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Rapper, producer, fashionista, and potential future president of the United States of America, Kanye West, has a message for developers that include in-app purchases in their mobile games: “Just allow [kids] to have fun and give the parents a break for Christ sake.”

Posting on Twitter, Yeezus made his opinions Cristal clear:

As of yet, it is unclear what sparked this outburst. Ye is known to deliver his thoughts on controversial issues out of the blue, so this may be another case of Mr. West just speaking his mind on something that’s important to society. What’s more likely, however, is that his daughter–North West–has been splashing out on in-game gems, the little scamp.

It’s worth noting that West isn’t actually complaining about the expense. As we all know, money isn’t an issue for him, Kanye is all about going dumb again, people regularly see him pull up in his other Benz, just a week after he was in his other other Benz.

The issue seems to be that he’s being informed of a new purchase every five minutes, indicating the notifcations of purchase may be the problem. This has not yet been confirmed, GameSpot has contacted Kanye’s representatives for clarification.

Kanye West is a known lover of the video game medium. Before moving into music, he wanted to be a game designer and in February 2015 he announced he was making a video game based on one of his songs.

“Right now I’m working on a video game for Only One, and the idea is that it’s my mother going through the gates of heaven and you have to bring her to the highest gates of heaven by holding her to the light,” West said. “We’ve been working on it for like six months.”

West also attended E3 2015, where GameSpot photographed him going to see games like Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and smiling.

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THE BIG STUFF:

PS4 Price Drop: Big news for the PlayStation 4 this week, as the console got a $50 price cut, bringing the starting cost down to $350. That’s the same price as the base model Xbox One.

Far Cry Primal Announced: A Far Cry game set in 10,000 BC? Sounds cool to me. The game launches in February 2016 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.

Destiny Gets Microtransactions, Could Generate Hundreds of Millions Per Year: Microtransactions are coming to Destiny on October 13, and they could make Activision/Bungie a lot of money.

THE OTHER STUFF:

Mashable has an excellent feature about Destiny’s sound effects and music. Did you know Bungie’s sound team used vegetables, cats, and styrofoam to do the job? Get the full story here.

Kellee Santiago, the former ThatGameCompany developer who joined Ouya, is now working at Google.

A new Walking Dead mobile game launched this week–and it looks pretty good! The game is called No Man’s Land, and it looks like it takes inspiration from XCOM, which is never a bad thing. Read more about it here.

Newly discovered PlayStation patents offer a tease for where PlayStation VR may be headed. Have a look.

The Star Wars Battlefront beta started this week. It’s available now on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC, and you can play as much as you want through October 12. Best of all? You don’t have to preorder. It’s free and open to everyone. What are you waiting for? Go go go.

The Deus Ex franchise turns 15 this year. Has it really been that long?! To celebrate, Square Enix has released a retrospective video and an animated trailer. Watch them below.

The next update for PS4 racing game Driveclub will include a “little thank you” to fans, Sony has announced. Get the full story here.

A 1930s barber shop shaving game? Finally! Get the full story at Kill Screen.

Here’s the music video for Sam Smith’s new 007 Spectre song Writing’s on the Wall. There’s even some new footage from the movie to be seen here. What do you make of it?

Hey, this is a nice new feature. Amazon is now selling digital Blizzard games. Visit the store page on Amazon to see everything that’s for sale.

Funcom is making a theme park-themed horror game. And it looks pretty darn spooky. Check it out.

It’s October, which means it’s almost November, which means BlizzCon is coming soon. Blizzard has now posted the schedules for Friday and Saturday. What catches your eye?

What does the future hold for Microsoft, Xbox, and Windows 10? The Verge caught up with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently for an in-depth interview. Watch it here.

The Sonic: Lost World PC port announced this week is the first of many, according to Sega. What games would you like to see brought to PC?

PC gaming and peripheral company Razer has announced its next product–but it may not be what you expect. Say hello to Razer Music, featuring Deadmau5, of course.

Have a great weekend!

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PS4 horror game Until Dawn has exceeded sales expectations and a sequel is being discussed. Executive producer Pete Samuels says in a new interview with PlayStation Lifestyle, “It’s definitely surpassed expectations,” though a specific sales figure for the game has not been announced.

Back in September, PS4 boss Shuhei Yoshida said he was surprised by how well the game had sold, especially considering how little marketing the company did for it. The game will continue to sell well in the holiday season, he said, going on to describe it as a “sleeper hit” for the PS4.

Samuels also teased that developer Supermassive Games is thinking about Until Dawn 2, though he admitted that it’s “a little early” to talk specifics.

“We do talk internally about what Until Dawn 2 could be, as it clearly can’t be a sequel in the traditional sense, with the same characters facing the same threat, not least of which because in different stories some or all of them are already dead!” he explained. “We’ve investigated other ways we could do Until Dawn 2 but it probably is a little early to be discussing that.”

If Supermassive does not work on Until Dawn 2, you can still expect the studio’s next game to benefit from lessons learned on the first game–whether they make a horror game or something different.

“I think that you should expect the team to build on what we’ve done with Until Dawn, whether it’s in horror or in other genres,” he said. “We’re already working on one thing that does that, whilst exploring other avenues for our other teams in anticipation of them finishing their current projects.”

GameSpot scored Until Dawn an 8/10, while the game was generally well-received across the board.

What would you like to see from an Until Dawn sequel, if it ever happens? Let us know in the comments below.

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As discovered by the Steam Database Twitter, a recent update to Dota 2 included a number of files that reference things like an RPG, ziplines, and procedural spawning. The most intriguing file with obvious half-life implications is titled hl3.txt, which has lines like:

• “Attribute.prop_zipline.max_ride_speed”
• “NPCs that are in the same squad (i.e. have matching squad names) will share information about enemies, and will take turns attacking and covering each other.”
• “A permanent squad member cannot leave the player’s squad unless killed or explicity removed by entity I/O. Only use this if you’re sure you want to override the default AI.”
• “If you want your citizens to squad with the player but not obey commands the player gives to move the squad, put a concept here and this citizen will speak the concept instead of obeying the order.”

If you don’t want to pull the files from Dota yourself, you can find the full uploads here:

• hl3.txt
• rpg.txt
• ai_basenpc.txt

Are any of this a reference to possible features in Half-Life 3, and were the files just “accidentally” dropped into a Dota 2 update?

Probably not.

But judging by the number of “It’s Happening” (and “It’s Not Happening”) gifs on the Internet right now, everyone still wants to believe.

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EA is bringing more servers online to cope with increasing demand for the Star Wars Battlefront beta on PC.

Posting on Twitter, the publisher said it was receiving “a lot of interest around the beta” and “appreciate the patience” players are showing as it adds more servers to accommodate the traffic.

The Star Wars Battlefront beta is now live across all three platforms and open to everyone. You can download it now through the links here: Xbox One, PS4, PC. The beta is scheduled to end on October 12.

Battlefront’s beta features a Survival Mission, along with the 40-player Walker Assault mode, and the King of the Hill-like Drop Zone mode. The Battlefront companion experience is also available now on the game’s website and, by using this, players can earn items for the main game.

The Star Wars Battlefront release date has been confirmed as November 17, a month before Disney’s Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens hits theaters in December. EA is also releasing tie-in DLC for Battlefront based on the movie.

EA Access members on Xbox One can play Battlefront first, as it will be available through the subscription program a five days early.

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