Back to the Future co-writer Bob Gale has shared some new insight on the iconic film's original ending and opening scenes. The famous and memorable ending to Back to the Future, where Doc Brown makes a last-ditch effort to power up the clock tower to help Marty get back to the future, was almost completely different. Writer Bob Gale told Collider that he and writer-director Robert Zemeckis had originally wrote an ending that involved a refrigerator time machine and blowing up a city. And that's not all--Gale also revealed the original opening to Back to the Future did not involve Doc Brown's laboratory at all.Here is Gale talking about the original ending:“The idea [was] that the DeLorean was nuclear powered, literally they needed to harness nuclear energy to send the time machine back to the future. Bob [Zemeckis] and I had seen The Atomic Café documentary, a movie called The Atomic Kid which we pay homage to on the marquee of the town theater in 1955--one of the most perverse movies ever made… We were obsessed with the idea of, ‘Hey wouldn’t it be cool if we could recreate one of these towns and blow it up?’ So we wrote this elaborate sequence in and in the original version, the time machine was built into a refrigerator which was a time chamber. And that was where Marty was gonna be when the nuclear blast went off.”Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As Halloween approaches, live games are breaking out their spooky costumes and livery--but Rocket League will pay homage to a comedy classic rather than haunting your game with ghouls and zombies. The Haunted Hallows event begins on October 20, and it'll bring numerous Ghostbusters items to the game.By completing Event Challenges, which will run until November 2, players of the game--which recently went free-to-play--can unlock 10 unique Ghostbusters items.Here are the items you can unlock:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Harrison Ford is no stranger to playing captains and commanders, but film fans are in for a whole new take on the idea when they sit down for The Miserable Adventures of Burt Squire Aboard the Horn High Yo, in which Ford will star alongside Ed Helms.Ford (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) and Helms (The Hangover, The Office) are attached to star in the indie film together. Helms, in the grip of a midlife crisis, steps onto Ford's boat on what he hopes will be a dream vacation. Instead, he and Ford's "unhinged captain" find themselves shipwrecked together in the Atlantic Ocean. It sounds like The Lighthouse, but, you know, fun.The indie film's script comes via a screenplay by Ben Bolea. Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon of LD Entertainment will produce alongside Kim Zubick. LD's Michael Glassman will executive produce with STXfilm's Drew Simon and Spencer Ela. No one is attached to direct just yet.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

After some smaller releases like Call of Duty Heroes, Activision made a big push to make Call of Duty Mobile the definitive Call of Duty experience on mobile--and it seems to have worked. Released in October 2019, the game has been a huge success, driven in part by its ever-expanding lineup of content.The game, which is developed by TiMi Studios in China, has reached more than 300 million downloads worldwide and has expanded its content significantly. The game launched with 11 multiplayer maps, and it now has 23; it had one multiplayer mode at release, and now has 27. Some of the other first-year stats include the battle royale map increasing in size by about 50%, while there are now a whopping 182 playable characters in the game.GameSpot recently had the chance to speak with Call of Duty Mobile GM Matt Lewis about the first year of Call of Duty Mobile. In the interview, Lewis spoke about the game's first-year achievements, how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted development, what's being done to combat cheaters, and lots more. Lewis did not, however, confirm any plans to bring back Zombies, a fan-favorite mode that was removed earlier this year. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

HBO's drama series Euphoria, which stars Zendaya, is coming back. The network has confirmed that two additional episodes are on the way, one of which is set during Christmas. However, these appear to be one-off episodes and not the start of a Season 2 properly. The first of the new episodes will air on Sunday, December 6, and it will be available on HBO and to stream through HBO Max. This episode is titled "Trouble Don't Last Always" and it picks up with Zendaya's Rue celebrating Christmas while dealing with a recent relapse. The episode was written and directed by Euphoria creator Sam Levinson, and it also features Colman Domingo, but that's all HBO had to say. The network did, however, release a teaser image for the episode; check it out below.Euphoria is coming back for two more episodes in 2020The second episode remains more of a mystery--HBO will announce its title and release date at some point later on. The network also confirmed that the episodes were film in adherence with COVID-19 safety guidelines.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Lawbreakers, the first game from Gears of War director Cliff Bleszinski's Boss Key Productions, struggled to make an impact in the hero shooter market--so much so that the studio eventually closed, having only released one other game, the Early Access Radical Heights. Now Bleszinski, who retired from games and has been working in the world of theatre as a producer, is writing a book about his life--and it's leading to some reflection.In a Facebook post, Bleszinski says that as he works through the section of his book about forming his own studio, it's bringing up some feelings for him. "In spite of it being difficult, in a way, it's therapeutic," he says. "The first two years were a blast but the tail end was extremely difficult on everyone and I've had more than enough time to reflect on my time running that studio.""We should have started with a small, indie game FIRST before trying to make the shooter we ultimately did," he reflects, before digging into the specific issues Lawbreakers faced. Bleszinski has previously lamented how it was a mistake to release Lawbreakers on PS4 rather than Xbox One, which he reiterated in this post. "I already had a core base of fans on Xbox," he writes.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A Lord of the Rings filming location in New Zealand is re-opening to the public after 11 years, but it may be some time before people can visit it due to the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on travel globally.Deer Park Heights in Queenstown, New Zealand has re-opened for public visitors, and those lucky enough to visit can walk in the same places where scenes from The Towers and The Return of the King were filmed. Specifically, Deer Park Heights is the site of the Warg attack and Aragorn's fall off the cliff from The Two Towers, as well as the refugee camp where Eowyn serves Aragorn some questionable soup.You can see a more detailed breakdown of Lord of the Rings filming locations here at the Deer Park Heights website. The movies X-Men: Origins Wolverine and Pete's Dragon were also filmed partially in the park.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The XIII remake due on November 10 has been delayed for one system--the Nintendo Switch. Publisher Microids has announced the delay, explaining that the game will now release in 2021.A specific date or time frame within 2021 has not been nailed down.This news has been announced alongside the release of a new trailer, which focuses on the game's weapons. If you've played the original release, you'll recognize these guns--but they look better than ever now.XIII is based on a Belgian comic series. You play as an amnesiac killer, who awakens on a beach and discovers that they're being chased by the FBI for the assassination of the US president. The original game was published by Ubisoft for PS2, Xbox, GameCube, and PC in 2003. This is not the first major 2020 shooter to be delayed on Nintendo's console--a Switch version of Doom Eternal still has not been released.Info from Gamespot.com

Back in 2010, developer Frictional Games set the tone for PC indie horror games with Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Focused heavily on story, it created its scares through an intensity of atmosphere and an emphasis on powerlessness. With Amnesia: Rebirth, it feels like Frictional has fully refined its particular approach to horror. You're trapped in a deadly, smothering world, struggling against your character's limitations and even her perceptions. Rebirth is Frictional's best game yet, marrying a deep, mysterious story to the signature mechanics the developer has been refining over the course of 13 years of horror games.Amnesia: Rebirth continues Frictional's specific approach to story and horror, which emphasizes avoiding conflict, hiding, and mastering your character's own fear. It also adds to the story told in The Dark Descent, although you don't need to know that game well to follow this narrative of this one. (The narrative doesn't link to Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, the 2013 follow-up to The Dark Descent.) You play Tasi Trianon, a French woman who joins a mining expedition to Algeria in 1937. In the opening moments of the game, the expedition's plane experiences some supernatural shenanigans that cause it to crash in the desert. Tasi wakes up soon after, alone in the plane, with few memories of what has happened and strange black tendrils creeping into her vision. As she goes searching for survivors, she discovers that the strange bracelet she wakes up wearing can open portals to a dark, ruined parallel world. Tasi goes searching through caves and tunnels for her friends, and the story often pulls her into the alternate dimension as she tries to find her way forward.Rebirth brings back the main mechanics from The Dark Descent, and really, all of Frictional's games deal in similar sets of ideas. You trace the survivors' path, gathering notes and uncovering clues as to what happened. As you explore the caves, you're quickly plunged into darkness, and as in The Dark Descent, the dark increases Tasi's fear and has palpable effects on her psyche. You're not dealing with a loss of sanity that changes how you perceive the world like in that game, however. Instead, Tasi's increasing fear causes the black tendrils to reappear and her heart to start pounding, and if she gets too afraid, the blackness overtakes her entirely, causing her to lose herself and wake up somewhere else with no memory of how she got there.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Another new Special Battle event is happening right now in Super Mario Bros. 35, the free-to-play multiplayer Mario game for Switch Online subscribers. This event is called the Limited Course Special Battle, and as its name suggests, it restricts the level selection to a handful of specific stages.During this Special Battle event, players will only play through World 3-1 to 4-4. The latter stage in particular should make this event hectic, as you'll need to follow a specific path through the maze-like castle in order to reach Bowser at the end. This event only runs through the weekend, ending at 11:59 PM PT on October 18 (2:59 AM ET on October 19).The Limited Course Special Battle is coming to #SuperMarioBros35, featuring World 3-1 to World 4-4! Be sure to keep an eye out for those different routes in World 4-4's maze section 👀 pic.twitter.com/h07pE0ZEnd — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) October 15, 2020As previously mentioned, Super Mario Bros. 35 is a free download exclusive for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. The game was released as part of Nintendo's Super Mario 35th anniversary celebration, but much like Super Mario 3D All-Stars, it's not a permanent addition to Switch's library; Nintendo says the game will only be available to play until March 31, 2021.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Yakuza: Like a Dragon is set to release next month on PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, and PC, and SEGA has created something we didn't know we needed to hold us off. Streets of Kamurocho combines the Yakuza series' classic flavor and characters with Streets of Rage 2 to create the ultimate mashup. The best part? It's free, but you don't have much time to grab it. See it on Steam Only available until tomorrow, October 19 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET, Streets of Kamurocho takes the characters Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima--the stars of most of the series' games—and tosses them into Kamurocho for a Streets of Rage brawl-fest.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

One of the biggest multiplayer shooters of the generation could be coming to Xbox Game Pass, if the service's official Twitter account is hinting at what we think it is. Rainbow Six Siege has millions of players, and it looks like some more Xbox players are going to get access for free.pic.twitter.com/oJOf33vdSd — Xbox Game Pass (@XboxGamePass) October 17, 2020A post on the Xbox Game Pass Twitter features no text, but instead an image of a massive six-band rainbow and a siege weapon placed outside a castle. That could be a big coincidence, but it almost certainly means the game is coming to Xbox Game Pass. Because Ubisoft is supporting free next-gen upgrades for Rainbow Six Siege and several other recent games, you'll likely be able to play the Xbox Series X and Series S version on the new systems, too.Microsoft is no stranger to silly teases for new Xbox Game Pass additions. It did something similar with Doom Eternal just as Microsoft purchased Bethesda. In that case, it was with a hidden "The Slayer is Coming" message hidden in the copy of an email.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Fallout Miami is one of the most ambitious game mod projects ever, taking players away from the New England setting of Fallout 4 itself and placing them in a "post-nuclear vacation wasteland." It has been in the works for several years, and in a new update post, the developers shared what they've been working on since the pandemic began.Pre-production for the mod's main quest has been finished, with the team now moving on to writing as well as quest implementation. Fallout Miami will be around the size and scope of an official Fallout expansion when it releases, with side quests and new characters to meet as well as factions to encounter.Those factions include a group that makes use of coconut shells for their masks, giving them a more menacing look than what you might expect from a coconut shell. 3D models for this unannounced faction are nearly complete, and they should be fully revealed soon. You can see a glimpse of some of the new characters and artwork in the video above. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The first public beta test for Halo 4 on PC through The Master Chief Collection was scheduled to take place last week, but Microsoft chose to delay it due to a "blocker" issue. Thankfully, this problem is expected to be sorted out in short order, and beta invitations should begin going out soon."Unfortunately, we're not quite ready yet," Halo's community director, Brian Jarrard, wrote on the Halo forums. "As of this writing, the team has one remaining blocker to address before we can progress the build to Ring 3 and send out Halo Insider invites. We're close and, assuming this blocker can get resolved quickly without any further issues, we’re hoping to kick things off next week."A "blocker" is a bug that is "severe" enough to stop the beta test from working as intended, developer 343 says. When this bug for Halo 4 is fixed, the team will get the client ready for testers. That being said, the beta version of Halo 4 may still contain bugs, since it is a work-in-progress version of the game, just not bugs that are as critical in nature.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Bruce Willis has reprised his iconic action hero character John McClane from the Die Hard series, but it's not for a new film. Willis came back to play the character once more for a ... battery commercial.Advance Auto Parts, which owns the DieHard car battery brand, recruited Willis to play McClane again in the new spot, and it's a delight. The 2-minute video contains a number of nods to the Die Hard series, with a store clerk whistling a Christmas tune and Willis being asked to escape through a vent. The famous "yippee ki yay" line is also in this video, of course. Other characters from the Die Hard series make cameos, but we won't spoil the surprise for you--check it out below. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com