Seth Grahame-Smith, writer of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, has a new gig that doesn’t involve creating monster mash-ups of old classics – because this one comes pre-monstered. According to Deadline Hollywood, He’s just signed on to write a new script for the in-development-a-long-time big screen …
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Sony Shows Off Playstation Move Bundles
Over at their official blog, Sony Computer Entertainment America offers up some advice as to what bundle package will work best for the Playstation faithful. The pricing and components confirm what we’ve already heard at GDC and E3 this year, but it’s nice to know that how the launch will actually look like. The Playstation Blog …
Volunteer for Servitude in Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Much of Namco Bandai’s upcoming slate of games seem to have a subtext of partnership to them. Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom pairs a human and a monster and Time Crisis: Razing Storm pairs gun-wielding commandos. But those duos want to be helping each other. That’s not necessarily the case in the Japanese publisher’s high-profile …
The Daily Dose
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Up Front:
Microsoft Exec Mocks iPhone 4, Dubs It Apple’s Vista [Computerworld]
Gadgets:
The Trouble At Twitter Inc. [Gawker]
Every Week Apple Doesn’t Act On iPhone 4 Antenna Could Cost $200 Million [Apple Insider]
US Government Lifts Lid On …
Singularity: Die You Commie Ghost Mutants Die
Here’s my pet peeve about video games set in Russia. So you know that letter they always use as an R, to make things look all Russian? This one — Я?
That is not an R. It is pronounced “ya.” So if you know any Russian, and you’re playing a game like Singulaяity, set on the secret island of Katoяga, it starts to get on your …
PSA: Hulu Plus Preview For PlayStation 3 Launches Today
Hulu’s pay-for-play service launches today on Sony’s PlayStation 3 platform. However, only a small group of PlayStation Plus subscribers will have access to Hulu Plus. Everyone else will have to request an invite after they’ve downloaded the app. General availability for all other PS3 owners is “expected in the coming …
Apple Looking To Ditch Google With Another Mapping Company Acquisition
Reports out of Canada indicate Apple has acquired its second mapping company in less than 12 months. Poly9, a Quebec-based company specializing in interactive 3D mapping software is the same company that NORAD contracted to track Santa Claus’ escapades on the eve of Christmas.
There’s no official word from either side but the …
Me Make First Look at Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
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People have been comparing Namco Bandai Games’ Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom to Ico. There are some strong similarities to the classic PS2 game: Majin takes place in a faraway fantasy kingdom with crumbling architecture and beset by shadowy creatures. And the …
Amazon Germany Listing Indicates New Xbox 360 S Arcade on the Way?
Before the Xbox 360 Slim magically appeared during E3, the 360 had a version with a hard drive (which once bore the Pro suffix) and one without (formerly known as the Arcade), which sold for $249 and $199 respectively. Since the 250 GB Slim launched, folks have been waiting for the other shoe to drop with regard to a possible Arcade …
Confirmed: Thor, Captain America Will Be 3D
Marvel has confirmed that both Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger will be released in 3D, and that both will be “upconverted” after being shot traditionally. Directors for both movies, Thor‘s Kenneth Branagh – currently in the middle of post-production – and Cap‘s Joe Johnston, seem excited about the final product, and well …
Marvel’s Runaways To Shoot Next Year
With the final movies in their deal with Paramount already in various stages of production (Or, in The Avengers’ case, advanced pre-production), Marvel Studios are rumored to be rushing their first Disney-distributed movie towards shooting early next year. That movie? The big-screen version of Brian K. Vaughan’s Runaways.
Production …
FCC Shut Down On Unclear Indecency Policy
In a landmark – and sure to be challenged – decision yesterday, a three-judge panel of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal sided with broadcasters and struck down Federal Communications Commission policy on television indecency, claiming that it violated the First Amendment and created “a chilling effect that goes far beyond the fleeting …