Warner Bros. video game company is planning to buy out Midway Games. Midway Games is the owner of such video game titles like “Lord of the Rings” series, “Mortal Kombat” and more.
Variety Reports:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004074.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
Uh oh, I see a Looney Tunes vs. Mortal Kombat game coming soon? Sub-Zero vs. Bugs Bunny? Scorpion vs. Yosemite Sam? Daffy Duck vs. Raiden? Tasmanian Devil vs. Johnny Cage?
Sounds better than “Mortal Kombat vs. DC Comics” to me!
Kev
The new UFC video game “UFC Undisputed” just released in video game stores today.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9253531&type=product&id=1218069255216
This game is getting great reviews so I think I’m going to pick it up this week.
I haven’t been playing my PS3 recently because I’ve been keeping myself busy with other things. I do plan to start playing my Ps3 again when I get it hooked up to my new home theater system, but I need another HDMI cable for it which I will pick up when I go shopping at Best Buy this week.
Kev
First Aerosmith, now Metallica, and next up confirmed to get their own Guitar Hero game, is Van Halen. While Van Halen is not yet ready to go back in the studio to record a new album, it seems they are ready to make their own Guitar Hero.
I’m sure Van Halen will include all their greatest hits, everything from the David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, and Gary Cherone era’s…but I hope they pick some songs that are not played on the radio.
Van Halen has been another favorite of mine for years, so this is another Guitar Hero game I’ll be looking forward to get my hands on.
Other Guitar Hero games confirmed in the works: “DJ Hero”, “Band Hero”, and “Guitar Hero 5”.
Billboard reports:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/van-halen-confirmed-for-guitar-hero-new-1003971135.story
Kev
A new Duke Nukem game titled, “Duke Nukem Forever” has been in the works for a long while now…not anymore. The game’s company, 3D Realms, who are the longtime makers of the Duke Nukem series is shutting down the business. This means that the making of the upcoming game, “Duke Nukem Forever” will have to come to an end and left unfinished. What does this mean for Duke Nukem? The longtime iconic video game character for first person shooters, is this the end of Duke? Forever?
Shacknews reports:
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58519
I fucking LOVE the Duke Nukem games, and it would be a shame if it ended. The article says that they plan on continuing with the making and the releasing for the new game, so I hope they are able to release it.
Kev
So Universal put the “Bioshock” live action on hold due to budget costs. Never heard of the “Bioshock” video game and want to see what the game is like?
What the game is about, I had a post on this before but I’ll explain again, Bioshock is about this guy that must save the underwater city of Rapture where the city is taken over by all kinds of monsters and zombies. There is this huge creature that is almost like a huge robot called a Big Daddy, where he has these possessed little girls, and you must kill the Big Daddy’s in order to save the little girls to turn them back to normal.
Here, I’ll post a clip of the game. I’m still not done with the game yet, I’m still halfway through. Probably one of the toughest games ever! These are non spoiler clips though, just gameplay. Very cool game, and one of the best first person shooters I’ve ever played!
Kev
The video game publisher, Konami, has announced they had dropped the first person shooter game, “Six Days In Fallujah” from getting released. Konami will NOT release the game due to it’s controversial content with the game being about War In Iraq. It’s a first person shooter survival horror game. While the game does not have zombies or vampires or any monsters, it is described as the Marines visiting scary places with scary things happening inside of them.
The game was scheduled for release in 2010, but Konami has pulled the game’s release.
See more on it here:
More info on “Six Days in Fallujah” here”…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Days_in_Fallujah
Don’t worry folks, another video game publishing company will pick up the deal and release it, I’m sure. The game’s already creating a buzz now and it has the possibility of being the largest selling game in video game history.
While I understand why the game is creating controversy and anger, I’ll be honest, that the game actually looks pretty interesting and fun to me.
This just goes to show that the media doesn’t know anything about video games. The only reason Konami pulled it ’cause of the public outrage and they were afraid that no one would buy it.
There are plenty of video games over the years that were based on all wars. Hell, where do you think “Wolfenstein 3D’ came from? It’s a WWII inspired game since it’s about Nazis.
If this “Fallujah” game gets released, I gauruntee it will be a world record breaking smash. The kids will be all over this game. I think it’s an interesting idea for a first person shooter.
Kev
Check out this interview with Dan Aykroyd with IGN.com. They talk “Ghostbusters” video game and “Ghostbusters 3” live action in the works.
How is Dan Aykroyd not looking older? I can’t wait for “Ghostbusters – The Videogame”, the game hits stores, June 16th.
http://ps3.ign.com/dor/objects/14218851/ghostbusters/videos/ghostbusters_spc_040909.html
Kev
Check out this interview with Dan Aykroyd with IGN.com. They talk “Ghostbusters” video game and “Ghostbusters 3” live action in the works.
How is Dan Aykroyd not looking older? I can’t wait for “Ghostbusters – The Videogame”, the game hits stores, June 16th.
http://ps3.ign.com/dor/objects/14218851/ghostbusters/videos/ghostbusters_spc_040909.html
Kev
Metallica and Aerosmith, already have their own Guitar Hero game. What musical acts will get their own Guitar Hero in the future? Here are my picks that deserve their own Guitar Hero game.
Ozzy
(I think Guitar Hero franchise needs to make one for Ozzy. So music fans can be introduced to the music of Ozzy’s solo stuff and Black Sabbath. I think this game will sell big if they made one. Imagine how cool would it be to play along to your favorite Ozzy guitar heroes: Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee, Zakk Wylde, Tony Iommi, etc. This would be a badass game if they made one for Ozzy and I would buy it if they did)
Led Zeppelin
(The band said, they would never have their music for video games. Who knows. Never say never, maybe Jimmy Page will one day have a change of heart with music video games and may one day decide to do Guitar Hero after all…here’s hoping…)
Jimi Hendrix
(I think it’s obvious that everyone is expecting Jimi Hendrix to get his own Guitar Hero game one day…I think it’ll happen…)
Nirvana
(Nirvana really needs one. Will Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl one day get together to put together a Nirvana, Guitar Hero game? This is another one I would buy if they did one…)
The Grateful Dead
(Some may disagree with this, but I think it would be freakin’ cool if Guitar Hero did a Grateful Dead game. Imagine playing Jerry Garcia as a video game character…playing along to songs like “Ripple”, “Friend of the Devil”, “American Beauty”, “Truckin'”, “Touch of Grey”, “Hell in a Bucket”, “Casey Jones”, etc. This game would be great for the hippies and the jam band fans…)
Kev
The longtime director for the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series, Gore Verbinski has pulled out of directing “Pirates 4” that he was attached to. He revealed the news to Disney, that he will not do the fourth one. The fourth one is still in development but not yet greenlit by Walt Disney pictures.
Why is Gore Verbinski pulling out of “Pirates 4” after making 3 successful films for the series? Verbinski plans to stay focused on bringing the hit video game, “Bioshock” to the big screen in a live action motion picture.
Variety Reports:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002234.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
I’m still in the middle of playing the game “Bioshock” for the PS3. The game is getting even more challenging now. Most movies adapted from video games are crap, but I think “Bioshock” would make a great movie if they did it right. “Bioshock” tells a great story that is definitely movie material.
Kev
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