New Netflix anime movie Ultraman: Rising comes from a nearly 25-year-old idea from its director: I never thought there would be any way I could get the rights to the characters - games news - NewsLocker (2024)

Ultraman may be unfamiliar to some but, to many in Japan, the alien superhero - first introduced in 1966's Ultra Q – is an icon.That decades-long history has spawned countless TV shows, movies, and video games. It even inspired director Shannon Tindle to come up with his own original idea, one that would become the basis for a new Netflix movie almost a quarter of a century later."I never thought there would be any way I could get the rights to the characters and at that time, I couldn&rsq

2024’s best Metroidvania Animal Well might not get a sequel, but its creator wants to make another game in the same 8-bit universe

In a year already bursting with killer Metroidvanias to sink into, Animal Well managed to tower over its competition and became the year’s second-best-reviewed game when it came out earlier this month. Now, as players are mopping up the minimalist world's last remaining secrets, the game's creator is turning his gaze toward an Animal Well follow-up, which may or may not be a proper sequel.Animal Well takes players across a sparse, knotted world full of wildlife to unravel both one-and-done

Helldivers 2’s next update will begin to reverse some controversial weapons nerfs, but won’t be “the patch to rule all other patches”

Fan favorite Helldivers 2 weapons have been contending with some brutal nerfs lately, making the bug-squashing, bot-destroying, democracy-spreading shooter slightly duller for some players. Developer Arrowhead Studios admitted things went a little too far in its quest for balance, and it now sounds like some changes are getting reversed in the next patch.Community manager Twinbeard jumped into the game's Discord channel to give a brief (and still vague) overview of what’s incoming in the n

The brand-new LG OLED C4 just took its first price cut for Memorial Day

It’s easy to assume only older gaming TV models get price cuts during the sales, but the new LG OLED C4 is actually discounted ahead of Memorial Day. That’s fantastic news for anyone looking to pick up one of the latest panels to hit the market for less, and now could be your last chance to do so before the summer kicks off.Over at Amazon right now, you’ll find all versions of the LG OLED C4 down to new record low prices. The 43-inch model has dipped from $1,499.99 to $1,

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Google's AI is teaching Pokemon fans a thing or two about LGBT pocket pals - Bulbasaur is a "plant-loving queer," Mewtwo is an "older, cultured gay," and oh so much more

Google's recent AI Overview rollout is leading to some illuminating revelations for everyone's favorite TV shows and games, like Pokemon.If the goings-on of search isn't your scene, Google recently rolled out a new feature that leans on AI to answer your search query. While it can regurgitate a lot of content from outlets seeking to answer those same questions, it hasn't quite got the hang of scraping a Reddit post or satire article and separating fact from meme.The result? Some oddb

Baldur's Gate 3 lead writer reveals that his favorite line in the entire RPG is a super-subtle callout: "We know what you did last time around"

Lead Baldur's Gate 3 writer Adam Smith recalls some of his favourite lines from the RPG, including an unexpected moment you share with Minthara.This article contains story spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3's second and third acts.I've managed to rack up over a thousand hours in Baldur's Gate 3 and I'm still just as obsessed with the game as I was when I first set foot in the Emerald Grove. I devote most of my time within the Forgotten Realms obsessing over my quirky companions and each piece of dialo

"If Overwatch didn't exist, I think LawBreakers would have had a shot": Gears of War lead blames Blizzard's hero shooter for his failed FPS

Six years after the untimely demise of first-person hero shooter LawBreakers, the game's director explains why he thinks Overwatch played a part in its failure.You might know game designer Cliff 'Cliffy B' Bleszinski for his work on Gears of War or his time on the Unreal series. You may also remember the studio he headed after his work with Epic, Boss Key Productions - or its 2018 closure following the commercial failure of its debut title, LawBreakers. LawBreakers launched in 2017, a little ove

Almost 30 years later, Batman: The Last Halloween closes the book on fan favorite story The Long Halloween

A new Batman limited series is set to continue - and complete - the Long Halloween saga, first begun by Jeff Loeb and Tim Sale in 1996.The 10-issue Batman The Long Halloween: The Last Halloween will be written by Loeb and drawn by a range of fan favorite artists, including in the first issue, Eduardo Risso, Dave Stewart and Richard Starkings. The series will pick up the threads left by 2021's The Long Halloween Special one-shot, which was originally intended to be the start of a new story,

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After making a game with a file size so tiny it was dwarfed by its own PS5 background, developer of hit Metroidvania Animal Well says "I didn't do anything clever"

Breakout indie metroidvania Animal Well is one of the best games I've played so far this year. It's also by far the smallest, clocking in at just 38MB, but its developer says they "didn't do anything particularly clever" to get the game down to that size,In a recent AMA on Reddit, solo dev Billy Basso was asked whether he deliberately tried to keep the game's file size as small as possible, or whether that was simply a happy accident. Animal Well is, at its heart, a relatively simple 2D platform

The Last of Us co-director responds to backlash over his controversial comments, claims his "words, context, and intent were unfortunately lost"

Naughty Dog co-president and The Last Of Us co-director Neil Druckmann has set the record straight on some of his recently controversial statements.Earlier this week, in an interview with Sony at the company’s corporate strategy presentation, the director reportedly said he was working on a “dream project” that was the studio’s “most thrilling yet.” He then added that the currently unannounced game “could redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming”

Helldivers 2 players beg for an in-game PSA after learning online that certain planets grant liberation boosts that go away for good after a defeat

Did you know there are certain Helldivers 2 planets with training bases that are giving liberation boosts to all other planets, but only if they're in Super Earth's control? Because a lot of freedom fighters don't.In case you missed the alert for the latest Major Order, or simply didn't read it all that carefully, or just as likely, forgot what it said, there are new Super Earth Armed Forces (SEAF) training bases on certain planets that send recruits to aid in the liberation front against Automa

After a shaky launch, the new ARPG hungry for Genshin Impact's lunch is making its lengthy cutscenes skippable and giving away a 5-star character of your choice

Wuthering Waves, the new action-RPG clearly gunning for Genshin Impact's crown, is making story content skippable and giving away a couple of prized gifts to all players.Kuro Games' brand spankin' new ARPG Wuthering Waves launched this week to a familiar din of protest related to performance issues like extreme lag, frame-rate dips, crashes, and in some cases, overheated devices. Kuro was quick to issue a statement as well as an "emergency patch" aimed at the worst of these issues, but now it's

What the Green Goblin's big return means for Spider-Man

Amazing Spider-Man is now officially released, and as promised, it marks the all too tragic return of Norman Osborn's Green Goblin persona - and it also sets the stage for Peter Parker's transformation into the so-called Spider-Goblin that's been teased by Marvel.But how does it all go down? What tragic twist does fate hold for both Peter and Norman as they both take on the terrifying mantle of the Goblin? We'll reveal all right now.
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New The Bear season 3 trailer shows no matter how much changes, some things stay the same

Another teaser trailer for The Bear season 3 has arrived – and things are tense as usual in the kitchen for Carmy and co.Season 3 picks up with Carmy (Jeremy Allen White), Sugar (Abby Elliott), Sydney (Ayo Edebri), and Ritchie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) finally opening the high-end version of the restaurant. In the brief teaser, plates crash to the floor, glasses shatter, Marcus (Lionel Boyce) breaks up a fight between Carmy and Ritchie, Sydney scolds everyone in the kitchen yet again, calling i

43 years later, an early pioneer of the RPG genre that inspired Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest gets a remake using the original source code

The remake of Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, one of the first and most influential RPGs ever made, just launched on Steam after a few months in Early Access and 43 years after the original.A quick history lesson: Released way back in 1981, Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is ostensibly the first-ever team-based RPG, going on to directly inspire some of the best RPGs ever made like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. It's since received numerous sequels and ports, but nev

The Last Of Us video game star Jeffrey Wright will reprise his villain role in season 2 of the hit show

Jeffrey Wright is officially reprising his role as Isaac for The Last of Us season 2.In the gut-wrenching video game sequelthat is The Last of Us Part 2, Wright plays secondary antagonist Isaac Dixon, a former marine turned leader of the Washington Liberation Front (WLF). Wright will now reprise the role for season 2 of HBO's massively successful live-action TV show adaptation. The actor shared the news to his Instagram with the simple caption: "Surprise."With the addition of Wright, the c

Get 20% off Dune: War for Arrakis as part of early Memorial Day sales

We’re on the run up to Memorial Day weekend and this deal on Dune: War for Arrakis is something of a perfect storm. Not only will you have extra time to sink into playing a super involved board game thanks to the long weekend but Dune: Part Two was just hit streaming services. Might I recommend enjoying a movie double feature followed by diving into Dune: War for Arrakis?Thanks to a mix of its fascinating sci-fi setting, tense political drama, and dense world-building, Dune is fertile grou

One genius Baldur's Gate 3 player has proven that hitting max level doesn't have to take 80 hours - in fact, it's achievable within the lower city alone.This article contains story spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3's third act.YouTuber Proxy Gate Tactician is a certified Baldur's Gate 3 expert. Whether it's beating the RPG as 4 cats or trying out a pacifist run, the fearless player has taken on just about every challenge out there. Proxy's most recent run sees him attempt to reach level 12 from level

10 years after it was released, fans are calling this forgotten Marvel film one of the "greatest superhero movies" ever made

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Ryan Reynolds confirms another Deadpool 3 cameo and fans are already thinking they are a TVA agent

Ryan Reynoldshasconfirmed that his Wrexham co-chairRobMcElhenneywillbe makinga cameo in the upcoming Deadpool 3.The Wade Wilson star teased his appearance in a new episode of their Disney Plus show Welcome to Wrexham."Because of my busy schedule, I had to invite my co-chair, Rob McElhenney, to the set of Deadpool in London to discuss all things that are Wrexham," Reynolds said on thelatest episode of the show, which aired on May 23. "And, yes

Zelda dev says "the true menace" of Tears of the Kingdom wasn't Ganondorf, but the programming that would have let players destroy the world

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a seriously impressive game, especially when it comes to its flexible, physics-driven world that allows players to construct whatever wacky contraptions they want during their journey across Hyrule. According to the game's lead physics programmer, Takahiro Takayama, mastering these physics was absolutely crucial in order to give players full creative freedom, without the fear of them destroying the world even more effectively than Ganondorf.In a prese

After beating all 165 Elden Ring bosses on the hardest possible difficulty despite being level 1, streamer reckons they might "finally be ready for Shadow of the Erdtree"

Prolific SoulsBorne streamer MissMikkaa has successfully beaten every boss in Elden Ring on New Game Plus seven difficulty as a level one Tarnished.Every time you think the streamer can't top their previous achievement, they go and do something like this. Apparently not satisfied with beating Malenia twice at the same time while using a dance pad for one controller, MissMikkaa has beaten all 165 bosses in Elden Ring while keeping their Tarnished at a paltry level one, but on New Game Plus seven

Keanu Reeves is returning to writing comics with BRZRKR: The Lost Book of B

BRZRKR is coming back in a big way in 2024. The comic, which was created by Hollywood icon Keanu Reeves and writer Matt Kindt, is returning for a second series titled BRZRKR: The Lost Book of B at BOOM! Studios. The complete original creative team of Reeves, Kindt, and artist Ron Garney are also all set to return.BRZRKR focuses on the adventures of B, an 80,000 year old immortal warrior (who just happens to look more than a little bit like Reeves himself) who now works with a secretive military

Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans roast their MCU co-star Chris Hemsworth as being the "second best Chris"

Thor star Chris Hemsworth has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and his MCU co-stars decided to celebrate the occasion in the only way they know how, by roasting him.As reported by Variety, the impromptu roast came about when Robert Downey Jr. was making a speech at the ceremony, informing Hemsworth that he had asked his Avengers co-stars to describe him using just three words."Here comes the roast!" Downey exclaimed before starting with: "What is Chris Hemsworth?"According to

Daniel Craig to return as Benoit Blanc as Rian Johnson shares teaser and title for Knives Out 3

Rian Johnson has officially announced the third installment in his massively successful Knives Out franchise – and yes, Daniel Craig will be back to solve another mystery.Johnson shared a brief teaser on his social media accounts, revealing that Wake Up Dead Man is slated for a 2025 release date – and that Craig will indeed return as Detective Benoit Blanc. “In the beginning, the knives came out. Then, behold, the glass was shattered. But my most dangerous case yet is abo

Helldivers 2 explosives enthusiast targets the record books with 118-kill Hellbomb but blows themselves up in the process, making it 119 kills if you ask us

A Helldivers 2 player might have just set a record by killing 118 enemies with a single Hellbomb.There's been a nice friendly competition going on among certain Helldivers 2 players of late. Earlier this week, a player posted to the game's official subreddit, showing themselves getting a superbly patriotic 105 kills with a single Hellbomb Stratagem. That's surely enough to put a dent in the Terminid forces on a planet.Over the last few days, another player responded to the feat with a Hellbomb r

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom physics lead knew the game was going to be "great" when he saw its first prototype, but then reality hit: "Are we really doing this? Development is going to be chaos"

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's lead physics programmer knew the open-world RPG would be a banger when he saw its very first prototype, and then the dread of actually putting the game together hit him.Speaking at GDC this year, lead physics programmer Takahiro Takayama joins technical director Takuhiro Dohta and lead sound engineer Junya Osada in giving a one-hour talk about how the Nintendo gem was put together.It's Takayama's opener, though, that really hammers home the dread

Genshin-like action-RPG Wuthering Waves has been out for one day, but players have already managed to access unreleased content via virtual time travel

Kuro Games' new Genshin Impact-like action-RPG, Wuthering Waves, has been out for just one day, but curious players have already figured out how to force themselves into the future to access unreleased content, all by simply changing the date on their devices.It really is the oldest trick in the book, and players are baffled that it even works. As showcased in a video on Bilibili, moving the date on your system to virtually time travel into the future apparently lets you play Yinlin's tria

This soulslike dating sim's best-kept secret - an "invisible grilled cheese" - should have taken players "weeks" to find, but instead they found it in barely 8 hours with no hints: "This sucks man"

The indie developer behind "a soulslike platonic dating simulator" was shocked to discover that the secret achievement he hoped would keep players hunting "for weeks" was discovered just eight hours after launch.Athenian Rhapsody combines tricky bosses with battle mechanics inspired by the ever-changing systems of games like WarioWare and Cooking Mama. With a top-down pixel style reminiscent of Undertale, it launched last week to a pretty positive reception. Unfortunately for developer Nic

Helldivers 2's review-bomb cape might not exist after all, even though the game's director teased it weeks ago

After much anticipation, and even excitement from Arrowhead's itself, the Helldivers 2 review bomb cape might not exist after all.If you're unfamiliar with the cape proposition, it came about after Helldivers 2 was review-bombed on Steam in the wake of Sony's incredibly unpopular PSN account linking mandate. Steam lets users view recent reviews in bar graph form, and so all the overwhelmingly negative user verdicts stacked up in a nice line, which players then proposed should be immortalized as