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Fortnite’s Item Shop Has Become An Increasingly Annoying Labyrinth Of Frustration

Fortnite’s Item Shop Has Become An Increasingly Annoying Labyrinth Of Frustration https://ift.tt/CIqR0WL The Fortnite item shop has always been kind of annoying, because it's never had a consistent inventory you could browse like a normal store. There are more than 2,000 Fortnite skins that have been sold in the item shop, but only a few dozen are available on any given day. But Epic has never been content with just the FOMO angle--the company has been dinged by regulatory agencies all over the world for its "dark patterns" and coercive sale techniques. In some very significant ways, the Fortnite item shop is in much better shape now because of the changes those agencies forced Epic to implement--like being able to cancel an errant purchase, and knowing exactly when an item will leave the shop. Still, though, Epic continues to come up with new ways to make the Fortnite shopping experience more complicated and annoying, particularly in the past year. Let's break ...

Halloween TV Show Is On A "Fast Track" To Development, Miramax Boss Says

Halloween TV Show Is On A "Fast Track" To Development, Miramax Boss Says https://ift.tt/Wy2hmw9

You can't keep a horror franchise down for long, and when it comes to Halloween, Mirimax Television says plans are moving forward to create a TV series set in the world of Michael Myers now that it owns the TV rights to the infamous slasher. Miramax has ambitious plans to resurrect Halloweeen as a cinematic universe for both film and television, and this latest stab at the IP will be a "creative reset" building on the foundation of the first film.

"We're on a fast track, it's a big priority for us. We've had lots of exciting conversations in recent months with a number of really talented people, and I think we'll have a pretty good idea of what we're going to be doing very soon," Miramax head of worldwide television Marc Helwig said to Deadline. "We're hoping to lock down the creative team very soon."

This new take on Halloween will once again reboot Michael Myers and his world, as Helwig added that the recent Halloween movie trilogy co-produced with Blumhouse provided a fitting conclusion to Myers within that particular story. Halloween reboots and retcons have happened several times over the decades, and like those projects, Helwig mentioned how pivotal the first film directed by John Carpenter is to establishing the lore and foundation for new projects.

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