Helldivers 2 tackles grief kicking in its massive August update: if you get kicked, you'll be the host of a new session with all of the team's loot intact - games news - NewsLocker (2024)

A new Helldivers 2 update is making changes to counteract the ongoing issue of "grief kicking" in the third-person shooter.Arrowhead just announced Helldivers 2's huge Escalation of Freedom update, boasting new enemies, mission objectives, a higher difficulty level, and more, and it's out next month on August 6. Alongside that update is a quality-of-life change specifically intended to counter "grief kicking."Katherine Baskin, social media and community manager at Arrowhead, writes on the PlaySt

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,

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

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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

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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

"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

Iron Man is leading a new West Coast Avengers team that will try to turn Ultron into a hero

Classic Avengers spin-off title West Coast Avengers is returning after last appearing in 2021, with a break of almost 25 years before that. The new West Coast Avengers was announced at Marvel's Next Big Thing panel during Comic-Con International: San Diego.This time, the team will have Tony Stark at the helm with a roster of War Machine, Firestar, Spider-Woman Jessica Drew, and surprisingly, Ultron.Yes, that's right, a version of the Avengers arch-enemy Ultron will be a part of the team, with To

5 years and 3 delays later, Junji Ito's Uzumaki anime series has a new teaser and release date - and I'm still not ready

The looooong-awaited anime adaptation of Junji Ito's Uzumaki manga has a new teaser and release date - and it's sooner than you might expect.Just in time for Halloween, Uzumaki is premiering on Adult Swim on September 28 - a day before it lands its spooky self on HBO Max. The anime series was first announced back in 2019, and it's since been delayed a whopping three times. There was some question whether we'd ever see it, but now those doubts have been laid to rest, and better yet, the show loo

Spider-Gwen leads a team of MCU fan-favorite characters including Sylvie, B-15, Captain Carter, OB, Mobius, and more in new TVA comic

The Time Variance Authority, or TVA as it's often abbreviated, have become staple characters of the MCU thanks to their central importance to the Loki streaming series, and their role in the new Deadpool and Wolverine movie. And now, that spotlight is coming to comics, with a new TVA comic limited series announced at the publisher's Marvel Fanfare panel at Comic-Con International: San Diego.Written by horror/sci-fi author Katharyn Blair with art by recent Carnage artist Pere Perez, the new TVA t

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon gets early season 3 renewal, as Norman Reedus confirms it'll be set in Spain

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon season 3 is officially in the works – and this time, the titular apocalypse survivor and his bestie Carol are heading to Spain.Stars Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, and Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, dropped by Hall H on Friday, July 26, to share the news, along with executive producer Greg Nicotero and showrunner David Zabel. "We pick up where we left off," Reedus said, shortly after they treated attendees to an exciting new look at the upcoming second season, which

Invincible creator addresses whether or not season 3 will be split into two parts: "We're aware of the fact that it was not popular"

Invincible season 3 is well underway, and we're all wondering the same thing: Will it take a page from season 2 and be split into two parts? Creator Robert Kirkman isn't sure yet, but he's well aware of the fan reaction."All I can say is that we are well aware of the fact that that was not popular," Kirkman says at a roundtable attended by GamesRadar+ at San Diego Comic-Con. "It is what it is. So you know, we're exploring things and that's something that we'll definitely be talking about. So, yo

First Like a Dragon: Yakuza Prime Video trailer teases Kiryu's iconic tattoo and Kamurocho's glitzy, criminal underworld

The first trailer for Like a Dragon: Yakuza is here, and it's a slick, stylish trip through Japan's criminal underworld.The trailer is framed by that impressive, iconic back tattoo, and there's plenty of neon lighting, fights, and mysterious teases, too. Check it out below.Based on the crime video game series by RGG Studio, Like a Dragon: Yakuza's Kiryu will be played by Ryoma Takeuchi (Kamen Rider Drive), who had already shown off the character's back tattoo before.Joining him on hi