Did you hear? A small film called Twilight is coming out this Friday. Despite my own feelings on the movie and subject matter, I knew when I went to Twilight’s Comic Con this year amidst the massive throng of screaming women that this film would be a huge success. When I saw the film this…
In the weeks leading up to today’s release of the New Xbox Experience, reports circulated on the impact of installing games to the hard drive. While most games a modest decrease in load times, Halo 3, strangely, was performing worse than it did when running off the DVD. Installing to the hard drive requires that…
Those of you enjoying the New Xbox Experience may well be a little disappointed at the ammount of clothing options available for your Avatar. Well videogaming247 has received confirmation that over the next 6 months there will be a constant stream of new options. Xbox Live product unit manager Jerry Johnson has confirmed that Avatar…
In February, Capcom was sued by a film company that claimed Dead Rising ripped off Dawn of the Dead. Now comes news that a judge has dismissed the case: Last month, United States Magistrate Judge Richard Seeborg granted Capcom’s motion to dismiss the suit, saying that The MKR Group (the producer’s company) “has not identified…
PC Magazine Goes Out Of Print — Founded in 1982 and at times so rich with ads its issues reached as many as 600 pages, Ziff Davis’s PC Magazine will issue its last print edition this January, thereafter becoming an online-only publication. Ziff Davis, which recently exited bankruptcy will lay off seven print production employees.…
All Columbia Pictures movies have been pulled from the Xbox Live version of Netflix, following the launch of the New Xbox Experience dashboard update. Columbia Pictures is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment, but the move does not appear to be malicious on the part of Sony executives — all movies distributed by Sony Pictures…
The New Xbox Experience launched today, providing a new interface for the much-ballyhooed Xbox 360 Dashboard. However, it seems that more than the interface is changing. Now, publishers will be able to purchase (we presume they’re purchased, anyway) branded pages on the New Xbox Experience. These pages, which act as all-in-one collections of game content…
According to a post by director Craig Morrison, Age of Conan is finally just about ready for the DirectX 10 treatment. The fantasy MMO was one of the earliest public supporters of DirectX 10, until the feature was suddenly delayed at the last minute this May. Morrison had the following to say about the upcoming…
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are being named as scribes for “The First Avenger: Captain America.” Markus and McFeely worked on “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” and its sequel, “Prince Caspian.” Source Tweet
Stan Lee was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President and Mrs. Bush in the East Room at the White House on Monday. The Medal awards are managed by the National Endowment for the Arts; recipients are selected “based on their contributions to the creation, growth, and support of the arts in the United…
