Archive for May, 2008

Ray Stevenson as The Punisher!

Lionsgate has released a NEW publicity pic of Ray as Frank, a.k.a. The Punisher!
Punisher: War Zone attacks theaters September 12, 2008 and stars Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Doug Hutchinson, Wayne Knight, Dash Mihok, Colin Salmon and Julie Benz, and was directed by Lexi Alexander.
 

King Sized Hulk #1

Loeb, Adams, Cho & Trimpe
This issue made me feel like I took one on the chin.  Not because it was a pulse pounding, action packed issue.  No, but because Ithe issue is a $5 punch to the wallet.  Coming into this issue, one would know that they would be a ton of reprinted material.  [...]

Casters Getting Love in Age of Conan

Any game that’s called Age of "Conan" is going to be a little slanted towards melee classes (or that’s the perception at least). FunCom is going to be giving a little love to its magic wielding character types in a future update. Here’s what the Demonologist will be getting:

The duration of Protection of Set [...]

Dungeons & Dragons Online: Module 7: The Way of the Monk Preview

Currently scheduled for free release on June 3, Module 7 offers a new playable class, improvements to existing areas to ease leveling, new Fog of War functionality not to mention a buyback feature at vendors.
Other features include new quests in Three Barrel Cove and the 12-man raid zone under the Marketplace Tent site, and quiver [...]

Netflix Coming To Xbox360?

According to everyone’s favorite game industry mouthpiece, Michael Patcher from Wedbush Morgan Securities Analysts cabal, Netflix is coming to the Xbox360. He claims the company is set to partner with MS to offer streaming rentals through the console. Why MS would purposefully cut into their own profits for movie and TV rentals we are not [...]

FunCom Talks Age of Conan Bans

FunCom talked with TenTonhammer about the recent round of Age of Conan player account bans:
 
Ten Ton Hammer: Recently several accounts have been banned due to suspicious activity. Can you elaborate on this as to why these accounts were banned?
Mathis: We can’t go into details on exactly what was done by the offenders but [...]

Valve Announces Steam Cloud Game-Saving Feature

During yesterday’s Seattle press event attended by Gamasutra and intended to highlight digital distribution and dispel fears that PC gaming is a troubled market, Valve announced upcoming features to be included in its Steam download platform.
When released and integrated into games, the Steam Cloud will allow users to access their game-generated data such as saves [...]

Frank Miller’s New Spirit Blog!

Superhero Hype! has your exclusive first look at The Spirit writer/director Frank Miller’s ninth Production Blog in which he addresses the fans’ concerns about his adaptation of the Will Eisner comic.
Opening December 25, the action-adventure-romance stars Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Sarah Paulson, Paz Vega, Jaime King, Dan Lauria, Stana Katic, [...]

Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. Squads To Be Voice Controller

According to Ubisoft, the squads in the new aerial combat game Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. will be voice-controlled. This is a gamble, for sure, as most games that included this feature have fallen flat, to say the least. This, plus "seamless" co-op, should make for one heck of an experience if it all comes together correctly.

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Beyond Good and Evil 2 To Be ‘More Acessible’

As with most sequels this generation, Ubisoft has confirmed that Beyond Good & Evil 2 will be more accessible to gamers. Like many of this generation’s games that are sequels to much older franchises, the game will be able to be picked up by anyone who wishes to play who is not familiar with the [...]