Archive for October, 2005

‘Saw II’ Cuts Down ‘Zorro’ at Box Office (AP)

AP - Horror swung a sharper blade than Zorro at the box office. With Halloween at hand, the bloody “Saw II” won the weekend with $30.5 million, almost double the $16.5 million opening of Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones’ swashbuckling sequel “The Legend of Zorro,” according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Chris Evans gives ‘Fantastic Four’ sequel update

“Oh yeah, we’re doing one,” says actor Chris Evans of a ‘Fantastic Four’ sequel. “We start next June. There’ll definitely be new villains. They said something about Mole Man and The Puppet Master.
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Sin City TV?

The word on the street according to Variety is that Bob and Harvey Weinstein are developing a Sin City TV series. It looks like it could be coming sometime after Sin City 2..
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City of Heroes, Issue 6

The latest free content addition to City of Heroes has been released, Issue 6 adds some new graphics technology and some new PvP arenas that can be used.
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PSP SOCOM Voice Chat?

I’m reviewing Fireteam Bravo and like everyone else doing so can’t talk about multiplayer just yet. But I can point you to an interesting post over on Gizmodo about the likelyhood of voice chat in online play on the PSP third-person shooter. A reader there also points to EB Games which is already taking orders [...]

Xbox 360 Launch To Be Gradual

Gamasutra is reporting that low volume of 360 consoles will result in a somewhat gradual ramp up for the launch. From the article: “‘The analysts were expecting more of a launch spike than we were… [we expect a] more gradual ramp toward’ meeting revenue targets, presumably due to a lower volume of available Xbox 360 [...]

BlizzCon Friday Wrapup

Besides the Burning Crusade announcement, there’s lots of interesting stuff going on out in California. Gamespot reports from the scene and has a first look at the Blood Elf starting area. Meanwhile, Next Generation has the lay of the land from the first day of Blizzard’s games get-together. From the Gamespot article: “As for the [...]

City of Heroes, Issue 6: Along Came a Spider

NCsoft Europe today announced the release of Issue 6: Along Came a Spider, the latest expansion to City of Heroes. The expansion offers new content, graphics and technology upgrades and brings heroes and villains face to face into direct conflict, as it opens the doors to new PvP zones that will be shared with characters [...]

WoW: The Burning Crusade Announced

The World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Website is online, as is the official announcement of this first expansion for World of Warcraft, Blizzard’s MMORPG. The add-on will include two new races and more.
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How To DOWNLOAD City of Villains for the Head Start

Please carefully read the instructions below to download City of Villains for the head start. To find out how to set up your per-order PlayNC account, please read this post.
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