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News Saw Writers Working on God of War Movie
Good fit
There’s no let up from Hollywood. Apparently, if you’re planning on making a theatrical video game adaptation, then now is the time to announce the news. Hot on the heels of similar reports centred on Deus Ex, Assassin’s Creed and Need for Speed, Universal has
News CBS Films Snaps Up the Rights to Deus Ex Movie
Augmented reality
It’s officially the season for picking up video game movie rights, it seems. Clearly green with envy at the announcement of upcoming Need for Speed and Assassin’s Creed adaptations, Square Enix has announced that it has teamed up with CBS Films to create a flick for the fairly recent Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The studio will
News Michael Fassbender Fixed for Assassin's Creed Movie Role
Joining the creed
Prometheus actor Michael Fassbender will star in Ubisoft’s upcoming theatrical adaptation of Assassin’s Creed. According to Variety, the Hollywood heavyweight will play the series' iconic hooded hero, in addition to co-producing the movie. Details about the flick’s setting and plot are limited, but previous rumours have...
News Need for Speed Movie Races onto the Big Screen in 2014
Fast and furious
DreamWorks has snapped up the film rights to the Need for Speed franchise, and expects the racing series to make its theatrical debut in 2014. Siblings John and George Gatins have been drafted in to pen an original story, which is said to be loosely based upon the games but not a specific entry. EA will produce the movie alongside...
News Ubisoft Snaps Up Watch Dogs Movie Domains
Thinking ahead
While we doubt watching dogs for 90 minutes would be especially engaging, we’re pretty sure Ubisoft’s upcoming Watch Dogs would make an enjoyable transition to the big screen. The upcoming Ubisoft Montreal project might be a year away from release, but that’s not stopped the French publisher from thinking ahead and registering a...
News Ubisoft Planning on Bringing Splinter Cell to the Big Screen
Red carpet
Splinter Cell could be the latest video game property to make an appearance on the big screen. Deadline reports that publisher Ubisoft is currently in talks with both Warner Bros and Paramount over a theatrical release of the stealth series. It’s not yet clear which game – if any, of course – would form the basis for the film...
News EA Hoping to Put Need for Speed Movie on the Starting Line
Start your engines
EA believes Need for Speed has the potential to be more than just a popular racing game, as it’s shopping around a script for a movie based on the high-speed franchise. Writing duo George and John Gatins are said to have penned the plot, which has supposedly got Paramount, Warner Bros and Sony interested in stumping up the cash...
Rumour Twisted Metal Movie Deal Inked
In blood, probably
Looks like David Jaffe might be getting his wish after all: reports spewing out of Deadline suggest that Sony’s snapped up Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance co-director, Brian Taylor, for a live-action adaptation of Twisted Metal. According to the report, Sony Pictur
News Pick Up Battle: Los Angeles and Get a Resistance 3 Demo
Seems a fair trade
Sony shooters have gone down the beta route with previous games, but if you didn't manage to get Resistance 3 beta access with SOCOM 4 you can still try out the game's single player mode with a free demo coming soon. 1up reports that the Blu-ray version of movie Battle: Los Angeles will include a 30 minute playable demo of...
News Deadstorm Pirates Leads This Week's European PSN Update
Plenty of new DLC for other titles too
Deadstorm Pirates is already available as part of Time Crisis: Razing Storm, but for gamers who fancied taking this nautical shooter for a spin they can now do so via the PlayStation Store. Released yesterday for £15.99/€19.99, Deadstorm Pirates was one of the stronger parts of Namco's Blu-ray shooting...
News Get a Sneaky Advantage with The Fight: Lights Out DLC
Leading the charge in this week's US update
So you've bought The Fight: Lights Out and you're finding it a bit tough – why not download some extra content from the PlayStation Store to give you a fighting chance? For $0.99 a pop you can buy yourself the ability to wriggle from grapples, extra stamina and harder punches, amongst other combat...
News Plenty of Move Videos and Themes in This Week's Store Update
Head on in to see what's up
A bumper crop of Move content this week, with trailers, videos, a patch for PAIN and even a full game to download. Sports Champions gets a reverse disc golf course, High Velocity Bowling gets a digital compendium of all content and TV Superstars themes jump up and down screaming "pick me! Pick me!" in a manner...
News Avatar Sets New Blu-Ray Sales Record, Shifts 2.7 Million Copies
Those lanky blue Avatar creatures have given Batman a bite in the bum, by surpassing the Dark Knight's Blu-Ray sales record and shifting a whopping 2
7 million copies in the first four days on sale (Batman took 18 months to sell 2.5 million copies by comparison). What does this prove? Well firstly, that James Cameron has done it yet again. He's made...
News Eliza Dushku Interested In Doing A Live Action Wet
While it would end up ripping off a number of established movie cliches, we could imagine a Wet movie - if placed in the right hands - being rather enjoyable
That's exactly what Eliza Dusku - voice of the game's protagonist Rubi Malone - proposed during an interview with MTV, claiming that the game "maybe could turn into a live-action Dushku...
News Milla Jovovich Talks About Why They're Making A Fourth Resident Evil Movie
Did you wonder why?
S. Anderson and his fiancee actress Milla Jovovich were making a fourth Resident Evil movie about your favourite RE character Alice? The answer, according to Milla, is money. "The movie makes money," says Jovovich. "If it makes more money than the last one, you'd think that people want to see another one, so we'll do another...
News New Resident Evil Movie Coming Next Year
Hey who wants more of Milla Jovovich's "Alice" character? Well, really, we'd rather the Resident Evil movies had stuck to their original fiction, but hey, whatever
The Resident Evil movies aren't the worst video game movies ever, and if you detach yourself from the fact that they have absolutely nothing to do with Resident Evil, they're actually...
