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Weekly News Roundup: 05/25/2007
We will be at Star Wars
Celebration IV in LA this weekend, so we may not hit our usual Sunday news
roundup. Instead, here is a special early Friday edition.
Games
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In his early
days, even Godzilla did a few movies he wasn't proud of and insists it was just for pay. |
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The countdown on the
Godzilla: Unleashed website ended on the 23rd, revealing
that the upcoming game will have twenty-three playable monsters. Hmm,
twenty-three on the 23rd, what a crazy coincidence. The site has
digital cards showing which monsters will appear in the Wii game, yet only
four are currently shown. Most notable is the super cool re-designed Gigan from
Godzilla: Final Wars.
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Star Wars and Legos are
coming back in
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga. The game includes both original
titles with a few new characters, levels, and Force powers. Saga will be out
soon-ish for the PS3, 360, and Wii. There is also a Nintendo DS version which
is actually an entirely different and brand new game.
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More good news, Nintendo
fans. Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed at Nintendo's Media Summit that Super
Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and The
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass will be
out by the end of this year.
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Grand Theft Auto IV will be
getting a snazzy
$90 limited edition. It will include an art book, keychain, selected
soundtrack CD, and duffle bag in a metal safety deposit box.
Movies
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The
Onimusha movie, based on
the awesome samurai games of the same name, is slated for a December 2009
release. The movie will be directed by Christophe Gans, the man that brought
the much-better-than-expected Silent Hill to the big screen. Production
of Onimusha begins in February in China.
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A
King of Fighters movie is getting ready to be shot next year
by Gordon Chan, director of The Medallion and Fist of Legend.
Live action fighting game movies usually don't turn out too great, but it
can't be worse than DOA: Dead or Alive, can it?
- Shawn - 05/25/07
Weekly News Roundup: 05/20/2007
Games
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"A Bastiodon
for a Pikachu and a Scyther. It's a fair trade. Now let's calmly take out
our DS' and trade some Pokèmon." |
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John Woo's
Stranglehold will be released as a Collector's Edition that may very well be worth getting. The
PLAYSTATION 3 collector's edition of Stranglehold will have an
HD version of Hard Boiled on the same Blu-ray disc. No word
as to whether the film will be in 1080p or not. The Xbox 360 version will also
have a collector's edition, but Midway hasn't yet announced what will be in
it. Whatever it is, it probably can't compete with a Hi-Def Hard Boiled.
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Eidos and GameTap have teamed-up to bring
something special to Tomb Raider fans. GameTap has already begun airing a
comprehensive
Tomb Raider retrospective video series. On July 10th GameTap will air a
new
Tomb Raider animated series titled Re/Visioned
where famous animators and artists present their own take on the
series.
Re/Visioned will have episodes by Jim Lee, David Alvarez, Warren
Ellis, Brian Pulido, Peter Chung, Cully Hammer, Christos Gage, Gail Simone,
and Michael Stackpole. What's even cooler is that you don't need to be a
GameTap subscriber; you will be able to watch the series for free. Head to
GameTap's Tomb Raider site for extras and preview images.
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Gameloft, known for their
cell phone games, is
remaking the original Prince of Persia for Xbox Live Arcade.
Gameloft has a solid track record for the Prince's mobile adventures, so this
should turn out great. Along with the visual overhaul, Gameloft is said to be
adding a few more enemies and puzzles. Hopefully they won't mess too much with
perfection, though. Most notably, the Prince now resembles the Prince from the
Sands of Time trilogy and no longer wears his turban.
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Gamers anxiously awaiting the
Halo 3 beta on May 16th had to wait fourteen hours longer
because of a downloading problem, supposedly with Xbox Live. An update was
issued for Crackdown later that day and now Halo 3 beta players
will be Halo-ing it up to the
extended date of June 10th. Bungie also announced an official release date
for
Halo 3 on September 25th.
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Another Namco Museum is on the way, except this one is
actually different than the other fifty or so Namco Museums.
Namco Museum Remix for the Wii will feature completely new
versions of classic games that all involve Pac-Man. Pac-Man gets remixed in
Galaga, Rally-X, Pac 'n Roll, Pac-Motos, and Gator Panic all with new graphics
and Wii controls.
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Capcom axed Clover and now
Flagship will be dissolved. Flagship was responsible for the Legend of
Zelda games of The Minish Cap, A Link to the Past on GBA,
the Oracle of Ages / Seasons, as well as some Kirby games. The employees
will still to continue to work for Capcom in the same capacity however, so the
elimination of the studio is odd.
Movies
Comics
Miscellaneous
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Fujikyu Highland Park in Japan will construct
a life-size 18 meter Gundam this Summer. It might only lie on its back,
but who cares, it's a LIFE-SIZE GUNDAM. The Gundam is the RX-78, the original
Gundam piloted by the original Gundam complainer Amarou.
Television
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The Terminator TV series,
The Sarah Conner Chronicles, is well underway... wait... there's a
Terminator TV series? How in the bloody hell did we miss this
news? Well anyway,
Ain't it Cool News has gathered some videos if you're interested in
watching what looks like a professionally done fan film.
Toys
- Shawn / Paul - 05/20/07
Aegis Wing Details
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Aegis
Wing looks to be a fully featured shooter complete with lots 'o'
missiles and pulsating red space balls. |
Microsoft shot out a press release today with all
the details concerning the free Xbox Live Arcade shooter Aegis Wing that
drops this Wednesday (5/16). Aegis Wing is a completely new game that was
developed by three Microsoft interns. It is a 2-D side-scrolling shooter and
seems to have a couple little cool ideas to add to the 2-D shooter genre.
The six stage Aegis Wing will support up
to four players simultaneously on one console or over Xbox Live. Not bad for a
free shooter. In some kind of leap in space fighter combiner technology, all
four of the brightly colored ships can mount one another to gain the "turret"
ability or increase power of the "Super Weapons." If my assumptions are correct,
then the turret ability could help out gamers that aren't so good at shooters to
beat the game if the difficulty is fairly high. The turret ability could allow
the good-at-shooters player to fly around and avoid everything while the
not-so-good-at-shooters player fires away.
As you can tell by the screenshots the visuals
look pretty nice, but that should probably be expected for a 2-D game on the
360. A full symphonic soundtrack will also accompany you on your mission. The
only bad news about Aegis Wing is that it will only be available for a
limited time. Since I have yet to purchase a 360, I'll just have to force Paul
to download it on Wednesday. Unless you are a total anti-2-D gaming jerk you'll
download it as well. Hopefully Aegis Wing will still be available by the
time the quieter 65nm Elites start hitting store shelves. Plus, maybe the
download success of the game will prompt Microsoft to release other intern
developed and free XBLA games in the future.
    
- Shawn - 05/14/07
Full Press Release
Weekly News Roundup: 05/13/2007
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The lack of
rocket packs in dynastic China forced Gundams to ride into battle on
bicycles. |
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The Japanese PLAYSTATION 3
game Gundam Musou is officially coming to America as
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam. The name change is perfect as it tells
you exactly what you're getting. While the title may turn off Dynasty
Warriors purists, it could also reel in non-Gundam people that are
Dynasty Warriors fans. The game is coming this Fall, not only to the
PS3, but also the Xbox 360 so everyone can get their Chinese Gundam
Dynasty battles on.
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Namco is developing a brand new Soul Calibur
game, called
Soul Calibur Legends, for the Wii. It will be a third person action
adventure. The tale of soul and swords will be eternally retold on your
Wii... sometime.
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Square-Enix is
re-re-re-releasing another Final Fantasy game, but it's really
different this time... really.
Final Fantasy IV DS (FFII from the US SNES) is receiving the same
fancy-pants 3-D treatment that Final Fantasy III got on the DS. That's
nifty and all, but we're still waiting for a regular 2-D re-release of the
original Final Fantasy III. Some of us still like 2-D. If you're sick
of re-releases there is also an original FF game for the PSP called
Final Fantasy: Dissidia.
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Wait, Square-Enix does have
something new that isn't Final Fantasy. Seriously. They revealed
The Last Remnant, a new RPG that uses the Unreal 3 engine. If all goes
well, the game will be released simultaneously on the PS3 and 360 in the US
and Japan.
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Arcade Renaissance has deduced that we are
one step closer to seeing an official announcement for the shooter
Karous on the Wii. The game would come from publisher O3
Entertainment, however, we still haven't seen the often delayed Radio
Allergy for the GameCube yet. What's happening with the Allergy,
O3?
DVD
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Free chocolate! According to The Digital
Bits,
The Upright Citizens Brigade: Season 2 will finally, finally,
be on DVD on 7/31. Hold on, don't get your panties in a bundle just yet
because it's only a strong rumor for right now. Perhaps if we look into the
bucket of truth we will know for sure.
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Fans of space cowboys, rejoice!
80s cartoon Bravestarr is coming to DVD this summer!
Paul's
favorite character was Sheriff Bravestarr's horse that could walk on two legs
and wield a space shot gun. Hey, don't look at him like that. He couldn't have
been the only kid that loved this show.
Movies
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Thankfully this is just a rumor at the
moment, but LatinoReview.com stated that
Jessica Biel may get the role of Chun Li in the new Street Fighter
movie. The 100% not at all Chinese Jessica Biel playing the 100% Chinese Chun
Li? Hopefully, if she has any role in the film, it's for a different
character. Somehow, the days of Van Damme as Guile are starting to look
better.
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Actress Jamie Pressley isn't too upset
that
DOA: Dead or Alive still hasn't made it into theaters yet. The
finished film was never even screened for the actors (if you've seen it you
know why, it could still be lurking around Google Video if you search hard
enough). The newest release date is June 22, but if the movie gets pushed back
again, don't be surprised.
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It was announced this week that a
new batch of Terminator films will be made. Terminator
4 is expected to hit theaters in 2009. Be afraid Terminator fans, none
of the original Terminator creative team members are on this,
except for the script writers from Terminator 3.
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George Lucas dropped a bomb that he plans
on making
two more live action Star Wars films! Oh, they're hour long
television films... Well, I guess they can't be any worse than the Ewok
television films... can they?
Television
Miscellaneous Halo
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If you haven't yet bought any kind of MP3 player and you're a super Halo
nut, Microsoft has a
Halo 3 Zune in June. That's cool, we guess, but our money is
already going to the Halo 3 Legendary Edition, so our Halo-related
funds are limited.
- Shawn / Paul - 05/13/07
Weekly News Roundup: 05/06/2007
Games
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May we
introduce a by-product of Ken Kutaragi's future PlayStation 6 network,
possibly to be deployed with the PS4. |
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LucasArts officially unveiled
their
future civil war game, Fracture. It's a war of cyber
soldiers versus genetic soldiers in the year 2161. The game features Terrain
Deformation, which sounds like the next gen version of Red Faction's
Geo-Mod system.
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It seems as though the Xbox
360's inability to guarantee that it will hard drive is
limiting the 360 version of GTAIV, while the PS3 is getting
a little praise for having the drive and Blu-Ray. Although, Rockstar's
creative VP Dan Houser does state that about the 360 and PS3,
"both have their
own particular pleasures and pains," so neither seems perfect.
Movies
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If you feel like torturing yourself for a
minute, the trailer for the
straight-to-DVD BloodRayne II: Deliverance has been posted.
We didn't think movies could get much worse than the first BloodRayne,
but vampire cowboys just proved us wrong.
DVD
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A film dedicated to Star Wars fandom,
The Force is Among Us,
is available for preorder. As a special bonus, you can get a vial of sand
from Tunisia with the preorder. I really can't think of a more stupid and
useless item than this for the Star Wars fanatic who has everything.
Toys
Miscellaneous
- Shawn / Paul - 05/06/07
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