GTA and Red Dead Redemption adaptations never happened because games made poor-quality movies, Rockstar Games co-founder says, but it's a different time now - games news - NewsLocker (2024)

With the mammoth successes of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, it's somewhat surprising that neither ever made it to the big screen, but Rockstar Games' former co-founder and former lead writer says that Hollywood certainly tried to make it happen.Rockstar Games veteran Dan Houser, in an interview with The Ankler, says that the studio went on "a few awkward dates" with film executives who were hungry to get GTA's money-making name in theatres. "We'd ask [them], why would we do thi

If it goes viral on Steam, it'll get cloned: Wildly popular banana clicker, currently beating Elden Ring by Steam players, spawns apple and melon competitors

"Friday energy" is a phrase we use here in the GR+ office to indicate the orderly, coherent flow of work conversation officially degrading into chaos, the result of five full days of sustained professionalism finally taking its toll. Well, this story has Friday energy, so buckle up kids.Banana is a free "idle clicker" where you slam your left click button into a jpeg of a banana over and over and get a new banana every three hours to add to your Steam collection for your effort. You do nothing e

"It's a very hard thing to do well": Obsidian tips its hat to Baldur's Gate 3 co-op, but says Avowed will focus on the single-player RPG experience you expect

We've known for a while now that Avowed is going to be a strictly single-player RPG, and in a new interview, Avowed creative director Carrie Patel explains precisely why.Talking to Windows Central, Patel heaped praise on RPGs that are able to successfully implement multiplayer mechanics without compromising the single-player experience. There was a time when Avowed itself was being designed with some sort of multiplayer component in mind, but it was ultimately scrapped to allow Obsidian to do wh

Doctor Doom and Kang will drag the Fantastic Four into Venom War this fall

The Fantastic Four are about to find themselves embroiled in Marvel's upcoming symbiote-centric Venom War event - and their arch-enemies Doctor Doom and Kang the Conqueror are coming along with them. Actually, it's a bit the other way around, as Kang and Doom's involvement will be what attracts the attention of the FF in Venom War: Fantastic Four.Written by Adam Warren with art by Joey Vasquez, the Fantastic Four will also apparently run afoul of Red Goblin, also known as Normie Osborn, the gran

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Marvel's What If Season 3 is "the completion of a trilogy" and takes us to "unexpected" places

Marvel's animated Disney Plus series What if...? is set to wrap up after season three, but Marvel boss Brad Winderbaum says fans will feel "complete.""What If...?season 3 feels like the completion of a trilogy," Winderbaum, Head of Streaming, Television, and Animation at Marvel Studios, said on The Official Marvel Podcast. "It takes us to places you'd never expect. It goes beyond the first two seasons in its exploration of the Multiverse and it pulls in characters that are very unexpected.

New behind-the-scenes photos from James Gunn's Superman reveal first look at Hawkgirl and Green Lantern

James Gunn's highly anticipated Superman movie is currently filming – and even more behind-the-scenes photos have dropped.Cleveland.com has shared three set photos, which give us a first look at Nathan Fillion as The Green Lantern, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, and Edi Gathegi as Mr. Terrific. In the photos, Superman (David Corenswet) appears to be saving a child while the crowd around him applauds. Both Hawkgirl and Mr. Terrific are suspended in the air.The production has moved to Cleveland

The new creative team of Amazing Spider-Man is planning his death, 8 times over

The next creative team for Amazing Spider-Man has been announced, and rather than just a sole writer and artist hopping on the ongoing title, a whole team of writers and artists will take over for a 10-issue story starting later this year.Titled 'The 8 Deaths of Spider-Man,' the story is written by Spidey vet Joe Kelly and up-and-comer Justina Ireland, who is currently shepherding Spider-Man through his own Blood Hunt tie-in comic. On art, Marvel has named Ed McGuiness (who carries over from par

Final Fantasy creator says his Final Fantasy 14 habit got so bad "on rare occasion" that some of his employees would hop on the MMO to DM him about missed meetings

Hironobu Sakaguchi's love of the critically acclaimed MMO Final Fantasy 14 continues to be endlessly endearing, though it would appear that the other developers at his current studio might feel differently on the odd occasion.Speaking to Bloomberg, Sakaguchi admits he was playing the MMO's new expansion, Dawntrail, mere minutes before the interview. It's hardly the first time Final Fantasy 14 and work have come into close proximity either, as some Mistwalker developers know all too well.“O

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MaXXXine director says he relates to Elizabeth Debicki's cutthroat character "more than he'd like" as she compares the fictional director to him

Following on from X and Pearl, writer/director Ti West's trilogy closer MaXXXine sends Mia Goth's Maxine Minx to Hollywood in her pursuit of stardom. Wanting to become an actor following a successful career in the p*rn industry, Maxine lands a role in chilling horror sequel The Puritan II hoping that will help her make a name for herself.That fictional movie is directed by Tenet star Elizabeth Debicki's cutthroat character Liz Bender, a no-nonsense and ambitious filmmaker who is very passionate

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

21 years later, a long-lost Iron Man game surfaces online thanks to a former dev: "It really was looking great"

After 21 years, a long-lost Iron Man game which was in development for several months in 2003 before getting scrapped has surfaced online thanks to one of its former developers.Over on Twitter, retired programmer Kevin Edwards, a former GenePool Software employee, has shared some screenshots and a video from The Invincible Iron Man – the working title for a game which which Edwards claims was "canned by Activision" as GenePool was shut down. Development began after work was finished

Batman: Full Moon is an R-rated "tale of pain and redemption" that sees Bruce Wayne battle a werewolf

The Eisner-nominated creator of Killadelphia, Rodney Barnes, is making his DC series debut with Batman: Full Moon - a new DC Black Label comic co-created with The Riddler: Year One artist Stevan Subic. The four-issue series, which is aimed at readers aged 17+, is timed to release just before Halloween and is described by DC as "a horrific tale of pain and redemption" that will see the Dark Knight take on a fearsome werewolf.Every issue of Full Moon will include a glow-in-the-dark main cove

Veteran Tekken icon tells disgruntled fans he's going to charge them for game design lectures if they keep assuming he hates their mains

Katsuhiro Harada, the sunglasses-adorned fighting game veteran who's directed almost every Tekken, has some choice words for disgruntled fans that assume he hates their favorite mains, also known as Harada's children.Tekken 8 continued gaming's longest running storyline earlier this year, but the fighting genre dictates that every series outside of Super Smash Bros needs to shed fat to make way for new character, leaving some fan favorites off Tekken 8's roster, as things currently stand.&

Despite calls for awards like the Oscars to recognize horror films, MaXXXine director Ti West isn't sure it's necessary

After impressing audiences with her stellar performances in both X and Pearl, Mia Goth is ready to knock our socks off again with trilogy closer MaXXXine. In the new horror movie she returns as Maxine Minx who is now living in Hollywood attempting to make a career as an actor. However, complicating things is the fact that dangerous serial killer the Night Stalker is on the loose and that her violent past is coming back to haunt her.Goth's performance will likely once again stir up the ongoing de

The most terrifying bug in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is this one that makes the final boss spawn twice

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss can use a Mimic Tear of its own on you, in a very unlucky glitch that has hapless players facing off against two of the enemy.Be warned: Elden Ring spoilers for Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss follow!Radahn is giving a lot of players grief at the end of Elden Ring's new DLC expansion, but what you probably didn't know is that it could be so much worse. As prolific Elden Ring streamer MissMikkaa discovered to her shock just below, it turns out Rad

Grab the excellent Atari 400 Mini for a record-low price and spend the 4th of July playing retro classics

The Atari 400 Mini only released back in March, but it’s already down to a great new record-low ahead of this year’s 4th of July sales. Yes, I know some of you are still waiting for the Dreamcast Mini, and not every player will feel the same level of nostalgia for the microcomputer tribute. However, as someone who messes around with retro consoles both old and new for a living, I can assure you that picking it up at its current price is well worthwhile, especially if you want to play

Atari’s latest mini console just got even cheaper, and I think it’s a must-have for retro collectors

The Atari 400 Mini only released back in March, but it’s already down to a great new record-low ahead of this year’s 4th of July sales. Yes, I know some of you are still waiting for the Dreamcast Mini, and not every player will feel the same level of nostalgia for the microcomputer tribute. However, as someone who messes around with retro consoles both old and new for a living, I can assure you that picking it up at its current price is well worthwhile, especially if you want to play

Avowed devs were always going to fix the RPG's combat, but mixed feedback made it clear that polishing it up had become "a big deal"

Obsidian Entertainment developers working on Avowed weren't surprised to hear criticism thrown at the game's combat since they, too, knew the sword-slashing and wand-waving needed polish. Fan feedback just sped up the process.To rewind the clocks for anyone not in the know, Avowed snatches the baton from the studio's Pillars of Eternity RPGs, taking us to a different, funkier corner of the world of Eora, but the upcoming game is ditching its predecessors' isometric gameplay in favor of a first-p

The MaXXXine team reveal why they see the character as a "superhero" in their horror sequel

Fighter, killer, star, superhero? Maxine Minx is one hell of a character but describing her as a "superhero" may at first seem a little strange. However, that's exactly how star Mia Goth and writer/director Ti West approached their returning lead for their new film MaXXXine.Closing the trilogy following on from X andPearl, we pick up with Goth's Maxine as she pursues her dreams of becoming an actor in Hollywood following a successful career in the p*rn industry. However, the past isn't qui

FPS legend Shroud shocked to pick up a four-piece in new Valorant-style hero shooter FragPunk thanks to its ricocheting sniper bullets perk

Upcoming free-to-play hero shooter FragPunk may be entering a crowded market, but Bad Guitar Studio's game has a twist up its sleeve thanks to its random perks, one of which Twitch streamer Michael 'Shroud' Grzesiek was able to decimate an enemy team with in a recent closed alpha test.FragPunk was revealed during last month's Xbox Games Showcase, and aims to set itself apart from other first-person shooters with its special power-up cards. There are over 70 different 'Shard Cards' in the g

Nintendo says it doesn't need generative AI to make games because it has "decades of know-how" and doesn't want any "issues with intellectual property rights"

Nintendo's president has shied away from using generative AI for game development, in part because it risks "issues with intellectual property rights."Speaking during a Nintendo shareholder Q&A earlier this week (via Tweak Town), company president Shuntaro Furukawa was asked about utilizing AI in game development: "In the game industry, AI-like technology has long been used to control enemy character movements, so game development and AI technology have always been closely related," Furukawa

Hugh Jackman recalls Kevin Feige's kind gesture after his disastrous first Wolverine audition

As Hugh Jackman returns, against the narrative odds, to play Wolverine on the big screen once again, the actor reflects on his first audition 25 years ago – and a kind gesture extended by Marvel boss Kevin Feige.When he auditioned to play Wolverine in X-Men back in 1999, the character had already been cast – Dougray Scott was meant to play him, but the actor had to drop out of the movie due to scheduling conflicts with Mission: Impossible 2. A last-minute recast was needed, whi

Starfield modders' plan to make an Elder Scrolls planet containing Skyrim, Oblivion, and Morrowind "was genuine," but it's still scrapped due to "the community's reaction"

Before Starfield launched late last year, jokes and speculation about a potential surprise planet featuring Tamriel locales were floating about everywhere. That never came to be, but one modding project that aimed to add Skyrim, Oblivion, and Morrowind's maps to the space epic sounded so much like an elaborate joke, the community reaction got it canceled."Project Tamriel is an ambitious and groundbreaking modding endeavor that aims to bring the entirety of Tamriel from The Elder Scrolls se

Deadpool and Wolverine's Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman reveal they're working on a non-superhero movie together

Deadpool and Wolverine hasn't even hit cinemas yet, and Ryan Reynolds is already teasing his next project with co-star Hugh Jackman.In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, ahead of the Marvel movie's release, the Wade Wilson actor said that the duo has "one we're looking to do soon" and that it won't have anything to do with superheroes.Beyond that, he kept his cards close to his chest, though he did go on to explain why he's so keen to keep working with the X-Men star..."I would say th

Deadpool and Wolverine director says to expect "a lot" of cameos as another X-Men character seemingly revealed

Ahead of the release of Deadpool and Wolverine, another X-Men cameo has seemingly been leaked in a new photo. In the image shared by Entertainment Weekly, Emma Corrin’s villain is joined by some familiar characters, including one who appears to be Lady Deathstrike.The adamantium-nailed mutant was first introduced on-screen in X2, where she was played by Kelly Hu. It’s not yet clear from the picture if this is her, but based on those claws and that outfit, it certainly seems like she

Mia Goth talks filming new horror movie MaXXXine at the iconic Pyscho house: "One of the coolest days I’ve had on set"

When the first trailer for new horror movie MaXXXine released, one topic dominated the conversation - the appearance of two locations from Alfred Hitchco*ck's masterful film Psycho, namely the house and the Bates Motel.Since then fans have been theorizing what it could mean for the film, which closes writer/director Ti West's trilogy following on from X and Pearl. This time around we see Mia Goth's Maxine 'f*cking' Minx pursuing her dreams of stardom in Hollywood, but her dangerous past isn't qui

The MCU Daredevil reboot will change characters in a big way, as Marvel producer compares it to X-Men '97: "It's taking it in a new direction"

It's no secret that Daredevil: Born Again is one of Marvel's most anticipated releases, with the upcoming streaming series reviving the continuity of the original fan-favorite Netflix show, along with most of the cast - notably Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock and Vincent D'Onofrio's Wilson Fisk. But don't expect the same old thing, as the terms of their old rivalry are "no longer enough" in the revived series.According to Marvel's Head of Television, Streaming, and Animated producer Brand Winderbaum,

Marvel's new Black Panther spin-off will tie into the MCU "more than any other" animated show

Eyes of Wakanda, a new animated series and Black Panther spin-off, is set to link up with the wider MCU in a big way, and across different time periods, according to Marvel's TV boss Brad Winderbaum."Eyes of Wakanda, more than any other show we're doing in animation, ties directly into the MCU," Winderbaum told the Official Marvel Podcast. "This is a story about Wakandan history. It's produced by Ryan Coogler, it's directed by Todd Harris who is one of our longtime storyboard artists, who I firs

Marvel producer teases that the upcoming Agatha spin-off show is "really scary" and will leave viewers "crying"

Kathryn Hahn's Agatha Harkness will apparently reach some surprising emotional depths in her upcoming Disney Plus streaming series Agatha All Along, with Marvel's Head of Television, Streaming, and Animation producer Brad Winderbaum saying that the show will leave viewers "crying", also warning that there will be some genuine scares in store."Agatha is really fun, but it's really scary. And it gets quite dramatic," Winderbaum says on the latest episode of The Official Marvel Podcast. "She's an a

The son of the late Christopher Reeve will play a role in James Gunn's Superman

Will Reeve, the youngest son of late actor Christopher Reeve, is set to have a special cameo in James Gunn's Superman movie.According to Variety, Reeve, who works as a journalist and ABC News correspondent, will play a TV reporter in the upcoming superhero flick, which sees Pearl's David Corenswet step into the Man of Steel's red boots. Might he have a run-in with Clark Kent from the Daily Planet?His father Christopher, of course, is forever linked with the DC character, having brought the Krypt