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James Mangold discusses Wolverine

Ah The Wolverine … if ever there were a film to file under the heading “Development Hell”, the long-awaited sequel to X-Men Origins would surely be it. However, things do appear to be moving again, with Walk The Line director James Mangold having discussed his vision for the project. And …

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Robert De Niro joins John Travolta for Killing Season

Nicolas Cage and John Travolta won’t face off again anytime soon: Robert De Niro has replaced Cage in action thriller Killing Season (formerly Shrapnel ). The film is based on a Black List script by Evan Daugherty ( Snow White And The Huntsman ), and sees two blokes engage a …

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Final version of Wii U hardware to appear at E3 2012

Nintendo’s quarterly earnings report continues to be the news gift that keeps on giving. First we heard Nintendo suffered its first financial loss in 30 years (opens in new tab), then they revealed DLC and demo plans for the eShop (opens in new tab), and now comes news on the …

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King of Fighters XIII gets King of Soundtracks pre-order bonus

Atlus’ announced pre-order bonus for next month’s The King of Fighters XIII is a doozy. Spanning four CDs, the immodestly-titled King of Soundtracks ’94-XIII aims to live up to its self-bestowed regal status by collecting more than 100 tracks (101 of them, in fact) from the series’ 15-year backlog of …

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Gabe Newell: Piracy is an issue of service, not price

When Valve’s Gabe Newell isn’t overseeing the creation of GlaDOS sequels, Team Fortress 2 hats, or everything else but Half Life: Episode 3, he can usually be found imparting his business wisdom to anyone who will listen. And yes, there are a lot of people who will listen; people like …

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Bond 23 axes the action, targets an Oscar

Is that little bald statue stroking a white cat? It wouldn’t be a surprise if it was, given the news that Bond’s next big challenge is to take down an Oscar. Bond, James Bond has pulled off some tricks in his career but if the rumours are true that director …

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Sonic Generations contains the original Sonic as unlockable bonus

Sonic fans looking forward to the upcoming Sonic Generations can now be assured the game will contain the most authentically old-school Sonic experience short of physically digging out your old Genesis. That is to say, the game will contain that console’s original Sonic the Hedgehog as a bonus unlockable, meaning …

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