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A former Rockstar developer has revealed details of some of the storied studio's canceled projects. These include Agent, a secret-agent-themed action game that was once set to be a PS3 exclusive, and an untitled zombie survival game set on a Scottish isle.The details come from former technical director Obbe Vermeji, who recently began to update a blog (via Rock Paper Shotgun) about his experiences at Rockstar North. Vermeji joined the studio in 1995, when it was called DMA Design, and left in 2009,…

Just when you thought his reputation couldn’t get worse, TikTok has officially canceled Osama bin Laden. Somehow, videos promoting Osama bin Laden’s letter explaining his reasoning for orchestrating the 9/11 terrorist attacks have gone viral this week and TikTok is responding with a crackdown on bin Laden stan accounts.Will Banning TikTok Solve Privacy Issues? | Future TechBin Laden’s 2002 “Letter to America” has grabbed the attention of millions of social media users this week as people debate the conflict between…

It isn’t every day that a developer gets a second crack at their first abandoned project. That’s what’s happening with Yuppie Psycho devs Baroque Decay Games, though, as they revisit their horror RPG Catechesis.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvCPf9B6J3Y The game first started in 2012 with its sights set on a modest mobile horror experience. Anyone who has ever worked on anything creative knows how easy it is to get carried away, though. What began as a mashup of concepts inspired by Resident Evil and adventure games…

The sun has set on Travis Scott’s plans to bring his “Utopia” concert to the Egyptian pyramids.Live Nation Middle East, which had previously assured ticket-holders that the show would go on in the wake of controversy, confirmed Wednesday that the “Sicko Mode” rapper’s July 28 concert had been canceled and cited construction issues as the cause.“Unfortunately, despite highest efforts, complex production issues meant that the show could not be constructed in the desert,” the concert promoter tweeted in a Wednesday…

One week after Live Nation insisted that Travis Scott’s Utopia concert at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt had not been canceled — despite numerous local news outlets reporting otherwise — Live Nation Middle East has confirmed that the July 28 show is, in fact, canceled.  “We regret to inform you that the UTOPIA show, originally scheduled for July 28th at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt is cancelled,” the concert promoter said in a statement on Twitter. “Unfortunately, despite highest efforts, complex production issues…

Snoop Dogg has canceled his Doggystyle 30th anniversary Hollywood Bowl concert “due to the ongoing strike” after initially delaying the event amid the writers strike. The rapper wrote on Instagram Tuesday that because of an unspecified work stoppage (SAG-AFTRA, the Writers Guild of America and hospitality workers are all on strike) “and the uncertainty of when this will be over, we need to cancel the Hollywood Bowl show.” “We continue to stand in solidarity with all of our brothers and sisters in…

Ron DeSantis has bragged about his time as a Navy lawyer at Guantanamo Bay, but in a canceled Vice documentary originally scheduled to air on Showtime, former detainees allege that he oversaw incidents they describe as “torture” and “mistreatment.” “Officer DeSantis was one of the officers who oversaw the force-feeding and torture we were subjected to in 2006,” an unidentified former prisoner said according to a transcript of the documentary, “The Guantanamo Candidate,” obtained by The Daily Beast. Another…

Travis Scott’s Utopia concert at the Pyramids of Giza will go ahead as planned, Live Nation said, refuting reports from numerous Egyptian media outlets that said the show had been canceled. “There have been no changes to Travis Scott’s show in Egypt; any reports to the contrary are false. We can’t wait to celebrate Utopia with you in Egypt!” Live Nation said in a statement shared with Rolling Stone. The show will take place July 28.  According to reports, Egyptian authorities had decided to revoke the permit…

The pandemic was a nightmare for cinema as a whole, but in terms of nothing but sheer bad luck, few fared worse than Kenneth Branagh’s sequel Death on the Nile. The star and director’s opening chapter in his Agatha Christie franchise was one of 2017’s biggest sleeper hits after choo-chooing its way to $352 million at the box office, with all signs pointing to lightning striking twice after the filmmaker recruited yet another stacked ensemble for the second installment. via 20th Century Studios However, there’s a distinct…

Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene are suing two Southern California cities and several advocacy groups alleging they conspired to infringe on their free speech rights by pressuring venues to cancel a rally in 2021. The lawsuit, filed in federal court on Thursday, alleges the venues caved to pressure from the cities of Anaheim and Riverside and canceled contracts for their America First rally because they disagreed with Greene and Gaetz politically. The two lawmakers are known for their strong support…