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Posts from category "Gaming"

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Paramount Movies Become Games in Asia


September 12, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Paramount Digital Entertainment and Accedo Broadband have signed a deal that will see Paramount films licensed for TV games across Asia, according to Daily Variety. First up are casual games based on Top Gun and Saturday Night Fever, which will apparently be the first Hollywood film properties to come to [...]

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EA Releases Spore


September 5, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

This weekend will see the release of Spore, the eagerly awaited new massively single-player game from Electronic Arts Inc. and Maxis, the development studio of Sims creator Will Wright. The debut follows the release of the Spore Creature Creator earlier this summer. The application allows users to model their own [...]

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Image Metrics Puts Face on Operation Flashpoint 2


September 3, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Image Metrics is creating facial animation for key characters appearing in cinematic sequences for Codemasters’ upcoming video game Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising. Slated for release across major gaming platforms in 2009, the title is the much-anticipated sequel to the military conflict simulator released in 2001. Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon [...]

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WWE’s Claims against THQ Dismissed


September 2, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Video-game maker THQ Inc. today announced that the Connecticut Superior Court has dismissed most of the claims filed against it and THQ/JAKKS Pacific LLC. by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). WWE claimed that its video game license with THQ/JAKKS Pacific was void because JAKKS Pacific Inc. allegedly bribed WWE licensing agent [...]

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Craig, Dench Accept Bond Game Assignments


August 20, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Activision’s video game based on the upcoming James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, will feature the voices and animated likenesses of franchise stars Daniel Craig and Dame Judy Dench. Also on board for the interactive adventure are French actor Mathieu Amalric, who plays villain Dominic Greene in the film, and [...]

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Stellar Cast to Command & Conquer


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During a press conference at Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) today announced the ensemble cast to be featured in live-action cinematic sequences in the upcoming game Command & Conquer Red Alert 3. The real-time strategy title will boast a host of award-winning actors, action stars, science-fiction [...]

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Scholastics Horrible Histories Going Interactive


August 15, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Chorion has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with computer games publisher Slitherine Strategies to develop video games based on the Scholastic book series Horrible Histories. Brokered by AT Brands, a division of AT New Media, the deal will see the games released for PC, DS, Wii and other platforms in [...]

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Cryptic Beams Up Star Trek Online


August 14, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Cryptic Studios, a independent developer and publisher of massively multiplayer online role-playing games, revealed the first details and gameplay trailer for Star Trek Online at the annual Star Trek Convention. The MMOG was unveiled in the Gene Roddenberry Theater by Cryptic chief creative officer Jack Emmert and Star Trek franchise [...]

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Madden NFL 09 Hits Stores


August 12, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Today is the day all fans of sports video games look forward to every year, the day when the latest edition of Madden NFL debuts at retail. Rabbid franchise fanatics lined up at select stores across North America on Monday night to be the first to get their hands on [...]

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Godfather II Getting Made by EA


August 8, 2008 by Ryan Ball No Comments divider image

Electronic Arts and Paramount Digital Entertainment are set to give gamers an offer they can’t refuse. The companies announced that they are developing a video game based on the classic Francis Ford Coppola film The Godfather II. A follow-up to last year’s multi-platinum hit, the game returns to author Mario [...]

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