No danger
Over the past few days, the YouTube channel of PlayStation Latino America, the division that deals with the marketing and promotion of the Sony brand for the LATM territories, had relaunched a video of Dead Space Remake stating its I also arrive on PS4. Not a small detail, considering that for months Electronic Arts has continued to reiterate that the game was designed exclusively for next-gen consoles. After a few days, however, the danger seems to have subsided.
The doubts of the users were still legitimate. Too many times we have seen video game launches that for purely financial reasons must meet very large sales targets. Accepting the impossibility of reaching them only by selling on newer and more powerful consoles, very often we compromise with cross gen games, a practice that often attracts the ire of some personalities in the industry. Games that obviously very often risk sacrificing some features that perhaps would have changed the judgment of the public and critics.
With this "emergency" archived, Dead Space Remake proceeds with its "personal journey": the game, developed by EA Motive, will arrive on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X on January 27, 2023. Keep following geekinco for all the news and announcements in the pipeline from the world of video games.
Jury decides there was no ‘dangerous condition’ that led to 19-year-old’s death along Del Mar rail
A jury ruled in favor of North County Transit District in a case over a 19-year-old Poway resident who was killed by a passing train in Del Mar six years ago.
Following a 10-day trial, jurors decided 11-1 that the right of way, which is owned by NCTD, was not in a “dangerous condition” at the time of the incident. The family of the victim, Javad Hedayatzadeh, filed a lawsuit in 2017 alleging that NCTD should have taken steps to reduce the likelihood of an accident.
In September 2016, Hedayatzadeh had driven to Del Mar with two friends and parked at the end of 13th Street. A guardrail at the site of the accident prevents automobiles from accessing the right of way, but pedestrians can walk around it.
According to court documents, the three walked down to the train tracks, where they were trespassing, and headed north. They smoked cannabis on the west side of the tracks.
Hedayatzadeh told his friends that he wanted to take a selfie as a BNSF freight train passed by from the south. He was struck by the train and killed.
The city of Del Mar and BNSF were also named as defendants, but successfully petitioned the court to be dropped from the case long before it reached trial last month.
The trial, which ended Sept. 22, included witness testimony from Del Mar City Councilmember Dave Druker, who was asked about bluff access and whether it is dangerous to cross the tracks. Druker was not on the City Council at the time of the incident.
Attorneys representing the city of Del Mar had asked the court last year to excuse Druker from being called as a witness, since the city was no longer part of the case, but were rejected. They successfully petitioned the court to excuse Councilmember Dan Quirk, former Councilmembers Sherryl Parks and Terry Sinnott, and former Planning Director Kathleen Garcia from being called as witnesses.
NCTD Executive Director Matthew Tucker was also called as a witness. An NCTD spokesperson declined comment on the outcome of the case.
Attorneys representing the Hedayatzadeh family did not respond to a request for comment.