Month: November 2018

With the Walking Dead’s ninth season debuting recently, promising “Rick Grimes’ final episodes,” ABC’s The Conners returning without Roseanne Barr, and House of Cards’ final season debuting without series lead Kevin Spacey, we got to thinking in the IGN offices about a few other times that TV shows lost a main character. It doesn’t happen too often, but it does happen. And usually, when they go, they go via the morgue.

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The gaming website Trusted Reviews has issued an apology to Red Dead Redemption 2 publisher Take-Two Interactive after publishing a story using information from a confidential document, and will be making a £1 million ($1.3 million USD) charity donation to charities of Take-Two’s choosing.

As reported by Variety, The apology in question reads “On February 6, 2018, we published an article that was sourced from a confidential corporate document. We should have known this information was confidential and should not have published it. We unreservedly apologise to Take-Two Games and we have undertaken not to repeat such actions again. We have also agreed to donate over £1 million to charities chosen by Take-Two Games.”

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Red Dead Redemption 2 developer and publisher Rockstar Games is planning to release the game’s official soundtrack as a standalone product.

The soundtrack features vocal performances from musicians such as Willie Nelson, Nas, and Josh Homme, as well as a track written and performed by David Ferguson, who previously worked as a sound engineer for Johnny Cash. Vocals in the game were produced by Daniel Lanois, who has produced albums for folk legends like Neil Young and Bob Dylan.

The score is a major collaborative effort. It was primarily composed by Woody Jackson, who worked on the original Red Dead Redemption as well as Grand Theft Auto V and L.A. Noire, with additional production handled by Jeff Silverman of Truth and Soul Records.

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