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The Xbox has been a part of gaming history ever since Microsoft launched it back in 2001. With four more additions to its line-up over the years, alongside other services under its umbrella, the console has long been a thorn in Sony’s side, with the best Xbox games matching Sony’s own exclusive titles on many occasions.

While the latest generation of Xbox consoles may be struggling to hold their own against Sony’s behemoth PlayStation 5, the Xbox has nonetheless received several exclusive titles over the years.

While some were more successful than others, there are a few Xbox titles that deserved a sequel but were somehow sidelined for varying reasons. Here are 9 of the best Xbox games that deserved a sequel but didn’t get one.

9. Jade Empire Jade Empire’s poor sales were unfortunate given its combat, gameplay, and narrative. Image Credit: Bioware.

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Leaders of the Writers Guild of America won’t discuss the specifics of the contract proposals they’ve exchanged with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. But in an interview with Deadline on Tuesday ahead of next week’s start of negotiations, they made it perfectly clear a deal can be reached without a strike if the companies take the needs of writers seriously.

“We want to make a deal. It’s our goal to make a deal,” said Chris Keyser, co-chair of the WGA negotiating committee and a past president of the WGA West. “But just as important, there are lists of things that need to be accomplished for writers that cannot be put off any more. We need a partner to do that – the AMPTP – and we’ll see starting next Monday what their response is.”

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After all the rumors and rampant speculation about the sparks that could fly when the Writers Guild of America and Hollywood’s top studios and streamers negotiate their next contract, the two parties are set to finally meet on Monday. At the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers headquarters in Sherman Oaks, they’ll begin talks that will eventually determine whether the writers will make a deal in 2023 or strike — as so many in the industry have surmised they may do.

Heading up the negotiations on the writers’ end will be WGA assistant executive director Ellen Stutzman, who stepped in as chief negotiator just weeks ago. (The WGA’s executive director and longtime head for contract talks, David Young, went on medical leave Feb. 28.) She will be joined by co-chairs of the WGA’s negotiating committee, showrunner Chris Keyser (Julia) and writer-producer David A. Goodman (The Orville), both former WGA presidents themselves.

In a new post on its contract negotiation site, the Writers Guild of America outlined the impact that streaming has had on its members’ wages and says that it plans to “significantly address writer compensation” in the upcoming contract negotiation talks starting March 20.

“The companies have used the transition to streaming to cut writer pay and separate writing from production, worsening working conditions for series writers at all levels,” the WGA wrote. “On TV staffs, more writers are working at minimum regardless of experience, often for fewer weeks, or in mini-rooms, while showrunners are left without a writing staff to complete the season. And while series budgets have soared over the past decade, median writer-producer pay has fallen.”

“Driven in large part by the shift to streaming, writers are finding their work devalued in every part of the business,” the guild continued. “While company profits have remained high and spending on content has grown,...

The Writers Guild’s key priorities for its upcoming contract talks are beginning to come into focus.

As speculation about a potential strike — which, if it took place, would be the first since the union picketed for 100 days in 2007-2008 — runs rampant across the industry, this week Guild leaders began informing members of their initial ideas for a bargaining agenda in meetings that took place on Saturday at the Writers Guild Theater and Wednesday at the Hollywood Palladium. (Additional meetings are set for Feb. 23 in Universal City and in New York City.) Some top, big-picture items on the agenda: setting minimum television writing staff sizes and strategies for gaining higher compensation for members.

Discussed at these meetings, insiders say, were possible proposals aimed at improving TV writer weekly pay, elevating residuals for TV writers, raising compensation for comedy/variety writers and universal span protection for all television writers (shielding more...

Hundreds of WGA members rallied solidly behind their union last week as the industry grappled with uncertainties spurred by the sudden break between writers and their talent agency representatives.

But as the standoff heads into its second week, signs of strain among some WGA members are beginning to emerge. Shalom Auslander, author and creator of the Showtime dramedy “Happyish,” penned a scathing “Official Coerced Termination Letter” to his reps at CAA that blasted the WGA for what Auslander describes as thuggish tactics in forcing members to fire their agents.

The letter, which is circulating in writer circles, likened Auslander’s situation to being held “hostage” by the WGA and threatened with disciplinary action if he did not send in the electronic form letter of termination provided by the guild. The WGA reportedly plans to deliver hard copies of the termination letters to the Big Four talent agencies — Wme, CAA, UTA and ICM Partners — on Monday.

(Updated with WGA statement) Hours after the WGA launched its expected anti-packaging lawsuit this morning against the Big 4 agencies, representatives for UTA, Wme, CAA and ICM Partners hit back in a dispute that has Hollywood on the precipice.

“This development is ironic given that the Guild itself has agreed to the legitimacy of packaging for more than 43 years,” Association of Talent Agents executive director Karen Stuart said this evening. “Even more ironic is the fact that the statute the WGA is suing under prevents abuses of power and authority by labor union leaders, even as the Guild has intimidated its own members and repeatedly misled them about their lack of good faith in the negotiating room.

“Today’s move confirms that the WGA’s leadership is on a predetermined path to chaos that never included any intention to negotiate,” Stuart added. “Knowing that it could take months or even years...

For those who were hoping for a miracle bargaining session between the WGA and Ata this afternoon that would break the stalemate between the two sides over the new Agency Code of Conduct before the midnight deadline, there was no miracle, and there was not much of a bargaining session either.

I hear that, right off the bat, the leaders of the WGA negotiating committee told the agency representatives that they were rejecting Ata’s latest proposal, introduced yesterday, which included the agencies sharing a percentage of their packaging fees with the writers. The WGA did not offer a counter proposal.

The sit-down was well attended on both sides by the top negotiators as well WGA and Ata’s legal teams. I hear that included WGA West President David A.

The room at the Beverly Hilton was booked until midnight. But it took only about an hour on Friday afternoon for contract negotiations to break down and war to ensue between the Writers Guild of America and Hollywood’s top talent agencies.

UTA co-president Jay Sures and CAA’s Bryan Lourd had testy exchanges with WGA West Executive Director David Young during Friday’s meeting as WGA representatives rejected many of the proposals the Ata submitted late Wednesday in an effort to reach a deal. The WGA is considering initiating legal action against the agencies for alleged conflict of interest and breach of fiduciary duty.

The guild on Friday made good on its promise to implement a new Agency Code of Conduct, which bans agents who represent WGA members from collecting packaging fees and working with agency-affiliated production entities, among other changes. The WGA and Association of Talent Agents have...

Leaders of the Writers Guild and Hollywood agents are set to resume talks Thursday with a deadline looming to reach a deal over the next two days — or face potential chaos when the weekend starts.

The two sides held off on meeting Wednesday after the Association of Talent Agents scrubbed a planned get-together with the the guild in favor of meeting with their own members, according to a source. The two side had held three sessions in the four previous days and had began discussion on the key issues of packaging fees and ownership of production companies. It’s unclear whether the negotiators can find a compromise during the next two days.

The negotiators are facing a deadline of the end of Friday night to hammer out a deal before the WGA imposes a new Agency Code of Conduct — which will eliminate packaging fees along with banning ownership of production companies by Wme,...

The Writers Guild of America has aggressively marshaled its forces in the fight to reform the rules of engagement for talent agents who represent its 15,000 members. But as that battle rages, the guild faces some practical decisions on whether it can handle waging war on two fronts as it prepares for what are expected to be tough master film and TV contract negotiations with the major studios next year.

First and foremost, the WGA has to make sure that the still-unresolved agency feud doesn’t overly tax the resources it will need if it has to prepare for a labor action in the 2020 master contract negotiations. The most crucial component of that fight will be the support of membership, particularly among prominent showrunners and screenwriters. The WGA can’t afford to alienate its working members if the agency conflict devolves into mass firings of agents by writers in the near term.

Leaders of the Writers Guild of America and Hollywood agents are holding their first meeting since agreeing to a six-day delay on implementing tightened rules on agents.

The meeting took place Monday afternoon at the WGA West headquarters in Los Angeles, two days after the two sides averted a potentially chaotic scenario that would have seen a mass firing of agents.

Thanks to last-minute efforts by the agents to present new proposals, the WGA said it would wait until April 13 to implement its new “Agency Code of Conduct.” The rules would have required WGA members to fire their agents had they not signed the code.

Saturday’s meeting was attended by WGA West Executive Director David Young, showrunners David Shore and Mike Schur and screenwriter Michelle Mulroney. The agencies were repped by Wme’s Rick Rosen, UTA’s Jay Sures, CAA’s Bryan Lourd, Apa’s James Gosnell and Karen Stuart,...

The WGA's new film and TV contract was approved tonight in Los Angeles by the board of the WGA West and in New York by the council of the WGA East. It now goes to the guilds' members for final ratification, which is all but guaranteed. There was lots of backslapping at tonight's meetings and praise for the writers’ negotiating committee – which worked for free – and for the guilds' chief negotiator, WGA West executive director David Young. A deal on the new pact, which…...

The WGA's new film and TV contract was approved tonight in Los Angeles by the board of the WGA West and in New York by the council of the WGA East. It now goes to the guilds' members for final ratification, which is all but guaranteed. There was lots of backslapping at tonight's meetings and praise for the writers’ negotiating committee – which worked for free – and for the guilds' chief negotiator, WGA West executive director David Young. A deal on the new pact, which…...

Talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers went down to the wire Monday night but ultimately resulted in a three-year deal, averting a threatened walkout that could have cost jobs and homes, hit the California economy with a $200 million blow per week, accelerated cord-cutting and driven audiences off linear channels and onto digital platforms.

David Young, executive director of WGA West, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that a deal had been reached. Leaving the closed-door meetings, Patric Verrone, who was WGA president the last time the guild went on strike in...

Bachelor star Chris Soules did not attend the funeral of car crash victim Kenneth Mosher in Iowa on Monday.

Last week, the 35-year-old reality star was involved in a rear-ending incident which left 66-year-old tractor driver Mosher dead. After calling 911, Soules allegedly fled the scene, and was later arrested and charged with Leaving the Scene of a Fatality Motor Vehicle Accident.

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Soules’ lawyers have now asked for his case to be dismissed, claiming he offered “reasonable assistance” to Mosher.

Mosher’s funeral was held at the Geilenfeld Funeral Home in Oelwein, Iowa, where neighbor and long-time friend Phyllis Lentz estimated around 200 people attended the service.

“The pastor did a very good job,” Lentz told Et. “It was very nice. The family shared their memories of Kenny and it was a very beautiful service.”

Describing Mosher as a “well-liked person,” Lentz admitted...

The funeral for the victim in the Chris Soules car crash -- 66-year-old Kenneth Mosher -- is happening next Monday, May 1, according to Aurora, Iowa mayor David Young.

Et spoke to Young following Soules and Mosher's car crash on Monday night, which resulted in Mosher's death. Soules has been charged with Leaving the Scene of a Fatality Motor Vehicle Accident.

"The funeral I heard was scheduled for next Monday," Young says. "I'm sure a lot of people [will go]. He was well known. A lot of people knew him."

Watch: Chris Soules Called 911 After Fatal Car Accident, Says He Felt Driver's Pulse Before Allegedly Leaving Scene

Young shares that Mosher leaves behind a wife, two sons and three grandchildren.

"He was a nice guy," he says of the late Mosher. "His house was in the city limits of Aurora and his farm is probably about 700 acres. I think he and his wife and his sons started farming with him...

The Writers Guild of America West has sent At&T and Time Warner Cable shareholders a letter, warning them of the impact a strike could have on both earnings and the pending merger between the two. “A writer’s strike could undermine At&T’s primary reason for acquiring Time Warner, which is ownership of compelling content,” WGA West director David Young wrote in the letter sent on Thursday, obtained by TheWrap. “A strike could also delay any potential shareholder benefits from the acquisition.” The letter opens with the WGA explaining that a work stoppage will commence on May 2 should no agreement between the.

The Writers Guild of America has pledged to go on strike on May 2 if it doesn’t reach a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The Guild made the announcement via a letter sent to media buyers, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. The WGA and the AMPTP are scheduled to meet for five days, starting Monday, to negotiate a new contract. The current contract expires May 1.

“In the event that we are unable to negotiate a new contract with the AMPTP, a work stoppage will begin May 2nd,” states the letter, via THR. “Should this occur, writing for television, feature films and digital series will cease.”

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The letter, signed by the Guild’s executive director David Young, states that the entity is seeking a $178 million per year deal,...

Update with text of letter: The WGA leadership continues to apply pressure on TV networks and studios ahead of resuming contract negotiations next Monday. WGA West executive director David Young has sent a letter to ad buyers warning them they may be wasting their money if there's a writers' strike come May 2. "With the cable networks' upfronts underway and the broadcast networks' upfronts beginning in May, I am writing to inform you of a potential labor dispute that…...

Update with text of letter: The WGA leadership continues to apply pressure on TV networks and studios ahead of resuming contract negotiations next Monday. WGA West executive director David Young has sent a letter to ad buyers warning them they may be wasting their money if there's a writers' strike come May 2. "With the cable networks' upfronts underway and the broadcast networks' upfronts beginning in May, I am writing to inform you of a potential labor dispute that…...

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers responded to the decision by the Writers Guild of America, West and East to move toward a likely strike by asking the guild to reconsider its last offer and resume negotiations. In the letter sent on Thursday following votes by the boards of both guild branches to ask members to authorize a strike, AMPTP President Carol Lombardini asked the executive directors of the WGA West and East, David Young and Lowell Peterson, respectively, to “return to the bargaining table,” after the guild broke off negotiations late last week. The guild’s contract is set.

In the first major move since contract negotiations broke off a week ago, AMPTP president Carol Lombardini has officially invited the WGA to return to the bargaining table. "On behalf of the AMPTP companies, I invite the Writers Guild of America West and the Writers Guild of America East to return to the bargaining table," she wrote in an email this afternoon to WGA West executive director David Young and WGA East executive director Lowell Peterson. "We await your…...

In the first major move since contract negotiations broke off a week ago, AMPTP president Carol Lombardini has officially invited the WGA to return to the bargaining table. "On behalf of the AMPTP companies, I invite the Writers Guild of America West and the Writers Guild of America East to return to the bargaining table," she wrote in an email this afternoon to WGA West executive director David Young and WGA East executive director Lowell Peterson. "We await your…...

The WGA East and West have named the members of the team that will negotiate the unions' next film and TV contract, and it's top-heavy with leaders from the much-larger WGA West. Wgaw executive director David Young will serve as chief negotiator, and former Wgaw president Chris Keyser and current board members Chip Johannessen and Billy Ray will serve as co-chairs. The announcement comes as the DGA is preparing to sit to begin its negotiations for a new film and TV…...

The WGA East and West have named the members of the team that will negotiate the unions' next film and TV contract, and it's top-heavy with leaders from the much-larger WGA West. Wgaw executive director David Young will serve as chief negotiator, and former Wgaw president Chris Keyser and current board members Chip Johannessen and Billy Ray will serve as co-chairs. The announcement comes as the DGA is preparing to sit to begin its negotiations for a new film and TV…...

SpectreVision partners actor Elijah Wood, directors Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller and CEO Lisa Whalen have formed a new production entity, Company X, which will produce a diverse array of projects with no limitations on genre or budget. SpectreVision will remain intact, with Company X to become its parent company.

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“Expansion has always been our goal, but we waited until we had a slate of projects we couldn’t pass up,” states Whalen. “SpectreVision exists in a very specific and unique area in the indie genre space. We’re often approached with projects that we love, that aren’t right for SpectreVision’s indie, genre space. Now we can engage with those projects, without stretching the SpectreVision brand. Company X is any genre, at any budget, and allows us to connect with wider and more diverse audiences.”

Under this new arrangement, the...

The Writers Guild of America has just announced the nominations for their annual awards for Best Screenplays (by writers who are guild signatories). That’s right, before you get nervous thinking that your favorite may have been left off the list, you must remember that the WGA is the group that is not all-inclusive and leaves out several of the top contenders each year due to them not being part of the guild or not following their very specific rules. For this reason, you won’t see Inside Out, The Hateful Eight, and Ex Machina in the Original Screenplay category or Room, Brooklyn, or Anomalisa in the Adapted screenplay category.

Taking a look at what’s left over for the nominations, we find many that were expected to make a showing, including Spotlight and Bridge of Spies for Original Screenplay, though they apparently had to sink to really low depths...

The Writers Guild of America announced some of its nominees for its 2015 awards on Thursday, including television, new media, and radio, and among the TV nominees are series both new and old, and all beloved.

In the comedy series category, freshman Netflix show "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" scored a nomination for best series, as well as an overall best new series nod. "The Last Man on Earth" also landed in that latter category, and was singled out for its pilot episode writing, too.

On the drama side of the equation, lauded "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" also got best series and best new series nominations, in addition to a an episode writing nod. Newly-minted Emmy winner "Game of Thrones" also scored a best drama citation, as well as an episodic writing nomination.

The full list of nominees released this week are below. Nominations in the theatrical and documentary categories will...