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Sonic in Fortnite, GTA Online's rocky start, and Crimson Desert DLC detailed

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Sega's Sonic Creative Officer, Takashi Iizuka, discussed the challenges and eventual success of integrating Sonic into Fortnite, revealing how the company found a way to allow Sonic to shoot enemies in the game. Meanwhile, a former Rockstar Games developer shared that the team initially doubted the success of Grand Theft Auto Online. In other gaming news, Crimson Desert is set to release its first story DLC, 'Charting the Unknown,' next month, which will introduce ship exploration. AI

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    🎮 Sonic Creative Officer Takashi Iizuka Explains How Sega Found a Loophole to Let Sonic Shoot Enemies in Fortnite Takashi Iizuka, a key figure in Sega’s Sonic F

    🎮 Sonic Creative Officer Takashi Iizuka Explains How Sega Found a Loophole to Let Sonic Shoot Enemies in Fortnite Takashi Iizuka, a key figure in Sega’s Sonic Franchise, told IGN’s Jeffrey Vega about the unique difficulty the company faced in giving the Blue Blur a playable skin …

    LINKS ign.com/…/sonic-creative-officer-takashi-…
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    🎮 'We Were All Positive It Was Going to Fail': Rockstar Devs Thought GTA Online Would Flop A former Rockstar Games developer has revealed that the team thought

    🎮 'We Were All Positive It Was Going to Fail': Rockstar Devs Thought GTA Online Would Flop A former Rockstar Games developer has revealed that the team thought GTA Online was going to fail before it launched. 📰 Source: IGN Articles 🔗 Link: https://www.ign.com/articles/we-were-all…

    LINKS ign.com/…/we-were-all-positive-it-was-goi…
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    🎮 Crimson Desert is getting its first story DLC next month, featuring ship exploration Charting the Unknown will be available to purchase next month 📰 Source: V

    🎮 Crimson Desert is getting its first story DLC next month, featuring ship exploration Charting the Unknown will be available to purchase next month 📰 Source: VGC 🔗 Link: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/crimson-desert-is-getting-its-first-story-dlc-next-month-featuring-s…

    LINKS videogameschronicle.com/…/crimson-desert-…

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