Archive for February, 2008

JMS No Longer Exclusive With Marvel

At a special spotlight panel at WonderCon J. Michael Straczynski revealed two new series he is writing for Image Comics and talked in guarded terms about future projects with DC Comics as well as about a number of movie projects he is working on, most notably a Silver Surfer origin saga for Fox. Earlier [...]

Mass Effect PC Release Date Confirmed

Following up on the recent news that Mass Effect will be coming to the PC this May, EA has answered the question of exactly when it will hit retail. Mass Effect PC will ship to retailers on May 6, 2008. For more information on what’s new in the PC release of Mass Effect, [...]

“Spectacular Spider-Man” Debuts at WonderCon

Sony Pictures Television premiered at WonderCon the first episode of “The Spectacular Spider-Man,” the new Kids’ WB! animated series based on the classic Marvel Comics superhero, and CBR News was there.
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WonderCon 2008 Round-Up: “New Frontier,” “Clone Wars,” and “WALL*E”

Several web sites are providing animation-related news and panel reports from this past weekend’s WonderCon, held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.
Comic Book Resources and Newsarama both have reports about the Darwyn Cooke panel, where the writer/artist talked about The New Frontier as a graphic novel and the upcoming 75-minute direct-to-video movie, as [...]

Vantage Takes Point at Box Office

The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. With a strong ensemble cast including Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox from “Lost” and Forrest Whitaker, Sony’s political thriller Vantage Point carved itself a definitive lead at the box office this weekend, grossing an estimated [...]

ELECTRONIC ARTS AUDACIOUS BID TO BUY TAKE-TWO

Electronic Arts today announced that it has proposed to acquire Take-Two in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $2.0 billion.
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HD DVD Support for Xbox 360 is Over

PRESS RELEASEAs a result of recent decisions made by Toshiba, Hollywood studios, and retailers, Microsoft plans to withdraw from HD DVD. Xbox will no longer manufacture new HD DVD players for the Xbox 360, but we will continue to provide standard product and warranty support for all Xbox 360 HD DVD Players in the [...]

Sony Paid $400 Million to Warner Bros. for Blu-ray Allegiance

That’s a whole lotta money, but Sony will easily make it back.
dailygame.net

Vista SP1 breaks ZoneAlarm, Trend Micro apps, among others

Microsoft has presented a list of applications which are adversely affected by the problematic Vista Service Pack 1, some of which cease to function entirely.
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Toy Story 3 Plot Revealed

The Wall Street Journal has revealed the plot for Toy Story 3: “Woody the cowboy and his toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, leaves for college.”
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