Posts Tagged ‘Video Games’
Posted by bob in Films, Games, News on July 16th, 2008
Capcom’s Lost Planet has been picked up for production by Warner Bros. The screenplay has been assigned to David Hayter (Watchmen) with the Iron Man team of Avi Arad and Ari Arad along with Steven Paul will produce.
The film was announced at the E3 trade show this week. The best-selling game was released in 2006 with over two million copies sold. In addition to the film adaptation, a game sequel is in the works. The lost planet is a frozen rock, site of an expedition that seeks an energy source to save mankind.
Posted by bob in Games, News on July 15th, 2008
Resident Evil 5 was announced this week, with a street date of March 13, 2009. The on-line game will allow you and a second player to crush monsters or be crushed if you’re too slow. You can choose between Chris Redfield or Sheva Alomar as your character.
According to Dread Central, “RE5 looks incredible graphically, while the game play seems like Resident Evil 4, which is far from a bad thing.“
Posted by bob in Games, News on July 14th, 2008
Publisher 505 Games has announced Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sacrifice for the Nintendo DS. The game will feature a mixture of first- and third-person gameplay as players take on the role of Buffy as she attempts to seal the re-opened Hellmouth.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sacrifice will be available exclusively throughout Europe on Nintendo DS in November 2008. Buffy’s first incarnation on the Nintendo DS has yet to receive an official US release date.
“Buffy’s return to videogames is great for long-time fans of the franchise and we hope the huge market reach of the Nintendo DS will help to create new fans too,” proclaimed Rowan Tafler, Global Brand Manager for 505 Games.
Spike, Angel, the Master, the First Evil, Caleb and the Scooby Gang will all be in the adventure written by series writer Rob Deshotel.
Posted by bob in Games, News on July 2nd, 2008
Konami has announced that a Wii version of their popular game Castlevania will make its Wii debut this fall with Castlevania Judgment. The game play will “bridge the past with the present as it pits several generations of the Belmont clan against a host of characters that span the franchise’s 22-year history.”
Using the Wii’s unique controller, the players will be able to whip, slash and stab. Additionally, the game will have the ability to connect via Wi-Fi with the DS title Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. Players will also be able to compete head-to-head via the Wii’s Wi-Fi connection, though it has not been mentioned if this will be free or part of the “pay for play” service.
Posted by bob in Comics, News on June 29th, 2008
At WizardWorld Chicago, WildStorm announced several new titles which are right up our alley.
First, they have Gears of War, based on the video game and written by Joshua Ortega (Red Sonja). Ortega has been working on the game for years and knows this world inside and out. Liam Sharp will be providing the pulse-pounding artwork. At the panel, Editor Shannon Denton noted “My wife wishes I didn’t know so much about the game.”
Tying in to next month’s X-Files movie will be a comic that Denton described as more like Season 5 than directly tied to the movie. This would mark the property’s third publisher after Topps Comics and IDW each took a turn. The 40-page one-shot was written by the series’ Frank Spotnitz with art by Brian Denham.
Our pal Chuck Dixon is back with Storming Paradise, which is an alternate history of World War II, postulating what if the United States had chosen not to drop the nuclear bombs on Japan. Given the reality was that a massive invasion with estimates of millions of casualties on both sides, this could be a blood event.
Posted by bob in Films, News on June 26th, 2008
The live-action version of the violent video game Alice has been constantly in development and discussion in Hollywood. Producer Scott Faye has reported on American McGee’s blog that Universal Studios has placed the project in “turnaround”. The phrase means any studio can have the project if they reimburse Universal for costs expended to date. (more…)
Posted by bob in Films, Games, News on June 17th, 2008
Len Wiseman (Live Free or Die Hard) looks to be the director of New Line Cinema’s Gears of War.
The Epic Games’ hit has been in development for some time now and the trades today report that Chris Morgan (Wanted) is working a new draft of the script. At first, it appeared headed for a 2009 berth but 2010 is a more realistic release window. (more…)
Posted by bob in Games, News on June 9th, 2008
Sega’s eagerly anticipated Aliens: Colonial Marines video game has been delayed from late 2008 into the first quarter of 2009. The first person shooter game boasts a story written by Battlestar Galactica’s Bradley Thompson and David Weddle and is set to occur immediately after events of Alien 3.
The player becomes a new character, a soldier commanding a squad of colonial marines sent to investigate the USS Sualco, the vessel abandoned at the beginning of that film. From there, the action will take players to other spaceships and to planets with futuristic cities.
The game, planned for at least four platforms, will offer a story driven single-player mode and a four player co-op mode. In the latter, each player will become a Colonial Marine and will have “a distinct role to play in the completion of every mission,” says Sega.
All the Colonial Marines’ armory seen in Aliens will appear in the game, including the pulse rifle, automated gun turrets, and the Remington shotgun.
Posted by bob in Films, News on June 4th, 2008
Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2) and Sir Ben Kingsley are now part of the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time cast. Molina is Sheik Amar while Kingsley is probably Vizier, the video game’s villain although the release did not confirm that.
Matthew Marsden (Resident Evil: Extinction) has joined the cast of Transformers 2, now shooting. He’ll be Graham, part of the British Special Forces, joining Josh Duhamel’s Captain Lennox and Tyrese’s Sergeant Epps in battling the Decepticons.
Posted by bob in Films, News on May 21st, 2008
The Candyman himself, Tony Todd, is in talks to star in the sequel to Dawn of the Dead for producer Richard Rubinstein. Todd also appeared in Tom Savini’s 1990 remake of Rubinstein and George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead so he has more than a passing familiarity with the source material.
As we mentioned a while back, Jake Gyllenhaal will star as the Prince in the video game-to-screen adaptation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Starring beside him in the Jerry Bruckheimer production will be Gemma Aterton (Quantum of Solace). Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) is directing film based on the best-selling Ubisoft game. (more…)
Capcom’s Lost Planet has been picked up for production by Warner Bros. The screenplay has been assigned to David Hayter (Watchmen) with the Iron Man team of Avi Arad and Ari Arad along with Steven Paul will produce.
