Ridley Scott Offers Alien Prequel Hints
Ridley Scott offered a few specifics about his still-untitled Alien Prequel in an interview with The Independent .
"The film[s] will be really tough, really nasty," says Scott of the proposed two-part prequel, which he says will take place 30 years before the first film, "It's the dark side of the moon. We are talking about gods and engineers. Engineers of space. And were the aliens designed as a form of biological warfare? Or biology that would go in and clean up a planet?"
Scott refers to the first film's Space Jockey, part of a mysterious race of giants that carried the alien egg as their cargo. A mystery in the first film, the creature's origins have not been explored in subsequent entries to the franchise.
Two prequel films are being prepped to shoot...
Marty McFly and Doc Brown Reunite for Back to the Future Games
Telltale Games announced today that Christopher Lloyd is returning to voice Doc Brown for the "Back to the Future" game series. The films' co-creator and writer Bob Gale is consulting as well. You can also see the first image below the announcement:
At 88 miles per hour, Back to the Future took millions of spellbound viewers on a high-flying voyage across the space-time continuum in a trio of wildly inventive tales that broke box-office records around the world. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Academy Award®-winning cinematic franchise that generated nearly $1 billion worldwide, Telltale Games will release a new game series this winter as part of the milestone soon after the Blu-ray debut and DVD release of the Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy on...
Chris Chelios retires from hockey, takes job with Red Wings
Chelios, 48, tried to thank as many people as possible today. He had to pause a few times while speaking about his wife and kids.
Borderlands Game of the Year Edition Announced
Gearbox Software has tweeted the official word that a Game-of-the-Year edition of Borderlands is on the way.
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Borderlands Game of the Year Edition announced! Game + all FOUR DLCs and bonus map for 360, PS3, and PC. Available in October! |
Civilization V Demo Coming 9/21
The official Civilization V website has news that the promised demo will be released on September 21st, 2010, the same date Civilization V launches in the United States.
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The question many of you are probably asking now is “didn’t you say it would be available before the release date?” The answer to that question is yes, I did. At the time of that announcement, we expected to be able to get the demo out before the 21st, but unfortunately we weren’t able to finalize it in the timeframe we had initially planned, and for that we’re very sorry. However, we have managed to get it out the same day as the North American release. So for those of you who have been waiting to try out the demo before buying the game, you can still do that with enough time left to run out to the store (or purchase on Steam) and have the full game on the same day as everyone else. |
RDR: Liars and Cheats and Undead Nightmare $DLC Details, More Free DLC Coming
Rockstar has detailed their "Liars and Cheats" $DLC pack that'll be released on September 21st for $9.99 on both Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. While you'll get multiplayer versions of Liars Dice and Poker, there's no multiplayer Horseshoes... which is what I personally wanted. Here's a list of the features:
- Multiplayer Poker and Liars' Dice Games
One of the most fan-requested features comes to multiplayer.
- Multiplayer Horse Races
Ride out against your friends and foes online - with mounted combat guns blazing.
- The Explosive Rifle
A devastatingly destructive new weapon with its own new single-player and multiplayer challenges.
- 7 New Gang Hideouts
Posse up and take on the new Hideouts together to level up quickly.
- 4 New Hunting Grounds
New Hunting Grounds are now visible on the map for all to see, with some of the most action-packed wildlife hunting yet.
- Stronghold Competitive Multiplayer Mode
Teams take turns in attack and defense in multi-tiered Competitive games.
- Posse Scoring and Leaderboards
Compare stats with other posses and compete to see who are the kings of the Free Roam frontier.
- Plus, 15 additional multiplayer characters from the Red Dead Redemption storyline are being made available as multiplayer characters, and more all-new Achievements and Trophies.
In the very next breath, they've spilled some of the beans on their Undead Nightmare Pack which is primarily a single player bit of $DLC. They're claiming it will have a lengthy, new single player campaign which follows Marston around while he tries to find a cure for a plague hitting the land.
Lastly, they've stated in the coming months, they'll be releasing some more free updates, including the Hunting and Trading Outfits Pack which will bring new challenges and some outfits.
...Step in front of a runaway train...
Teen kills disabled girl, plays DDO to “forget”
On August 17th, 18-year-old Tyler Savage led police to the body of a developmentally disabled teenage girl, whom Savage admitted to killing then raping. After hiding the body, Savage went to a neighbor's house and logged into Dungeons & Dragons Online. Savage wanted to be a video game tester, and told the police he spent many hours gaming every day. He claimed that playing DDO helped him to forget his crime, a crime to which he has since pleaded "not guilty." Detectives are trying to figure out if he was trying to enact a game fantasy in real life, although Savage's defense attorney claims that this is "pure speculation."
Savage's victim was a participant in the Special Olympics and had known him for two years. If convicted, Savage could receive the death penalty.
Filed under: Dungeons and Dragons Online, Legal
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Target Launches Used Game Trade-in Service
Vg247 is reporting that Target is launching a used game trade-in service, to be in 850 stores by year’s end.
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Live in the US? Have a game? Wanna sell it? Don’t feel like making the trek to one of the five million GameStops on your street? Well then, just head across the street to one of your five million local Targets. Target’s rolling out the trade-in program at its Northern California locations, but plans to have 850 retail stores on board by the time 2010 comes to a close. |
Comic: 08/25/10
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Happy birthday, Sluggy.
Peter Jackson to Announce Hobbit Plans “Sometime Soon”
Peter Jackson was quoted today as saying he'll know whether or not he'll be directing The Hobbit "sometime soon" by The Dominion Post .
Jackson reiterated that legal negotiations are still plaguing the film's impending production, but offered some assurance with his statement that Warner Bros. (who control half the rights) is, "making progress untangling the MGM situation...". MGM is currently having financial difficulties and it is undecided what course the studio will be taking with its holdings.
Jackson went on to say that, after the decision is reached, he will be able to make a five-year plan "that will keep many people very busy". Among the potential projects the director is eying is a retelling of the Battle of Gallipoli from the point of...
IMAX 3D Theater Listing for Avatar: Special Edition
Shared by Kevin CAs we have said previously, Avatar is returning to 3D and IMAX 3D theaters this Friday. Below is a listing of all the IMAX 3D theaters that will show James Cameron's "Special Edition" that includes 9 minutes of extra footage. Also coming in November are DVD and Blu-ray Special Editions that are expected to have more than 16 minutes of extra footage, followed by a 3D Blu-ray release next year. If you missed our interview with Cameron about this re-release, you can still watch it here ! Following the record-breaking IMAX(R) 3D release of the highest grossing movie of all-time, IMAX Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that Avatar: Special Edition will open in 175 IMAX(R) theatres worldwide - 125 domestic and 50 international locations - on August 27,...
Excellent, my theater of choice is getting it.
BlizzCon In-Game Items
BlizzCon 2010 World of Warcraft & StarCraft II In-Game Items
"Death will rise from the tide!" Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain once warned -- and at BlizzCon 2010, the band's dire musical prophecy will finally come to pass. Everyone who attends this year's BlizzCon or purchases the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket will receive an exclusive set of murlocalyptic in-game items for World of Warcraft and StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. World of Warcraft players will be joined by Deathy, a murloc companion decked out as Deathwing and doing his best to strike fear into the hearts of Azeroth's crustacean population.
You'll also be able to display your tidal pride in StarCraft II with a Murloc Marine character portrait and a pair of deep-sea decals to emblazon on your units, each with a different terran, protoss, and zerg design.
BlizzCon 2010 takes place on October 22 and 23 at the Anaheim Convention Center. For further details or to order the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket, visit www.BlizzCon.com.
APB Insider Claims Realtime Worlds Lied To EA
From our drama dept. Word on the street from an inside contractor who worked on APB is that Realtime Worlds lied to EA multiple times, among other things.
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A source that worked at Realtime Worlds during the development of APB has spoken out about the problems that led to the collapse of the studio A contractor who worked on various aspects of APB’s launch has told NowGamer that the game was always fighting an uphill battle. Realtime Worlds went into administration earlier this month. |
...as the world turns