Assassin’s Creed Latest Video Game to Become Movie
In Ubisoft’s latest step to becoming a multimedia company, Sony is close to an agreement to make a movie based on the video game franchise _Assassin’s Creed_. read more
The Week in Gaming News
Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of October 10, 2011.... read more
London Philharmonic Orchestra To Release Video Game-Themed Album
There have been countless YouTube videos of musicians covering the themes from video game classics Super Mario Bros. and Zelda to modern hits like Halo and Call of Duty. Now the London Philharmonic Orchestra has turned those 8-bit tracks into full fledged classical orchestrations. read more
Sony Freezes 93,000 Accounts To Protect From Breach
Sony just can't seem to get a break. After announcing that they would have to recall up to 1.6 million LCD TVs worldwide, reports are now saying that last night Sony has had to freeze 93,000 PlayStation Network accounts due to security breaches. The network was also breached in April with all of the users' personal information at risk. In a blog post, Sony's chief information security officer said that a massive set of false sign-in ID-password pairs were attempted. read more
The Week in Gaming News
Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of October 3, 2011.... read more
Toy Story Writers Could Pen Farmville Movie
Just when you were starting to think the Facebook gaming trend was starting to die off, news like this reminds us that we are only on the cusp of its wave. Although Zynga has yet to confirm the project, the respectable Toy Story writers Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen let it out in an interview with IGN that they might be writing the script for a new Farmville movie, saying "We're in conversations with Zynga to do something with one of their brands. Can't really say too much on that front yet, but 'Old MacDonald' didn't have a factory, if you get our drift." read more
New Mortal Kombat Movie Coming Soon
It's been years since the films Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation hit theatres, but now a new Mortal Kombat film is on the way. read more
Diablo III Officially Delayed
Diablo III, Blizzard's highly-anticipated sequel to the 2000 hit, has been making waves on the internet as it was released into private beta phase. Unfortunately, the beta phase also seemed to remind Blizzard that they weren't ready to release the game at its proposed "late 2011" release date. Blizzard recently announced that Diablo III's release had been officially moved to "early 2012". read more
The Week in Gaming News
Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of September 19, 2011.... read more
The Room Star Tommy Wiseau to Start Web Series
The world can hardly get enough of Tommy Wiseau. In the eight years since _The Room_ was released, his projects have been few and far between. Besides a commercial for a TV pilot, an episode of "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" and last year’s short film _The House That Drips Blood On Alex_, Wiseau is fairly absent from new projects. However a new trailer that debuted last week will give Wiseau fans more of the man they crave. read more
Netflix Apologizes for Price Increase and Announces Qwikster
After the big debacle last month about Netflix's increasing pricing scheme, CEO Reed Hastings has announced in a blog post that video streaming and DVD-by-mail services will be split into two companies and rebranded. While the instant streaming service will still be accessed through the Netflix website, the DVD-by-mail service will now be known as Qwikster and be headed up by long-time head-of-operations, Andy Rendich. Qwikster will receive its own website and pricing scheme and will also come to include video game rentals for the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and PlayStation 3. read more
The Week in Gaming News
Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of September 12, 2011.... read more
Xbox 360 Live TV Coming By End of the Year
With the Xbox 360, you can play video games, watch movies, listen to music and much more. But by the end of the year, you may be able to use your console to watch a multitude of television channels. read more
Watch The First Trailer For Max Payne 3
This week, Rockstar released the first trailer for the third entry in the popular Max Payne series.... read more
GameStop to Release Their Own Gaming Tablet
Next year, video game retailer GameStop will get their own hardware, when they release their very own gaming tablet. read more
The Week in Gaming News
Our round-up of notable news from the world of gaming for the week of September 5, 2011.... read more
Sony Hires Former Homeland Security Official to Head Information Security
According to Reuters, Sony has hired Philip Reitinger, the former director of the U.S. National Cyber Security Center (a division of the Department of Homeland Security) to head their new position of Chief Information Security Officer. The hiring move comes in the wake of this past April's hacker-induced PlayStation Network outage, which drew wide criticism towards Sony's lackluster network security practices and their handling of the break-in itself. read more
Halo 4 Creative Director Leaves, Forms New Studio
Ryan Payton, ex-videogame magazine freelance journalist and the creative director behind the upcoming Halo 4, has left the project over creative differences, according to an interview with Kotaku. Before his post at 343 Industries, the Microsoft in-house development team behind Halo 4, Payton worked as assistant producer at Kojima Productions in Tokyo, where he worked on Metal Gear Solid 4, updating the controls and adjusting the game and story for wider reception internationally. read more
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Trailer and Details Revealed
Last weekend at the first Call of Duty-inspired convention, "Call of Duty XP", Activision had a number of announcements in store for Call of Duty fans. Gearing up for the highly-anticipated release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Activision unveiled trailers for both the single-player campaign and multiplayer to the cheers of fans. Among the new announcements were updates on how the new multiplayer system will work, including details on the new ranking and perk system will function. read more
Arrested Development Stars to Launch Call of Duty Commentary Series
Jason Bateman and Will Arnett, the stars of Arrested Development, have announced the details behind their rumored Call of Duty project. The two actors' have a comedy production company called DumbDumb and will be heading up a new series in accordance with the recently announced, Call of Duty Elite service. read more
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