GZ News Update 10/22/13: GTA 5 PC Torrent is a fake and Sims 4 launching Fall 2014

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Call of Duty: Ghosts devs: 'We better not kill the dog'

It seems the loving sentiment that fans have for Riley, the canine co-star in Call of Duty: Ghosts, is shared among members of the Infinity Ward dev team as well. When Riley was first revealed as a "character" in Ghosts the overwhelming consensus among fans was that the dog will die. Even Infinity Ward executive producer Mark Rubin acknowledged the belief.

The Sims 4 confirmed for fall 2014 release on PC

The Sims 4, the next full-fledged installment in Electronic Arts' massively popular simulation franchise, will be shipping in fall 2014 worldwide, the publisher announced today.

That GTA 5 PC torrent is actually malware

Apparently, there's a file floating around the internet claiming to be a leaked PC version of Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto 5. Don't download it. It's been reported that the file, which checks in at a believable 18GB size (and even has an actual setup.exe file that works), is nothing more than malware.