Warframe gets a mutated boy band in its whacky 90s update because the MMO's director accidentally ruined her family computer with a virus from Napster in 1999: That always stuck with me - games news - NewsLocker (2024)

Warframe's massive 1999 expansion is shaping up to be quite a quirky one, as MMO players must prepare to face off against an Infested, choreographed boy band boss fight, all thanks to an experience its creative director had on Napster back in the 90s.In Warframe, the Infested are mutated enemy creatures that've been taken over by parasites. They're pretty horrifying, but making a boy band of them is simultaneously incredibly funny and also very fitting for the expansion's 90s theme."

Activision "secretly" turned off skill-based Call of Duty matchmaking and "turns out everyone hated it"

Activision researchers secretly disabled skill-based matchmaking in Call of Duty multiplayer and "turns out everyone hated it."The Call of Duty publisher recently published a sweeping 25-page paper delving into skill-based matchmaking (SBMM), a sometimes controversial system that aims to connect players with opponents of a similar skill level in multiplayer lobbies, and the company found that keeping SBMM intact is in everyone's best interest.The "Matchmaking Series: The Role of Skill in Matchma

The Olympics 2024's hooded parkour man was in fact a reference to Assassin's Creed Unity's Arno

So, yeah, that hooded parkour man from this year's Olympics opening ceremony was indeed supposed to be a reference to Assassin's Creed Unity.The Olympics 2024 Games' opening ceremony gave us a protracted rundown of everything there is to know about French culture: a beheaded, maybe-Marie Antoinette lady trapped in a heavy metal performance, Celine Dion singing atop the Eiffel Tower, and a mysterious flag-bearer that ran and jumped across Paris' rooftops in a familiar white hood.I initially

Harrison Ford shares his reaction to Red Hulk transformation: "My wife thinks I look like that all the time"

Marvel's San Diego Comic-Con panel featured plenty of teases at what's upcoming in the MCU. Among them was a new look at Captain America: Brave New World, which saw Harrison Ford hulk out as Red Hulk.Some exclusive footage shown to the SDCC panel saw Ross giving a speech outside of the White House before shots were fired and he transformed into the Red Hulk.Speaking to GamesRadar+ afterwards, the Indiana Jones star shared his reaction to seeing himself as the iconic character on screen. "It was

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Captain America 4 star Anthony Mackie says Winter Soldier was a key reference for Brave New World: "It's something that we stuck to"

Captain America: Brave New World got a new teaser during Marvel's Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con. Alongside some new footage debuting, Kevin Feige told the crowd that the film returns to the grounded nature of The Winter Soldier.Speaking to GamesRadar+ after the panel, Sam Wilson star Anthony Mackie explains they reshot parts of the movie to enhance this aesthetic. "It was," he replies when we ask if Winter Solider was a key reference."So, it was the first conversation we had up until

Marvel stars react to Robert Downey Jr.'s return to the MCU: "He was the origin of this whole universe"

Marvel's big return to Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con featured some huge teases about the future of the MCU.However, there's no doubt that the biggest news of the night was Robert Downey Jr.'s casting as Doctor Doom, the major new villain of Avengers 5 –which is officially titled Avengers: Doomsday.Speaking to GamesRadar+ after the panel, some of the Marvel stars of Thunderbolts*, who will also be appearing in the upcoming Avengers movies, shared their thoughts on the anno

Hellboy: The Crooked Man's new Evil Dead-esque new trailer boasts blood, big action-sequences, and a demonic raccoon

A new trailer for Hellboy: The Crooked Man was unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 – and it's safe to say, the franchise's new addition is going to be seriously freaky.Earlier this month, a teaser gave us a taste of what to expect from the upcoming fantasy horror, which is, of course, based on Mike Mignola's 'The Crooked Man', which centers on the eponymous half-demon. The new clip, per Variety, truly showcases why the new flick is R-rated...It opens with a cursed-looking raccoon cr

Marvel unveils the first Avengers: Doomsday cast members – including Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom

Avengers, assemble! The Earth's Mightiest Heroes are returning to the fold in the MCU for two more movies and we've now got concrete information about the supergroup's future, courtesy of the Marvel panel at SDCC 2024.As revealed by Kevin Feige during the Hall H panel, Robert Downey Jr. is returning to the MCU as villain Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday (previously Avengers 5). "New mask, same task," he quipped on stage.It was also revealed that the casts of Fantastic Four (Pedro Pascal,

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The Fantastic Four title gets revealed at SDCC, and it suggests they're here for the long haul

The Marvel news won't stop coming at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, with The Fantastic Four title being revealed during the Marvel Studios panel in Hall H.Fantastic Four will now be officially called The Fantastic Four – First Steps. The title certainly suggests they will be here long-term in the MCU, with the film being described during the panel as being set in a "retro-future" version of the 1960s. Test footage featuring Ralph Ineson's Galactus was also shown. That first step, then, could le

First trailer for Marvel's Thunderbolts drops behind closed doors at SDCC 2024

The first trailer for Thunderbolts* has landed behind closed doors at San Diego Comic-Con, and GamesRadar+ is on the ground in Hall H to give you the lowdown.In the new footage, Yelena visits Red Guardian's apartment and tells him that her only reason to live is to kill others.They then encounter the other Thunderbolts (Bucky Barnes, John Walker, Ghost, and Taskmaster), only to discover that they've all been assigned to the same dangerous mission –and they want to know wh

After months of teasing, Giancarlo Esposito reveals his Captain America: Brave New World villain – and he was right about no one being able to guess it

We finally know who Giancarlo Esposito is playing in Captain America 4, and yeah, he wasn't exaggerating when he claimed that no one would be able to guess it...During Marvel's panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, the Better Call Saul actor joined co-stars Tim Blake Nelson, Danny Ramirez, and Anthony Mackie to talk about the upcoming superhero movie, which sees the latter's Sam Wilson step into his role as the titular shield-bearer.Up until now, the identity of Esposito's villain had been kept und

The Penguin gets new trailer at SDCC – and finally confirms its release date

A new trailer has dropped for The Batman spin-off The Penguin behind closed doors at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, and the show finally has a release date.In the new clip, which GamesRadar+ saw on the ground at Hall H, the Penguin (Colin Farrell) dances with his mother, who is revealed to have been at Arkham Asylum. "I've been rehabilitated," she tells him. He then comes face to face with Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti), who was confirmed during the panel to be a different version of the character

Silo season 2 confirms November release date, as The White Lotus star joins cast

Silo might have had a shorter panel than most at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, but it sure didn't waste any of those 30 minutes in Ballroom 20.Not only did the acclaimed Apple TV Plus show confirm season 2 will premiere on November 15, it revealed a brand new cast member, too: Steve Zahn. The White Lotus actor joined fellow stars Common and Rebecca Ferguson, showrunner Graham Yost, and author Hugh Howey to share the news on July 27.Zahn is set to play Solo, who 'Wool' readers will know as a ke

Psylocke goes full ninja in her own "dark, emotional" solo X-Men title

Psylocke has one of the most complicated histories of any of the X-Men (which is really saying something) but everyone's favorite psychic ninja will slash herself a new path in her own ongoing title launching later this year, as announced at Marvel's X-Men: From the Ashes panel at Comic-Con International: San Diego.Written by Alyssa Wong with art by Vincenzo Carratù, the new Psylocke comic will take the ninja assassin Kwannon, who once shared a body with Betsy Braddock and is now her own

The Boys showrunner says new spin-off Vought Rising was originally rejected four years ago and now it's the comic book creator's "favorite" project from the TV team

In case you missed the news, The Boys has a new spin-off on the way. Titled Vought Rising, the Prime Video series will be set in the 1950s and focusing on the origins of Vought. It will also feature the return of Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) and Stormfront (Aya Cash).But this isn’t the first bite of the cherry for The Boys creator Eric Kripke, who told GamesRadar+ that his initial pitch for the series four years ago wasn’t exactly met with a thumbs up."In 2020, I went to Amazon to pit

Everything announced at Star Trek's SDCC 2024 panel

Star Trek always brings the goods at SDCC, and this year was no exception. The hour-long panel featured announcements and trailers from Strange New Worlds season 3, Lower Decks' final season, Starfleet Academy, and (last but certainly not least) the Michelle Yeoh-led Section 31 movie.Missed it? Or want to relive its best moments? Below, we've got a snapshot of the Star Trek SDCC panel's biggest reveals. Let's make it so!
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5 years after it was announced, Star Trek: Discovery spin-off movie starring Michelle Yeoh unveils its first trailer

Five whole years after it was announced, the first trailer for Star Trek: Section 31, an upcoming movie spin-off of Star Trek: Discovery, has finally been released.The long-awaited promo, which is set to Beyoncé's 'Formation', was unveiled by stars Omari Hardwick, Sam Richardson, Kacey Rohl, and Michelle Yeoh (who tuned in virtually) during the franchise's Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, July 27. Watch it above.In it, Yeoh's Philippa Georgiou – who died in Discover

Star Treks: Lower Decks final season gets release date and first trailer filled with skiing, "space potholes", and alternate versions of the crew

The first trailer for Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5 has dropped at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 – and the show's final season now has a release date.The final season will premiere on Paramount Plus worldwide this October 24. Per the official synopsis, in season 5, "the crew of the USS Cerritos is tasked with closing 'space potholes' – subspace rifts which are causing chaos in the Alpha Quadrant. Pothole duty would be easy for Jr. Officers Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, and Rutherford&hellip

Sweet Tooth creator Jeff Lemire's new Justice Society of America ongoing series will focus on both the JSA and Infinity, Inc.

Sweet Tooth creator Jeff Lemire will be writing two new books for DC in the coming months. Following the announcement at San Diego Comic Con on Friday that the writer will be penning Absolute Flash, with art from Nice House on the Lake's Nick Robles comes the news that Lemire will also be writing an all new Justice Society of America series with art by Jay Garrick: The Flash artist Diego Olortegui. Here's Olortegui's main cover for the new book, along with a couple of unlettered pages from the f

Marvel SDCC 2024 Live Coverage – All the news from the Marvel panel as it happens

Welcome to our live blog reporting on everything Marvel-related at San Diego Comic-Con 2024. Now, this year is a special one as this is the first time Marvel has held a panel at SDCC since 2022, so we are expecting some big things.The Marvel panel, officially called 'Marvel Studios Hall H Presentation', is probably the, or at least one of, the most anticipated events at SDCC this year. But don't worry about missing anything as we will be here live reporting everything going on in Hall H, a

Marvel SDCC 2024 Live Coverage – All the news from the Marvel panel as it happened

Well, that’s a wrap on the San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Marvel panel. But, boy, was that hour (and a bit) absolutely stuffed with cast appearances, announcements, and major title changes.Below you'll find a list of everything announced at Marvel’s panel at SDCC, and, of course, below there is the live blog with how it all went down.
Everything announced at Marvel's SDCC panel 2024
The Boys' Giancarlo Esposito stars as The King of the Serpent Society AKA Sidewinder in Captain Americ

"When I played Persona 4, that exact feeling came back": Atlus' JRPG served as massive inspiration for one hot new indie farming sim

SunnySide is the newest genre-blending melting pot that boils farming, crafting, dungeon-crawling, cooking, creature-battling, and romance into one game package, but it took heavy inspiration from Persona 4.Looking at SunnySide's Steam page, it almost seems like one of those games that promises to throw everything and the kitchen sink into the code, only to never leave the theoretical space of Kickstarter. Think Persona meets Harvest Moon meets Lake meets The Sims' interior designing, and you've

Developer of 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Steam city-builder hopes for Metacritic representation: "Players love it, streamers love it, sales are great"

One indie developer is clamouring to get recognition on review aggregate sites like Metacritic because their roguelike city-builder is beloved by pretty much everyone.DotAGE is the "merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder" where you, as the appointed village elder, need to guide townsfolk to do your settlement construction, foraging, and usual chores right in the middle of an ongoing apocalypse. The looming threat will take on a new form each time, ranging from rampant disease

Mega Man meets Shovel Knight in this new retro platformer "where almost anything goes," and Steam reviews are already glowing

Retro-inspired platformers have been making a massive comeback as of late, and Fallen Leaf only continues the trend.Fallen Leaf came out earlier this month, on July 15, promising a "retro side-scrolling adventure focused on tight, action-packed level design set in a whimsical world where almost anything goes," per the main blurb. Magical, upgradeable gauntlets, towns full of colorful characters, a thumping chiptune soundtrack, and over 70 pixel art stages fill out the rest of the game's nostalgi

Absolute Green Lantern is writer Al Ewing's first series for DC and will be a "complete reimagining" of the concept, starring multiple Lanterns

DC held its regular Jim Lee & Friends panel at San Diego Comic Con yesterday, with the company's president and chief creative officer bringing out several of his colleagues to tease what's to come from the new DC All In initiative. The biggest headline from the panel was the announcement of a fifth book in the new Absolute Universe line, focused on Green Lantern, from the team of writer Al Ewing and artist Jahnoy Lindsay. This follows the previously announced Absolute Batman, Absolute Wonder

Final Fantasy 7 community effort to mod unused content back into the classic JRPG takes another big step forward

The Final Fantasy 7 community have been on a long journey to restore cut content, early unused designs, and better localization to the original 1997 JRPG, and they've just taken another big step toward completion.The Shinra Archaeology Cut mod has been slowly rejigging parts of the classic game via various updates, and the latest one "retranslates the game script up through the events of Corel Prison and includes a collection of new optional features," according to mod makers Shinra Archaeology

One of 2024's goriest horror movies is getting a surprise sequel – and it's "coming soon"

In a Violent Nature, the slasher movie that's been making even the most seasoned of horror fans' stomachs churn, is getting a surprise sequel.IFC Films and Shudder announced the news on July 27, alongside a bloody poster, which features a claret-tipped meat hook that's been positioned to resemble a '2'. Clever! Check it out below...
Now that you're hooked... come back for more. @IFCfilms and @Shudder present IN A VIOLENT NATURE 2. Coming soon! https://t.co/dlVrMUG4yV pic.twitter.com/KwxJpQtnwUJu

Spider-Man's new magic suit revealed, along with his surprising new connection to Doctor Doom

Marvel has revealed new details of writer Joe Kelly and artist Ed McGuiness' upcoming run on Amazing Spider-Man with a story titled 'The 8 Deaths of Spider-Man' in the publisher's Next Big Thing panel at Comic-Con International: San Diego. And oddly enough, the new info actually includes some spoilers for the finale of the current Blood Hunt crossover, so be warned.Spoilers for Blood Hunt ahead.As we now know, Blood Hunt will end with Doctor Strange transferring the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme to

Marvel's new Ultimate Universe turns one year old with a special one-shot this December

December will mark a full year since the debut of the new Ultimate Universe, which reimagines heroes such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Black Panther, the Avengers, and the X-Men in new ways, and Marvel Comics will celebrate with a one-shot titled Ultimate Universe: One Year In #1 as announced at the publisher's Next Big Thing panel at Comic-Con International: San Diego.Written by Ultimates writer Deniz Camp with an artist yet to be named, the Ultimate Universe: One Year In one-shot will take a broad

It's official - Doctor Doom will be the next big villain of the Marvel Universe, and the heroes are already kneeling at his feet

Marvel's Next Big Thing panel at Comic-Con International: San Diego took an all-too-brief look ahead for the Marvel Universe following the current Blood Hunt crossover, dropping some spoilers about what's to come, and who the next big villain of the Marvel Universe will be.Spoilers for Blood Hunt ahead.In the conclusion of Blood Hunt #4, Doctor Doom beseeches Doctor Strange to hand over the title of Sorcerer Supreme in order to gain his help in defeating the vampire army that is storming the Ear