I’m all about the video game news today! There’s ton’s to report on the new Max Payne film starring Mark Wahlberg and directed by John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines, Flight of the Phoenix). The film is based on the amazing video game of the same name. Some promo shots have emerged on firstshowing.net some of …
Hit video game from Capcom, ‘Lost Planet,’ will be adapted by Warner Bros. David Hayter who just completed ‘Watchmen,’ for Zack Snyder will be writing the screenplay. Hayter is best known for his work on ‘X-Men,’ and ‘X-2.’ The video game revolves around an expedition to an ice planet that has a energy source that …
All the exciting video game news is emerging this week, this one comes in the form of an oldie
A big announcement came at Microsoft’s E3 press conference yesterday in the form of the set list for Rock Band 2. Rock Band is the incredibly successful music game that allowed players to not only play guitar along with some famous songs, but drums, and vocals too. Besides the set list, they also announced that …
It was only a few years ago where Vivendi was trying to pull itself out of the videogame biz, yesterday, they closed the deal with Activision, creating a publisher valued at $20 billion. Prior to its merger with Activision, Vivendi’s most profitable video game subsidiary was Blizzard, whose “World of Warcraft,” brings it money by …
One of my favorite video game publishers Ubisoft (‘Prince of Persia,’ ‘Assassins Creed’) is expanding itself into more traditional entertainment by acquiring Hybride, a Montreal-based special effects company. The company will be integrated into Ubisoft’s Montreal studio, which is stepping into the realm of CG animation. The purchase will improve the animation in Ubisoft titles, …
Upcoming open world GTA style casino game ‘This is Vegas’ has been delayed till 2009 to give more time for development. The publisher, Midway is out to make this a triple-A title, and would’ve hate to have sacrificed quality just to make their release date. There are already a ton of open world games out …
Music gaming fans gear up, details about ‘Rock Band 2’ have been announced by MTV. The game will be an answer to the new Guitar Hero game that follows suit with Rock Band’s Drum/Microphone controllers. ‘Rock Band 2’ will be exclusive for the first few months to Xbox 360, and then for PS3 and Wii …
The internet guessed right, Blizzard announced Diablo III at their Worldwide Invitational in Paris. The sequel to the action-RPG has been long in the works, with the last game coming out 8 years ago. The game, unlike many other PC games on the market doesn’t go the high-end graphics route, but takes the same road …
Though there hasn’t been an official release date from Blizzard, its rare to see the same “tentative” release date from three very different retailers. Best Buy, Circuit City, and Gamestop all have Starcraft II’s release date for December 3rd. Though until Blizzard starts putting it in writing, I wouldn’t start scheduling a LAN party yet. …