Vacant Is Hiding Inside Verdansk
Vacant got its own full multiplayer remake eventually, but a chunk of the original map is also tucked away near Port on the Verdansk map in Warzone, for anyone who fancies a nostalgic detour.
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Why Horikoshi Kept MHA Shorter Than One Piece
Horikoshi has praised Eiichiro Oda's willingness to let characters speak their minds, something he leaned on heavily for Bakugo. But he's also said outright that he just doesn't have the stamina to write something on the scale of One Piece, which shaped his decision to keep MHA a more contained story rather than a decades-long saga.
The One-Shot Idea Was Rejected Years Earlier
Before he came back to Santa Monica Studio, Cory Barlog briefly worked on the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot and pitched the same unbroken-camera concept there. Crystal Dynamics wasn't interested, so he shelved it until he had a game of his own to try it on.
One Voice, Three Games (and a Movie)
Doug Cockle has voiced Geralt of Rivia in English across all three mainline Witcher games, sticking with the role for well over a decade. He's since confirmed he'll be reprising the part again for the animated film The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep.
Mexico Got Its Own Gossip Girl Set in Acapulco
In 2013, Warner Bros. teamed up with Televisa to make a Mexican version called Gossip Girl: Acapulco, keeping the same core storylines but renaming the cast, so Blair became Bárbara Fuenmayor, Serena became Sofía López-Haro, and Chuck Bass turned into Max Zaga.
Nate Plays the Original Crash Bandicoot
Early in Chapter 4, you can find Nate and Elena's home console set up with a fully playable, emulated version of the original PS1 Crash Bandicoot. You can actually take control of Crash yourself, and it's mapped to the D-pad rather than a thumbstick, matching how the game was originally controlled back in 1996.
A Facebook Parody With Teeth
LifeInvader, the social network Michael's crew has to hack early in the story, is Rockstar's answer to Facebook, right down to its founder Jay Norris being dogged by accusations that he stole the whole idea from a friend, a none-too-subtle poke at the real controversy that's followed Mark Zuckerberg for years.
The German Version Edited Out 'Nazi'
When the game got localized for Germany, the word 'Nazi' was scrubbed out of the dialogue entirely. It's a fairly common move for German releases dealing with that era, but it does mean a few lines land a bit differently for German players.
From PS4 to PC, Five Years Later
It launched on PS4 in August 2017, but the game's journey didn't stop there, a remastered PS5 version arrived in January 2022 as part of the Legacy of Thieves Collection, followed by a PC release that October, letting a whole new wave of players hunt for the Tusk of Ganesh.
All Ghillied Up Owes a Debt to Behind Enemy Lines
The whole atmosphere of the mission, two operatives creeping through hostile, war-torn territory, mirrors the Owen Wilson film Behind Enemy Lines pretty closely. There's even a specific beat, a huge convoy cresting a grassy hill toward the player, that plays almost shot-for-shot like a scene from the movie.