In an act I wholeheartely applaud, Blizzard has decided to outright commit genocide on massive cheaters throughout the PC gaming community. 282,000 accounts, all of which used either cheats or hacks for their accounts on Battle.net. The majority (263,000) were for Starcraft, with the remaining accounts being deleted from the Warcraft servers. Talk about the biggest offensive against online cheaters yet, huh? But wait! There's more! Blizzard also banned 1,100 CD Keys for Warcraft 3, ...
Activision has announced that Tenchu: Return From Darkness has shipped exclusively for the Microsoft Xbox. The new Tenchu features Xbox Live mode, new enemies and enemy placement, the ability to drag and hide dead bodies, and never before seen missions and maps.
"Batman" talk continues and more today about the suit and the US press reaction comes in from the London spy who reported details the other week: "I have two reports this time, first is that the first Batsuit stock arrived at Shepperton Studios from Lindy Hemming's Hampshire studio yesterday. Four big security dudes unloaded a large crate from the truck and quickly disappeared into the Batman Wardrobe dept (still signposted 'Intimidation Game' btw). A worker in the know this afternoon to...
With Nintendo officially stating that the GameCube's successor will NOT be on display until next year's E3, they've decided to clue the gaming press in as to what will be shown at THIS year's E3: GAMECUBE --Animal Crossing sequel --The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker sequel --GC version of Mario Tennis --Metroid Prime 2 --New Mario RPG (untitled as of yet) GAME BOY ADVANCE --Pokémon Fire Red --Pokémon Leaf Green No other titles have been mentioned as of yet (such as Mario 128),...
Lots of sequel talk over the weekend (much of it from the "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" junket) for some big franchises and potentials on the horizon: X3 Hugh Jackman recently spoke about the possibility of returning as Wolverine to Horror.Com and it all sounds good: "I'm contracted for another Van Helsing, but I'm not contracted for any more X-Men. But, would I like to do it? I'd find it hard to see someone else play the role, yeah. I love both of them. If I hated the movies and...
On February 3, 2004 the Ontario Film Review Board took the rare step of giving a videogame an R rating. The review board usually allows the industry’s own ESRB (Entertainment Software Ratings Board) rating to be used in almost all cases. The game, “Manhunt” was reviewed after it was brought to their attention. The R rating was applied when the review board found the game to contain heavy violence and gore, as well as mutilation and blood letting. The ESRB rating is usually more than good en...
Batman Begins, director Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated film, has commenced production in Iceland, with Gary Oldman joining the all-star cast. The announcement was made today by Jeff Robinov, President of Production, Warner Bros. Pictures. In Batman Begins, Oldman will play Lieutenant James Gordon, a detective on the Gotham police force. The film stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman; Michael Caine as his trusted butler Alfred; Katie Holmes as Rachel, a childhood friend of Wayn...
Sony Pictures have confirmed their plans to make SpiderMan 3, even though SpiderMan 2 is not out until July. Marvel Studio's Avi Arad told Variety that "Spider-Man 3 is in development" and that a "contemplated release date will be probably 2007." Arad said the pic could possibly bow in 2006, but that "It is a big movie, and we would rather play it safe and talk about the 2007 at this point." Although a script for the film has not yet been written, according to reports director Sam Rai...
Anthem Pictures has picked up the rights to Namco computer game Soul Calibur. The game follows two warriors who are chosen by Shaolin monks to recover and destroy a powerful sword that has fallen into the hands of an evil prince who plans to use it to open the gates of hell and destroy the world.
In a previous statement, Sony expressed hope for a global release for its upcoming handheld, the PSP. It's now been confirmed that the PSP will not see release in America until 2005. This comes months after the planned release of the PSP in Japan, which will occur later this year. Sony plans to release the PSP in the 2005 fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2005, but probably not before the 2004 calendar year is over. Why the delay? In the words of a Sony spokesperson who talked to gamespo...
Before this week in news, both Ubisoft and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment were co-publishing the upcoming PC title Matrix: Online, which is being developed by Monolith Studios. As of today, however, Ubisoft has left the partnership, leaving Warner Bros. and Monolith to continue development of the title alone. This makes it the second time Ubisoft has removed a huge project from their calendar, the first being when they cancelled the online components to Uru: Ages Beyond Myst. And fr...
A few months back, a lot of sites were reporting on potential titles for the next installment in the Grand Theft Auto series. And now, Rockstar has finally come out and announced what it is. The next title in the GTA series will be Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which presumably means it will be based in an area like Los Angeles and San Francisco areas. This won out over titles like Sin City, Tokyo and Bogota. But that's not the only information that was given. They also announced a rele...
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LORD OF THE RINGS GUYS "Rings" gang all tied up to new projects. Billy Boyd is playing Chucky's kid in "seed of chucky" as well as circling a biopic, Sean Astin is "in with a good chance" to direct 'Fantastic Four' which he says Orlando Bloom is committed to appearing in as The Human Torch. Peter Jackson is interested in doing "The Hobbit" and has his fingers crossed that the rights problems clear up by the time he wraps "King Kong", Elijah Wood says he'll probably be popping up in 'Kong' in ...
LOS ANGELES, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The following is a list of winners in their respective categories at the 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. FILM: Ensemble Cast "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Actor Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" Actress Charlize Theron, "Monster" Supporting Actor Tim Robbins, "Mystic River" Supporting Actress Renee Zellweger, "Cold Mountain" TELEVISION: Ensemble Cast, drama "...