Controversial School Shooting Game Can No Longer Be Bought

Controversial school shooting game, Active Shooter, can no longer be purchased online as PayPal has shut down the account of publisher Acid Software.

Earlier this week, Acid Software tweeted it was experiencing a "few issues" with PayPal which were preventing Active Shooter from being purchased. A follow-up tweet announced the publisher has disabled purchases of all their titles until it can "figure out the whole situation with PayPal."

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The Walking Dead Season 9 Will Have a Time Jump

The Walking Dead's new showrunner has confirmed Season 9 will feature a time jump. This news seems to confirm fans' suspicions that The Walking Dead will follow the narrative pass of its comic book counterpart, which featured a substantial time jump at around this point in time in the story.

Showrunner Angela Kang revealed revealed during a Kick-Ass Women of AMC panel the new season will jump forward in time, per The Hollywood Reporter. "We're playing with time in the season, so we get to jump forward in the story," Kang said.

Though Kang did reveal how far the time jump will be, the comic did fast forward two years after the end of the Rick and Negan feud. This follows Season 8, which jumped between present and "future" timelines. After the conclusion of Season 8, it became very clear that The Walking Dead needed to follow Robert Kirkman's story and deliver a time jump for viewers, the argument for which you can watch below:

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Disney and Pixar Sued for Allegedly Plagiarizing Inside Out

Disney and Pixar have been sued for allegedly stealing the idea for 2015's hit Inside Out.

A Canadian man named Damon Pourshian has filed a lawsuit in federal court in California, TheWrap reports. The lawsuit says Pixar's film infringes on a script Purishian wrote in 1999 also titled Inside Out, which eventually got turned into a short film a year later in 2000.

Pourshian claims his work has many similarities to Inside Out, as his script and short movie tell the story of a young boy named Lewis reacting to everyday life "through anthropomorphized representations of his bodily organs," which are seen inside Lewis' body.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp Villain Ghost Has “Similar Goal” to the Heroes

I was among the members of the press invited last September to the Atlanta set of Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp. While the filmmakers and cast were understandably guarded about discussing certain aspects of the film, they did reveal some key new details, particularly about the Quantum Realm.

There was one character in particular that proved nearly impossible to get much information about: the film's antagonist Ghost, played by Tomb Raider and Ready Player One actress Hannah John-Kamen.

In the Marvel Comics, Ghost wore a specially designed suit that allows him -- yes, the character was male in the books but has been changed to female in the movie -- to phase through walls or become invisible. Ghost uses those abilities to commit acts of corporate espionage and terrorism, with the goal of punishing businessmen who abuse their wealth. But what of her motivations in the movie? No one would say.

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PUBG Event Pass Met with Huge Player Backlash

The fanbase for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds isn't happy.

Yesterday, the PUBG Corp. revealed PUBG would get its first Event Pass this Friday on PC with the new map Sanhok. The Event Pass will be a timed event in which players can earn limited-edition customization items. If it sounds a lot like Fortnite's Battle Pass, that's because it is. And like Fortnite's Battle Pass, PUBG's Event Pass will cost $10.

But there's been a backlash to the Event Pass.

On social media and Reddit, fans have blasted the game's developers for what they see as greedy business practices and failing to deliver an improved experience.

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Ex-Burnout Director Announces 2 Burnout-Like Games

Three Fields Entertainment, led by Criterion Games founders Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry, has announced Danger Zone 2 and Dangerous Driving. Both titles will be arriving on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One and look to be spiritual successors to the beloved Burnout franchise.

Danger Zone 2, sequel to 2017's Danger Zone, allows players to take their crashing antics out of the "Test Area" of the first game and onto public roads, including "the Freeways of the USA, the Motorways of the UK and the Autovias of Spain."

Furthermore, There will be "23 of the world's most notorious accident blackspots set in 17 unique locations around the world."

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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Is Probably Harder Than Bloodborne

Fans of the infamously challenging Bloodborne and Dark Souls games won't have to worry about developer FromSoftware going easy on them with its next game. In fact, it turns out Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is likely to be even more difficult than those games.

"We think the level of enjoyment is going to really vary and be very broad from player to player," FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki told GameSpot. "If you are that player who likes to take their time and carefully piece things together and learn the enemies' weaknesses and positioning, and observe everything, you're going to have a great time.

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Capcom Reportedly Exploring More Cloud-Based Games for Switch

Resident Evil 7 was the first but probably not last cloud-based game to come to Nintendo Switch from Capcom.

The Wall Street Journal reports Capcom is exploring other games to release as streaming titles on Switch. Last month, the company launched Resident Evil 7 Biohazard: Cloud Version for the hybrid system — check out IGN's hands-on with the game — though the rental is only currently available in Japan.

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