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The Gamechangers – a GTA movie
So many of us are now extremely accustomed to the world, or rather, worlds, that the massive success which is the Grand Theft Auto brings to our screens. Burglary, murder, reckless driving, mass shootings and other mischief is all but common to those that play any of the GTA titles. Let us also not forget the latest installment, GTA V’s immense $1bn earnings in three days from its launch back in 2013, making it the fastest-selling entertainment title ever.
While there will always be those who will blindly accuse violent video games to be the root cause of real-life violence and the trigger of homicide in the real world, we, as gamers, know better and can stand against such accusations with our honor unspoiled. There are even those that claim pertaining in violence in a virtual environment soothes the mind and will actually help quell someone’s urge to do such atrocities outside the virtual environment – which is a good thing.
Now, the fine gents over at BBC TWO wish to present us a “factual drama” of how GTA’s mastermind, Sam Houser, came up with the idea and how he had to stand behind his game and company as others would seek to its fall.
On September 15, “The Gamechangers” will try to showcase the struggle that Sam Houser (portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe, which you may know from his famous role as Harry Potter) faces when Jack Thompson (played by Bill Paxton), a Christian lawyer, gives his best to bring down those that came up with the GTA franchise.
BBC claims that this movie was “not authorized” by the game producers and it will be based on “court documents and interviews” of the people involved in the numerous scandals and law suits.
As previously said, we may know the cities in the GTA titles as we know the palm of our hands, as well as the stories of those characters, but some of us may not be familiar with the struggles of those that sought to bring them to our small screens.
Let us see if this one and a half hour drama will teach us more, all the while enjoying Dan-the-Rad’s artistic wand waiving.
Disney Speedstorm, Gameloft’s free-to-play kart racer, will enter its latest season with a wintery backdrop of Arendelle. Let It Go will add Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, and Hans as racers. As always, they’ll have unique moves and abilities.
Oaken and other musical movie crew members will be unlocked, along with a new Golden Pass. After fan feedback, the developer is rebalancing this aspect of the release so you can progress faster and unlock more rewards.
The developer also announced on Twitter that it’s lowering in-game shop prices starting today, and if you’ve paid for microtransactions, you’ll get a big payout. The French studio appears to be betting on this season’s success.
Adding non-Frozen characters Oswald, Ortensia, and WALL-E could also help. A comprehensive game update should bring back lapsed players and attract new ones. Will you challenge the kart racer?
Bungie has pulled a contentious $15 starter pack from Season of the Wish, which launched yesterday. The pack had a poor selection and was marketed to new players, which the community strongly opposed.
The starter pack proudly stated that players could “experience the power of build-defining Exotic weapons by instantly unlocking three of Destiny 2’s finest: Traveler’s Chosen, Ruinous Effigy, and Sleeper Simulant.” An exotic ship, a sparrow, a ghost shell, 125,000 glimmer, 50 enhancement cores, five enhancement prisms, and one ascendant shard are also included.
This offering may seem harmless to a new player, but Forbes’ Paul Tassi says, “You sort of have to be a Destiny 2 player to understand what an outrageously bad deal this is.” The Forsaken Pack, another Bungie release, includes two dozen Exotics, a dungeon, and a raid. It cost $20 and is now $5. It looks bad, from what we can tell.
Guardians retaliated with negative Steam reviews. They orchestrated the DLC page to include “Capitalism,” “Crime,” and “Psychological Horror” user tags, which is funny.
After Bungie pulled the pack, Redditor Grizz3d summarized the community response: “I don’t get how that starter pack was approved. What part of stealing from new players wasn’t going to result in community outrage? Bungie’s disconnect with players is shocking. I’m glad you got rid of the pack, but it’s disappointing that Bungie thought it was a good idea.”
This follows the Witcher 3 crossover armour sets, which look great but are expensive. Sony’s independent live service outpost is in danger due to a delayed expansion and studio layoffs.
Sony announced last year that it would plant trees for Horizon Forbidden West PlayStation fans who unlocked a simple trophy in the open-world game. This, in partnership with several charities, sought to protect the global environment and biodiversity.
Over a year later, it released a trailer showing its progress. The company has planted 600,000 trees worldwide, restoring 1,800 acres. More importantly, the gaming industry has planted 2.5 million trees worldwide.
Gaming is fun, but we must protect our world. Sony has taken steps to be more environmentally friendly, such as adding energy-saving features to the PS5 and shipping all its products in fully recyclable packaging.
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