Archive for November 2nd, 2006

MGM and Cruise/Wagner Creating New UA

United Artists, the studio founded by movie greats Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D.W. Griffith some 85 years ago and responsible for delivering such iconic film franchises as “Rocky,” “Pink Panther” and “James Bond,” will be reborn under a partnership formed between Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM). The announcement was [...]

Four billion Halo 2 games played

Developer Bungie announces new record in Halo online gaming reached on Xbox Live.
gamespot.com

Crysis Delayed

In a recent EA conference call, it was revealed that Crytek’s much-anticipated shooter Crysis would be pushed back to EA’s next fiscal year (begins April 1, 2007). That was as specific as the dating got, unfortunately, which means it could be much later.
gamersreports.com

Joker role to take on original comic book apperance

According to ign sources, " The Dark Knight", follow-up to "Batman Begins", will appear to take on the story line of the first-two-comic books from the silver age(1939).
comicbookmovie.com

EA Downloader becomes EA Link

In a bit of a cynical article, 1Up reveals that EA has renamed its digital distribution service, EA Downloader, to EA Link.
fragland.net

Microsoft Acknowledges 360 ‘Bricking’

Company claims less than 1% of users affected.
feedburner.com

New Spidey 3 trailer unavailable in up-coming 007 movie

According to sources from Superherohype.com, the new spiderman 3 trailer will not appear in the release of Royal Casino(007). The new James Bond movie will make it’s first debut on November 17th, but movie-goers should be on the look out for Spiderman 3 posters that will be popping up at nation wide theaters.
comicbookmovie.com

It’s official: Vista and Office 2007 to launch November 30

The Windows Vista journey is about to reach the end of the beginning, with the official launch date of November 30 announced for the simultaneous launch of Office 2007 and the business version of Windows Vista.
activewin.com