Helldivers 2 PC players galore as Sony has confirmed that it has canceled the upcoming mandatory Helldivers 2 PSN account linking update.
24.04.2024 - 17:25 / rockpapershotgun.com / Rockstar Games / Steven Ogg
As a somewhat deflating example of the money-churning might of GTA Online becoming the sole focus of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 5 efforts over the last decade, the actor who played Trevor in the ridiculously well-selling crime epic has teased some details of planned story DLC that would have turned the controversial protagonist into a James Bond-style spy. The pack supposedly got as far as shooting with the actors, only to end up cancelled and folded into a GTA Online heist.
The Agent Trevor DLC was announced in 2013 before being officially cancelled alongside all story DLC for Grand Theft Auto V in 2017. Subsequently, datamined information revealed last year that three episodic story expansions had supposedly been in the works - the spy-themed Agent Trevor, an apparent successor to Red Dead Redemption’s Undead Nightmare in Zombie Apocalypse and a final extraterrestrial pack named, fittingly, Alien Invasion, which would’ve seen Trevor go to space.
According to a recent interview with Steven Ogg, who played Trevor in the game, Agent Trevor would have seen the chaotic criminal go undercover while working with federal agents. The expansion got as far as filming with the actors, before vanishing completely - even for those who had worked on it. (Thanks, The Loadout.)
“We did shoot some of that stuff with ‘James Bond Trevor’ - where he’s still kind of a fuck-up, but he’s doing his best to pretend to be [a secret agent],” Ogg said. “Then it just disappeared and they never did it, they never followed up on it.”
While Agent Trevor never surfaced as planned, further datamining has shed light on its apparent fate. Code for GTA Online’s Doomsday Heist makes reference to an AI network named Clifford, which was also referenced in the Agent Trevor plot. The other story DLC was partly transformed into another heist for GTA Online, Diamond Casino.
While Grand Theft Auto V’s story hasn’t been touched at all in the decade-plus since its launch - unlike the regular updates for GTA Online - Rockstar aren’t giving up on single-player stories entirely. GTA 6 was revealed with a trailer at the end of last year, returning the series to Vice City in a narrative centred around a pair of lead characters. It’s supposedly out on consoles next year, with no GTA 6 PC release date just yet - although we might not have our hands on any version of the game until 2026 at the earliest, if reports are to be believed.
Helldivers 2 PC players galore as Sony has confirmed that it has canceled the upcoming mandatory Helldivers 2 PSN account linking update.
Terminator Survivors, Nacon's open-world survival adaptation of the Arnold Schwarzenegger-led film series, took a page from Resident Evil's book with its own relentless killing machine stalker.
Mobile and indie game developer Paladin Studios has ceased its operations.
HAEGIN’s Play Together just dropped some fresh content and the story behind it is heartwarming. Well, we’ll tell you the story and about the new content Ms. Quinn and Trey’s Story in Play Together in a bit. But before that, let me remind you that this mobile social network game has hit three years!
The Tekken 8 community is getting rocked by a bot that's obliterating opponents by repeatedly mashing one button.
Humble is currently offering an $18 bundle that features a collection of lore books and graphic novels inspired by The Witcher, and Cyberpunk 2077. This bundle features PDFs of The World of Cyberpunk 2077 and The World of the Witcher, two massive tomes published by Dark Horse Comics that are full of amazing illustrations, and lore that power CD Projekt RED's open-world adventures. You’ll also get access to Gwent: Art of the Witcher Card Game, which features 216 pages of illustrations used in the stand-alone version of Gwent.
It’s been five years since Game of Thrones ended and a good while since we had a decent video game based on George RR Martin’s fantasy writings that aren’t Elden Ring lore. Yet it seems that Game of Thrones’ cultural cachet still has enough draw to inspire new games of its own. And not just an arguably underrated-if-also-not-particularly-great action-adventure RPG or fairly okay Telltale adventure game, either, but a whole honest-to-goodness Game of Thrones MMO currently in development, according to new rumours.
There isn’t another game series more loaded with pop culture references than Goat Simulator. Pilgor, the crazy, ragdoll-tossed, licking protagonist of the series has been getting up to endlessly stupid hijinks for 10 years, and what started as a daft premise built from a game jam idea has now spawned a decade of insanity, spoofing almost every major video game along the way such as Skyrim, Dead Island and even P.T.
Bandai Namco has revealed its roadmap for Tekken 8 throughout the rest of 2024, including the game’s second DLC character, new story, and plenty more.
When are we finally going to get a release date for the Silent Hill 2 remake? The game is widely expected to launch sometime in 2024, but PR from Konami has been spotty at best. We got a somewhat-questionable trailer back in February (that even developer Bloober Team criticized as not representative of the final game) and as we head deeper into the year, there’s still a lot to be nailed down. The game’s been rated by the ESRB and there are rumors it may pop up at a PlayStation Showcase next month, but Konami themselves have remained silent.
As an Assassin's Creed girlie, I enjoyed Assassin's Creed Mirage, a pared down (but still big game, which is really just proof of how bloated AAA games have gotten, but I'll stop because it's not time to take my personal bugbear for a walk) Ass Creed game that was closer to the simplicity of the older games in the stab 'em up stealth-action series. Yesterday creative director Stéphane Boudon and art director Jeal-Luc Sala took to Reddit for an AMA, and in response to a question about plans for Mirage DLC, Boudon said no - but that they have ideas for more stories for Basim.
After bringing games like ScourgeBringer and Strange Horticulture from PC to mobile, Plug in Digital is now dropping Spirit of the Island on Android soon. The adventure title is now available for pre-registration on Google Play for Android users. The game is set to launch on July 16th.