

Deadpool and Wolverine writers reveal details of Robert Downey Jr's intended Iron Man cameo

Robert Downey Jr. was all geared up to cameo in Deadpool and Wolverine, but then he signed to be the MCU's Doctor Doom behind the scenes...In a new spoiler-heavy interview with Indiewire, Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, who wrote the Marvel movie with Zeb Wells, Ryan Reynolds, and director Shawn Levy, revealed that Wade Wilson was originally interviewed for a spot on the Avengers team by Happy Hogan and Tony Stark in the early Earth-616 scene. But when Downey couldn't commit, Jon Favreau had to ha

New look at Daredevil: Born Again shows Charlie Cox’s titular hero and nemesis Kingpin in a new light – and might tease a new villain

Brand new Daredevil: Born Again promotional art has been unveiled at Disney’s annual fan event D23, giving us a closer look at Daredevil, Kingpin, and a possible hint to another comic book character.The art, which you can see below, was posted on Twitter by Phase Zero in attendance at the event who say the graffiti-like promo art was presented through a TVA time door in what looks to be a makeshift NYC alleyway. On one wall we see a spray-painted depiction of Daredevil with the words

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has been summoned onto the cover of the new issue of Total Film

The covers of the upcoming Beetlejuice Beetlejuice issue of Total Film have been revealed, and you better believe it’s showtime! You’ll perhaps want to screw your eyes shut and reopen them to be sure of what you’re seeing – yes, that really is Michael Keaton in full make-up and stripe-tastic regale to spirit up his iconic ghost, and he’s flanked by Winona Ryder, who returns as Lydia Deetz, and Wednesday star Jenna Ortega as Lydia’s daughter, Astrid. These char

Monster Hunter's loyal Gunlance enjoyers are eating good in Wilds as the unpopular weapon finally seems to have been given some love: "WE ARE SO BACK!"

Monster Hunter Wilds is threatening us all with a good time, as Capcom has now unveiled its often unpopular Gunlance weapon, and it now looks ridiculously cool.Gunlances have been around for some time now, having first debuted in Monster Hunter 2 over 18 years ago, and while the concept of a piercing weapon with the ability to fire out explosives is pretty rad, over the years they've proved to be rather divisive. While it has its fans, generally speaking, you wouldn't expect to see the Gun