Baldur's Gate 3 made D&D's lead designer change one of the RPG's deadliest NPC-killers because it was excruciating to use - games news - NewsLocker (2024)

D&D's lead designer says he's changing some of the tabletop RPG's spells because they were so annoying in Baldur's Gate 3 - including one infamous spell that's responsible for a good chunk of inadvertent deaths.In a new video, D&D lead designer Jeremy Crawford explains some of the changes coming in with the game's new 2024 Player's Handbook. Some of those changes, he revealed, were brought about specifically because of his time with Baldur's Gate 3.One of those changes is to Cloud

Red Dead Redemption meets Civ in the debut project from a team of strategy veterans, and the best part is the Wild West cowboys with French accents

Coldridge is the debut project from a team of strategy game veterans under their Frog Collective banner, and it looks like an endearingly quirky blend of Red Dead Redemption and the Civilization series.The developers behind Coldridge spent 12 years over at Amplitude, a Paris-based studio known for strategy games including Humankind and Endless Space, and now they've started their own studio and are working on its first project. Coldridge takes the turn-based strategy foundation the studio is kn

Beloved anime Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War lands long-awaited release date, continuing manga final arc adaptation

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 finally has a release window and teaser trailer.The official Twitter account announced that Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 – The Conflict would hit "TV Tokyo and other channels" in October 2024.The series is based on the manga by Tite Kubo and serves as a direct sequel to the Bleach anime series. Thousand-Year Blood War is the manga's final story arc, with the anime series first premiering on TV Tokyo in October 2022 and set to run across four

EA announces Apex Legends is getting twice as many battle passes and you can no longer earn them in-game

EA and Respawn have announced some major changes to the Apex Legends battle pass which will see seasonal content become far more expensive to keep up with. The community response has been about as negative as you would imagine.Starting in season 22, there will now be two battle passes every season - one for each split - and each of these passes will now be $9.99. Previously, you'd get a whole season's battle pass for 950 Apex Coins, the game's premium currency, and if you completed that pass you

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The Boys season 4 episode 7 trailer sees the Seven celebrating Christmas in July

A new trailer for The Boys season 4 episode 7 has arrived – and it looks like the Seven is celebrating Christmas in July.In the brief clip, which can be viewed below, we see Butcher take on Black Noir and Starlight face off against the Deep while Christmas music cheerfully plays in the background. The clip also cuts to a shot of Homelander with blood all over his face, which is par for the course at this point. "This Thursday, it's beginning to look a lot like #TheBoysChristmas," the capti

Companions Can Romance And Form Relationships With Each Other In Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is a BioWare RPG, which means a lot of things, including the fact that the game will feature romance. Based on what I learned during a recent trip to BioWare's Edmonton office for the current Game Informer cover story, Veilguard will be the team's most romantic game yet.Relationship Level
Every companion in the game has a Relationship Level related to Rook, and the choices you make (and not even specifically about the companion, but in the world in general), what

Steam Next Fest dev describes the "weird arms race" required to stand out from the hundreds of other demos in the seasonal event

Tactical Breach Wizards creator Tom Francis says it isn't easy standing out in Steam Next Fest.If Francis' name sounds familiar, that's probably because you recognize him from certified indie darlings like Heat Signature, Gunpoint, and Floating Point. The latest project from his indie studio Suspicious Developments is a strategy game called Tactical Breach Wizards, and it's something of a hybrid between XCOM and Into the Breach, with an acclaimed demo that debuted during the most recent Steam Ne

Satisfactory and Factorio: Space Age are launching 6 weeks apart from each other, and management fans are waving goodbye to months worth of free time

Satisfactory 1.0 and Factorio: Space Age are set to launch later this year just six weeks apart from each other, and after years of waiting for both of these releases, factory management fans are making themselves ready for the time-eating black hole that awaits.September 10 will see the launch of Satisfactory 1.0 after a five-year stay in Early Access. In the game's typically irreverent style, the announcement trailer reveals that the 1.0 update will make the toilet flushable - alongside less s

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The second person to 100% Tears of the Kingdom has nothing left to do, so he's collecting every rock in Hyrule

You might have thought the second person to ever 100% The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom would have run out of things to do in Hyrule by now, but apparently not, since he recently took it upon himself to collect every single unique rock in the game.Speedrunner and content creator SmallAnt managed to 100% Tears of the Kingdom less than two weeks after it was released, in an effort that took just over 139 hours. However, in a new video on his YouTube channel, he says that one viewer's respo

First trailer for WandaVision spin-off Agatha All Along is a weird and wacky mix of the MCU and True Detective

The first trailer for WandaVision spin-off Agatha All Along is here, and it looks just as weird and wonderful as we'd hoped.The teaser, which you can watch below, opens with Agatha (Kathryn Hahn) pulling up to a crime scene in a woodland, as a… colleague (?) of hers briefs her on what they've just found: the body of a young woman down by a small river. "Surprised to see you out here, detective," he admits, as he explains that the victim was killed using "blunt force trauma". (Well, that

Longlegs director is so creeped out by true crime content, he purposefully avoided it while making the serial killer horror

Longlegs is entirely fictitious but with its early '90s setting, Satanic panic undertones, and coded letter-writing serial killer antagonist, it can't help but give off serious true crime vibes. With that, you might assume writer-director Osgood Perkins looked into some real-life cases for inspiration. The Zodiac's, perhaps? Turns out, though, that couldn't be further from reality..."I can't look at real things. I don't like them. They don't sit well with me. I don't want to know," the filmmaker

5 years later, Mike Flanagan thanks Stephen King for his support on underrated sequel to The Shining

Some five years after its (underwhelming) release, Mike Flanagan thanks Stephen King for his support of Doctor Sleep."After a disappointing opening weekend at the box office, @StephenKing predicted time would be kind to Doctor Sleep and I love that it continues to find and build its audience half a decade later," Flanagan tweeted alongside a Hollywood Reporter article on the best movie sequels of the last 20 years. "This movie is close to my heart."King published Doctor Sleep, a sequel to his 19

One House of the Dragon character may have met a bloody end in episode 4, but their actor already has ideas for a potential return

It's safe to say that House of the Dragon season 2 episode 4 upped the ante in the Targaryen civil war. As Aegon and the Greens continued to try and rally the Houses of Westeros to their cause, a fiery battle broke out at the castle of Rook's Rest. But, before we get into all of that, now's your chance to turn back if you're not up to date – there are major spoilers for this week's episode of House of the Dragon ahead!
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Cities: Skylines 2 woes continue with console ports delayed indefinitely due to missed "stability and performance targets"

Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order has been forced to delay the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S ports of the city-builder indefinitely.In a statement posted on the Paradox forums today, it's been revealed that Colossal Order will no longer be able to ship Cities: Skylines 2 on console platforms in October. This is because the developer has "not yet met the stability and performance targets we set for the console release," it explains."While we are making slow but steady progress, there are stil

The massive Baldur's Gate 3-themed Stardew Valley mod, Baldur's Village, will feature new stores, seasonal outfits, and more, and it's expected to start rolling out later this year

Baldur's Gate 3 fans are bringing a huge serving of the D&D RPG to Stardew Valley, and they're close to releasing some of what they've got cooking.Baldur's Village is a happy hybrid of the two that brings some fresh stores and familiar faces to a new place off Pelican Town we'll call Baldur's Village for now – and that's just the start. Project contributor Xun says they're also working on daily NPC schedules, seasonal outfits, and other neat additions like spouse rooms, patios, a

Madame Web star blames "internet culture" for the Sony Marvel movie flopping: "People just make such a joke out of everything now"

Emma Roberts says TikTok and "internet culture" are to blame for Madame Web's poor critical reception and box office returns."There is no secret. It’s about doing something goodish and it hitting at the right time. Everything else is like a wish and a prayer. I’m not intimidated by failure, and I’m not intimidated by people having negative thoughts about something," Roberts told Variety. "I personally really loved Madame Web. I really enjoyed the movie. I thought everyone in it

Over 4 years since its announcement, BioShock 4 studio is "ramping up" as dev teases its "really awesome project"

We may have heard next to no information about the next BioShock game since its announcement back in 2019, but rest assured that it's still happening, and the team at developer 2K Cloud Chamber is now "ramping up" with 30 new positions at the studio.BioShock 4 doesn't have an officially announced name, premise, or even vague release window – it's been quite a mystery since its initial confirmation. What we do know is that Irrational Games – the team that made the series' previous thr

MaXXXine ending explained: How horror movie's final shot links back to Pearl

Warning! This article contains major spoilers for MaXXXine. If you've yet to see the movie, and don't want to know anything that happens, turn back now!MaXXXine director Ti West has made no secret of the fact that he purposefully made each installment in his popular horror series, the fan-dubbed X trilogy, feel like entirely different movies. But, as with any franchise, there's bound to be some connective tissue...While Pearl veered off course dramatically, taking viewers back to 1918 as it expl

Huge Witcher 3 mod offering custom characters with new combat styles and quests predates CD Projekt's own modding tools

A huge new Witcher 3 mod lets you create custom characters with all-new combat systems and questlines, but it's actually been in the works since long before CD Projekt released its official modding tools.Earlier this year, CD Projekt released REDkit for The Witcher 3, official modding tools allowing for players to create new characters, animations, items, entire questlines, and much more. You'd think this would naturally open the floodgates for many new, impressive mods for The Witcher 3, which

James Cameron pays tribute to Avatar and Titanic producer Jon Landau after his death: "I have a lost dear friend and my closest collaborator"

Director James Cameron has paid tribute to his long-time producing partner Jon Landau after he died from cancer this past Friday (July 5). Landau was 63."The Avatar family grieves the loss of our friend and leader, Jon Landau. His zany humor, personal magnetism, great generosity of spirit and fierce will have held the center of our Avatar universe for almost two decades," Cameron said in a statement."His legacy is not just the films he produced, but the personal example he set – indomitabl

Ryan Reynolds says Deadpool and Wolverine is the best movie he's ever done

Deadpool and Wolverine star Ryan Reynolds has high praise for the upcoming threequel.The film follows Deadpool and Deadpool 2, and it sees the titular Merc with a Mouth join forces with Hugh Jackman's Wolverine to save the Marvel multiverse."At the end of the day, I'm so happy with it. It's the best movie I've ever done. He and I had the most fun we've ever had on a film," he told Sky News. "I love making movies that bring true joy, and the underpinning of this is friendship. Every e

Helldivers 2 gets a new weapon, and players are just glad it's not the Anti-Tank Mines: "I would have straight up uninstalled"

It's official, Helldivers 2's new weapon is indeed the quad missile launcher that was accidentally leaked in a PlayStation email newsletter last month, and we can all breathe a sigh of relief that we weren't being baited with the Anti-Tank Mines.This comes as part of the ongoing Major Order in Helldivers 2, which tasks us with keeping planet X-45 under Super Earth control and out of the freedom-hating grasp of the deadly Automatons. However, it just so happens that the planet is home to an Advan

San Diego Comic-Con 2024 schedule: Times, dates, streams, and panels at SDCC 2024

The San Diego Comic-Con 2024 schedule is beginning to shape up, with some panels already being announced. The annual event sees studios head to California to unveil news about your favorite movies and shows, as well as give updates on everything from new comic book releases to first-look trailers. This year, SDCC 2024 will play host to a whole set of big names, with Marvel already confirming their return to Hall H as we expect to hear some more Marvel Phase 6 updates.We're still a few week

9 years after Metal Gear Solid, no one can decide if one particular scene is a piece of classic Kojima genius, or just a simple olfactory plot hole

There's currently a heated debate among the Metal Gear Solid community as to whether Big Boss can canonically smell or not, because the implications massively change one scene in The Phantom Pain.When you begin Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, you're prompted to enter your birthday. This isn't an age verification check - it's actually to prompt the scene just below, in which Diamond Dogs celebrate Venom Snake's birthday by rolling out a big birthday cake for him, accompanied by a cigar hand

9 years after Metal Gear Solid 5, no one can decide if one particular scene is a piece of classic Kojima genius, or just a simple olfactory plot hole

There's currently a heated debate among the Metal Gear Solid community as to whether Big Boss can canonically smell or not, because the implications massively change one scene in The Phantom Pain.When you begin Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, you're prompted to enter your birthday. This isn't an age verification check - it's actually to prompt the scene just below, in which Diamond Dogs celebrate Venom Snake's birthday by rolling out a big birthday cake for him, accompanied by a cigar hand

First trailer for Brad Pitt's Formula One movie is giving big Top Gun: Maverick meets Moneyball vibes

The first trailer for Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski's new movie F1 is here – and it sees Brad Pitt's retired racer dragged back to the track to mentor Formula One's next big star.Well, kind of anyway. The teaser, which you can watch below, is super brief, having been shown during the British Grand Prix on July 7. But it still gives us an idea as to what to expect from the sports drama...It opens with Pitt's Sonny Hayes, a driver who used to compete in the '90s before an accide

New House of the Dragon season 2, episode 5 trailer teases a massive shakeup for Westeros

House of the Dragon season 2, episode 4 was absolutely massive, with a huge battle that will change the course of Westerosi history.Naturally, then, the episode 5 trailer teases some huge developments in the story of the Dance of the Dragons. We'll be delving into season 2, episode 4 spoilers from now on, so turn back now if you're not up to date with the show!In episode 4, Rhaenys and Meleys are killed by Aemond and Vhagar in an epic clash over Rook's Rest. It's a huge blow for Team

Elden Ring speedrunners are already making Shadow of the Erdtree look easy, starting from the beginning and destroying Messmer in under 27 minutes

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has been in our hands for little over two weeks, but speedrunners have been quick to get to work figuring out how to blast through the expansion as fast as possible. We're already seeing some super impressive work, with a recent run from the Summer Games Done Quick charity event going from the entrance of the Realm of Shadow to destroying Messmer the Impaler in just over 26 minutes.While Messmer isn't the final boss of the DLC, he's still a significant way throu

This fan-made Elden Ring anime teaser shows a greatest hits collection of the RPG's bosses, and it's out later this year

Elden Ring is getting a five-minute fan-made anime adaptation later this year, and you can watch a sneak peek trailer right now.The production's lead, SteinsAlter on Twitter, revealed the brief teaser trailer for the forthcoming Elden Ring anime adaptation earlier today. The trailer sort of plays out as a greatest hits collection of in-game bosses, showing off the likes of Malenia, Mohg, Radigon, and Maliketh, the Black Blade, while even teasing DLC bosses like Messmer.
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Baldur's Gate 3 leads gather at the same place they considered how to finish the RPG 2 years ago to discuss "lift-off" for what's next: "Spirits are high"

Baldur's Gate 3 developers are meeting to discuss "lift-off," and the studio's CEO says that "spirits are high."Posting on Twitter, Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke reveals that the developer's "lead summit" is about to begin today. The picture accompanying that tweet below is also where Baldur's Gate 3's lead developers met two years ago to discuss "how to finish" the huge RPG, but this time, the leads are meeting to discuss Larian's new game.
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