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After now having worked on two South Park role-playing games, series creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker discussed what other genres they might like to explore.

“I would love to make a first-person shooter. I’m not even kidding,” Stone said in an interview with IGN. “Some sort of first-person, going through a 3D thing where you’re seeing characters.”

Stone went on to note how the role-playing genre is such a good fit for South Park, saying, “I love the way we do

and Stick of Truth where the whole conceit behind those is it looks like the show.” Parker also pointed out how “RPGs just play so well into… writing, and applying to characters,” which makes the genre such a good fit for South Park.

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Call of Duty: WWII’s release date isn’t far away, and developer Sledgehammer Games is ramping up the reveals of new content. The company has now unveiled a new multiplayer map and mode you’ll be able to play come November 3.

The new mode is called Gridiron, and it’s inspired by Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s Uplink mode. This time, however, you’ll be carrying and throwing an old leather football to suit WWII’s 1940s setting.

Gridiron will be playable on a new map set in wartime London. Although the map’s name was not revealed, a recent leak stemming from Call of Duty: WWII’s PC beta apparently stated the arena will be called London Docks. You can check out the newly revealed content in the images above (via CharlieIntel).

Another map was revealed just last week: Carentan, which first appeared in the original Call of Duty, is being remade for WWII, but it’s exclusive to season pass holders. For more on the upcoming shooter, check out our in-depth feature exploring the real-life inspirations behind Call of Duty: WWII.

The game launches for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on November 3. We don’t yet know what will follow it, but one analyst has already predicted Black Ops 4 will come out in 2018.

 

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Last-minute deadlines have never stopped South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker from getting things done, even when their own bodies won’t cooperate.

TV show executive producer Frank C. Agnone II told me the story of being nearly finished with The Fractured but Whole, the sequel to 2014’s outstanding South Park RPG The Stick of Truth, but the TV team’s usual last-second process left Parker with 10,000 lines of dialogue to record just one week ahead of a big deadline. As if that wasn’t a tall enough task on its own, Parker then got very sick and ended up having emergency surgery to remove his gallbladder. Following the operation, Parker somehow convinced his doctor to let him temporarily leave the hospital to go get the dialogue laid down, and on the way back to the hospital, an exhausted Parker said to Agnone, “I just want this game to be sweet.”

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Mario’s reptile mount Yoshi was initially supposed to be a horse.

The dinosaur’s origins were revealed in an interview with the developers of Super Mario World and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island.

The interview was conducted as part of the Nintendo Classic Mini: SNES developer series, looking behind the scenes at some of the classic titles available on the retro console.

Super Mario World director Takashi Tezuka disclosed the details surrounding his creation. “Shigeru Miyamoto said he wanted Mario to ride a horse! When we were making Super Mario Bros. 3, he had drawn a picture of Mario on a horse and hung it on a wall near where he used to sit. I would look at that and think, “I think he wants Mario to ride something.

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John Carpenter, the renowned film director behind Halloween, Escape From New York, and The Thing, is really into Destiny 2, apparently. A new interview with The Guardian opened with the interviewer asking Carpenter what’s new. He immediately went to Destiny 2.

“I’ve been playing the video game Destiny 2. It’s a sci-fi game. It’s fun,” Carpenter said when asked what’s he’s been up to lately. The director went on to say that he finds Destiny 2 to be a difficult game, which is the reason why he “dedicated [his] life” to learning the game’s ins and outs.

“Oh, it is hard. That’s why I’ve dedicated my life to learning how to play it. At my age why not? It keeps me out of trouble,” Carpenter said.

This isn’t the first time Carpenter, 69, has spoken about video games. In 2013, the director said he would be interested in making a Dead Space movie. Also at the time, he said he “stupidly” bought a copy of the disappointing Aliens: Colonial Marines.

You can read the full interview here at The Guardian.

In other news about Destiny 2, the game’s first Iron Banner event is now live. You can learn a lot more about it here in GameSpot’s in-depth coverage.

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What better way for South Park to promote its new video game than with an episode dedicated to setting up the story? The team behind the animated series revealed Wednesday, October 11, that its latest episode will serve as a prequel to the new game, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, a week before it lands in stores.

While a short trailer for the episode, titled Franchise Prequel, reveals little more than Professor Chaos–the evil alter ego of Butters–spreading fake news on Facebook, a description gives a much better idea of what the prequel will be about. It reads, “Professor Chaos has found the perfect tool to spread lies and misinformation about Coon and friends. In trying to save their reputation, the boys come face to face with Mark Zuckerberg.” It remains to be seen how exactly this episode will tie into South Park: The Fractured But Whole.

It remains to be seen how exactly this episode will tie into South Park: The Fractured But Whole or whether New Kid–the playable character in the game–will appear. Following the events of 2014’s South Park: The Stick of Truth, The Fractured But Whole follows the kids as their superhero personas in a fight against each other–think Captain America: Civil War, but with Eric Cartman instead of Tony Stark.

Given the plot of Franchise Prequel though, it looks like Professor Chaos is going to play a bigger role in the story arc than one might assume. Further, if the show is tackling misinformation spread on social media as part of the prequel, it’s entirely possible that’s going to be a piece of the game, as well.

South Park airs Wednesdays at 10 PM on Comedy Central. South Park: The Fractured But Whole launches on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PCs on October 17.

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Full spoilers for Riverdale continue below.

This review is about a story that’s about a town. And in this poor town, seemingly nobody is ever safe. While on its surface Riverdale looks like a great place to visit if you want to experience simple times, this seedy little town is filled with lies, mistrust and so much blood.

When Season 1 wrapped up, it was with Fred Andrews (Luke Perry) bleeding out on the floor of Pop’s Diner, cradled in the arms of his son Archie (KJ Apa). Now, after a summer that saw the show’s popularity rise thanks likely in part to its availability on Netflix, Riverdale has returned. Whether its newfound place in pop culture will translate into higher ratings remains to be seen but one thing is for sure: The show is throwing a lot of story at viewers to entice them to stick around.

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