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Thank God she didnt win! That would've been the world going crazy yet again. ---------------------------------------------------------- The lawsuit Lindsey Lohan filed against Rockstar for allegedly using her likeness in Grand Theft Auto 5 has been dismissed by the New York County Supreme Court. Back in 2014 Lohan sued Rockstar as she accused the company of making a character, Lacey Jonas, who was an "unequivocal" reference to the Mean Girls star. Jonas, like Lohan, is a blonde movie star with an eating disorder. In one of the game's side-missions the player is asked to escort her home so she can avoid the paparazzi. The character's portrayal, as seen in the video below, is less than flattering. Lohan also believed that a promotional image for the game depicting a woman blonde woman in a bikini making a peace sign was based on a picture of her making the same gesture in a swimsuit. "Lohan argues that defendants purposefully used Lohan's bikini, shoulder-length blonde hair, jewelry, cell phone, and 'signature peace sign' pose' in one image, and used Lohan's likeness in another image by appropriating facial features, body type, physical appearance, hair, hat, sunglasses, jean shorts, and loose white top," the complaint read. Lohan wasn't the only one suing Rockstar for allegedly basing a character off of them. Mob Wives star Karen Gravano likewise took legal action against the game developer claiming that Rockstar cribbed her story of being a mobster's daughter afraid of the repercussions of her father aligning himself with the government. A similar setup was true of GTA5 character Andrea Bottino, whose father won't let her be on a reality TV show, just as the real Gravano was publicly criticised by her father for being on a reality TV show. Gravano further believed that the Bottino character utilised her "image, portrait, voice, and likeness". The court did not find the evidence damning enough to warrant either of these cases. Rather it ruled that both complaints "must fail because defendants did not use [plaintiffs'] name, portrait, or picture'". More specifically, neither Lohan or Gravano appeared in the game (in video or photograph form), nor were their names ever uttered in either the game or its marketing. There's more. The court alleged that even if the fictitious characters were based on Lohan and Gravano, a video game is a work of fiction and thus falls outside the statutory definitions of "advertising" or "trade" so the plaintiffs' complaints that their likeness was used to sell a product didn't hold up. In the US, video games are offered the same First Amendment protection as books, plays and movies. "Video games communicate ideas," the court ruled in the famous Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association trial, in which mature video games were in danger of being banned from minors (as opposed to the current system where a ratings board merely suggests an age range and retailers are only encouraged to comply by these). "This video game's unique story, characters, dialogue, and environment, combined with the player's ability to choose how to proceed in the game, render it a work of fiction and satire," the court ruled of GTA5. As such, both Lohan or Gravano's cases were dismissed.

Anyone hasnt got this yet and wants to try it out, Overwatch will be free to play for PS4 and Xbox One players from 9th-12th September, Blizzard has announced. Unlike the beta, this free weekend will encompass all 22 heroes and 13 maps with all modes enabled (Quick Play, Custom Games, Play vs. AI, and the latest Weekly Brawl). Progress will be carried over should players decide to purchase the game. This will include all content gathered from Loot Boxes, though Trophies and Achievements have been disabled for the free weekend. To find the Overwatch free trial you'll need to search for "Overwatch Free Weekend" on PSN or "Overwatch: Origins Edition Free Weekend" on Xbox Live. The Free Weekend client will be 9GB on PS4 and 15GB on Xbox One.

Updates for season 2 have gone live today for PC, next week for console players.

Xur has set up shop in the Tower hangar this weekend. Make sure you do your shopping before 9am GMT on Sunday, September 4. See what he brought this weekend below: Legacy Engram [Heavy weapon] – 31SC Eternal Warrior [Exotic Titan helmet] – 13SC Knucklehead Radar [Exotic Hunter helmet] – 13SC Obsidian Mind [Exotic Warlock helmet] – 13SC The Last Word [Exotic hand cannon] – 17SC Three of Coins – 7SC Glass Needle – 3SC

Quick create button feature added on mobile to match PC site. Who's Online widget and ability to set countdowns also added.

Software updated and logo added.

Thanks for sharing Euan. Any other team news that you could share as I personally won't know any of the teams competing?

I think there's a balance though, which you've already pointed out. You can delay a game for a short period however to postpone a game for a considerable amount of time, especially when it's been years since the last one, builds unnecessary pressure on themselves. In my opinion, planning needs to be much better in general for video game makers in the future.

Wilshere to Bournemouth is a good move I reckon. He needs to play week in week out and he's still only 24! Can't believe David Luiz is coming back though. The amount of money that is flying about is just ridiculous.

Not surprisrd to say the least. They always take far too long to 'perfect' Gran Turismo games in my opinion. ------------------------------------------------ Gran Turismo Sport won’t see release until sometime next year, Polyphony Digital announced this morning on the PlayStation Blog. Originally scheduled for a Nov. 15 launch in North America and Japan, the game has been pushed back so that the developer can spend "more time to perfect [it]." "We do not want to compromise the experience in any way," creator Kazunori Yamauchi wrote. "While we cannot confirm a new release date at this time, we are more committed than ever to making GT Sport the best Gran Turismo game to date." The delay comes even after Polyphony Digital canceled an open beta in order to cut down on development time. Both the demo and the game had been revealed last fall during Paris Games Week for a 2016 debut. Gran Turismo Sport has been playable at recent events like E3 in June and Gamescom earlier this month, however, and it will continue to make the rounds at various events throughout the year. The latest entry in the successful racing series will be the first to hit PlayStation 4 whenever it does arrive.

FF15's Director said that along with the game not having “sufficient” optimization, there were also “various bugs [and] frame rate drops.” He stressed the bugs weren’t game breaking, but “there are still of number of bugs like characters floating unnaturally in the air or appearing all strange [and glitchy].” “We are going to fix the issues,” Tabata said. “Another thing is that I also wanted to refine the game balance.” Hmmm, are developers really struggling with the latest gen hardware still? Fingers crossed they don't cock the launch right up.

Unlike PS4 users, xbox one users can't play this beta without xbox gold. That means if anyone on here doesn'thave ps plus get downloading and play the beta from today.

So......with all those spare £££ you've saved over the years...does that mean you're going to use them to purchase some lovely ps4 games and play with all of us?

Depends on where you copy and paste from

I don't think the saving buying a package upfront is really worth any value. Only time I would say it was worth it is Destiny due to the value for money that game continues to give.

Didds is trying to sort it out and I think he's in the process of resizing it.

Hi all, now that a number of you have been getting used to copy and pasting can I ask if everyone wants the ability to copy and paste the original format and change through the button option on the PC version or would people prefer to lock down the text format? I'm open either way really.

Steve, that's frickin fantastic!!!! You should be immensely proud at what you've achieved as to lose that through your own hard work is epic.

I can see why you've leaned to that one because it gives everyone choice. I do like the darker themes; Titan and Carbon seem pretty sweet. If I had the choice I'd go Carbon to match the dark logo we have, however I think if enough people like different choices then we should go for Elegant.

Looking at this again, I like the look of the UI. Battle mechanics I'm hoping will get a little better, however the special move around 8 minutes looked pretty damn good!

From the developers of Life is Strange, is a 15-minute gameplay video of their new game. I think could be a big hit in 2017, as Life Is Strange was an underrated success on console. It's on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. Really impressive stuff.

I don't like posting more bad news about this game but this clearly takes the biscuit (or the discoveries, if you prefer ). Such a shame really, as it feels like a DriveClub event happening all over again. I'm gonna bet they will release some large free DLC within 6 months. ----------------------------------------------- The No Man's Sky community is currently swapping stories about what could be another of the game’s issues: animals, plants and other discoveries no longer appearing logged in the journal after revisiting planets. Several players report that their starting planets and other charted territories aren’t saving their finds, although the reason why is unclear and in dispute. A Reddit thread by user Dark_Nexis kicked off the complaints. In a post, the player wrote of managing to make it all the way back to their first planet, only to find that everything other than the system and planet names was gone. "I check a few neighboring stars I discovered and their [discoveries] were wiped," Dark_Nexis wrote. "So none of my named animals [or] plants were ever saved." Others chimed in about similar issues. A user known as Ultasilvanus wrote that they returned to a planet that appeared to be in the process of corrupting saved data, with only a handful of waypoints logged and just three animal species detailed, even though the explorer said they’d found many more on their last visit. Still, "I memorized the planet, and went on playing and discovering new stuff," Ultrasilvanus continued. "The next day, browsed the list again. The planet was wiped clean and so were a couple more." It’s possible that the game’s server connection could play a part in this; players can upload their discoveries if the game’s online service permits, and it can sometimes be finnicky. It’s also possible that discoveries cycle out, just as the list of found waypoints does. (Only six waypoints show in an explorer’s journal at a given time.)

Is the premium pass really going to stop people playing? The base game surely will be what most average gamer will buy anyhow. I very rarely buy DLC but granted this is now the norm in most AAA games.

The Director of this game has come out and said that only the first half of the game is open world with the second half set to be linear. Not sure splitting it 50/50 is the greatest tactic in the book as I would've expected it more to be 80/20 in favour of open world. Let's hope this doesn't de-value the game in any way.