Writing the summary…
Weeks before GTA 6, Rockstar Games imposes new guidelines that restrict mods for missions, maps, updated storylines, and third-party IP
Source: Eurogamer
Original reporting
Eurogamer: read the full reportRelated stories
PC Gamer
Rockstar asks modders to please take its games very seriously
In mod guidelines published earlier this month, Rockstar tells modders to "respect our games."
PC Gamer
World of Warcraft: Forever players competing over enemies is 'extremely important' to the experience, Blizzard says: 'This is one of those things that we simply must hold the line on'
Blizzard better have some clever solutions for launch day, then.
Variety
Rob Bonta, Facing Skeptics, Defends ‘Very Strong’ Paramount Deal
Rob Bonta defended the antitrust settlement that allows Paramount to merge with Warner Bros. on Monday, saying in a 45-minute press conference that the deal includes independent monitoring and will result in more jobs in Hollywood. But the deal does not include the three words — robust structural remedies — that California’s attorney general had […]
GameSpot
Here’s Why A Nightmare On Elm Street Game Hasn’t Happened In Decades
With Friday the 13th, Halloween, and other horror franchises getting video game adaptations in recent years, you might wonder when it'll be Freddy Krueger's turn, but according to Illfonic, the team behind those games, the task is harder than you might think. To do it right, one aspect of the films creates a big roadblock. "There are plenty of IPs that people are like, 'Why aren't you doing this?' and 'Why aren't you doing that?' As much as I love Elm Street, [those movies are] about these big over-the-top kills," Illfonic's chief creative officer Jared Gerritzen told me in a Zoom call. "Same with Terrifier, where it's like these big, over-the-top kills that you would expect that you would have to do [in order] to do it right. That's the most costly thing, in some cases. You'd have to do hundreds of those to build that basis. You'd have to do all these other layers, and then it just beco
Kotaku
Pikachu Is An Astronaut Now And Has Been To Actual Literal Space
Do you think he saw Deoxys up there?
GameSpot
Comparing Games Like Halloween To Dead By Daylight Doesn’t Make Sense, Illfonic Says
Halloween is the latest in a long line of asymmetrical multiplayer horror games to release over the past decade, and like all the others, it's faced lots of comparisons to Dead by Daylight (DBD), the decade-long leader in the genre. It's an "easy" comparison to draw, Illfonic chief creative officer Jared Gerritzen said, but ultimately it's inherently flawed. "It's literally cricket versus baseball. It's so easy to see an image of cricket and say it's exactly like baseball; it's like, really, is it? No, it's not. Like, here are all these differences," Gerritzen told me in a Zoom call. Illfonic is no stranger to this space, having made Friday the 13th, Predator: Hunting Grounds, Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, and Killer Klowns from Outer Space all before Halloween. "We make a game bespoke for that franchise, for that group of horror fans, and for the people who love that monster." Gerrit