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The Simpsons Just Had A Bananas Fortnite Couch Gag, And Poor Peely Didn't Fare Well
The Battle Bus dropped off Peely, Jonesy, Meowscles, and a couple of other Fortnite characters on to The Simpsons for the long-running show's opening couch gag. The crossover starts harmless enough. But then, things go awry for the Fortnite clan--especially the cute-looking banana.
Peely slips trying to run away from the Simpsons, who pull out weapons to get the Fortnite characters to leave their couch. That misstep leads to a terrible fate for poor Peely. The Simpsons turn the character into a banana split, bringing a horrifying new meaning to Fortnite skin. The official Simpsons account on X shared a clip of the opening sequence from last night, November 2.
Enjoy dessert with a side of Fortnite. pic.twitter.com/xC2GIKSqi6
— The Simpsons (@TheSimpsons) November 3, 2025The crossover is a reciprocation of Fortnite's recently launched Simpsons season. This is a huge collaboration that has replaced the game's normal island with a Springfield-inspired map that's cel-shadded and features locations like Moe's Tavern as well as the Qwik-E-Mart. There's even a Simpsons-specific Battle Pass. Players can earn skins based on Homer, Marge, and even Flounders.
Continue Reading at GameSpotSaints Row Creative Director Wants To Bring The Franchise Back From The Dead
Plans are underway to resurrect Saints Row, as the design director for the first game, Chris Stockman, has revealed that he's working on a pitch for a new entry in the open-world franchise that will see it return to its roots.
On the Saints Row Reddit, Stockman said that he had been approached to work on a proposal, which if successful, could be a prequel. "I've been asked to create a pitch for a Saints Row prequel. I can't say anything more than that, but my dreams for this game just became a little more than just dreams," Stockman said, while adding that it won't be a VR game that's being pitched.
In a follow-up with PCGamesN, Stockman added that he's "attempting to get the band back together" to work on the game. "I want to bring the Saints Row franchise back to its roots. As you know, I directed Saints Row, and I feel the series has strayed way too far away from that. I completely understand why they went that way, but in the end, they kind of painted themselves into a corner they couldn't get out of," Stockman said.
Continue Reading at GameSpotSaints Row Creative Director Wants To Bring The Franchise Back From The Dead
Plans are underway to resurrect Saints Row, as the design director for the first game, Chris Stockman, has revealed that he's working on a pitch for a new entry in the open-world franchise that will see it return to its roots.
On the Saints Row Reddit, Stockman said that he had been approached to work on a proposal, which if successful, could be a prequel. "I've been asked to create a pitch for a Saints Row prequel. I can't say anything more than that, but my dreams for this game just became a little more than just dreams," Stockman said, while adding that it won't be a VR game that's being pitched.
In a follow-up with PCGamesN, Stockman added that he's "attempting to get the band back together" to work on the game. "I want to bring the Saints Row franchise back to its roots. As you know, I directed Saints Row, and I feel the series has strayed way too far away from that. I completely understand why they went that way, but in the end, they kind of painted themselves into a corner they couldn't get out of," Stockman said.
Continue Reading at GameSpotXbox Leans Into Ex-Boxer Meme For New Advert
Microsoft has embraced the ex-boxer meme for its latest Xbox advert, as the company continues with its "this is an Xbox" marketing campaign. Featuring a self-proclaimed ex-boxer, the bizarre advert also spotlighted the new dedicated hardware that recently joined the Xbox family, the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X.
This year has seen Microsoft focus more on the idea of an Xbox ecosystem--rather than on the idea of dedicated Xbox hardware--as it continues work on its next-gen plans for the brand. Recently, Next Generation at Xbox VP Jason Ronald spoke about how Microsoft is looking to evolve the Xbox ecosystem across multiple devices in the future, hinting at multiple devices and options.
Continue Reading at GameSpotRockstar Co-Founder Shares Thoughts On GTA 6, Abandoned GTA 5 DLC, A Medieval Game, Agent, And More
Rockstar Games' former VP of creative, Dan Houser, left the company in 2020, but he's still a wellspring of knowledge about Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, both of which he was a lead writer on. Houser recently shared his insights into both game series as well as a few of Rockstar's unrealized projects.
During a nearly three-hour interview with Lex Fridman on YouTube, Houser touched on GTA 5's uncompleted DLC that would have featured Trevor as a secret agent.
"It never quite came together, and it was never finished," recalled Houser. "It was about half done when it got abandoned. But I think if that had come out, [we] probably wouldn't have gotten to make Red Dead 2. So, there's always compromises ... I like making the stories. For me, I love the model of GTA 4 when you had the extra stories coming afterwards or Red Dead 1 when you had the zombie pack coming afterwards. I like just doing these extra things. So, I would've personally liked to have done more of that in that company."
Continue Reading at GameSpotHalo MMO Was Killed To Protect Exec's Stock Bonus, Developer Claims
Back in 2005, rumors swirled of a Halo MMO in development with Age of Empires developer Ensemble Studios. The project came to an abrupt end in 2008 when Microsoft shuttered the studio, however one of the developers on the MMO has spilled the beans on the lost game--and why it was cancelled.
Sandy Peterson, known for his work on the Call of Cthulu TTRPG and Doom before he moved to Ensemble, has posted a thread on X with his recollections about the doomed Halo MMO, which was codenamed Titan. He says that he was in charge of the universe-building for the project, which was going to be set in the far past before the Halos destroyed all sentient life in the galaxy.
"The lowest estimate we & Microsoft had for the game's total income was $1.1 billion," Peterson claims. Earlier reports about the cancelled MMO backed up Microsoft's early commitment to the ambitious project, saying that Titan had been allocated a massive $90 million budget.
Continue Reading at GameSpotFortnite Dataminers Suggest Harry Potter And Spongebob Collabs Could Be Next
Fortnite's latest update brought a major Simpsons collab to the popular battle royale game, however dataminers have found clues to future collabs hidden in the game files. Multiple leakers suggest that SpongeBob and Harry Potter will be coming to Fortnite--with fans already voicing objections to the latter due to creator JK Rowling's transphobic actions.
Prominent Fortnite leaker SamLeakss posted news that both collabs will reportedly be arriving in Chapter 7. Fortnite creator Shiina confirmed the SpongeBob collab, including details of potential cosmetics including Plankton Wheels, Jellyfish Boost, and Flowers Drift Trail.
SPONGEBOB COLLAB HAS MULTIPLE COSMETICS
- Plankton Wheels
- Jellyfish Boost
- Flowers Drift Trail
- Even more other cosmetics
CONFIRMED BY GAME FILES pic.twitter.com/ODdqDS1PZM
The files that have been unearthed by dataminers at this point are likely to be early, unfinished concepts, so without an official announcement from Epic it's hard to tell exactly what any future collab is going to look like. Fortnite's many and varied cross-franchise collaborations happen at different scales, from small themed cosmetic packs all the way up to mini seasons like the current Simpsons crossover.
Continue Reading at GameSpotBattlefield 6 Has A New Casual Mode Where Bots Outnumber Players
Not long after Battlefield Studios patched XP farms out of Battlefield 6's Portal mode, the studio has announced a new official "casual" mode that allows players to earn progression in games with more bots than players.
The new mode, Casual Breakthrough, will include just 16 real players per lobby, who will be accompanied by 32 bots--giving eight players and 16 bots per team. Described in a Battlefield Comms X post as "a more relaxed way to play while still earning progression and completing challenges," the mode will allow players to accrue Career XP, Weapon XP and Battle Pass XP, as well as counting towards challenges. "
The mode still comes with some restrictions, meaning players won't be able to earn Dogtags or Accolades through Casual Breakthrough, and the mode also won't be reflected in career stats. XP gain will be weighted, with player actions granting full XP, and bot actions only granting reduced XP.
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