This week, allegations of past abuse have come to light regarding Alec Holowka, who was coder, composer, and co-designer on Night In The Woods. We take such allegations seriously as a team. As a result and after some agonizing consideration, we are cutting ties with Alec.
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We are cancelling a current project and postponing the Limited Run physical release. The iOS port is being handled by an outside company and supervised by Finji and will remain in development.
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We’ve received a lot of emails and messages in the past few days, often very hurt and angry. That’s also how we feel. This has been very, very tough.
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I should say that I’m Scott. Hello. I run this account. I was the artist, lead animator, co-designer, co-writer, and the guy who wrote almost all of that dialogue in the game. Bethany’s here too, she was co-writer and researcher.
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Much of Night In The Woods is pulled pretty directly from our lives. Bethany is from a tiny valley in central PA. I’ve lived out here in Western PA for about 20 years. The characters are us, and people we’ve known. The places are ones we know.
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Thousands of people have connected with Night In The Woods in a very personal way. We can’t tell you how to feel about any of this. Whatever you’re feeling is valid. Your experience with art is yours. What it means to you is yours, regardless of anything else.
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Going forward, Night In The Woods will be handled by Bethany and I. We’re not sure what that all means yet. This stuff takes time.
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Thanks for your support over the years. We’re sorry to even have to say any of this. That’s all I can say at the moment. Thank you for your patience.

Saber Interactive, in partnership with Focus Home Interactive, has released the free Proving Grounds update for World War Z, the action-packed co-op shooter inspired by Paramount Pictures’ blockbuster film. The update features Weekly Challenge mode, a separate playlist with unique gameplay modifiers (e.g., “all weapons are replaced with crossbows” or “players take damage if they’re too close to each other”) designed to dramatically change your play style and keep the struggle against the undead dangerous and exciting each week.

Completing the weekly challenge rewards players with a new currency that can be spent on character customization options like color schemes, headgear, backpack attachments and more. The update also includes the new FN FAL battle rifle, as well as a variety of game fixes and quality-of-life improvements.

In addition, players can now purchase the “Biohazard Bundle” DLC bundle for $4.99, featuring three new weapon skins and a tomahawk axe.

The Proving Grounds update rounds out the first season of free content for World War Z, which included “The Undead Sea” Tokyo mission and the six-skulls extreme difficulty setting for all chapters. Season two, coming soon, will add a new survival mode, PvE maps, special zombie, gameplay updates, and even more skins.

Soldak Entertainment today announced Din's Legacy has been released.

Din's Legacy is an action RPG with mutating characters, set in a dynamic, evolving, fantasy world for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

During the Orc Schism, the entire Orc race was violently split into Dark Orcs, Zombielords, and the Mutated. The Mutated are tainted with Orc blood, a zombie parasite, and necromancer magic. This makes people seriously mistrust and even fear them. The fact that they slowly mutate over time makes it even worse. Who is going to trust you when you grow horns overnight?

Despite all of this, the Mutated are actually more closely related to the Elves, both their behavior and physically. They want to prove this to the world, but they are facing a tremendous uphill battle.

The trickster god Din was intrigued by their chaotic mutations and burning desire to prove themselves to the world. Always in need of champions, he made a pact with the Mutated. Each volunteer would become one of his champions trying to save the world wherever Din sends them. In return, each time they die in his service he resurrects them to continue their service.

Din's Legacy, as well as the Mutated's and yours, are all in your hands! Can you be the Champion that is needed?

Features:

• Experience your character mutating over time for good and bad
• Guide your character's evolution (choosing/improving skills, suppressing unwanted mutations, etc)
• Use mutation points to mutate your character towards another character or sub-class
• Uniquely created worlds for every game, with different scenario, win/lose conditions, areas, monsters, items, and quests, give the player a new experience every time
• Explore a dynamic, evolving, living world
• Your choices truly impact the game
• Co-op multiplayer to adventure with friends

They say that after the battle between the gods & demons, the gods won and sealed the demons inside the Demons Tombstone. Humans were no longer a pray.
But as you probably guessed, that didn’t last long. Those who were in favor of chaos, destroyed the tombstone and the demons came back to hunt mankind once again.

But every hunter is also someone’s pray and so, demon hunters around the kingdom decided to combine their strength to rebuild the Demons Tombstone.
Their plan is simple yet deadly. They plan to gather a large group of demons in one place and activate the Demons Tombstone's trap: a deadly magical wall that kills anything that stands in its way. No one is safe. The magical wall needs victims in order to work. Only the last survivor can harness the wall’s magic, re-build the tombstone, seal the remaining demons & bring a new era of hope. The question is, what is YOUR fate?

Unparalleled fighting style
Enjoy the movie-like martial art combat system, and outsmart your enemies using attacks/blocks and other amazing moves the game has to offer.

Battle Royal Mode
Survive among 60 players and 10,000 monsters!Farming, Upgrading, Raiding, Dungeons and PvP action - try this MMORPG-like experience within just a 30 minutes game session!

It’s not just a Battle Royale with an RPG combat system, it’s a full-scale RPG available in a Battle Royale mode.
Utilize teamwork in party play and backstab your enemies!

Character
Over 10 Different characters with unique skills. Combat system that rewards kiting and utilizing different play styles that have their strengths and weaknesses against each other.

To celebrate Spyro’s 21 years of saving the Dragon Realms with a remastered twist, lead developer Toys For Bob is inviting fans to tune in to a special live stream on Games Done Quick’s Twitch Channel at 10 a.m. PT on Sept. 3. During the stream, fans will get a dragon’s-eye view into how the studio is commemorating the launch of the game on these two platforms and how players can join in on the fun.

The Spyro Reignited Trilogy features the memorable and exciting gameplay that fans will remember from the ‘90s but in beautiful, HD graphics. The trilogy features over 100 levels, enhanced reward sequences, Spyro’s crew of eccentric pals (including Sparx the Dragonfly, Hunter, Sheila, Agent 9 and Sgt. Byrd) and much more! The trilogy also provides players an enhanced experience with beautifully rendered environments, enhanced controls and awe-inspiring cinematics for added flare in these epic adventures.

On Oct 29, the 16-bit magic of Disney’s Aladdin and The Lion King games, complete with new features and enhancements, will be re-released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, and PC. Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King will include the fan-favorite versions of each original title, featuring upscaled graphics to support high definition displays and additional upgrades to enhance playability on current consoles. The collection also includes a brand-new “final cut” of Aladdin and an original Aladdin “tradeshow demo” that has not been publicly available since 1993.

Fans will be able to revisit these beloved games and take advantage of a variety of modern support options, including instant save states, a “Rewind" button to jump back up to 15 seconds, level select, invulnerability, infinite lives, and an “Interactive Game Viewer.” The Interactive Game Viewer enables players to view full game playthroughs, with the ability to skip forward, jump in, and start playing at any point.

In addition, Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and the Lion King features:

• Authentic Game Content with Modern Improvements – Fans old and new can enjoy the original game builds, upscaled graphics, customizable controls, special filters for visual enhancement and more.
• Variety of Game Versions – The collection includes multiple playable platform versions of the games including their Sega Genesis, Game Boy and Super Game Boy releases, as well as The Lion King Super Nintendo Entertainment System version.
• A Helping Hand – Players who want to experience the Disney magic in true “Hakuna Matata” fashion can use the Interactive Game Viewer, Rewind feature and cheat codes to aid gameplay progression.
• Curated, Explorable Museum – A treasure trove of behind-the-scenes development assets including interviews, an art gallery and a music player shares the rich history behind the Aladdin and The Lion King 16-bit games.

• GOG.com Midweek Sale- My Time at Portia, 505 Games, Daedalic, and more up to -90%.
• Humble Spooky Horror Bundle 2019 (pay what you want and help charity).
• Steam Daily Deal - Onimusha- Warlords - 鬼武者, 40% Off.
• Steam Daily Deal - INDIE TYCOON BUNDLE, up to 20% Off.

• No Man's Sky Beyond Patch 2.09.2.
• Wolfenstein: Youngblood Update 1.0.5 - NOW LIVE. Thanks DSOGaming.

• The Fisherman – Fishing Planet - The Complete Edition Trailer.
• The History of The Saboteur - GVMERS. Thanks Ant.

• Arctic Infiltration- A suspenseful tactical underwater game by Arctic Infiltration — Kickstarter. "A first-person vehicular game in which you descend, many miles, below the arctic surface and infiltrate a terrorist facility run by AI." Here's a trailer.

• Developers sound off after abuse accusations - GamesIndustry.biz.

• SoulCalibur World Invitational. November 2 in Las Vegas.

• Monster Hunter World- Iceborne Beta Is Now Available For Xbox One.
• Major Nelson Radio LIVE From PAX West.
• Shovel Knight Dig Announced for PS4, First Details.
• Harmonix’s Rhythm Shooter Audica Comes to PS VR This Fall.
• PlayStation Plus Free Games for September- Batman- Arkham Knight, Darksiders 3.
• Suave Secret Agent Adventure Agent A Sneaks onto PS4 Tomorrow.
• August 28th - New Preview Beta Ring 1910 Update (1910.190826-1945) - Xbox Wire.
• Prepare for the Monster Hunter World- Iceborne Beta on September 2 by Pre-loading Today on Xbox One - Xbox Wire.

• I Miss Simple Video Games That Didn't Try Too Hard.

• Aggressive Amazon tactic pushes you to consider its own brand before you click ‘buy.’
• Man Claims He Invented Bitcoin, Is Ordered to Pay Billions in Bitcoin. Thanks RedEye9.
• The Post-Truth World of Influencer Romances.

• Worldwide PC Gaming Hardware Market Report - Jon Peddie Research.
• Fast & Furious: The Alienware 27 (AW2720HF) 240 Hz IPS Monitor with FreeSync Announced.

• Facebook tightens rules amid 2020 US election fears.
• Apple apologizes for dropping ball on Siri privacy.
• Stop using outdated software like Windows 7, Kaspersky says.

• Blizzard sues Chinese game company over its Warcraft ‘ripoff.’
• Ring, the doorbell-camera firm, has partnered with 400 police forces, extending surveillance reach.
• Intel Accused of Anti-Competitive Practices in India (Updated). Thanks Hypothermia.

• Activision announces a Captain Price figurine with McFarlane Toys…

The Surge 2 shows off its blood-pumping combat in the Combat Trailer

The Surge 2 brings hardcore action-RPG combat to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on September 24 – less than a month to go! Depth, challenge, and choice of playstyle define the combat in The Surge 2, highlighted by Deck13 and Focus Home Interactive in today’s Combat Trailer. Start your path to mastering The Surge 2 by honing your skills in the original The Surge, available for free on Steam until August 29. The game and its DLCs can be purchased at up to 75% off until August 30.

In The Surge 2 you are thrust into Jericho City, a dystopian sci-fi megacity under quarantine, where several factions vie for dominance over the various districts. In this urban jungle, you will be hunted by everything from religious cultists to nanomonstrosities, so you must embrace the oldest law known to humankind – evolve to survive. When faced with an enemy, target specific parts of their body and slice off tech you need to upgrade your exo-rig.

The combat is intense. With 80 weapons to choose from, a directional parry system, dodge mechanics, drones, and a huge range of brutal execution moves, you can approach combat in the way that suits your playstyle. Charge in and pound your enemies into submission with punching gloves or sting like a bee using the spear.

Pre-orders are now available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, and come with the URBN Gear Pack, which includes a new armor set, two new weapons, and other cosmetics and equipment. The Surge 2 releases September 24. The original The Surge is free to try until August 29 on Steam and can be purchased at up to 75% off until August 30.

LCG Entertainment, a holding company that will be doing business as Telltale Games, today announced that it has purchased the defunct studio’s key assets, trademarks, technology, and select intellectual properties with the intent of re-releasing select games from the studio’s back catalog and developing new games in some of the company’s best-selling brands. The purchase, led by Jamie Ottilie and Brian Waddle, was made possible by a pool of investors and advisors comprised of well-known names in the games industry including Chris Kingsley, Lyle Hall, Tobias Sjögren, Athlon Games (as a shareholder and publishing partner), and several additional partners.

Originally founded in 2004, Telltale Games became synonymous with storytelling, pioneering the episodic game format, and changing the way the games medium embraced narrative. Following a string of successful and award-winning game series based on television and film licenses and original IPs, the game developer and publisher shuttered in October of last year, leaving disappointed fans in its wake.

“All of us were big fans of the games Telltale created, as we strongly believe in games as a storytelling medium and nobody did it better,” said Jamie Ottilie, CEO of the new Telltale Games. “Even now, when you see a game with strong narrative, it’s always compared to Telltale, so it’s no surprise that players and industry colleagues alike mourned the studio’s closure. We believe there is still so much life to the brand and its franchises, and we look forward to building upon the company’s storytelling legacy.”

The new Telltale Games will be headquartered in Malibu with a satellite office in Corte Madera, California. Day-to-day operations will be handled by Ottilie and Waddle, with Ottilie responsible for studio management and technology, and Waddle running business development, finance, and operations. Both will work closely with Athlon, who will serve as the marketing and publishing partner on most of the company’s back catalog and new releases, freeing up Telltale to focus on development and studio growth.

Key talent from the original company has been hired or contracted by the new Telltale. The new company will be based on a streamlined structure with plans for strategic growth and a focus on its core and new IP’s. No further details are being released about the Telltale assets purchase price. News regarding the reissue of specific back catalog titles and new games in existing IP’s will be announced in the coming weeks.

“There is still a huge fanbase of Telltale players and that’s one of the main reasons we decided to make this investment,” said Brian Waddle, chief revenue officer for the new Telltale Games. “It’s hard to see your favorite games disappear or not get the sequels they deserve, so we thank everyone for their patience and support. We’ve got some exciting things to share soon. We’ll try not to keep them waiting too long, but we think fans will be pleased.”

GameDaily Connect is hosting a fireside chat with Jamie Ottilie discussing the relaunch of Telltale Games today at its conference at 4:30 pm in the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California. To learn more about the new Telltale Games, please visit www.Telltale.com.

No matter which platform you use to play Borderlands 3, all the on-screen mayhem is going to look fantastic, with plenty of chaotic carnage and flashy Action Skills fighting for your attention during the heat of battle. But all you PC players out there can fine-tune the visuals even further via Borderlands 3's extensive graphics settings, letting you perfectly match the visual fidelity to your personal preferences and the power of your rig. If you want to get the most out of your machine and maintain smooth framerates with tons of graphics settings turned up, here's a handy list of recommended specs, featuring AMD Ryzen and AMD Radeon hardware:

MINIMUM SPECS 1080p Gaming

• OS – Windows 7/8/10 (latest service pack)
• Processor – AMD FX-8350 (Intel i5-3570)
• Memory – 6GB RAM
• Graphics card – AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB)
• HDD – 75 GB

RECOMMENDED SPECS 1440P Gaming

• OS – Windows 7/8/10 (latest service pack)
• Processor – AMD Ryzen™ 5 2600 (Intel i7-4770)
• Memory – 16GB RAM
• Graphics card – AMD Radeon™ RX 590 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB)
• HDD – 75 GB

Once you've got your spec sorted, it's time to tinker with the many graphics settings available in Borderlands 3. Here's a complete list of the in-game visuals options on PC, so you can plan ahead for your ideal setup, adjusting everything from Vertical Sync and Field of View to Ambient Occlusion and Screen Space Reflections. With all these visual options at your disposal and the freedom to adjust them to your liking, your PC can deliver the best Borderlands 3 experience possible.

BASIC
General

• Graphics API: DirectX 11, DirectX 12
• Display: (varies by setup)
• Display Mode: Full Screen, Windowed Borderless, Windowed
• Resolution: (varies by setup)
• Vertical Sync: Off, On
• Resolution Scale: 50% - 200% in 25% increments
• Limit Frame Rate: Smooth 22-62 FPS, Capped 30 FPS, Capped 50 FPS, Capped 60 FPS, Capped 72 FPS, Capped 120 FPS, Unlimited, Custom
• Custom FPS Limit: default 90, minimum 15, maximum 300
• Calibrate Display: Brightness and HDR
• Calibrate Safe Area: Adjust the boundary of the UI
• Field of View: default 90, minimum 70, maximum 110
• Vehicle Field of View: default 90, minimum 70, maximum 110
• HUD Scale: default 1, minimum 0.6, maximum 1.3

ADVANCED

Boreal Blade is a team-based melee fighting game with a focus on player vs player combat and gameplay consisting of both reactive and proactive elements. The game features various weapon types and three distinctive fighting styles, allowing players to choose between two-handed weapons, a shield and a weapon combo, or long thrusting weapons like spears and pikes. Three armour classes with their strengths and weaknesses are also included to guarantee a varied, everchanging fighting experience.

Boreal Blade strikes an excellent balance between realism and gameplay. The game turns away from the rock-paper-scissors approach where weapons and shields matter only when the player presses the corresponding button to use them for attacking or blocking. Actually, there is no block button at all, but the passive blocking featured in the game allows players to block attacks by simply positioning themselves wisely and timing their attacks with care. Pre-determined attack key combinations and complex counter moves have been abandoned in favour of the beautiful simplicity of only a single attack button - and hundreds of ways to variate every attack. Players can move their weapon and character around freely, turning an attack into a block - and back to another attack just in a blink of an eye. Strikes and blocks meld into a seamless continuity. Weapon movement feels very natural, allowing players to create and modify their signature moves and distinctive fighting styles. More seasoned warriors can spice up their game with dodges, sprints, blocks, powered attacks, feint attacks and weapon throws to confuse opponents and make the battle more unpredictable and exciting.

Boreal Blade gives competitive players the chance to hone their prediction of attacks, counter-attacks, timing and the use of different stances to defeat their enemies on the battlefield and to hack them into pieces!

The squad has crash-landed behind enemy lines, in the heart of Eastern Europe. With no officers, no leaders, and no intel, they must find an unbreakable resolve if they are to survive.

But with only their training and instincts to guide them, survival becomes a difficult goal. First of all, they need to learn to work together to have any hope of coping with the challenges ahead.

Each survivor has their own views on what to do, and their own principles on what is acceptable. Some want to investigate what caused their crash, others want to stay low and avoid detection by the enemy. There are even whispers of desertion.

It is your task to be the unseeing hand that will guide this ragtag group of soldiers through their struggles. Make your decisions wisely, for they will have real consequences on the fates of the survivors.

Key Features:

• Tactical RPG with diverse characters. Experience the story through the eyes of each soldier as they fight for survival in an alternative WW2 setting
• Turn-based planning with simultaneous execution
• Authentic tactical choices: suppression, destructible cover, realistic ballistics, and camouflage are at your disposal.
• Rogue-like campaign structured with different narrative paths, resources, and permadeath
• A challenge for even the most experienced gamer. A far-reaching moral system means that the soldiers may desert at any moment if you prove to be incompetent
• An emotional story, tense atmosphere, and multiple endings based on the decisions that you make

Enplex Games is thrilled to announce that it is ready to take its story-driven multiplayer sci-Fi epic Population Zero to the next level when closed beta kicks off on September 19th. Everyone is invited to sign up for closed beta testing opportunities for the groundbreaking multiplayer sci-fi exploration game. In addition, Enplex has revealed a number of Founders Packs that guarantee access to closed beta, but that are not required to be selected. At the time of Open Beta launch in 2020, Population Zero will be a Free to Play MMO experience.

Players of all stripes will love the uniqueness of Population Zero as it takes familiar features and gives them a unique touch. Whether it’s the action-based combat system, the tech trees and building systems, the PvP/PvE environment, the robust multi-disciplinary crafting system, or the unique perk system, players will find a lot to love in the game.

Freedom is key in Population Zero as players land on Kepler, a single planet hosting alien species that can be examined, befriended, or fought. While there are two factions, they can be swapped out at will simply by completing quests for one or the other. The Perk System provides tons of player agency to create a unique character using the skills they want. In short, there are no rules when it comes to playing Population Zero the way you want.

Key Features:

• Action-based PVP and PVE MMO with exploration and discovery at its core
• A deep character building RPG system with loads of player choice
• In-depth crafting, tech trees, and building systems
• A perk system that gives player agency to create the character and skills they want
• 2 Factions that a player can switch between by completing quests, these also affect the player's physical biology
• Explore Kepler, teeming with life you can hunt, adapt to, or befriend

4 NEW RACING TRACKS + 1 NEW DERBY ARENA

• Clayridge Circuit
• Deathloop
• Northfolk Ring (two routes)
• Dirt Devil Stadium (Speedway)
• Dirt Devil Stadium (Derby Arena)

5 NEW VEHICLES

• Venom (career reward)
• Stretch Limousine
• Couch Car
• Motorhome
• Big Rig

CAREER ENHANCEMENTS

• Several new career events and challenges featuring new tracks and vehicles. Check each Championship for new events – for example the first championship Regional Juniors now has the Couch Craze challenge to unlock this vehicle.
• There's now more variation in the computer-controlled AI cars, and they will also make use of the upgrade parts to make your life so much more miserable.
• Many events have been changed and tweaked to offer more engaging, balanced gameplay experience.
• Also, achieved bonus targets are no longer reset when restarting a career series.

GAME IMPROVEMENTS

Revisit your grandma’s fairy tales with a two handed battle axe. Quest for glory and the treasures of the absent Gods in this brutal fast-paced hack and slash game, which you can play solo or co-operatively.

COMBAT – HARD AND FAST
Pop in and out of the Pantheon easily for quick bouts of satisfying combat, which is easy to pick up but difficult to master – good to keep in mind after your 108th death. Alongside the eight acts of story campaign, there are five other game modes to wreak havoc in, either lone wolf style or with a fellow Pagan. Normal, Hard, and Master difficulties await you. How confident are you feeling?

Control fate however you like – whether it be WASD, click to move, or using a controller.

LOOT – WIELD WICKED WEAPONS
We all love it and enemies love to drop it (they don’t). Further tailor your builds with items you pry from dead demon hands and the unique crafting and reforging system of the Drevna Kutia. Utilize set bonuses from the different Schools of Magic and Legendary and Fabled weapons of unbridled might.

PROGRESSION – 10 FLAVORS OF COMBAT
Play and master up to 10 heroes, each with their own unique playstyle and sprawling ability tree; from a God-touched blind kid with a beary powerful best friend, to a cult escapee who consumes blood to continue living a life of sleeping with one eye open, to a rebel gunslinger whose pet rats help him set up turrets on the battlefield.

CUSTOMIZATION – SLAY IN STYLE
Here, we’re firm believers in doing things with a bit of added flair, so suit up in your favorite skins, bring your best pet along for the ride, and collect item sets for boosts to your kit and your wardrobe.

Many publishers and developers of computer games, large and small, are eager to do business on the new platform.

For years, Ubisoft released blockbuster titles like Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell on Steam. But it decided not to sell the sequel to its hit game Tom Clancy’s The Division on the platform because Valve would not modify its revenue-sharing model, said Chris Early, Ubisoft’s vice president for partnerships and revenue. The game is for sale on the Epic Games Store and Uplay, Ubisoft’s store.

The move was part of a broader business discussion at Ubisoft about releasing titles on Steam, Mr. Early said. “It’s unrealistic, the current business model that they have,” he said. “It doesn’t reflect where the world is today in terms of game distribution.”

Other developers declined to discuss contractual details of their exclusive deals with Epic, citing nondisclosure agreements, but they said money was a factor in their decision-making.

To draw players, Epic is offering lower prices and exclusive release windows. With the money flowing from Fortnite, Epic has been able to pay several developers for exclusive distribution rights on the Epic Games Store. Titles like Metro: Exodus and Borderlands 3 will not be found on Steam for at least six months after their release.

Epic said in March that its store had 85 million accounts, although it was unclear whether they were used to purchase games. Anyone who plays Fortnite on a computer must log in through the Epic Games Store. By comparison, Valve has said that 90 million people visited Steam monthly in 2018.

In February, Callender served Gearbox with a set of eight interrogatories, to which the company in response issued a "one-page document" in March. In April, Callender claimed a deficiency in Gearbox's response and requested the company amend its response. A week later, after a lack of response from Gearbox, Callender filed a motion to compel Gearbox to respond to the deficiency letter. Gearbox then agreed to provide amended interrogatory responses by July 3, though it later asked for a 30-day extension, pushing the deadline to Aug. 2.

When the Aug. 2 deadline arrived, Gearbox "provided their 4th amended responses" and "produced certain documents," one of which was a text correspondence between Pitchford and a "member of the press that he had podcast with" in which the two discuss the USB drive.

"In response to 'Is the USB stick falling out or has the internet moved on now?', Pitchford replied 'Internet is fine. All they care about is if my next video game is good or not.' It comes as no surprise that GBX did not want to disclose this very telling document," the filing claims.

In December, Pitchford discussed the USB drive on an episode of the Piff Pod with host John van der Put, a comedian and fellow magician (Pitchford is a well-known magician and frequently patrons Hollywood's Magic Castle). During the conversation, Pitchford mentioned the USB contained "barely legal pornography."

On Monday, ahead of Callender's official filing on Tuesday, the Dallas County Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Gearbox's request for relief, in which the company claimed the "trial court abused its discretion by overruling numerous objections to requests for production of documents and compelling production of certain documents." The appellate court stated that Gearbox "have not shown they are entitled to the relief requested."

"It is obvious that [Gearbox] intends to continue its clear pattern of discovery abuse for which it has already been sanctioned," Callender's Tuesday filing read.

• Battlefield 1918 mod for Battlefield 1942 version 3.2 Open Beta Now Available.
• Rocket League: The version 1.66 (Season 12 Update) Release Megathread.
• WoW Classic New Realm Population Label System.
• World of Warcraft Hotfixes- August 27, 2019.
• Hearthstone Update – August 26 – Card Balance Updates.

• Down to Hell - Official Trailer.
• The Dark Pictures Anthology - Man of Medan- Launch Trailer.

PCWorld - WoW Classic is a step back in time—and a step back for World of Warcraft. Thanks Ant.
"But World of Warcraft Classic also feels like a rejection of everything that has kept WoW a relevant cultural phenomenon in the first place. On Blizzard’s end, it slightly looks like surrender, or at least the partial closing of a door. Now that the original “Vanilla” (as we called it) game is hosted on the official game itself—instead of on rogue servers like Nostalrius Begins, which helped spur the creation of WoW Classic—it diminishes WoW’s status as a successfully versatile cultural force."

VG247 - Anthem doesn’t need an overhaul, it needs to be put out of its misery.
"And here’s the thing – even if the game was stable, the core gameplay loop just isn’t very good to begin with. The enemies aren’t exciting, the loot is uniformly uninteresting, and the mission designs are dull. The first time I flew a Javelin through the air, I was surprised by how perfunctory it felt. I’d heard repeatedly that this part of the game, at least, was pretty exhilarating. But honestly? I don’t get it. It’s just not that fun. Pin me to the ground and ask me to hunker behind cover any day of the week. The whole experience of actually playing Anthem is barely worth even talking about for how unenthusiastic it feels. And honestly, at this point, talking about playing Anthem feels like flogging a dead horse – except the horse hasn’t been allowed to die yet."

• gamescom 2019 Coverage - over 500 pictures - Overclocked Inside.

• Marvel’s Spider-Man- Game of the Year Edition Available Today – PlayStation.Blog.
• Monochrome Order Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One.
• Post War Dreams Is Now Available For Digital Pre-order And Pre-download On Xbox One.
• Vambrace: Cold Soul Is Now Available For Xbox One.
• Headspun Is Now Available For Xbox One.
• SubaraCity Is Now Available For Xbox One.
• KAMIKO Is Now Available For Xbox One.
• Hookbots Is Now Available For Xbox One.
• August 27th - New Preview Alpha Ring 1910 Update (1910.190826-1945) - Xbox Wire.
• August 27th - New Preview Alpha Skip-Ahead Ring 1910 Update (1910.190826-1945) - Xbox Wire.
• Niffelheim Xbox One Launch Trailer - Niffelheim PlayStation 4 Launch Trailer - Niffelheim Nintendo Switch Launch Trailer.
• Hideo killed the video game star. Headline of the week.

• Warner Bros. Interactive Launches San Diego Studio Focused on Mobile Games.
• If your Android version of Fortnite is telling you to reinstall the Fortnite Installer to update to v10.20, you can work around this.
• Fitbit debuts $200 Versa 2 smartwatch, Fitbit Premium subscription service.

• National-security concerns threaten undersea cable to China.
• What happens when you launch a fresh install of Firefox? Thanks Reddit via Ant.
• YouTube to reduce conspiracy theory recommendations in the UK.
• Broadband boost for remote Scottish island.

• The biggest events in Linux's history. Thanks Linux Today via Ant.
• AU Optronics's New 85-Inch 8K LCD TV with 1,024-Zone Backlighting.

• Dutch regulator sees potential privacy breach in Microsoft Windows.
• How China Uses LinkedIn to Recruit Spies Abroad.
• How to Measure Cybersecurity. Thanks DSLReports.
• Android CamScanner PDF app 'sent malware to phones.'
• Cybersecurity Firm Imperva Discloses Breach. Thanks DSLReports.
• Harvard freshman kicked out of US over OTHER people's posts on his social media. Thanks DSLReports.

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