GTA Parent Company Files Trademarks for Ghost Story
Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of 2K Games, has filed several trademarks for a multimedia property currently called Ghost Story.
The company filed five trademarks on October 6 via the United States Patent and Trademark Office, ranging from video games, television series, clothing, and "other multimedia materials." No further information was provided about what the property might entail.
It's worth noting, however, that this isn't necessarily indicative of an unannounced game or property on the horizon. Companies sometimes file trademarks in the event they may need the name down the line or to keep others from filing the same trademark. As GameSpot points out, Take-Two also has trademarks for "Judas" and "GTA TV," despite the company never having used either so far.
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Call of Duty Created as ‘A Little Bit’ of an F-You to Medal of Honor
Respawn co-founder and Call of Duty creator Vince Zampella recently talked with IGN to discuss the formation of Infinity Ward and the birth of Activision's wildly popular military FPS franchise, revealing that Call of Duty was created, in part, as a jab at EA and Medal of Honor, which Zampella had worked on at 2015 Inc.
On the latest episode of our monthly interview show IGN Unfiltered, we asked Zampella about where the idea for Call of Duty came from and whether or not it was an "f-you" to Medal of Honor, to which we responded by saying, "a little bit."
Zampella then went on to discuss how–following the success of their work on Medal of Honor: Allied Assault–Electronic Arts wanted to take ownership of the studio, something he and his team pushed back against. "Originally when we formed Infinity Ward we were working with EA. We had a deal to do the sequel to Medal of Honor," he explained. "Allied Assault did so well that EA wanted to pull it in house, so they tried to force us to come be part of EA. We didn't want to do that."
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Destiny Update to Raise Light Level Cap to 400
Update 2.4.1 is coming to Destiny tomorrow, and it'll be upping your maximum Light level to 400.
This will correspond with the release of the Wrath of the Machine Heroic Mode, and the increase also means Strike Hoards, Nightfall, Exotic Engrams, Trials of Osiris, Crucible, and Iron Banner will now provide rewards up to 400 Light.
Elsewhere, Archon's Forge, the Heroic SIVA Strike playlist, and Legendary Engrams will provide rewards up to 385 light. Rare Engrams and the normal SIVA Strike Playlist will provide rewards up to 365.
Even though the rewards are changing, the only recommended Light level which is changing is that of Nightfall, which will now be 380.
LEGO Dimensions Is Bringing Sonic’s Friends Along
When Sonic the Hedgehog speeds his way into LEGO Dimensions next month, he'll be bringing a few of his pals, including Knuckles, Tails, Shadow and Big the Cat.
In a post on Twitter, the official LEGO Dimensions account shared the following image, showcasing LEGO versions of the Blue Blur and friends, along with the message: "Okay, let's get this party started. Save the date: November 18th, 2016."
Via LEGO Dimensions on Twitter
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Watch Footage from the Cancelled Metallica Game
An unannounced Metallica game was in development in 2003 by the now closed down Black Rock Studios, however it was cancelled.
Titled Damage Inc.: Metallica, or something along those lines, it was supposed to be a driving game set in a post-apocalyptic world. PtoPOnline has now uncovered previously unreleased footage from the game:
After some background and the trailer included in Metallica's St. Anger album, we're shown the first ever gameplay footage. The game is centered around vehicular combat, and although the graphics are from the PS2 / Xbox era, it still looks fairly reminiscent of last year's Mad Max game.
Rogue One: Jyn Erso Played by 3 Actresses
The final trailer for Rogue One revealed that the film will feature the Star Wars series' first ever flashback sequence - and, going by the words of Mads Mikkelsen, it seems we'll have more than one in store.
Speaking to GQ, the Danish actor - who plays Oppenheimer-like scientist Galen Erso - revealed that two younger actresses will play protagonist Jyn Erso alongside star Felicity Jones.