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Latest in Gran Turismo line announced

Sony’s Paris Games Week presentation has brought a slew of announcements, one of which is Gran Turismo: Sport.   This installment is coming exclusively to PlayStation 4, and will be Playstation VR compatible.



BYTEing Question Responses: If you could dress up as any character for Halloween, who would you be?

Responses submitted by fans ________________________________________________________________________ Brad Gonzalez     I'm already dressing as Princess Peach (the girl dressing as Mario) but I would love to dress as Sly Cooper. ________________________________________________________________________ Nadia Baca   It would be really cool to dress up as a realistic zombie, such as the ones from The Walking Dead.



CHECKPOINT: Getting Wasted in the Wasteland

New characters were unearthed for Street Fighter 5, Paranormal Activity is getting a video game, and Fallout is getting its own beer. Hosts: Kelsey Hayes & Aidan Hall Camera: Dalton Martin Teleprompter: Andi Tolentino Editing: Dalton Martin Music: Lex Bravary Graphics: Meghan Duffy, Lauren Lucas, & Sam Noble Producer: Andi Tolentino


Panels discussing online harassment cancelled at SXSW due to “violent threats”

Two panels at the upcoming 2016 South by Southwest Festival have been canceled due to “numerous threats of violence”, according to the panelists.  One of the panels, called “Level Up: Overcoming Harassment in Games,” was set to discuss online harassment culture.  The other, called “SavePoint: A Discussion on the Gaming Community”, featured pro-Gamergate speakers. Anti-harassment activists Randi Lee Harper, Caroline Sinders, and Katherine Cross were to constitute the “Level Up” panel.  It became part of SXSW’s scheduled program thanks to the winning votes on the festival’s interactive voting service, “Panelpicker,” something that Gamergate supporters weren’t happy about. Gamergate began in August 2014 after game developer Zoë Quinn garnered what some thought was “undue attention” for a game.  The backlash grew into harassment via distributing private information such as home addresses, threats of rape and extreme violence, and threats of mass shootings in response to Quinn’s outspokenness.  Fellow game developer Brianna Wu and cultural critic Anita Sarkeesian were also targeted, as was actress and gamer Felicia Day. On Monday, Harper was informed that the panel had been canceled.  The cancelation came after SXSW received “numerous threats of violence” to the panel.  It was a surprise to Harper, who had been working with SXSW on security for the panelists, due to the regularity of online harassment activists receiving threats. Cross told Jezebel that she is “bitterly disappointed” about the panel’s cancelation.  She added that the panel “was not about Gamergate.  It was about the wider problem of online harassment.” The pro-Gamergate panel “SavePoint”, whose panelists included pro-Gamergate game developers Nick Robalik and Perry Jones, adult film star Mercedes Carrera, and NBC producer Lynn Walsh, was also canceled. ----- Source: Jezebel Image: SXSW



Street Fighter V roster data mine reveals possible new characters

With the second Street Fighter V Beta officially underway for PC and PlayStation 4, NeoGAF hasn't wasted anytime data mining the game in search for content that has yet to be officially announced. Series veteran Dhalsim and two unnamed new characters were uncovered in the code, which all but confirms their appearance on the final roster due to the fact that these characters have story illustration introductions already coded into the main game.


Netflix streaming Star Wars: The Force Awakens only in Canada

Starting in 2016, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be streaming on Netflix in Canada only. The reason for it not streaming it in the United States or anywhere else is because of the premium cable channel Starz, who has a deal with Disney to play their movies until the end of 2015, which includes Star Wars: The Force Awakens Netflix has a deal between Disney to stream their movies in the U.S., but that does not begin until 2016.


Netflix releases 'Jessica Jones' trailer

After months of sneak peak pictures of the cast, Netflix finally released the full trailer for the superhero series Jessica Jones. The trailer shows nothing but dark days ahead for Jones, which isn’t surprising since it’s the same creators who collaborated on Netflix’s hit show Daredevil. The show’s setting will take place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the same one as the movies like The Avengers and Thor. Krysten Ritter is the leading lady as she is Jessica Jones, who is just trying to put her life back together in Hell's Kitchen.