Sony isn't doing anything with Bloodborne so one fan is basically porting it into Elden Ring – which it turns out is pretty hard, so they're also recruiting a modding army - games news - NewsLocker (2024)

The solo modder behind Elden Ring's enormous Bloodborne-style overhaul mod, Graceborne, has begun looking for a team of modders to help their project reach its maximum potential, after admitting that taking on its "full scope" single-handedly would be "impossible."Graceborne's alpha version first released last month on Nexus Mods, and even in this early, unfinished state, it's got some really cool features that can help make you feel like you're playing the Bloodborne PC port that's still not ma

Amazon who? Here are 8 Newegg PC deals I'd use to build a rig ahead of Prime Day

I've turned shopping for new PC parts into something of a Prime Day tradition, but I often find myself browsing Newegg over Amazon. This year is no different, and the eggy retailer actually has a bunch of component offers that could help you build a custom rig for less, particularly if you're on a budget. So, to save you from hardware hassle this summer, I've put together a list of my favorite Newegg deals to help you assemble a new build or spruce up your existing system.It might sound like a g

Michael Keaton's Batman faces Michael Keaton's Beetlejuice in a new series of tie-in covers from DC

We're just two months out from the release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited (36 years, in fact!) sequel to Tim Burton's original horror comedy. Michael Keaton reprises his role as the chaotic and fun-loving "bio-exorcist" who was previously hired by a pair of ghosts to scare the still-living Deetz family out of their house, as does Winona Ryder as the now grown up Lydia. Burton is back in the director's chair too, and the whole thing looks like a lot of retro fun.To celebrate t

Mike Flanagan is bringing back a relic of the 2000s – the director's commentary – in the best possible way for horror fans

Remember DVD commentaries? Sure, they haven’t quite gone the way of the media dodo just yet, but in a world of podcasts, chit-chats, and gimmick interviews, it appears that a director sitting around to talk shop – or more, in the case of Ben Affleck on Armageddon – is a relic of the past.Thank goodness, then, for horror supremo Mike Flanagan. The director, best known for Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House, is launching Directors Commentary, a new podcast that aims to be

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I'm begging Final Fantasy Tactics fans to check out this hidden strategy RPG gem that was locked away in PSP prison for 18 years

PlayStation continues to surprise me by bringing its back catalogue of classics to modern consoles. Getting to play Sly Cooper, Jak & Daxter, and all the Ratchet & Clanks on PS5 signifies the company's renewed attitude toward backward compatibility, but I'm equally happy that certain overlooked gems can get a second life.The next in line for a fresh audience is Jeanne d'Arc, a cult classic strategy roleplaying game that was once relegated to the PlayStation Portable, coming to PS5 and PS

George RR Martin says a big dragon question will be answered in The Winds of Winter

A Song of Ice and Fire author George RR Martin has promised answers to a big dragon question is on the way – and we'll find out more in The Winds of Winter and beyond.In a lengthy post on his Not a Blog page, Martin shared his meditations on various dragon-related topics, and he also slipped in an intriguing tease about what we might learn about these majestic creatures in his future works."They bond with men… some men… and the why and how of that, and how it came

The first quest CD Projekt made for The Witcher 3 led to the best one in the RPG: "There are quests that are not that great, and we're very much aware of that"

A certain Crow's Perch quest has been widely regarded as The Witcher 3's very best, and according to one of the game's most prolific quest designers, it took a lot of trial and error to get that way.Funnily enough, the process all starts in a relatively late-game area. "Almost the earliest quest that we made is the quest with the ice giant in Skellige," CD Projekt Red's Pawel Sasko told Flow Games in an interview. Sasko uses this mission, the Lord of Undvik, as an example of a narrative design m

The Boys season 4 episode 7 recap and Easter eggs: Tensions build towards what's set to be a thrilling finale

The Boys season 4 episode 7 - titled 'The Insider' - follows on from what is arguably the most NSFW instalment of this season. As I'm sure you all remember given how f*cked up it was, last week's episode saw an alt-right co*cktail party take a nasty turn as Hughie ended up in Tek Knight's sex dungeon and Neuman convinced a bunch of rich assholes to back her in invoking the 25th amendment. Oh, there was also the small matter of the reveal that Joe Kessler only exists in Billy's head!Events are cle

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Aubrey Plaza gives advice to her younger self in first trailer for new R-rated comedy with great Rotten Tomatoes score

The first trailer for My Old Ass, starring Aubrey Plaza and Maisy Stella has arrived – and yes, we will be seated.In the brief clip, which can be viewed above, Elliott (Stella) and some friends go on a camping trip for her 18th birthday and decide to partake in some shrooms. While tripping, Elliott meets her 39-year-old self (Plaza) – and the two have a lot to teach each other.Written and directed by Megan Park, the cast includes Maddie Ziegler (Fitting In), Kerrice Brooks (The Prom

After 20 years, one of the longest-running JRPG stories is "about 80-90% complete" and finally coming to an end

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak's director has confirmed that the long-running JRPG saga is "about 80-90% complete."Speaking to GameSpot recently, director Toshihiro Kondo was asked about whether there was a planned end to the ongoing Trails series. The outlet points out that we're on the fourth arc in the wider Trails series since the JRPG saga first spawned into existence in 2004, and wonders whether there's a specific number of arcs left."Actually, the series has progressed to t

Promising roguelike developer offers players a rare deal: grab and keep it for free "before it becomes a paid game" forever

Vampire Survivors spawned just as many competitors as it did squashable pixel beasts, but the most recent auto-battling, bullet heaven, top-down roguelike Pizza Hero is worth a second look for a few reasons.Firstly, it's not called Pizza Survivors. Riff on the subgenre's big dog but don't make it that obvious, y'know? Secondly, the roguelike is entirely themed after its namesake: pizza. You play as a sentient slice that propels itself forward using a tomato sauce that squirts from its backside -

The Shining star Shelley Duvall dies aged 75

Shelley Duvall, the star of The Shining and frequent collaborator of director Robert Altman, has died at the age of 75.Duvall, who had mostly been retired from acting since 2002, died at her home in Texas due to complications from diabetes, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us. Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley," her partner Dan Gilroy told the publication.She was best known for playing Wendy To

Dev of "waifu sci-fi RPG shooter" says doubling down on fan service literally paid off, so now it's tripling down in spite of "criticism" from people "who are not players"

After a slow launch last July, self-described "3D waifu sci-fi RPG shooter" Snowbreak: Containment Zone has swan-dived into a pool of proudly sexualized outfits and animations – and this strategy has apparently boosted the game so much that developer Amazing Seasun Games is already planning a whole lot more despite some criticism.A new report from Automaton puts a spotlight on how a concerted emphasis on fan service – a catch-all term often used to describe sexy outfits, scenes

BZRKR, Firefly, and Something is Killing the Children publisher BOOM! Studios has been acquired by Penguin Random House

Comic publisher BOOM! Studios is set to be acquired by Penguin Random House, it has been reported by Deadline. BOOM! will become a part of the publishing giant's Random House Worlds division, alongside several other imprints including the manga-focused Inklore, and sci-fi publisher Del Rey.BOOM! Studios co-founder and chairman Ross Richie said of the deal, "It's every entrepreneur's dream to launch a company, build it, and sell it to the best. I'm excited to hand the reins of BOOM! over to the b

Ubisoft apologizes for using an unauthorized flag design in Assassin's Creed Shadows concept art, won't use it anymore - except for in its pricey collector's edition art book

Ubisoft has issued a public apology and pledged to mostly stop using two pieces of Assassin's Creed Shadows concept art after it was pointed out that they included a flag made by a real-life historical re-enactment group who hadn't actually given permission for it to be used.As reported by PC Gamer, the issue was first raised last month by Twitter user @matchlock_kage, one of the members of the Sekigahara Teppotai (or Sekigahara Rifle Corps) group in Japan. The user shared a clear image of the g

Still Wakes the Deep's creature movements were created by a "technical glitch," and they were so good it immediately "unnerved everyone"

The Chinese Room animated Still Wakes the Deep creature movements by complete accident thanks to a timely bug.Speaking at Develop: Brighton 2024, Still Wakes the Deep creative director John McCormack, project technical director Louis Larsson-De Wet, and associate art director Laura Dodds explained how the creature's movements came to be. It turns out a completely accidental bug in a tech demo helped determine how the creature should move, as well as its overall design.Larsson-De Wet revealed tha

Martin Scorsese is a big fan of MaXXXine and the rest of Ti West's horror trilogy

The X trilogy officially has Martin Scorsese's seal of approval. The Killers of the Flower Moon director has sung the praises of Ti West's slasher series, which began with 2022's X and culminated with the recently released MaXXXine, for being a "different type of horror."He told the New York Times that he thought each film in the trilogy represented a "different type of horror, related to different eras in American moviemaking." X, is "the ’70s, the slasher era", 2023's prequel Pearl is "'

Baldur's Gate 3 was just crowned the "Best Game" once more, beating other banger titles like Helldivers 2 - whose own lead thought Larian Studios' win would be well-deserved.This year's Develop conference in Brighton highlights various video game icons from 2023 and 2024, including Larian Studios' multi-award winner Baldur's Gate 3. The team behind the D&D RPG now boasts three new titles from the event, including one for the "Best Narrative," "Best Studio," and perhaps most impressively, "Be

The 400th edition of Edge features ten unique Astro Bot cover designs

In August 1993, when polygons felt exotic, PCs were beige, and the PlayStation brand didn’t even exist, Future Publishing launched Edge, a videogame magazine with a mission to explore the future of interactive entertainment. Now, 31 years later, we have arrived at its landmark 400th edition, which is available today.Sony’s forthcoming PS5 game Astro Bot is the star of this special anniversary issue, which features ten cover variants, split into three varieties. Subscribers rece

Razer's PS5 pro controller features six extra buttons, and its price has just dropped before Prime Day

The Razer Wolverine V2 Pro is the most expensive PS5 controller I've tested, which is a shame. I really like its chunky feel, its tactile microswitch buttons, and its six extra mappable buttons for extra functionality. But an MSRP of $249 / £249 is hard to stomach, particularly when there are similar and arguably better options for less money.But here we are, a little under a week before Prime Day, and the Wolverine V2 Pro has found itself a new home on the pricing scale. Down from t

Forget about a GTA 5 movie - these fans are recreating the game's iconic cutscenes and Michael's actor just gave them a five-star review

Rejoice, or something, for we don't need to wait for Hollywood to give Grand Theft Auto the live-action treatment. Fanmade clips are already recreating some iconic GTA 5 cutscenes in hilarious fashion, and a few have even caught the attention of Michael De Santa actor Ned Luke.GTA-centric YouTube channel TGG have been posting various clips to their social media to essentially remake some GTA 5 cutscenes as faithfully as possible. Filmed on location in Los Angeles, the videos below have thr

It's hard to imagine any other studio delivering Baldur's Gate 3, but Larian CEO Swen Vincke says the Wizards of the Coast property was one of just three household RPG names he was angling to work on."It would have been Ultima, it would have been Fallout, it would have been Baldur's Gate. There was not a lot to choose from," Vincke tells Edge 400 about the big names he thought Larian needed to elevate it on the industry stage, once upon a time. Larian never did get its hands on the Bethesda fran

New body horror with near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score unveils its twisted first trailer

Demi Moore goes to disturbing lengths to recapture her youth in the twisted first trailer for Revenge director Coralie Fargeat's new comedy-tinged body horror The Substance. Think The Neon Demon meets Bodies Bodies Bodies...Also starring Hugo Diego Garcia, Dennis Quaid and Drive-Away Dolls' Margaret Qualley, the movie follows Elisabeth Sparkle, the host of a hit aerobics show who gets fired on her 50th birthday due to her age. Dejected, Elisabeth doesn't think twice when she's approached by a m

Kevin Costner's big Western sequel pulled from theaters just weeks before its release

Kevin Costner's big Western sequel Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 is no longer coming to theaters this August.The first movie released in June, but disappointed at the box office with a global gross of just $25,207,600.The sequel is still set to get a theatrical release, though the new date is unknown for now. Instead of pressing ahead with the planned release, distributor New Line Cinema and Costner's own Territory Pictures are planning on giving the first movie more ti

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree player finds the perfect way to shut down one of the final boss's most annoying moves, and it's all thanks to best girl Ranni

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss is absolutely brutal, but if you're struggling with the fight, fear not, as one player has now discovered a perfect way to counter one of the most annoying moves that can be thrown at you. Be warned, there are spoilers ahead for the final boss.It took me more hours than I'd like to admit to beat Promised Consort Radahn, but this counter could help speed things up significantly for any magic builds by unlocking the ability to not only dodge but also

Mike Flanagan is writing a sci-fi horror story for new movie in streaming anthology series

Shudder has revealed the writers and directors behind each short in V/H/S Beyond, the next installment in its popular horror anthology series. It's a smorgasbord of the genre's top talent, too, with Mike Flanagan having penned an entry.The filmmaker, whose previous works include Doctor Sleep and Netflix series like The Haunting of Hill House and The Fall of the House of Usher, is said to have written a tale for the sci-fi-inspired movie, which will hit the platform in time for Halloween. Kate Si

After 11 years in limbo, acclaimed indie Cart Life isn't making a return as the award winning game's remake is "dead" and not "suitable for selling and buying"

Cart Life's re-release, the melancholy retail simulation of a life spent running a food carts, seems to be cancelled.You might remember Cart Life as the kind-of-precursor to Papers, Please, what with its grim, sometimes overbearing choices between much-needed money and morality in a totalitarian state. Mix in some timed life simulation bits, and Cart Life became an instantly acclaimed hit when it first came out in 2010 and an Independent Game Festival award winner when it hit Steam in 2013

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke joins as lead in one of our most anticipated comic book adaptations

Emilia Clarke is set to star as the lead in the Prime Video adaptation of Criminal, the noir series of graphic novels from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.As per Variety, Clarke will appear as Mallory, who is described as "a slick and daring armed robber, as quick with a gun as she is with her wits…Mallory is a woman on the edge, living on the wrong side of the law and hiding secrets that will bring her and her entire crew into the danger zone."Clarke joins a cast that already includes the

Sacred Flame and Firebolt failing to land? Don't worry, you can blame it on Baldur's Gate 3's bugged spell tooltips! Well, not really. I myself rely mostly on percentages, but if you've been using BG3's tooltips to help inform your chances, you might've noticed a visual bug caught by not one but two Redditors."Today I learned that Sacred Flame doesn't suck, the game just lies," writes UncommonEra on the official Baldur's Gate 3 subreddit. The cleric cantrip is infamous for its slim chances

Sacred Flame and Firebolt failing to land? Don't worry, you can blame it on Baldur's Gate 3's bugged spell tooltips! Well, not really. I myself rely mostly on percentages, but if you've been using BG3's tooltips to help inform your chances, you might've noticed a visual bug caught by not one but two Redditors."Today I learned that Sacred Flame doesn't suck, the game just lies," writes UncommonEra on the official Baldur's Gate 3 subreddit. The cleric cantrip is infamous for its slim chances