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System Shock Preorders Are Discounted At Fanatical, Includes System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition
If you act fast, you can preorder the System Shock remake on PC for $34 (normally $40) through Fanatical. As an added bonus, all preorders include a code for System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition on PC. The 15% preorder discount ends at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET on February 17.
Along with the two games, you also get a coupon code for 5% off a future purchase at Fanatical.
Both the System Shock remake and System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition are currently in development by Nightdive Studios. The System Shock remake is a ground-up recreation of the original 1994 sci-fi RPG featuring fully-3D graphics, modernized controls, and more. Developer Nightdive Studios have been working diligently on the remake since 2015, and it’s finally set to launch in March. Check out our hands-on impressions of the latest System Shock Remake demo for more info on the game.
System Shock Remaster Demo – 20 Minutes of Gameplay
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Hi-Fi Rush rocks on Steam, despite a shock launch favouring Game Pass
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The recent Xbox Developer_Direct saw Bethesda and Tango Gameworks surprise release its newest game, Hi-Fi Rush, and while these types of releases don’t happen a lot these days, it looks like putting it front and centre in Microsoft’s newest game showcase format has paid off, as the bright and colourful rhythm action game is already doing very well on Steam and Xbox.
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Legendary Coronation Street star hints at shock return to the soap after 18 years off screen
CORRIE icon hinted a return to the ITV soap in a major comeback.
The former Corrie star teased fans about reprising his role as Martin Platt – who he has played for 20 years.
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Sean Wilson played Martin Platt for 20 years[/caption]
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Actor Sean Wilson joined the cast in 1985 at just 18-years-old.
He was the second husband of Gail Platt and departed in 2005.
Gail and Martin were married for eight years but split in 1999 after he had an affair with nurse Rebecca Hopkins.
Martin’s 2005 departure came due to Sean being axed when he refused to take part in a storyline involving Martin having a relationship with an underage girl.
He opposed the storyline due to having a family of his own and subsequently gave up acting and started a career in cheese making.
Sean’s successful cheese company is named Saddleworth Cheese Company and is stocked in supermarkets nationwide.
But the former actor confirmed he is open to a future return as Martin in a recent interview.
He told Manchester Evening News: “I made it clear that I could be turned but now it’s 2023 and nothing has happened.
“The writers decided to send me to New Zealand so maybe they’re trying to tell me something.
“I am busy writing books, but of course I would give it some thought.”
The actor previously made a comeback to Weatherfield in 2018 as part of a harrowing storyline involving his son David Platt.
David was drugged and raped by mechanic Josh Tucker and was later found guilty.
Talking at the time about what had changed since his departure from the soap, he said: “Lots of things have changed.
“There was a juxtapose of editorial thoughts at the time and I morally felt that I had to stand very, very firm on the decision that I made and I think we all know what went on there so there came a parting of ways.”
He added: “Things move on, especially in show business and the people that were in charge have moved on.
“They’ve all split and gone elsewhere so this has come around and you know what, before I stepped into the building, I thought the scripts were ace which I was pleasantly surprised with it because Martin’s not been there for 12 years.”
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Martin was part of Sarah’s teenage pregnancy storyline[/caption]
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Gail and Martin were married for eight years but split in 1999 after he had an affair with nurse Rebecca Hopkins[/caption]
“Dismemberment has been a high priority” for System Shock remake
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With a March release window already locked in, we won’t need to wait much longer to experience developer Nightdive’s System Shock remake. The 1994 immersive sim is receiving more than just a facelift, though, as Nightdive have released more new clips of the game in action over on their Kickstarter blog. Nightdive’s first blog post of the year gives us fresh looks at the game’s enemy variants, visual updates, and most importantly, its bloody cool dismemberment system.
Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler accused of ‘sexual assault of minor’ in lawsuit with shock ‘teen pregnancy and abortion’ claims
AEROSMITH frontman, Steven Tyler, has been accused of sexual assault of a minor in the mid-1970s by a woman claiming to be a former girlfriend.
The woman claimed to have had a sexual relationship with Tyler that began when she was underage, according to a lawsuit obtained by Rolling Stone.
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The relationship allegedly began in 1973 when the plaintiff, Julia Holcomb, was 16[/caption]
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Holcomb alleged that Tyler ‘coerced and persuaded’ her into believing that they were having a ‘romantic love affair’[/caption]
Tyler is being accused of sexual assault, sexual battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress by plaintiff Julia Holcomb.
The lawsuit alleges that Tyler convinced Holcomb’s mother to give him guardianship over her when she was 16, allowing the teen to live with him.
During this time, Holcomb claims the two had a sexual affair that last for three years.
Tyler wasn’t explicitly named in the suit as it named the defendants as Defendant Doe 1 and Does 2 through 50, however, Holcomb has publicly spoken about her alleged relationship with Tyler in the past.
The lawsuit also takes quotes from Tyler’s memoir, Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?, in which he said he “almost took a teen bride” and that “her parents fell in love with me, signed a paper over for me to have custody, so I wouldn’t get arrested if I took her out of state. I took her on tour with me.”
Tyler did not state the “teen bride’s” name in the memoir however, a Julia Halcomb was named in the acknowledgments.
Holcomb claimed in the suit that she was “powerless to resist” Tyler’s “power, fame, and substantial financial ability.”
She also alleges that Tyler “coerced and persuaded” her into believing that they were having a “romantic love affair.”
Holcomb claims that she met Tyler just after her 16th birthday – he would have been 25 years old at this time – when Aerosmith played a concert in Portland, Oregon, in 1973.
The suit alleges that Tyler took Holcomb back to his hotel, where they spoke about the teenager’s age before he allegedly “performed various acts of criminal sexual conduct upon” her and then sent her home in a taxi the next morning.
Tyler allegedly bought Holcomb a plane ticket to the next Aerosmith show in Seattle, which the suit claims was due to the fact that she was a minor and could not legally travel with him across state lines.
After the Seattle show, Tyler allegedly performed more sex acts on Holcomb, who flew back to Portland in the morning.
After Tyler became Holcomb’s guardian, the suit claims that he was able to travel with her easily without worrying about criminal prosecution.
This timeline apparently matches Tyler’s own words from his memoir.
“She was sixteen, she knew how to nasty, and there wasn’t a hair on it,” Tyler wrote in his memoir.
“With my bad self being twenty-six and she barely old enough to drive and sexy as hell, I just fell madly in love with her. She was a cute skinny little tomboy dressed up as Little Bo Peep. She was my heart’s desire, my partner in crimes of passion.”
Tyler allegedly told Holcomb’s mother that he would be able to give her better support than what she was receiving at home and promised to enroll her in school.
However, the suit claimed that he “did not meaningfully follow through on these promises and instead continued to travel with, assault and provide alcohol and drugs to Plaintiff.”
Holcomb also claimed that the relationship resulted in a pregnancy in 1975 when she was 17, however, she got an abortion at Tyler’s insistence following an apartment fire.
She claimed that Tyler said smoke inhalation and lack of oxygen would have been harmful to the baby, however, the lawsuit claimed that a medical professional told Holcomb the unborn baby wasn’t harmed by the fire.
The suit claimed that Holcomb was hesitant about getting the abortion but that Tyler threatened to stop supporting her if she didn’t have the procedure.
Holcomb allegedly left Tyler after having the abortion and returned to Portland, where she became a devout Catholic and met her husband.
The U.S. Sun has reached out to Tyler’s reps for comment but has not heard back at the time of writing.