Craig Mazin, the Emmy award-winning writer behind Chernobyl and The Hangover movie series, is working alongside Neil Druckmann on The Last of Us TV show for HBO. He's now shared some intriguing new details about what to expect, including that the show will feature storylines that Druckmann originally had in mind for the game that didn't make it for one reason or another.Speaking to the BBC (via Eurogamer), Mazin reflected on a conversation he had with Druckmann, who shared an anecdote with him about something that was cut from the game.Mazin said Druckmann told him, "There was one thing we were talking about for a while, and then he told me what it was, and I was like ... jaw drop ... OK ... that's going in. For sure, we have to do that. You will have to shoot me to stop me from doing that."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Forza Horizon 3 is, like past Forza games, going to be made unavailable for digital purchase soon. The open-world Australia-set racer will be removed from sale, just as Forza Horizon 2 and Forza Motorsport 6 (and earlier entries) before it. The game and all its DLC will be removed from sale, although they'll be available for download in perpetuity.The game's approaching delisting was announced on Twitter, although a fan on forum Resetera noted the discount and came to the correct conclusion earlier.Forza Horizon 3 is headed towards "End of Life" status, and we're celebrating the Australian festival with a sale on the Standard and Ultimate Editions! Visit https://t.co/2IZtzgkotM for all the details! pic.twitter.com/fM7HugVtCh — Forza Horizon (@ForzaHorizon) August 11, 2020While no specific reason has been given for the game being delisted, it's likely to be a licensing issue relating to the cars included in the game. With Forza Horizon 4 now the flagship title in the series, it seems likely that the cost of renewing those licenses would be prohibitive. There's a possibility that the game's soundtrack is an issue, too, as music licenses are often only assigned for a select period of time.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The James Bond rights-owners have shut down a fan project that was remaking the iconic N64 shooter GoldenEye with modern visuals and other updates.The developers said in a video that the rights-holders, MGM/Danjaq, submitted a cease and desist order for the project, known as GoldenEye 25. They were ordered to stop work on the game and close associated pages by August 19."This was always in the back of our heads as a possibility but we've tried our best to keep going," the team said. "Of course we will comply and want to thank for your ongoing support."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockdown has had a huge launch, with two million Steam sales, and developer Mediatonic is keeping the momentum going with a major new update coming very soon. The update, due to arrive at some point on August 12, will add a new level called Jump Showdown, which was part of the Fall Guys beta.The level is shown off in the Twitter video below. It requires the Fall Guys to jump over and stay under rotating bars as the floor collapses below them. It's the first of several new levels coming, the tweet promises.🚨 We're about to drop a new level into rotation!!! 🚨Jump Showdown - A fan-favourite from the beta! 👑We'll be adding it in our first update TOMORROW! Patch-notes in the thread 😗👌More new levels will be coming soon - along with new features & costumes 👀 pic.twitter.com/zQ4hOI70MP — Fall Guys 👑 (@FallGuysGame) August 11, 2020New costumes and features will come too. It'll be interesting to see if there are more video game crossover costumes, like the Half-Life and Hotline Miami costumes that have popped up since launch. In the Twitter replies, the official Fall Guys account tweeted out a number of patch notes for changes that will come in that same update. Here's the complete list.Lowered the weighting for Royal Fumble to add more final round variationFixed crash at launch with certain regional calendars set in the operating systemImproved messaging for matchmaking and server errorsFixed physics behaving erratically at high framerate on levels like Tip ToeFixed crown in Fall Mountain not being grabbable in rare situationsAddressed some collisions in Block Party allowing players to bypass the blocksFixed Parties sometimes failing due to too many requestsAddressed some special characters causing display issues in player namesFixed Big Tease Achievement not unlocking in specific regionsPC only - Fixed certain game controller models not being detected on PCFall Guys has been a bit of a phenomenon, and we're hopeful that it could come to other systems eventually--although nothing is confirmed yet.Info from Gamespot.com

Rocket League is set to transition to a free-to-play title soon, and while a date has not been set, the "summer" time frame promised is nearing an end. The game will also feature cross-progression between platforms, which means that, for instance, you'll be able to play the game on Switch without losing any of the parts or cars you've collected on PlayStation 4. Now, ahead of this update, developer Psyonix has detailed how all of this will work.Your Competitive Rank, Rocket Pass progress, and inventory will carry over, but you'll need to have an Epic Games Account. After the update, you'll be asked to log in to your Epic account, and then to set a Primary Platform that will determine which version of the game you'll be carrying progress over from. If you've been playing the game on both PC and PS4, for instance, you'll want to pick the version you've earned more items in.Doing this will also immediately earn you the Chopper EG Wheels for your cars. Alternatively, you should be able to keep progression separate by not logging in to Epic. if you so desire.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

FIFA 21 is bringing some changes to its Pro Club mode, letting you customize your teams and tactics far more than you could in the past. Players who like to solo Pro Club, or just play in small groups, will find that they have some more control over teammates, and a lot more input on their appearance.Pro Club is an online mode where players control one player on a team they have created themselves--and you can play with as many as 22 players, or as few as two. In a new update on the FIFA website, EA Sports explains that you'll be able to customize AI players in your Club for FIFA 21. This refers specifically to the PS4, Xbox One, and PC versions of the game, although this could just be a case of EA being cagey about how FIFA 21 will be different on next-gen in the lead up to its release.In this year's entry, a "Manage" section in the Pro Clubs menu will let you change the appearance, name, and kit of every player on your virtual team. You can name and create your friends, or a team that pays tribute to your favorite TV show, or just design a team of folks with strange faces, if you want.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Microsoft's marquee Xbox Series X launch title, Halo Infinite, has been delayed to 2021. Developer 343 Industries said the shift to a work-from-home environment was one part of the reason behind the delay, and that it will give the team the time to "deliver a Halo game experience that meets our vision."Needless to say, the internet had a lot to say about the delay, and we're rounding up some of the hot takes people have put out on social media.Halo Infinite is now scheduled for release in 2021, but a more specific date has not been announced yet. The delay is big news because Halo Infinite would have been the first Halo game to release as a launch title for new Xbox hardware since the original Halo: Combat Evolved in 2001.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The world is full of spots. They invite you, seducing you into skating on them. A great skate spot encourages you to nail a line of tricks on it, pushing you to keep trying after every bail. An expertly placed ramp that leads you to a rail and down a flight of stairs is one of the many Mona Lisas that skaters strive for. The idea of successfully conquering said spot is what drives them to push themselves, learn from their mistakes, and grow. It's all about the location, something some skateboarding games have nailed for over two decades. And while newcomer Skater XL has a good foundation for its trick system, it fails to inspire the practice of those mechanics on its small number of largely lacklustre levels.Skater XL's trick system is easy to understand and rewarding to learn. Each analog stick is assigned to a foot, and your job is to twist and push those sticks to pull off a cavalcade of tricks. A kickflip requires you to pull the right stick (your right foot) back, snap it up for an ollie and then kick the board with your left stick (left foot) to cause it to flip. It's an engaging way to perform the simplest tricks, and while it may sound complicated, Skater XL's physics give you a lot of room for nailing tricks.At times, it feels somewhat weightless and more like you're controlling a board with no one on it than an actual person that has to twist their body and manipulate the board with their feet. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, as many games have utilized less-than-realistic physics to create great skateboarding power fantasies. Unfortunately, Skater XL's levels aren't the interesting playgrounds for your skateboarding endeavors that they need to be for a compelling experience.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

As we prepared to take on Risk of Rain 2's final boss, we took a moment to take stock of our Survivors. My co-op partner had three syringes filled with glowing green slime jutting out of his hip, a sword at his side and a crown on his head. A leech was suctioned onto my head, a teddy bear stuck to my shoulder and John Lennon glasses stretched around the front of my domed helmet. Each of these baubles represented a perk we had acquired over the course of our headlong rush to the final boss. This is the kind of game Risk of Rain 2 is. At the end of a run, you can see every advantage that you have collected, all hanging off of your once-simple character model like fuzzy dice on a car mirror.And, as it launches into 1.0, Hopoo Games' third-person shooter roguelike has a year-and-a-half of early access in its rearview. I didn't play the game during pre-release, so I can't testify to how much content this version adds to what was already there. But I can say that Risk of Rain 2 is a breakneck experience that builds and builds and builds. This is not a game of peaks and valleys. Risk of Rain 2 is all climb until you reach the summit. That's its greatest strength--and its only real notable weakness.Each run begins with your Survivor emerging from an escape pod onto a hostile alien world. This landscape is largely empty. Lo-fi music plays. It's generally pretty chill and evocative for the first few seconds. But then you're assaulted by a horde of low-level creatures. At the top right corner of the screen, a meter slowly moves right, upping the difficulty from Easy to Medium to Hard (and up and up and up until the difficulty bar just reads "HAHAHAHAHA") as a run progresses. Each level ends when you find and activate a teleporter, summoning a boss monster, which you must defeat to use the portal. In between entrance and exodus, Risk of Rain 2's world is full of interesting decisions and secrets. You may want to sacrifice half your health at the Altar of Blood for rewards down the line. Or you might summon double the boss monsters for a shot at double rewards. Get lost long enough in your search for the teleporter and you may find an underground passage where you can find a hidden code etched on a tablet, which can be used to access a secret realm. As you explore, the world is gradually filling up with enemies; the music is, smartly, slowly building to an all-out guitar-wailing crescendo.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The fast-food burrito joint Chipotle is giving away a limited number of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 demos on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One when you order the Birdman's go-to burrito.The Tony Hawk Burrito, made with brown rice, black beans, chicken, tomatillo-red chili salsa, cheese, and guacamole, is available on both the official Chipotle app and website until August 14. The first 2,000 people to order it will get access to the game's Warehouse demo.Are there skateboarding tricks buried in the tortilla?After ordering with a valid Chipotle account, those 2,000 people will get a redemption code in their email associated with the account. Punch the code into your respective system and you'll get access to the demo.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Although last year's Splatocalypse event marked the end of regular Splatfests in Splatoon 2, Nintendo is holding another bonus event in the game this month. The bonus Splatfest kicks off next Friday, August 21, and much like May's one-off event, it's a repeat of a previous theme.This month's event gives players another chance to settle the age-old question: which came first, the chicken or the egg? You can choose a side from the terminal in Inkopolis Square and earn points for your team by taking part in Turf War matches during the event period. Team Chicken emerged victorious when this Splatfest was originally held back in March 2018, but players have a chance to rewrite history.This month's Splatfest runs until 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET on August 23. Everyone who participates in the event will earn Super Sea Snails, which can be used to add a new ability slot to a piece of gear or re-roll one that has already been maxed out. At least two more bonus Splatfests will be held before the end of March 2021, Nintendo has confirmed, although no other details about those events have been announced just yet.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

CD Projekt Red's upcoming open-world RPG, Cyberpunk 2077, features some in-depth mechanics in a massive world. In the second episode of the developer's online web series, Night City Wire, the focus was on the different lifepaths you can take with your interpretation of V, the protagonist of the game. But another big focus of the episode was to showcase the different weapons you can acquire in-game.In a segment called Tools of Destruction, we got to see some of the newest weapons divided into numerous categories. These categories are power, tech, smart, melee, and cyberware varieties. While we did get to see some familiar favorites once again, such as the Mantis Blades cyberware upgrade, we also got to see more of what's to come in Cyberpunk 2077. Here's a quick roundup of some of the coolest weapons and upgrades we got to see in the stream.Firstly, here's a quick refresher on the different categories you can find in the game:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

He might not have been adapted to the screen as frequently as Stephen King, but for many horror fans, author Clive Barker is every bit as acclaimed and influential. Classic horror movies such as Hellraiser, Candyman, and Nightbreed were either directed by Barker or adapted from his stories, and they are set to be joined by the upcoming Hulu movie Books of Blood.Books of Blood is adapted from Barker's classic '80s six-volume anthology of the same title. It's an anthology movie that features three stores based on Barker's work and premieres on Hulu on October 7. The film is co-produced by Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane, and is directed Brannon Braga, who also helmed several episodes of McFarlane's sci-fi show The Orville. Hulu has also released the first poster, which you can check out below:Hulu's Books of BloodThe cast for Books of Blood includes Anna Friel (The Girlfriend Experience), Britt Robertson (Under the Dome), Yul Vazquez (Russian Doll), and Freda Foh Shen (Ad Astra). Books of Blood was first announced in November last year. According to The Hollywood Reporter at the time, the stories will revolve around a psychologist who meets a man who claims he can speak to her dead child, a woman who cannot stand any sound, and a hitman who is hunting for a mysterious book.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Some changes are coming to both Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone this week on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. This includes multiplayer playlist updates, new blueprints, and more.Free Modern Warfare Multiplayer Access ContinuesFor those who haven't purchased the full Modern Warfare game yet, publisher Activision is continuing its Free Access Multiplayer period. Now ending on August 12, you'll get to play Modern Warfare's multiplayer for free across five different maps, such as Chesire Park and Petrov Oil Rig, as well as Shoot the Ship when the playlist offerings get updated on Tuesday, August 11.There's also a new mode in Modern Warfare called Bare Bones. As the name suggests, Bare Bones strips everything away and leaves you with pure Call of Duty multiplayer. There are no killstreaks, no field upgrades, no perks. It's just you, your Operator's skills, and your loadout.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Animal Crossing: New Horizons player and Redditor lazyleiz held a memorial for her father, who would have been 68, in the small town simulator. They scanned an image of him into the game to display on an easel, designed custom fireworks, and set up a special area to honor him."I held it completely in Animal Crossing! My siblings and I are located all over the map and Animal Crossing has surprisingly turned into a place for us to virtually gather," lazyleiz told GameSpot. "I created the memorial in June for Fathers Day, and I've enjoyed surprising my siblings with little parties there."Yesterday would have been my dad's 68th birthday. I was so thrilled to have the option to do custom fireworks for his virtual birthday party at his memorial 🎊 Thank you, Nintendo! from r/AnimalCrossingThe pandemic has made mourning more difficult as families and friends can't always be together. Families have had to plan and hold their funerals virtually, although some have opted to use Animal Crossing and Zoom to gather and remember those they've lost.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com