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The code to unlock Gate West 2 during the Seattle sections is 0451, a number that's basically folklore among PC gaming veterans. It traces back to a door code at Looking Glass Studios' old Cambridge office and has been quietly slipped into games like System Shock and Thief ever since.
Ezio's love interest Sofia Sartor wasn't dreamed up from scratch, art director Raphael Lacoste insisted her look come straight from Albrecht Dürer's 1505 portrait 'Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman.' It's a nice bit of circularity, because that very painting shows up as an item you have to retrieve for her during the 'Portrait of a Lady' memory.
For years fans insisted the September 11 attacks forced a big last-minute overhaul of GTA III before its October 2001 release. Rockstar has consistently said that's overblown and no major gameplay changes actually happened as a result.
The jungle monsters Krugs get an odd little cameo when Ekko and the other kids are seen poking at a cluster of them. Funnily enough, this exact same critter turned up in the 'Enemy' music video that dropped before Arcane even premiered, so eagle-eyed junglers spotted the reference before the show had aired a single episode.
Co-creator Christian Linke has confirmed that Riot and Fortiche are already a year into developing the next chapter of the Arcane universe, this time exploring the regions of Noxus, Ionia and Demacia rather than revisiting Piltover and Zaun directly. Riot has since clarified it's not necessarily three separate shows, more a single project exploring those regions, with reports suggesting a late 2026 or early 2027 window.
Wander to the area around the Gant Bridge and you'll find an in-game sign listing goofy 'bridge facts' about the crossing between San Fierro and Las Venturas. It's a tiny detail most players speed straight past without ever reading.
Concept art and some leaked demo footage show off a vehicle nicknamed the 'Warthog of the Seas,' basically a Warthog reimagined as a speedboat with a turret bolted on. It never shipped, but it's a fun glimpse at how much got tried and thrown out before the game went gold.
When Dragonwilds hit consoles, it didn't make players pay full price to try it out. It arrived as a Day 1 title on Xbox Game Pass (Premium and Ultimate tiers) and on PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium.
Plenty of the Delta and SAS soldiers running around MW3's campaign barely get a close-up, but the actors behind them are surprisingly big names. William Fichtner, Idris Elba, Timothy Olyphant, Bruce Greenwood and Barry Pepper all lent their voices to characters who, in most cases, never even get a proper cutscene.
The sound designers built Shelob's shriek out of several unrelated recordings layered together, including a plastic alien toy, hissing steam, and an actual Tasmanian devil. Somehow it all blends into one nightmare noise.
