This creative inZOI fan is using the hyper-realistic life sim to recreate some of The Sims 4's most iconic characters - games news - NewsLocker (2024)

The upcoming ultra-realistic life sim inZOI has had fans hooked for a few days with its playable character creation demo - and someone is using it to recreate iconic characters from The Sims 4.inZOI, the new Sims-like gem with stunning Unreal Engine 5 visuals from PUBG developer Krafton, is impressing stans worldwide with its Character Studio - a more in-depth version of Create-A-Sim, which already has life sim fans forgetting about The Sims 4. Everyone's been sharing their impressive creations

Dragon Age: The Veilguard has Baldur's Gate 3-style nudity toggles and customizable underwear

Dragon Age: The Veilguard developers have answered the most urgently thirsty questions about the RPG fourquel, confirming that there will be a Baldur's gate 3-style toggle to turn nudity on and off during the game's more frisky scenes."There is a toggle for on/off nudity," game director Corinne Busche said in a recent Discord Q&A. "That is one of the settings we have - and we'll be going deeper into settings and accessibility as we get a little bit closer to launch."Busche elaborates t

Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma director Hideaki Itsuno is leaving Capcom after 30 years to make a "new game in a new environment"

Hideaki Itsuno has been pumping out beloved games at publisher Capcom for over three decades, from multiple Devil May Cries to both Dragon's Dogmas, but he's now leaving the company to make new games in a "new environment."The long-time DMC director revealed his departure in a tweet from earlier today. "At the end of August 2024, I will be leaving Capcom after 30 years and 5 months," Itsuno writes. "Thank you for your long-term support of the games and characters I have been responsible for. I h

Borderlands 4 will add "4 brand-new Vault Hunters," and the devs want classes to add depth to the RPG mechanics but not "at the cost of complexity"

After our first taste of Borderlands 4 with the Gamescom announcement trailer, the devs took to the stage at PAX to talk a little bit more about the upcoming loot shooter. They didn't reveal a whole lot of concrete details, but they did confirm that the new game will stick to series tradition with four new Vault Hunters, and provided a bit of insight into their design philosophy on the new characters."We will have four brand new Vault Hunters in Borderlands 4," chief creative officer Randy Varne

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Netflix cancels Sandman spin-off after 1 season, ending yet another fan-favorite fantasy series

Dead Boy Detectives, based on the comic series of the same name, is the latest fan-favorite fantasy series to have been canceled at Netflix.Per Variety, the show, which takes place in Netflix's Sandman universe, will not return for a second season. Based on the DC Comics series of the same name by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner, the series follows best friends Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri) who decide to forgo the afterlife in favor of staying on Earth to solve cri

After version 62, Lethal Company dev says he's "burning out" on the multiplayer hit and may focus more on his single-player horror adventure for a while

Last year, cooperative survival horror game Lethal Company launched to huge success. Roughly a year later, the game has reached version 62 after dozens of updates from solo developer Zeekerss, who recently took to Discord to update fans about the progress of Lethal Company and what comes next.Lethal Company was a massive viral hit, giving Zeekerss the freedom to move on to something new or frankly do whatever he wants, but that isn't without its caveats. In an August 26 Discord post later shared

Amid Risk of Rain 2 DLC blowback, the roguelike's creators say "it sucks" for fans and the new devs at Gearbox, but those new devs say fixes are coming and this is "just the beginning"

After selling the Risk of Rain IP to Gearbox and seeing the new caretakers stumble with the buggy Risk of Rain 2 DLC Seekers of the Storm, the original creators at Hopoo games feel "bittersweet" about the state of their roguelike.I reached out to Hopoo co-founder Paul Morse for comment on the Seekers of the Storm launch, and he directed me to a joint statement posted by fellow co-founder Duncan Drummond. "This is definitely a bittersweet situation," Drummond said in a tweet thread. "It's g

Civilization 7 lead says the new Ages system will be "the hardest thing" for fans to learn: "It changes the fundamental structure of the game"

Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 is going to shake up the tried and true formula fans have come to know and love. It’s easy to get into a groove when playing a match, following your intended path, building up an army ready to siege, and issuing decrees to your (hopefully) loyal citizens. However, the team at Firaxis has a new plan for Civilization 7 that will fundamentally change the pacing of a match.In an interview with GGRecon, creative director Ed Beach says the new "Ages system

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One of anime's best studios teases a cryptic Transformers project, and all we know is that it's "coming soon"

A Transformers anime is in the works from Trigger – and we could not be more excited.Trigger Inc., also known as Studio Trigger, released a cryptic trailer for the upcoming anime (which could either be a movie or a series) that features quick scenes starring Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime with a glitch-y, VHS tape overlay. The brief thirty-second clip, which can be viewed below, ends with a simple "Coming Soon" message.We don't know much else, but we do know that the anime is coming

Fallout: New Vegas modder wields "creative freedom" to add rideable horses to Obsidian's epic Western RPG

Fallout: New Vegas, originally released back in 2010, is still getting new community-made mods to this day. This time, the beloved Obsidian RPG is about to get a whole lot more Western.Modder Xilandro Axeuora is working on a creation that allows the player character, known as the Courier, to ride a horse. It might seem like a simple addition to a game already packed with content, but sometimes something simple is just what the doctor ordered.
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Kick off the spooky season with $94 off your MTG Duskmourn Collector Booster Box pre-order

The Labor Day weekend means we're officially heading into the Fall, and it also marks an opportunity for some great Labor Day deals. So, on both accounts, it's the perfect time to dive into the spooky goodness of MTG Duskmourn.If you’re hoping to amass an impressive collection of these stunning cards (and you also happen to adore the thrill of cracking open packs), the MTG Duskmourn Collector Booster Box is exactly what you need in your basket. However, you might be a little reluctan

New true crime series that's rising up Netflix's top TV chart lands perfect Rotten Tomatoes score

American Murder: Laci Peterson, a new true crime series that's been rising up Netflix's TV chart, has just landed a perfect Rotten Tomatoes – which goes some way to explaining why subscribers have been tuning in all over the world.Having landed on the platform on August 14, the show is currently filling the number 2 slot on the streamer's Top 10 English-language titles, coming in second to Emily in Paris season 4. "The disturbing disappearance and murder of Laci Peterson in 2002 shoc

As his cat-eugenics roguelike inches closer, The Binding of Isaac creator says he hates everything about releasing games, which is probably why Rebirth got so much DLC

As Mewgenics crawls to the finish line after over a decade in and out of game development limbo, its creator says that actually releasing a game is the part he hates the most.Edmund McMillen is best known for creating hit roguelike The Binding of Isaac, as well as violently tough platformer Super Meat Boy. Mewgenics was actually first announced as a follow-up to the latter, coming from the same studio, before development largely collapsed and McMillen reacquired the game's rights alongside Tyler

Nier creator Yoko Taro says Persona devs' new JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio is "so stylish I almost wet myself," and no, he "didn't get any money" to say that

New Atlus JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio is fast approaching, and it seems it's already been given a seal of approval from Nier creator Yoko Taro, who claims that the game is "so stylish I almost wet myself." That's, uh, promising.This slightly unusual but undoubtedly high praise comes from a new video posted on the official atlustube YouTube channel, in which Taro gets his hands on the JRPG and shares his (clearly enthusiastic) thoughts. As translated and reported by Automaton, the "It's so stylish

Nintendo accidentally created one of the best-selling PS1 games by saying no to a 3D Yoshi platformer that Miyamoto "loved," and after 27 years it's getting remastered

27 years after its original launch, Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is getting a remaster courtesy of Argonaut Games, which has reformed after 20 years dead. Croc was a massive hit back on the PS1, but it could've taken a very different form if the original pitch for the game as a 3D Yoshi platformer had not been rejected by Nintendo.A new version of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos was announced earlier this week, and judging by the teaser trailer it looks to be a faithful remaster of the original PS1 pla

Star Wars: Battle of Jakku will finally tell the "lost story" of the 30-year gap between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens

In the Star Wars universe there's a 30 year gap between the end of Episode VI _ Return of the Jedi and Episode VII – The Force Awakens. While the evil Emperor Palpatine seemingly died at the end of Jedi (though we all know better than that now, for better and worse...), the Galactic Empire itself continued to be a threat for years afterwards until reaching its final defeat at the battle of Jakku, the desert planet where we first met Rey.Marvel revealed a couple of months back that it would

As the Borderlands movie slides into oblivion and Risk of Rain 2's new DLC burns, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford compares himself to The Beatles, who he says only "had a 25% hit rate"

Having posted his way through the Borderlands movie's $-90 million box office takings, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford seems to be doing exactly the same thing with the company's latest tight spot.While the reveal of Borderlands 4 has been hailed as Randy Pitchford's ultimate "big brain move" in its attempt to distract from the abysmal failure of the Borderlands movie, it doesn't really change the fact that the movie lost nearly $90 million of its $110 million budget. And unfortunately, any goodwill

Echoes of Wisdom is Zelda's first solo adventure in 38 years, but it lets her transform into a Link-lookalike anyway

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is putting the titular princess in the driver's seat for the first time in the series' 40-plus-year history, but it still lets players turn into good old Link regardless, prompting me to wonder: why can't Zelda just swing a sword?Nintendo UK's Twitter account today revealed that - spoilers, I guess - "during her adventure, Zelda will find a mysterious sword allowing her to transform into a powerful Swordfighter form for a short time and battle enemies head-o

George R R Martin pledges to share "everything that's gone wrong with House of the Dragon" following divisive second season

Following House of the Dragon season 2, A Song of Ice and Fire creator George R.R. Martin has said he'll share more about what's "gone wrong" with the HBO show.In a new post on his Not a Blog page, Martin shared that this year has been "pretty wretched" for him, full of "stress, anger, conflict, and defeat.""I need to talk about some of that, and I will, I will… I was away from my computer traveling from July 15 to August 15, so a lot of things that needed saying did not get s

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice writers explain the importance of not having too much Beetlejuice in the sequel: "He's literally the antagonist"

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice writers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar say the key to writing the long-awaited sequel was cutting back on the Bio-Exorcist's screentime."I think that’s the trap that you could fall into," Gough tells SFX magazine in the new issue, which features Agatha All Along on the cover and hits newsstands on September 4. "You want to make Beetlejuice the lead, and he's not. He's literally the antagonist, an agent of chaos, who comes into the story. The movie's called Beetlejuic

Star Wars star Ahmed Best says he stands "in solidarity" with The Acolyte's Amandla Stenberg

Star Wars star Ahmed Best, who plays Jar Jar Binks and Kelleran Beq in the franchise, has shared his support for The Acolyte's Amandla Stenberg.The Acolyte was recently canceled after just one season, despite ending on a cliffhanger. The move was reportedly down to low viewership."I will always stand in solidarity for artists who give 110% to their work and art. Keep shining queen," Best wrote on Instagram.
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JRPG icon Hironobu Sakaguchi reckons Final Fantasy 6 is the "most complete" game in the series, "especially because it was the last Final Fantasy to use pixel art"

Final Fantasy's co-creator has picked a favorite from the series' sprawling lineup of epic fantasy adventures, and he made the objectively correct decision, according to Gamesradar's (my) professional evaluation.Hironobu Sakaguchi is often cited as the JRPG series' creator, or grandaddy to some, having directed the first five Final Fantasies, produced the first ten, and pulled publisher Square out of a tricky financial situation in the late 1980s. Final Fantasy has since become the company

The Penguin team explain why they didn't feel the need to have Batman cameo in the show: "You're going down a different alley"

The world of The Batman is expanding with the upcoming Penguin spin-off show, which sees Colin Farrell reprise his role as Oz Cobb, AKA the Penguin himself. One major player appears to be missing in action, though. Gotham may be forever in his avenging shadow but the Dark Knight, it seems, is sitting this one out (rumors that Robert Pattinson may suit-up for a cameo may be a reliable underworld whisper – or simply fervent fan-wishing).What does that do to your story

Over 1000 episodes of one of the world's biggest anime shows is coming to the UK for free

Almost every episode of the One Piece anime is heading to BBC iPlayer starting from September.As revealed by the broadcaster, 1085 episodes of the English dub will soon be available to stream in the UK.The first three arcs – East Blue, Alabasta, and Skypiea, consisting of 206 episodes – are arriving on iPlayer on September 1.The remaining seven arcs, taking the series up to Land of Wano, will drop "between September and December".While it's missing out on the current Egghead ar

Russell T Davies says he's hopeful that Doctor Who will be renewed for season 3, but adds that there is no update yet

Doctor Who season 2 may not be kicking off until next year, but fans are already looking ahead into the future praying that the beloved sci-fi show will be renewed beyond that. Hey, this series is all about time, I guess...But will a third season happen? Showrunner Russell T Davies is remaining hopeful despite there being no updates, as he tells SFX magazine in the new issue, which features Agatha All Along on the cover and hits newsstands on September 4.As the writer revealed, Davies doesn't ex

It's taken years, but Banjo-Kazooie fans have finally finished decompiling the code of Rare's classic 3D platformer, paving the way for new community experiences

It's been a long time coming, but fans have managed to fully decompile all of Banjo-Kazooie's code, meaning that it's now possible for unofficial PC ports to be developed, not to mention many, many more mods for Rare's classic 3D platformer.Video game decompilation can sound pretty complicated, but what it boils down to is reverse engineering the game to end up with usable code (not the original source code, mind you). Once that's obtained, the doors are blown wide open for mods, ports, an

The Invincible live-action movie is still in development, but creator Robert Kirkman reveals why it's taking so long

The Invincible live-action movie is still happening, despite years of silence on the project.The movie was first revealed in 2017, which is long before the animated show even made it to Prime Video. But, we now know the live-action film is still in the works."It's still in development. We're still working with Universal," Invincible creator Robert Kirkman revealed at a roundtable attended by The Direct. "You know, the show is going so well. I think the movie absolutely has to be perf

The Penguin producer says that you don’t need to watch The Batman to enjoy the spin-off, but it does "enrich" it

Despite being the first major spin-off to emerge in Matt Reeves' The Batman universe, The Penguin producer has suggested that you don't need to have seen the original."Matt’s words – and I love this phraseology – is that the movie vibrates against the show and the show vibrates against the movie," Dylan Clark tells SFX magazine in the new issue, which features Agatha All Along on the cover and hits newsstands on September 4. "They inform each other. You don’t need t

Agatha All Along showrunner explains how WandaVision-themed drag brunches inspired the Marvel spin-off: "I wanted this show to be worthy of that type of fandom"

New Marvel series Agatha All Along brings the fan-favorite WandaVision character back to the small screen, but Agatha Harkness' cultural impact has been felt far beyond the confines of Disney Plus. As far as a drag brunch in Minneapolis, to be exact."It was so beautiful and thrilling to have our show celebrated in this way," showrunner Jac Schaeffer tells SFX magazine in the new issue, which features Agatha All Along on the cover and hits newsstands on September 4. "I could cry thinking ab

The Guardians of the Galaxy face an army of undead Avengers in Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay

A simple sneeze could start the next zombie apocalypse if our preview of next week's Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay #1 is anything to go by... In the new issue Groot has got the sniffles. But when he sneezes in Captain America's face, Steve Rogers starts to transform into a flesh-hungry zombie – and that's just the start...Marvel's synopsis for the new issue, which is from the creative team of writer Thomas Krajewski, artist Jason Muhr, colorist Rachelle Rosenberg, with lettering from VC&rs