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To date, Bethesda hasn’t given away much regarding Fallout 4‘s overall narrative. This was no accident, as Bethesda’s Pete Hines explains in a new interview that the company doesn’t want to give too much away, too early. Don’t expect to hear much more about Fallout 4’s story between now and launch, he said.

“I would be stunned if we said anything else about the story ever again [prior to launch],” Hines told IGN. “We’re going to let everybody experience that in the game as much as possible. But there are certain trade-offs you have to make to build some amount of awareness to what the game is offering, so you’re willing to make some sacrifices.”

Thankfully for fans, Fallout 4 is coming out in a just a few more months. The game is scheduled to launch on November 10 for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.

The game was “basically done” before Bethesda even officially announced it in June–the development team is now spending its time fixing bugs and polishing the game. After this, Bethesda will turn its attention to mod support and DLC.

“I can tell you with all confidence that right now the team is 100 percent focused on the game itself,” Hines said. “Mod support, DLC… That’s all nice, but if we don’t deliver an awesome game by November 10 our DLC plans won’t matter and our plans for mod support will be irrelevant. We have to deliver a great game [in the first place].”

“That doesn’t mean [the development team] haven’t spent some amount of time thinking about what they might do [regarding Fallout 4 DLC],” he added. “But honestly that’s not a focus for anybody right now.”

Fallout 4’s mod tools are launching in 2016 for PC, and coming later to consoles. Meanwhile, firm DLC plans have not yet been announced, but if predecessor Fallout 3 is anything to go by, fans can expect some significant post-release add-ons.

Overall, Hines said he thinks every game that Bethesda Game Studios works on “pushes the boundaries of what is possible,” and this is no different with Fallout 4.

“The team believes that this is the biggest, most ambitious game that they’ve ever made,” he said. “And from the guys who made Skyrim, Fallout 3, Oblivion, and Morrowind, that’s a pretty lofty goal.”

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Although Microsoft has not said anything about it in some time, the upcoming Halo TV show produced by veteran film director Steven Spielberg remains in “very active development.”

In May 2014, it was reported that Microsoft was in “deep negotiations” with premium cable channel Showtime for the show. Now, that link has apparently been confirmed, as Showtime president David Nevins confirmed that the program has found a home at his network.

“It’s still in development,” Nevins told IGN about the Halo TV show. “Still in very active development.”

Asked if fans could expect more details about the show soon, Nevins laughed and said, “No time soon.”

The Halo TV show was at one time expected to debut in fall 2015 alongside Halo 5: Guardians, but it doesn’t sound like that’s going to happen. It’s unclear exactly what’s holding the project up, but it’s not uncommon for Hollywood productions to take a long time to come to fruition.

The Halo show was announced in May 2013 as part of the Xbox One reveal event. We still don’t know much about it, but Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has said before that the show won’t just be “filler.”

After production house Xbox Entertainment Studios shut down last year, the fate of the project was called into question. But Microsoft quickly stepped in to say the show would not be affected.

Before that, reports suggested that District 9 director Neill Blomkamp may direct the pilot.

Although Spielberg’s Halo TV show may not be here anytime soon, fans can look forward to Halo: The Fall of Reach, an animated series set to launch this fall with Halo 5.

Disclosure: Showtime is owned by GameSpot parent company CBS.

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Microsoft has updated its Windows 10 end user license agreement, revealing the latest version of its operating system is capable of identifying whether counterfeit software or unauthorised hardware is running, and disable it.

As brought to light by Alphr, section 7B of the EULA explains Microsoft’s ability to immobilise pirated software and hardware.

“We may automatically check your version of the software and download software updates or configuration changes, including those that prevent you from accessing the Services, playing counterfeit games, or using unauthorised hardware peripheral devices,” the notice read.

In effect, this means illegally acquired games running on PCs, Windows phones, and tablets can be disabled. Although it is not clear what is meant by “unauthorised hardware peripheral devices,” controllers that have been modified to provide unfair advantages in games are the most probable target of this clause.

Despite the advent of services such as Steam, which employ DRM to protect content, piracy has continued to be a key feature of PC gaming, with software often shared through torrent sites.

Windows 10 is being positioned as a key part of Microsoft’s video game business.

In January 2015, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said Windows 10 could be “best operating system [Microsoft has] ever created for gamers on PC.

Among Windows 10’s gaming oriented features is the ability to stream Xbox One games to the PC via the Xbox Gaming application. Additionally, Microsoft’s has announced a number of games for PC including Fable Legends, which supports cross-play with Xbox One, and Halo Wars 2.

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s Lego Jurassic World returns to the top of the UK all formats chart for the week ending August 15.

Since there were no new releases, the top ten remains relatively unchanged, with just a few titles shuffling positions. Grand Theft Auto V moves up three spots to No.2, followed by The Elder Scrolls Online, which jumped up one position to No. 3.

Batman: Arkham Knight, the second Warner Bros. game on the list, moves down to No.4, while FIFA 15 finishes the week at No.5.

Last week’s No.1, Rare Replay, drops down to No.6, followed by Battlefield Hardline at No.7, a duo of platform-specific Minecraft titles at No.8 and No.9. Rounding out the top ten is Dying Light.

Take a look at the full list below.

1. Lego Jurassic World
2. Grand Theft Auto V
3. The Elder Scrolls Online
4. Batman: Arkham Knight
5. FIFA 15
6. Rare Replay
7. Battlefield Hardline
8. Minecraft: Xbox Edition
9. Minecraft: PlayStation Edition
10. Dying Light

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Scalebound director Hideki Kamiya has revealed that the idea for the game has been percolating at Platinum Games since the developer’s earliest days. The concept for game–“large-scale” encounters–remained the same over the years, but an earlier version had dinosaurs, not the dragons we know today.

“After I left Capcom and we established Platinum Games, the kernel of the Scalebound idea was actually one of the first concept pitches,” Kamiya told Metro. “The other one was Bayonetta, and we had a few others. For one reason or another we went with Bayonetta first, but at that point it was not even dragons; it was dinosaurs.”

“But the common theme here is that I wanted to realize this game in the way that these two large-scale creatures were going at each other,” he added. “And how can we make this work where you are not just the observer of what’s taking place but helping as well.”

That was the original concept for what would become Scalebound, but Kamiya admitted that “it needed more work.” The game was put back on the shelf as Platinum worked on Bayonetta, after which the studio turned its attention back to the game and made a major creature change.

“So at that time we actually managed to pull together a prototype, and when we decided to make a prototype I switched over the subject matter from dinosaurs to dragons,” he said.

Kamiya and his team put together a new prototype, this one featuring dragons, but the project never got off the ground because Platinum didn’t find a publishing partner.

“So again, it went back into the closet,” he said.

With Scalebound stalled again, Platinum shifted its focus to The Wonderful 101 for Wii U. After that game shipped, Platinum put together a “refined” version of the concept for Scalebound and pitched it to Microsoft.

“Fortunately, they were very interested, and they wanted to know more about it,” Kamiya explained.

Scalebound launches in 2016 exclusively for Xbox One. At Gamescom earlier this month, Platinum confirmed that the game will have four-player co-op.

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