“I’d definitely like to see this set a record for what went on,” said Blizzard North co-founder Erich Schaefer, who hopes the book will motivate readers to make their loot table dreams a reality. Max Schaefer shares his brother’s sentiments, but emphasizes that the extraordinary Diablo franchise was created by …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Capcom offers a glimpse at Ace Attorney movie, trailer coming soon
Capcom has released the first image from its upcoming Ace Attorney movie adaptation (opens in new tab). The sole pic accompanies the launch of a Japanese-language promo site (opens in new tab), with a release date set and the promise of a trailer soon. “But it’s one image! One measly …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Saints Row: The Third teaming up with Adult Swims Tim and Eric for awkward comedy
We’ve seen so many screens and videos for Saints Row: The Third that we’re almost overwhelmed by the extreme absurdity of it all, and now THQ seems to be trying to push us over the limit of craziness we can take. The publisher is teaming up with Adult Swim superstars …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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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