Behind the scenes of the Stardew Valley concert, creator Eric ConcernedApe Barone was living his pre-game dev dream: Music has always been my primary thing - games news - NewsLocker (2024)

Stardew Valley hosted its own orchestral concert earlier this year, and a newly released behind-the-scenes video from the New York venue, The Town Hall, sees creator and composer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone reminisce about the music career he wanted before this whole game dev thing took off.The concert was actually held in February – at the time, Barone joked that all he had to do to get people to listen to his music was make a whole game – but The Town Hall only recently posted

Oh god: Helldivers 2 doubles down on horror with an Automaton human processing plant in the Escalation of Freedom update

In a terrific double down on its more horrific aspects, Helldivers 2 has new 'Automaton human processing plants' as part of its Escalation of Freedom update.The Helldivers 2 Escalation of Freedom update is live right now for all troopers to suffer through, and one of the key headline features of the new update is that it's introducing new types of enemy outposts. For the Automatons, for example, there's the new 'human processing plants,' which sound nothing short of a bloody great time."Two new

Henry Cavill breaks silence on his Deadpool and Wolverine cameo in perfect fashion – with a Justice League reshoot reference

Henry Cavill has broken his silence on his Deadpool and Wolverine cameo and, fittingly, it features a reference to his time as Superman.Deadpool and Wolverine’s montage of Wolverine variants included a surprise face: The Cavillrine, played by Henry Cavill. Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool even makes pointed reference to Marvel treating the actor better than the studio "down the street"."To be safe, I shaved the moustache off for this one. Just the moustache," Cavill wrote on Instagram, a sly

Helldivers 2 players resign themselves to failure of the ongoing Major Order, which means after months of dodging them, the comically-ignored mines are nearly here

With less than two hours to go, Helldivers 2 players are resigning themselves to the fact that they've failed the Major Order.Helldivers 2 players have spent the best part of a few months repeatedly dodging the Anti-Tank Mines in just about every conceivable way, including voluntarily rescuing kids over the Stratagem. The current Major Order, however, threatens Helldivers 2 players with immediately unlocking the mines unless they vanquish 1.5 billion enemies around the galaxy.At the time of writ

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Red Dead Redemption 2 actor says the hardest part about playing Arthur was the crouch-running: "3 days later my thighs were absolutely killing me"

The hardest thing about portraying Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2, according to actor Roger Clark, was the process of motion capturing the crouch-running animation."People often ask me what was the hardest thing about Red Dead 2 and I'll tell them it was crouch running," Clark said in an interview with Gamology (timestamped here). "Because we crouch-ran for, I think, a couple of days. Because you gotta crouch run, walk, stealth, run with one gun, run with two guns, then you gotta crouch-

Horror gaming giants collide as Dead by Daylight and Five Nights at Freddy's crossover is announced for Summer 2025

Two horror video game giants are colliding as a Dead by Daylight x Five Nights at Freddy's crossover has been announced.It's unclear exactly what form this momentous collaboration will take, but it's happening in Summer 2025. With that timing in mind, it's likely to be a substantial collaboration that could include a new Five Nights at Freddy's-themed chapter in Dead by Daylight. Since the announcement was shared to the official Dead by Daylight Twitter account with an image that seems to refere

Hideo Kojima had to delay Metal Gear 2 to go help fix an "emergency situation" on an RPG spin-off of one of his own games

The first sequel in the long-running Metal Gear series originally launched in 1990, but Hideo Kojima says it wasn't supposed to be that way - it was delayed because he and his dev team had to go help out on an RPG spin-off of one of his earlier games.Don't confuse Metal Gear 2 for Metal Gear Solid 2 here - we're talking about the 1990 MSX game that was released only in Japan rather than the 2001 PS2 classic. At this point, Kojima had directed a bonafide hit in the original Metal Gear, but he did

Remember when Humble Games said its mass layoffs won't affect devs? Well, one of those devs has turned to Patreon amid fears of losing "critical post-launch support"

In late July when Humble Games confirmed mass layoffs were taking place amid a restructuring, the company assured "operations will continue as normal" and said developers wouldn't be affected. However the studio behind the newly released Metroidvania Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus, which was published by Humble Games, is seemingly suggesting otherwise.In a statement, indie developer Squid Shock announced that it has created a Patreon account to help fund its future content plans. The studio fir

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After 23 years, Animal Crossing's NES emulator still houses a mystery that comes down to 30 Japanese players nobody's been able to find

Animal Crossing has a secret: an NES emulator fully capable of loading and playing external ROMs. This emulator had just one official use - and efforts to document that use have been stymied by the fact that only 30 Japanese players ever got to see it in action.If you played the original Animal Crossing, you probably remember that the game features an array of collectable NES consoles, each of which lets you play a different early generation NES game, like Balloon Fight or Super Mario Bros. That

Skyrim player begs for help after their Speech apparently drops to -100K, making bribes cost 20 million gold: "I think I would fail the Whiterun guard letting me into the city"

Folks, we may have found the least persuasive Dragonborn in the history of Skyrim. Reddit user NoAdministration1070, who claims that no extraneous mods or exploits were used in their Xbox One version of the RPG, reportedly found that their character's Speech stat had abruptly plummeted to -100,000, effectively ruling out persuasion tactics by making things like bribes cost millions of gold. If their story is true, this Dragonborn couldn't sell water to a fish, and according to them, the inexplic

Cobra Kai actor reveals one of the show's best lines was "ripped straight from the dub" of My Hero Academia: "I was just like, I'm gonna be Bakugo"

Cobra Kai star Jacob Bertrand's love of anime has made its way directly into the series – and in an early, blink-and-you-might-miss-it moment."Bakugo from My Hero Academia. I don’t know if people might have caught it, but in Cobra Kai season 2 was when I was reading the manga for My Hero Academia and also, you know, watching the anime as it was coming out," Bertrand tells GamesRadar+ when asked if there were anime characters the actor had based his character Eli 'Hawk' Moskowitz on.

Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon to end with season 4, season 3 to start filming in early 2025

House of the Dragon is set to end after four seasons.Showrunner and co-creator Ryan Condal broke the news during a press conference discussing the House of the Dragon season 2 finale. Season 3 is currently being written and is set to begin production in early 2025, though it still seems we'll have to wait some two years for the season premiere."I haven’t had discussions with HBO about it," Condal said, when asked if season 3 would consist of eight episodes (via Variety). "I would just anti

Star Wars Outlaws DLC roadmap revealed, and the best part may be the return of a fan favorite who dominated the beloved Clone Wars and Rebels animated series

We've known for some time that Star Wars Outlaws would feature a season pass offering a selection of additional story content, but today publisher Ubisoft published a full roadmap outlining what to expect from the DLC.The first story pack is called Wild Card, and it's set to launch this fall. "Kay is hired to infiltrate a high-stakes Sabacc tournament," as the official description explains, "but as she crosses paths with the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, she soon learns that another game i

10 years on, Kojima's PT is still jump-scaring people, now including a prolific hacker who dug up the "insane, wild" truth behind Lisa's unnerving behavior

Kojima's PT, the scariest game that never was, still has secrets to reveal.Lance McDonald is a hacker and YouTuber who's long been at the forefront of the effort to uncover as much as there is to know about PT. He's the one that first discovered the terrifying stalker Lisa is quite literally always behind you while you're playing the game. I've been covering McDonald's PT discoveries, including a disturbing unused bathroom scene and Lisa's highly distressing offscreen behavior, for almost five y

Diablo 4 Season 5 release time – countdown to Season of the Infernal Hordes is on

The Diablo 4 Season 5 release time is nearly here, offering us some more goblin loot-popping fun until Vessel of Hatred releases later in the year.If you're wondering just how big the upcoming expansion is set to be, Blizzard's patch notes racked up 10,000 words – and even then, the developer missed some stuff out. Highlights include a new roguelite mode and boss alongside new Uniques. It's not all new stuff, though – plenty of bosses are now replayable to help with item farming, and

As My Hero Academia ends, One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda pays a touching tribute to its creator Kōhei Horikoshi with a gorgeous reworking of his teenage fan art

After 10 years and more than 400 instalments, Kōhei Horikoshi's world-conquering My Hero Academia has finally come to a close. Chapter 430 of the hit manga was published in the most recent issue of Weekly Shōnen Jumpand on the VIZ website yesterday, offering a tantalizing glimpse at the future of Deku and his classmates. To mark the occasion, One Piece creator – and Horikoshi's friend – Eiichiro Oda paid tribute to the series with a drawing that highlights the bond be

Game of Thrones creator says seven more TV spin-offs are currently in the works – and four of them are animated

House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Game of Thrones spin-offs, according to George R. R. Martin.At a Q&A event in Oxford earlier this month, the franchise's creator claimed – as flagged by fan account Elio & Linda on Twitter – that there were seven other TV series in various stages of development right now. Four of them, he reportedly said, were set to be animated.The original poster pointed out that HB

When is Borderlands coming to streaming? A look ahead to a potential digital and streaming release date

The Borderlands movie may have been announced during a time where cinema releases were dropping day-and-date on streaming, but that’s no longer the case. Confusing matters slightly, Borderlands isn’t obviously attached to a big streaming service – think Netflix or Disney Plus – and its future outside of the cinema remains unclear.Still, we’ve done some digging to help you avoid the claptrap... Below, you’ll find our prediction on when Borderlands will release

Borderlands movie star says "dealing with Marvel and Star Wars" fans helped her prepare for the video game fandom: "As a fan myself, I get the connection that they have"

Borderlands star Ariana Greenblatt is no stranger to fandoms – and didn't feel too much pressure when filming the live-action video game adaptation."For some reason, I'm always thrown into the fandom. I've dealt with the Marvel and the Star Wars people, and I love them with my whole heart. So diving into this one, I was like, all right, I'm ready," Greenblatt tells GamesRadar+."But I understand, as a fan myself, I get kind of the connection that they have to these characters and these kind

The latest Lenovo Legion Go Lite leaks might actually be AI generated mistakes rather than insider information

I don’t want to spoil anyone’s fun, but the latest Lenovo Legion Go rumors might be the result of AI inaccuracies. By that, I mean that we’ve checked the information on the company’s FAQ page that hints at a new handheld, and there’s reason to believe that the specs and features mentioned are likely the result of mistakes caused by auto-generated answers.I wouldn’t be entirely shocked if a Lenovo Legion Go Lite does eventually join the best gaming handheld fig

Borderlands movie stars talk taking inspiration from Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, making the beloved characters their own: "I wanted to be my own self with this one"

Borderlands stars Ariana Greenblatt and Florian Munteanu had their own ways of making the iconic video game characters their own."I read the sides like I just read them through kind of cold read, and the first thing that came to mind was Margot Robbie's rendition of Harley Quinn and Suicide Squad," Greenblatt, who plays Tiny Tina, tells GamesRadar+.Tiny Tina was first introduced in Borderlands 2 as a fast-talking, absolutely unhinged 13-year-old demolitions expert. The fan-favorite charact

Borderlands movie stars talk taking inspiration from Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn and making the beloved characters their own: "I wanted to be my own self with this one"

Borderlands stars Ariana Greenblatt and Florian Munteanu had their own ways of making the iconic video game characters their own."I read the sides like I just read them through kind of cold read, and the first thing that came to mind was Margot Robbie's rendition of Harley Quinn and Suicide Squad," Greenblatt, who plays Tiny Tina, tells GamesRadar+.Tiny Tina was first introduced in Borderlands 2 as a fast-talking, absolutely unhinged 13-year-old demolitions expert. The fan-favorite charact

Dragon Age lead writer gives RPG fans a glimmer of hope with the teaser that "anyone who didn't die onscreen could potentially show up again"

Good news, Dragon Age fans: your 'dead' faves could make a return in the future - as long as you didn't see them die right in front of your eyes.We already know that Dragon Age: The Veilguard features some familiar faces, with Inquisition's Lace Harding and Dragon Age 2's Varric joining the fray along new companions like Emmrich the necromancer, but it sounds like more old friends could potentially make appearances in The Veilguard and beyond. In a recent interaction on Bluesky, Dragon Age

Death Stranding 2 devs prepare for a "grueling and fun climb" ahead

Death Stranding 2's developers are preparing for a "grueling and fun climb ahead," according to game director Hideo Kojima.Kojima Productions recently held a 'Death Stranding 2 Assembly' event at the studio's office in Tokyo, as revealed by Kojima in the tweet below. Apparently this event united the "entire DS2 staff to rally together before the grueling and fun climb ahead," which is a long way of saying that it was a morale boost for the work to come in the immediate future.
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Capcom fuels hopes for Monster Hunter Wilds launching in very early 2025 by giving it the same video treatment Monster Hunter World got 6 months before its launch

Monster Hunter Wilds is still holding onto a vague 2025 release window, but a more specific Q1 2025 launch looks increasingly likely as Capcom rolls out a video package much like the one that preceded 2018 hit Monster Hunter World by approximately six months.Earlier this morning, the official Monster Hunter YouTube channel uploaded three videos covering Monster Hunter Wilds: a beginner-friendly "basic mechanics overview" that touches on the new Seikret mount and slinger functionality, a sh

If you spend time gaming on a mobile, you need to know about GeForce NOW

You may know NVIDIA for its beefy GPUs and frame-generation technology, but if you struggle to afford them, or spend time playing games on a mobile device, you really ought to know about its streaming service, GeForce NOW.Already, I can hear some groans coming at me. “Another” streaming service usually means starting with a clean slate of no games to play, no saved progress, and investing in an entirely new gaming ecosystem. GeForce NOW is built different though, because it collates

For Zelda's debut as a playable main character, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom gives the princess the cutest dang horse the series has ever seen

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is giving Princess Zelda a horse to traverse Hyrule, as well as an all-new ability called Bind.Firstly, the most important thing from the new Echoes of Wisdom trailer: this darn hors. They look incredibly cute in that Link's Awakening remake art style, and Princess Zelda can beckon a horse to her by leaving out carrots for them to find - a far cry from Link's method of sneaking up and mounting them in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.What's more,

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's best minigame will make a grand return in Part 3 of the Remake trilogy with a "revamped or even better version"

While Square Enix cooks up the third and final part of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy, it's clear that the devs know exactly what fans want, as Rebirth's director has confirmed that the best minigame, Queen's Blood, is getting "revamped" for the next installment.Queen's Blood is a new addition to Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth – a card game that allows you to climb up the ranks, facing tougher opponents as you do so, all while unlocking new cards. It's an elite distraction from the RPG'

10 years after a World of Warcraft bug robbed them of rare legacy mounts, MMO fans are thrilled to discover that Blizzard has finally fixed it

World of Warcraft players are getting some long-overdue mounts and achievements thanks to a new update that remedies a bug that's been hanging around for 10 years.Last week, one confused fan of the MMO took to the forum to ask why they got a free Warlord's Deathwheel mount. The short version is that they logged onto a Mists of Pandaria character for the first time in a hot minute before realizing that their set-up was messed up. So, they returned to their main account to find that the legacy mou

M. Night Shyamalan explains why he filmed Trap’s concert for real with thousands of extras: "I want it to feel alive and messy"

If you’ve seen the trailers, you’ll know Trap hinges on the juiciest of premises: a serial killer manhunt at a pop concert.Yet, in the shadow of Era Tours and stadium epics, it could have been easy to sidestep the bright-lights-and-ballads star attraction of fictional popstar Lady Raven (Saleka).But, as Trap director M. Night Shyamalan tells GamesRadar+ and the Inside Total Film podcast, he wanted the real deal – and filmed a live concert which star Josh Hartnett es