Archive for August, 2008

New Gears of War 2 Details, No PC Version

IGN has an interview with Cliff Bleszinski, design director for Epic Games, in which he discusses the achievements and unlockable content in Gears of War 2. He mentions that the game won’t be getting a PC version as its predecessor did. Gamasutra has a related interview with Epic’s Rod Fergusson, who talks at length about [...]

‘Kick-Ass’ to film September, October in Toronto

The website for the Ontario Media Development Commission indicates that ‘Kick-Ass‘ is set to film in Toronto from September 20th to October 9th of this year.  The listing provides few additional details aside from what is already known about the film.
‘Kick Ass‘, based on the comics series by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.  is [...]

Vin Diesel Will Press On With ‘Riddick’ Sequels

Fans of the Riddick franchise — all six of us — thought for sure that, despite occasional rumblings to the contrary, the series was dead. The expansive, expensive Chronicles of Riddick was trashed upon release, after all, and flopped at the box office (at least domestically). Another sequel seemed foolhardy, sure to be met with [...]

City of Heroes Issue 13 announced

Shields power set incoming. Can anyone imagine a million Captain America clones running around at the same time?

World of Warcraft Getting Massive Pre-Lich King Patch

Early implementation of the inscription profession and barbershops among the additions and revisions.

IE8 and Privacy

IE8 and Privacy  —  As others have written before, users should be in control of their information.  That’s at the core of privacy.  Privacy has two aspects: disclosure and choice.  Disclosure means informing users in plain language about the data collected about them and how it’s used.

Wizards of the Coast Declares Gleemax Site a Critical Failure

Wizards of the Coast’s Vice President of Digital Gaming, Randy Buehler announced that they were killing their Gleemax social networking site. Originally designed to create a central hub where gamers could meet, discuss, and play games online it has thus far been unable to deliver on the grandiose promises made at launch. "The mistake that [...]

Cher is Nolan’s first choice to play Catwoman

Singer and actress Cher is said to be 1st in the running for Catwoman in the next Batman film. Director Chris Nolan himself is supposedly the head cheerleader on this one!

Wolverine, Iron Man Anime

Marvel Entertainment announced today that anime powerhouse Madhouse will produce four new anime series featuring adapted Marvel characters, including Wolverine and Iron Man, for the Japanese market.

New Comics for the week of 8/27/2008

ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER HC VOL 01 ALL STAR SUPERMAN TP VOL 01 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #569 NWD ASTOUNDING WOLF MAN TP 01 AVENGERS INITIATIVE #16 SI BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE GEORGE [...]