2 years and 800 hours later, solo Final Fantasy 14 grinder finally completes one of the MMO's most punishing challenges, immediately starts another run that's just as bad - games news - NewsLocker (2024)

A Final Fantasy 14 mastermind has achieved a personal 800-hour holy grail by completing one of the hardest challenges you can subject yourself to in the MMO. Faced with what to do next, Deep Dungeon expert Aurora Moon can only do the other impossible task he spent the past two years joking they may get around to.One of the many optional activities you can do in Final Fantasy 14, Deep Dungeons are ever-changing challenges that scale many, many floors, making them somewhat roguelike in natur

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

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

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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

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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

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom introduces two new characters to the series, and gives Zelda's dad a massive glow-up

New and returning characters for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom have been unveiled ahead of launch next month.The Legend of Zelda's official Japanese Twitter account just revealed a handful of new and familiar faces for Echoes of Wisdom. First up, just below, is a familiar face: it's the King of Hyrule, returning once again to step into the role of Princess Zelda's father figure. Except this time, his daughter is the game's protagonist for a change.
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New horror movie with disappointing Rotten Tomatoes score is getting a sequel – but not in the way you might expect

M. Night Shyamalan-produced horror-thriller The Watched is getting a sequel – just not in the way you're probably expecting.Directed by Shyamalan's daughter Ishana Night Shyamalan, the movie follows Mina (Dakota Johnson), an artist who finds herself trapped in a remote, concrete cabin with three strangers after getting lost in a forest in western Ireland. There, she discovers that the trio are, essentially, prisoners in the weird-looking shelter; rarely stepping outside its walls due to th

Indie games need to be "cheap as f*** or expensive as hell," says publisher warning of industry "death cycle"

One indie publisher says the industry is in a "death cycle," where it's harder than ever to get a game signed, and more and more revenue is being hoovered up by major studios.In an interview with Game Developer, Mike Rose, founder of publishing label No More Robots, outlined the difficulties his company has had to find ways around in recent years. Deals with Xbox Game Pass "[aren't] available any more," he says, despite having been an important revenue tool for the company in the past. Another t

For the first time ever in Call of Duty, Black Ops 6's Zombies mode lets you save and quit, and there are some pretty weird reactions to that

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will let solo Zombies players finally pause and save their game to continue later, and there are some pretty weird reactions to that.Earlier this week, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's Zombies mode got a huge information blast, revealing that it'd be returning to the traditional 'Rounds-Based Zombies' format. For solo players, the Zombies mode will finally let players pause their game, save it, and exit out to continue from where they left off whenever they want, a first for

14 years after it was announced, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio's serial killer series gets promising update

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio's series The Devil in the White City is still in the works, despite being canned by Hulu back in March 2023.The project has been in development hell since DiCaprio bought the film rights to Erik Larson's similarly titled book back in 2010, five years before Scorsese got involved. Set to explore the relationship between Daniel H. Burnham, a visionary Chicago-based architect, and "America's first serial killer" Dr. H. H. Holmes in the late 1800s, it was origin

8 years later, Overwatch players have only just noticed a key costume detail on Tracer that's inexplicably missing from the sequel

It's somehow been over eight years since Overwatch first released, but loads of first-person shooter fans are only just noticing a key costume detail on Tracer that's, for some reason, not been accounted for in Overwatch 2.Even if you've been playing Overwatch since the start, you might have missed that those bulky bits on Tracer's forearms are actually gun holsters. It's more obvious when you slow footage of the game down – the Reddit post below showing her 'Finger Guns' emote displays it