Persona 3 Reload is getting a 3-hour game trial that might let you fight a battle or two, if you're lucky - games news - NewsLocker (2024)

Persona 3 Reload now has a three-hour PlayStation Plus game trial available - but it won't get you very far at all in the massive JRPG.Yesterday, May 23, Atlus announced that Persona 3 Reload's game trial was available for all PlayStation Plus Premium members with immediate effect - that's the top tier of Sony's subscription system. You'll now be able to take the Persona 3 remake for a three-hour test drive.
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Kingmakers Preview - Historically Accurate Absurdity

Platform:PC
Publisher:tinyBuild
Developer:Redemption Road GamesIf you haven’t seen the trailer for Kingmakers, I encourage you to watch it now before continuing. If you have, or perhaps you are reading this magazine in an effort to limit screen time (you’re doing great, and we appreciate your support), I can’t continue to talk about the game without spoiling its major twist. The trailer teases what appears to be a medieval strategy game with base-building elements before a con

No Man's Sky lead teases a second look at Light No Fire, Hello Games' hotly-anticipated open-world game

Following No Man's Sky's divisive launch and incredible turnaround, Hello Games made similarly big promises when drumming up hype for its second game Light No Fire, itself a sort of fantasy take on the 'go anywhere, do everything' formula. It now sounds like we'll learn more details in an imminent second trailer, based on teases from the studio's co-founder.With Summer Game Fest streaming a showcase next month as part of the wider Summer Game Fest schedule 2024, organizer Geoff Keighley tw

Hades 2 turned one bug into a feature after a fan-favorite roguelike character unexpectedly yeeted themselves into the abyss

Hades 2 developers decided to turn a bug into a feature after one of the roguelike's characters made an unexpected move.This article contains minor character spoilers for Hades 2.In Hades 2, you might sometimes be met on your adventures by Nemesis, known in greek myth as the personification of jealousy and the anger of the gods. Nem, who is keen to prove herself as superior to protagonist Melinoë, will occasionally strike out on her own attempt to overthrow Chronos, and sometimes you'll cro

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Legend of Zelda developer explains how an unexpected item became Tears of the Kingdom's best vehicle-creation tool: "Even we didn't predict that"

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a rare game that lets players build both their own fun and the wackiest contraptions slumbering in their noggin. Though, even Nintendo developers had no idea that the cooking pot of all things would become such a juggernaut vehicle-construction tool.Tears of the Kingdom's Ultrahand ability allows Link to glue together most objects in the game, from random rocks to the rarest weapons, in order to create vehicles or other absurd designs. In a GDC 2024 t

Baldur's Gate 3 lead says Larian "did start pushing around ideas for Baldur's Gate 4, and they didn't excite us"

A Baldur's Gate 3 developer says Larian tried "pushing around ideas for Baldur's Gate 4," but they "didn't excite" anyone.Speaking to GamesRadar+ at Digital Dragons in Poland earlier this week, Baldur's Gate 3 narrative director Adam Smith addressed Larian's attempt at making another Baldur's Gate game. Just earlier this month, the studio announced it wouldn't be making Baldur's Gate 4, so if a new game in the series ever does materialize, it'll be made by another studio for publisher Wizards of

One of our favorite Metroidvania’s grappling hook action gets 7-8 hours of new content and a second playable character in a free update big enough to fill an entire sequel

Rusted Moss is the excellent grappling hook side-scroller that enamored plenty of Metroidvania enjoyers when it launched last year. While fans might be disappointed to hear that it isn't receiving a sequel, its upcoming update is big enough to fill a second game and, even better, it's totally free."Rusted Moss will not have a sequel," its developers wrote in a recent blog post, before adding that the major content update "might as well be one" when it drops on June 20, 2024, alongside a full por

Elden Ring player creates the perfect build for using everything in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC by using the strongest school of magic: math

An Elden Ring statistician has put together the perfect build path for players who want to experience everything coming to the game with the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.In a thread on Twitter, user dangitjim responded to a post from another Elden Ring player saying that they wanted "to be able to use everything cool in the DLC." Starting out with the classic advice to "level Vigor" for its substantial health increases, they quickly turn to what you mean if you "want to use everything that the DLC

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Baldur's Gate 3 sad*st beats the RPG's hardest mode with an even more brutal custom ruleset: No companions, no hirelings, no long rests, no tadpoles, no trading, and not even any stealing

One Baldur's Gate 3 streamer has not only created the most sad*stic self-imposed challenge we've seen so far, but they also proved the game is entirely beatable while playing with pretty much every single handicap you could dream up.Streamer Luality is no stranger to tough rulesets and frightening challenges, having previously killed the RPG's hardest bosses while fighting totally solo (She's also the same player who, miraculously, rolled four consecutive nat ones last year). She's now taken her

Veteran Pokemon developer explains how a single question in Pokemon Crystal led to a major Gen 2 challenge

A veteran Pokemon developer has revealed how a single line in Pokemon Crystal made his life a lot more difficult - but explained that getting things right was a matter of personal pride.In a recent tweet, Nob Ogasawara, who worked as a translator on almost every major Pokemon game from Red and Blue all the way to Platinum, said that a line right at the start of Crystal offered a substantial challenge.Pokemon's second generation was the first to allow players a choice between whether they wanted

Frostpunk 2 Preview - Breaking The Ice

Platform:PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
Publisher:11 Bit Studios
Developer:11 Bit Studios
Release:July 25, 2024(PC),TBA(PlayStation 5,Xbox Series X/S)
Rating:Mature The 2018 release of Frostpunk delivered a unique twist on the city-builder genre, putting you in control of a band of humans trying to survive the new ice age. Players assumed the role of The Captain as they built up their small colony of workers to a flourishing city in the post-apocalypse. Along the way, players needed to ma

Stardew Valley creator wishes he'd known how popular it would be, so he could have "made my life easier for making all these updates"

Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone says he chooses what goes in each update based on his "whims," but he wishes he'd made it easier for him to make them.In an interview in PC Gamer magazine, Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone was asked what goes into making each update, like the substantial Stardew Valley 1.6 update that rolled out on PC in March (and is still on its way for consoles). In response, Barone said that "mostly, it's just how I feel, my whims. It helps when I play the game myself, then I wil

Cyberpunk 2077 developer says there are still "many" undiscovered Easter Eggs in Night City - and probably in The Witcher 3, too

A Cyberpunk 2077 developer says that there are still "many things to find" in Night City and that players probably haven't found everything hidden in The Witcher 3, either.In an interview with GamesRadar+ at the Digital Dragons conference in Poland, Phantom Liberty quest designer Maria Mazur says "I feel like there are so many easter eggs" crammed into Cyberpunk 2077, and that she's still "just waiting for people to find them all."One of those discoveries came relatively recently when Mazu

Xenoblade Chronicles game's final speedrunning world record can never be beaten - because it was set just before Nintendo killed the Wii U and 3DS servers forever

The speedrunning record for Xenoblade Chronicles X's online mode was set right before the servers went offline in what's believed to be the JRPG's very last online run.The Nintendo Network servers for the 3DS and Wii U were sadly shut down last month, on April 8, meaning that several games lost online functionality for good. As such, players flocked to their favorite games to embrace their doomed multiplayer modes once more.That included Xenoblade Chronicles X, the beloved JRPG

After 3 years of silence, Dragon Quest 3's gorgeous remake rears its head with a tease that more HD-2D JRPG remakes are in the works: "The legend of Erdrick draws near"

The Dragon Quest 3 remake was announced all the way back in 2021 with a trailer that reimagined the classic JRPG in Octopath Traveler's HD-2D art style, and now, publisher Square Enix has offered an update on the project alongside a tease of potential remakes in the 36-year-old series' future.The Dragon Quest series' official social media account released a short clip earlier today, on May 27, lighting up the Dragon Quest logo above newly-confirmed platforms, including Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox

The Prince of Persia roguelike had to change its story because of the Prince of Persia metroidvania - and was forbidden from using an iconic weapon

The Prince of Persia roguelike developers had to change some aspects of the game to avoid clashing with the Prince of Persia Metroidvania that came out a few months ago.Speaking with Edge Magazine, Lucie Dewagnier, game director on The Rogue Prince of Persia, says her team had to make sure it didn't get in the way of the team behind Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, a metroidvania spin-off that was being worked on at exactly the same time as the roguelike. While The Rogue Prince of Persia is out

Helldivers 2 studio working on a "solution" for players "getting kicked by an a**ehole lobby leader" before getting mission rewards

Developer Arrowhead Game Studios is working on a fix for players who get unfairly booted from Helldivers 2 missions early.Divers have recently been posting viral clips that show players getting booted from a mission during extraction, or even worse, during the little extraction cutscene that plays when the team is fully onboard the escape shuttle. Griefers and trolls exist in most multiplayer games, and Super Earth forces aren't immune to turncoats either.In the Helldivers 2 Discord channe

After a string of defeats, Helldivers 2 players have defeated the Automatons on Varylia 5 to unlock the new Emancipator Exosuit mech

Helldivers 2 players have completed their latest Major Order despite a recent spate of defeats, unlocking a new mech strategem in the process.Earlier today, the official Helldivers account confirmed that Varylia 5 has been liberated, three days after the Major Order that required the planet to be liberated from the Automatons was first handed out. This kind of thing is par for the course - it's not the first time that we've had to liberate a planet to earn a new strategem, and it probably won't

I've been building PCs for over a decade, here are the Newegg Memorial Day deals I'm excited about

Newegg becomes a discount gaming PC part haven during sales like Memorial Day, and the retailer is already off to a great start this year. Whether your existing rig needs a GPU revamp or you’re building a new system from scratch, you’re going to save a fortune if you use the spring sale to your advantage. So, as is tradition at this time of year, I’ve been rummaging through the eggy site’s best offers to find discounts that stand out from the crowd.Building the best

9 years on, the devs behind my favorite sandbox game say "it's amazing" to see Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom innovating on the genre

For the developers of my favorite indie sandbox game, seeing the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom popularize the genre was "amazing."In 2015, Spiderling Studios released Besiege, a medieval siege-building sandbox game, in which players were tasked with creating dangerous contraptions to complete some wargame-based puzzles. Now, nearly a decade on from its early access release, Besiege is back with The Splintered Sea, a naval-themed DLC that threatens to push the community's sie

Miss physical gaming? I use this handheld to fulfil my retro cartridge cravings

I’m a ‘90s child, so it perhaps makes sense that I’ve got a preference for physical gaming. That’s not to say I don’t benefit from digital convince, and it’d be a bit daft to deny it as a Steam Deck fan. Still, I truly miss being able to go out and buy a brand-new game without having to mess with updates, downloads, and storage shenanigans. However, there is a handheld that provides just that in 2024, and soon it’ll even run one of my favorite Steam game

Lead Baldur's Gate 3 writer says "I don't care" what happens in a potential RPG sequel, as long as it doesn't get made to just "hit our earnings next quarter"

Larian Studios' narrative director doesn't want the Baldur's Gate 3 sequel's future developer to make the RPG solely for financial gain.After creating countless Tavs and playing over a thousand hours of Larian's RPG, I'm ready for Baldur's Gate 4 - or at least some confirmation that it's coming. Adam Smith, Baldur's Gate 3's lead writer and master wordsmith, says that he is too - as long as the successor is made for the right reasons. Sadly, Larian is done with Baldur's Gate 3 and D&D, but t

Can't wait for Assassin's Creed Shadows? Here's another action RPG about it's samurai protagonist Yasuke that will "leave you in tears"

Yasuke, history's first Black Samurai and one of two new protagonists in Assassin's Creed Shadows, has been the topic of both some peculiar criticism and passionate excitement - and if you fall into that latter camp, dear reader, I have just the game for you.Yasuke: A Lost Descendant, as you might have guessed by the name, is a game about the historical figure and one of his descendants who, in an alternate future, is a super-powered, anti-tyrannical anime fighter with some ultra-cool move

Baldur's Gate 3 had less crunch than Larian's previous RPGs, but its director says "you will always have a little bit" of overtime"

Crunch on Baldur's Gate 3 was "certainly less" than what Larian experienced on its other games.Earlier this week, Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke spoke at the Digital Dragons conference in Poland, where he outlined some of the difficulties he and his team faced during development - including one brag that he instantly regretted. During a Q+A session after his talk, Vincke was asked if those difficulties had ever resulted in the team having to crunch - work substantial overtime in order to h

With Oscar Isaac’s Metal Gear Solid film MIA, Hideo Kojima eyes a Furiosa actor as the perfect lead: "I could only see him as Snake"

Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid director Hideo Kojima has made his love for the recent Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga no secret, calling the film his Bible and its director his God. Now, Kojima has spread the love to an actor who he "could only see" as Metal Gear's Solid Snake.While Kojima has gushed about the film's two leads before, calling Anya Taylor Joy and Chris Hemsworth "great," what he found "even more blinding this time" were two supporting characters: Mary, Furiosa's mother played

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's biggest change from Breath of the Wild was made to give players unrestricted freedom in a "world free from self-destruction"

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom might use the same basic layout of Hyrule as its predecessor, but last year's sequel still feels so radically different because every single object in the game was programmed to be physics-driven. And despite breaking Hyrule in ways Ganondorf could only dream of, lead physics programmer Takahiro Takayama says the change was "the correct approach."In a GDC presentation about the game's physics and sound, Takayama ran through how the team began playing wit

2024’s best Metroidvania Animal Well might not get a sequel, but its creator wants to make another game in the same 8-bit universe

In a year already bursting with killer Metroidvanias to sink into, Animal Well managed to tower over its competition and became the year’s second-best-reviewed game when it came out earlier this month. Now, as players are mopping up the minimalist world's last remaining secrets, the game's creator is turning his gaze toward an Animal Well follow-up, which may or may not be a proper sequel.Animal Well takes players across a sparse, knotted world full of wildlife to unravel both one-and-done

Helldivers 2’s next update will begin to reverse some controversial weapons nerfs, but won’t be “the patch to rule all other patches”

Fan favorite Helldivers 2 weapons have been contending with some brutal nerfs lately, making the bug-squashing, bot-destroying, democracy-spreading shooter slightly duller for some players. Developer Arrowhead Studios admitted things went a little too far in its quest for balance, and it now sounds like some changes are getting reversed in the next patch.Community manager Twinbeard jumped into the game's Discord channel to give a brief (and still vague) overview of what’s incoming in the n

The brand-new LG OLED C4 just took its first price cut for Memorial Day

It’s easy to assume only older gaming TV models get price cuts during the sales, but the new LG OLED C4 is actually discounted ahead of Memorial Day. That’s fantastic news for anyone looking to pick up one of the latest panels to hit the market for less, and now could be your last chance to do so before the summer kicks off.Over at Amazon right now, you’ll find all versions of the LG OLED C4 down to new record low prices. The 43-inch model has dipped from $1,499.99 to $1,

Google's AI is teaching Pokemon fans a thing or two about LGBT pocket pals - Bulbasaur is a "plant-loving queer," Mewtwo is an "older, cultured gay," and oh so much more

Google's recent AI Overview rollout is leading to some illuminating revelations for everyone's favorite TV shows and games, like Pokemon.If the goings-on of search isn't your scene, Google recently rolled out a new feature that leans on AI to answer your search query. While it can regurgitate a lot of content from outlets seeking to answer those same questions, it hasn't quite got the hang of scraping a Reddit post or satire article and separating fact from meme.The result? Some oddb