Elden Ring's most annoying type of enemy is getting a new recruit in Shadow of the Erdtree, and I'm praying they're not as bad as the Warhawks - games news - NewsLocker (2024)

There's officially one week to go until Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is here – an expansion which promises to deliver over 10 new bosses, giving Soulslike enjoyers everywhere even more ways to die repeatedly. Right now though, fans aren't worried about those big new baddies, but rather some fresh, feathered field enemies.If you ask anyone what their favorite part of Elden Ring is, I can guarantee you that they're not going to say 'fighting the birds.' From the Warhawks plaguing

Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine gets ready to sink his claws into an X-Men villain in new Deadpool and Wolverine teaser

A new Deadpool and Wolverine teaser has set up a decades-in-the-making fight for Hugh Jackman’s claw-wielding mutant.The minute-long trailer, which you can see above, features much of the same footage that we’ve seen before in its first half, including Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool reminiscing over his found family and Wolverine being blamed for the death of his world.Then, Sabretooth emerges. Backed by The Alan Parsons’ Project ‘Sirius’ – a song best known a

Fallout creator Tim Cain says no amount of money or authority would get him to return to the RPG series, but he'd consider it under one condition

The original creator of Fallout, Tim Cain, has been speaking about whether he'd ever return to the RPG series, and it all boils down to one main condition that's nothing to do with money or authority. Rather, he says, it'd be a "personal question" of whether the hypothetical game would be different enough for him to be interested.As well as being the series' creator, Cain was a designer on Fallout 1 and 2, but he hasn't been involved with the later installments of the RPG series. He's obviously

Spider-Man, Thor, Captain America, and more are here to prove that disco isn't dead on Marvel's eye-popping Dazzler variant covers

Disco isn't dead! At least, that's what Marvel seems to be saying with its new series of glitzy variant covers starring some of the publisher's biggest superheroes. A set of 21 covers has been put together to celebrate the release of mutant Dazzler's upcoming solo series and sees the likes of Spider-Man, Deadpool, Thor, and more donning the sequins and flares and busting some moves on the dancefloor.Dazzler is a four-issue limited series from writer Jason Loo and artist Rafael Loureiro. Se

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Dune 2 star reveals which main Hunger Games role he missed out on

Austin Butler has revealed he once auditioned for a major role in The Hunger Games, and divulged which part he went up for, too.While promoting his new drama The Bikeriders, the Dune: Part Two actor and his co-star Jodie Comer were asked about the more surprising gigs they've missed out on over the years. While Comer said she'd tried out to be in Mamma Mia! and Peaky Blinders right before she booked Killing Eve, Butler confessed that he once auditioned to play Katniss Everdeen's pal Peeta Mellar

Netflix's Supacell ending explained and post-credits scene breakdown: how does it set up a potential season 2?

Supacell is now out on Netflix, a brand new superhero TV show from writer/director Rapman who you may know from 2019's musical crime drama Blue Story (the highest grossing British urban film of all-time). For the streaming service, he has created a bold new series which follows a group of seemingly unconnected Black people from South London as they develop superpowers overnight.Nurse Sabrina (Nadine Mills) suddenly discovers she has the power of telekinesis, young gang member Tazer (Josh Tedeku)

MCU star teases her future as Shuri in a potential Black Panther 3: "There's a lot coming up"

Letitia Wright has teased her MCU future as Shuri in a potential Black Panther 3 – and though she's being pretty coy, it sounds like we'll be seeing her again.Shuri debuted in 2018's Black Panther, and in 2022's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, she took over her brother's mantle following the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman."Let's just say, I would like to continue with Shuri," Wright teased on The View. "She's one of my favorite characters. Such a blessing, honestly, I kid you

Elden Ring tank one-ups other Shadow of the Erdtree challenge runs with an "All Hits" playthrough that bans dodging, blocking, and flasks

Elden Ring challenges are getting a little hard to top. After players beat the game's nail-biting bosses with their pet goldfish, a Wiimote Greatsword, or by turning them all into Malenia - what can you possibly do to one-up them? One player is trying anyway with an "ALL HIT" run, and they've just beaten the boss that's been absolutely wiping the floor with Shadow of the Erdtree entrants."You've all seen 'No Hit' runs of the DLC's final boss," YouTuber Recjawjind explains, referring to the

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Mika and The Witch's Mountain looks like the video game version of Kiki's Delivery Service, and the whimsical Studio Ghibli-esque indie gem is coming soon

Mika and The Witch's Mountain, an adorable upcoming indie adventure game reminiscent of Kiki's Delivery Service, just got a release date - and it's not too far off.In just a couple of months, I can finally live out my witchy little dreams in Chibig's cozy new game, Mika and The Witch's Mountain. Alongside a brand-new trailer, the studio reveals that its enchanting title is coming to PC and the Nintendo Switch later this summer, on August 21. For anyone unacquainted with Mika and The Witch's Moun

Elden Ring's Hidetaka Miyazaki can get behind a movie adaptation, but only if he's not heavily involved

Elden Ring's Hidetaka Miyazaki says he'd have no problem with Hollywood adapting the video game into a movie or TV show, but only on one condition: he and the rest of the FromSoftware not be heavily involved.In a new interview with The Guardian(per VGC), the studio president explained: "I don't see any reason to deny another interpretation of Elden Ring, a movie for example. But I don't think myself, or FromSoftware, have the knowledge or ability to produce something in a different medium.

Following his MCU casting, Giancarlo Esposito has his say on the one character fans kept linking him with

Giancarlo Esposito’s Marvel debut is seemingly imminent and, now, the Breaking Bad and The Boys actor has addressed a fancasting favorite that he’s been linked with for years."The fans really started the Professor X rumor and I loved it. I went along for the ride because I love the fans," Esposito told ComicBook about the mutant-shaped speculation surrounding his career plans."I started thinking about Professor X because I feel like that could be a character that I would really excel

OG Life is Strange developer delays its new Life is Strange-style adventure to dodge the actual new Life is Strange game

The original developer of the Life is Strange series has announced that it's delaying its new Life is Strange-style narrative adventure - because of the return of the OG Life is Strange protagonist.In an announcement earlier today, Don't Nod said that it had "made the decision to move the release date of Lost Records: Bloom & Rage to early 2025. A narrative-heavy, teen-focused adventure with supernatural elements, Lost Records brings Don't Nod's heritage to the fore, with a notable similarit

News on the next Tomb Raider game and The Lord of the Rings MMO isn't "too far away," but Amazon Games doesn't want them to "be rushed out"

Amazon Games' upcoming Lord of the Rings MMO and Crystal Dynamics' next Tomb Raider game aren't "too far away," but the focus is on "quality" rather than rushing them out.The next Tomb Raider game is being published by Amazon Games, and The Lord of the Rings MMO is being developed by the New World team at Amazon Games Orange County, but news on both has been fairly light on the ground. As far as the upcoming Tomb Raider game goes, it was announced back in 2022 as a single-player, narrative-focus

The Acolyte showrunner teases the potential future of the Star Wars show, with "four to five major mysteries" for season 2

The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland has teased the potential future of the show – and the mysteries are only going to continue.While The Acolyte hasn't been renewed officially for season 2 (or beyond) just yet, Headland has ideas on where the story could go. Though, that doesn't mean she's holding anything back just now, either."I threw everything into season 1, because who knows what's going to happen?" Headland told Entertainment Weekly, after explaining she took inspirati

After the vitriol aimed at Assassin's Creed Shadow's Yasuke, Ubisoft's CEO denounces "hateful acts" toward devs

Following the vitriol aimed at Assassin's Creed Shadows in recent weeks, Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot has denounced the "malicious and personal online attacks" directed at the publisher's developers.Let's do an Animus-style rewind to catch up first. Assassin's Creed fans have clamoured for a stealthy stabathon set entirely in Feudal Japan ever since the series' early days, and this year's upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows is finally doing just that. But what should be an uncontroversially exciti

Netflix cancels a show from Dark producers, despite filming already being finished

Netflix has just canceled a new fantasy show from the producers of German-language series Dark – before it even aired an episode.As per Deadline, The Grimm Reality has been canned at the streamer, despite filming being completed and production beginning as early as 2022.No plot details were given, but it was initially described by What’s on Netflix as a "fairy tale urban fantasy thriller" so it would, presumably, have drawn heavy inspiration from 18th and 19th Century folklore writer

The Sims 4 Lovestruck is EA's spiciest expansion pack yet, bringing back the iconic sex bed that introduced WooHoo to the life sim series 24 years ago

EA reveals its upcoming Lovestruck expansion pack for The Sims 4, and it offers a spicy ode to the longtime life sim series' original game.Back in 2000, the first entry to The Sims was released and it made waves thanks to its unique virtual dollhouse-like gameplay. There was, and still is, nothing quite like it - but Maxis and EA didn't stop at the base game. Just months after The Sims launched, its first-ever expansion, Livin' Large, dropped. It didn't boast any specific theme, but it did add t

Originally planned in partnership with a tournament in 2023, Rugby 24 has been delayed so long that it's now Rugby 25

Having originally planned to launch in partnership with the 2023 World Cup, the developers of Rugby 24 have admitted that the game has been delayed for so long that they've been forced to rename it.In a statement last night, Big Ant Studios confirmed that Rugby 24 is now Rugby 25. Apologizing for the "significant delay" in bringing the game to players, it acknowledges that "this delay has caused us to now focus on the 2024 and 2025 season, hence we have decided to appropriately rename Rugby 24."

Mario and Zelda legend Shigeru Miyamoto says Nintendo's "generational handover" is "progressing smoothly," with "developers that are young and brilliant"

Shigeru Miyamoto, a man who probably doesn't need an introduction but who I will nonetheless remind you created The Legend of Zelda and Mario series, has responded to concerns about his age.During Nintendo's 2024 shareholders meeting (via Automaton), Miyamoto was once again reportedly asked to comment on his own age and whether he plans to remain at the helm. At 71, Miyamoto has been with the company since 1977 and said as recently as December that he isn't retiring any time soon, but it's natur

60 years of Jonny Quest history will all come into play in this summer's comic reboot of the classic cartoon

Jonny Quest will be the next comic revival of a classic cartoon to debut at Dynamite Entertainment, following the success of the publisher's ThunderCats and Space Ghost comics. And like Space Ghost, Jonny Quest brings back a beloved Hanna-Barbera action property in a new, modern comic book context.At the helm is writer Joe Casey, who is joined by rising star artist Sebastián Píriz for an adventure that Casey promises will put a new spin on the fan-favorite Quest family while

Steam Summer Sale is here with a special set of 90% "deep discounts" on 22 "all-time greats," including the true GOAT: American Truck Simulator

The Steam Summer Sale is here with the usual wave of discounts across the platform's entire catalog, but this time Valve has something a little special: a curated selection of 22 "all-time greats" that are getting 90% discounts and a special highlight page.Steam's Featured Deep Discounts page highlights "especially great deals on some of the all-time greats," as Valve puts it. It is, admittedly, a deeply bizarre list. I mean, sure, people seem to like Ghost Recon Wildlands ($4.99) these days, bu

The first "major new enemy" of the relaunched X-Men line will debut in Sentinels, starring a new incarnation of the mutant hunting robots

The massive robotic anti-mutant weapons known as Sentinels are some of the worst enemies of the X-Men, hunting down and killing or imprisoning mutantkind. But now, a new era of Sentinels will focus specifically on dangerous mutant villains in an eponymous limited series launching as part of Marvel's new 'From the Ashes' era of the X-Men.In Sentinels, by writer Alex Paknadel and artist Justin Mason, humans who have been "scarred from Earth-shattering super hero conflicts" will be turned into muta

Elden Ring hero Let Me Solo Her says Shadow of the Erdtree isn't too hard, "many people are just too harsh" and should "use everything at their disposal"

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree reignited debate around the ideal level of challenge not just in FromSoftware games but in games in general, with some arguing that the DLC throws out needless difficulty spikes and leaving negative reviews on Steam. FromSoftware has since made the expansion a bit easier by buffing early Scadutree levels (and outright pleading with players to take advantage of them). Tarnished hero Let Me Solo Her, famous for helping thousands beat the toughest boss in the base

Ubisoft says remakes of "older Assassin's Creed games" are coming, and I demand that one of them be Black Flag

Remakes of older Assassin's Creed titles are coming, Ubisoft says.In a news update from Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, it's revealed that a select number of undisclosed Assassin's Creed games are getting full-on remakes, which is a series first."Players can be excited about some remakes, which will allow us to revisit some of the games we've created in the past and modernize them," Guillemot said. "There are worlds in some of our older Assassin's Creed games that are still extremely rich.Ubi is sta

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is back up to 'Mostly Positive' Steam reviews after difficulty and performance issues gave it a 'Mixed' reception

Despite a sterling response from journalists and frankly absurd sales numbers, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has put off some players due to both its high difficulty level and its performance issues, especially on PC. It seems that Steam gamers are starting to make peace with the DLC, however, as the expansion's rating has just clawed back from 'Mixed' to 'Mostly Positive.'That means the expansion has only just hit 70% positive reviews. If you head over to the Steam page and take a look at t

Andy Serkis teases his Lord of the Rings spin-off movie, says that "characters we recognize" may return

Andy Serkis has shared a bit more about his upcoming Lord of the Rings spin-off movie, The Hunt for Gollum."It is so early; it would be unfair to commit to anything at this point. But I will say that it will be a deep dive where we investigate Gollum’s character," Serkis told a panel at ACE Superhero Comic Con 2024 (via Popverse). "There may be characters that we recognize that might be coming back. I’m not going to say who."The film was officially announced in May, with Serkis set t

Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s Character Creator Is BioWare’s Most Robust Yet

As BioWare prepared to show me the character creator for Dragon Age: The Veilguard in its Edmonton, Canada, offices, I expected something robust – it's 2024, character creators have come a long way, and Bioware has a rich history of good customization. Despite my expectations, I was not prepared for how robust it actually is in Veilguard. Robust enough, even, that BioWare used it to create most of the NPCs in the game, save for mainline characters like companions. Setting hyperbole aside,

GI Joe and Cobra are reborn in a new comic with its own continuity and an all-new character this winter

After spending close to a year rolling out its 'Energon Universe' of shared GI Joe and Transformers titles, Skybound Entertainment has finally announced the launch of its ongoing GI Joe series.Written by Joshua Williamson, who has written several of the GI Joe limited series that have set the stage for the new ongoing title, GI Joe will be drawn by Tom Reilly with colors by Jordie Bellaire, the art team from Williamson's Duke limited series.Skybound promises its GI Joe title will "introduce a bo

Vampire T'Challa takes on the forces of Atlantis as Black Panther: Blood Hunt comes to its end

As Marvel's Blood Hunt event nears its end, things continue to look bleak for T'Challa. Still in exile from Wakanda, the Black Panther is also now a vampire and under the control of the possessed Blade (himself now in the thrall of the evil bloodsucker Varnae, the Marvel Universe's canonical first vampire). Still, thanks to some help from the river goddess Anuket, T'Challa may have found a way to end the vampires' reign of terror once and for all.In Black Panther: Blood Hunt #3 - the third and f

Hidetaka Miyazaki says FromSoftware games "before and after Elden Ring" will show a "clear difference," and hopes to see the studio work on "multiple projects" at once

FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki explains that as Elden Ring was a "turning point" for the Dark Souls developer, "there's going to be a clear difference" between any preceding games and future titles from the team coming after the open-world RPG.Speaking in a recent interview with The Guardian, Miyazaki describes FromSoftware's smash success Elden Ring and its release as a critical moment within the studio's history. The game was a "turning point" for the company according to the directo