5 h. ago He wrote the world’s most successful video games – now what? Rockstar co

He rewrote the rule book with Rockstar then left it all behind. Now Dan Houser is back with a storytelling-focused studio to take on AI-obsessed tech bros and Mexican beauty queensThere are only a handful of video game makers who have had as profound an effect on the industry as Dan Houser. The co-founder of Rockstar Games, and its lead writer, worked on all the GTA titles since the groundbreaking third instalment, as well as both Red Dead Redemption adventures. But then, in 2019, he took an extended break from the company which ended with his official departure. Now he’s back with a new studio and a range of projects, and 12 years after we last interviewed him, he’s ready to talk about what comes next.“Finishing those big projects and thinking about doing another one is really intense,” he says about his decision to go. “I’d been in full production mode every single day from the very start of each project to the very end, for 20 years. I stayed so long because I loved the games. It...

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28 h. ago Simon Cowell’s new boyband set to release first music video TOMORROW after huge success of Netflix show

SIMON Cowell's new boyband December 10 will release their first music video TOMORROW. After huge demand from fans following Netflix series The Next Act, which saw music mogul Simon forming the seven-piece band, the lads are ready to launch. Their cover of NSYNC's Bye, Bye, Bye will be available to view on YouTube from 4pm...

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3 d. ago ‘If we build it, they will come’: Skövde, the tiny town powering up Sweden’s video game boom

It started with a goat. Now – via a degree for developers and an incubator for startups – the tiny city is churning out world-famous video game hits. What is the secret of its success?On 26 March 2014, a trailer for a video game appeared on YouTube. The first thing the viewer sees is a closeup of a goat lying on the ground, its tongue out, its eyes open. Behind it is a man on fire, running backwards in slow motion towards a house. Interspersed with these images is footage of the goat being repeatedly run over by a car. In the main shot, the goat, now appearing backwards as well, flies up into the first-floor window of a house, repairing the glass it smashed on its way down. It hurtles through another window and back to an exploding petrol station, where we assume its journey must have started.This wordless, strangely moving video – a knowing parody of the trailer for a zombie survival game called Dead Island – was for a curious game called Goat Simulator. The game was, unsurprisingl...

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1 week ago Meet Kate Winslet's nepo baby son! Actress says she's 'so proud' of Joe Anders, 21, who wrote her latest movie Goodbye June as they pose together at world premiere

Kate Winslet has said she is 'so proud' of her son Joe Anders as they posed together at the world premiere of their new movie, Goodbye June, in London on Wednesday. 

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1 week ago Elden Campbell dead at 57: Former NBA champion who spent majority of career with LA Lakers passes away

FORMER Los Angeles Lakers power forward Elden Campbell has tragically died aged 57. The passing of the 15-year NBA veteran, who spent eight-and-a-half seasons with the Lakers, was announced on Tuesday night. And tributes have poured in for the beloved former center from all around the world. Campbell's former Lakers team-mate Cedric Ceballos wrote on...

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3 w. ago US says it did pen Ukraine peace plan as document dubbed Russian 'wish list'

A US senator has claimed the draft plan 'looked more like it was written in Russian to begin with'.

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3 w. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Parliament must seriously consider doing THIS to disgraced Andrew Mountbatten

Have the royal family done enough with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was once known as Prince Andrew and the Duke of York?

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