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Nintendo is reporting today that their next generation console will feature wireless controllers with dual gyroscopic joysticks and four shoulder buttons. The controllers will require four D batteries.
A list of potential launch titles for the new "Revolution" console has been leaked:
Beetle Adventure Racing: Elderly Drivers
Body Harvest: Famine
Castlevania 64 Part 2
Earthbound Revolution (Japan only)
F-Zero RZ (card-based RPG)
Ken Griffey Jr.'s Disabled List 2006
Kirby's Drink and Hurl
Legend of Zelda, The: The Banjo of Dreams
Mario Party -2
Mario Raquetball
Metroid Prime: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Star Fox: Disappointment
Super Monkey Cylinder
Super Smash Bros: All Pokemon Edition
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles: The Incredible Crapfest
Rumor also has it that the Revolution will cost $350 at launch, but will be bundled with two controllers and rabies.
Quote:Woo to direct Katamari Damacy movie
Acclaimed Hong Kong director to adapt Namco's quirky game; The Rock signs on to play Prince of All Cosmos.
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Just a few months after optioning the Metroid series, Hong Kong action director John Woo (the man behind The Killer and Mission Impossible 2) announced that he has begun filming a movie adaptation based on the Katamari Damacy video game. The film is currently targeted for a summer 2006 release.
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Already attached to the project is wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who will play the lead character, the Prince of All Cosmos. "I'm a huge fan of the game and the lessons it teaches young kids about life," said Johnson. "Plus, my wrestling experience will help me handle a giant ball."
Katamari Damacy will be the third movie for The Rock based on a game, as well as his second collaboration with director Woo. Later this year, The Rock will star as a demon-blasting space marine in Doom, based on id's popular first-person shooter. He also recently completed Spy Hunter, based on the arcade classic, which was also directed by Woo. In it, the Rock plays Alec Sects, an ex-fighter pilot who rids the world of spies and the like in a high-tech supercar.
Like the PlayStation 2 version, the film version of Katamari Damacy will see the Prince being ordered by his father, the King of All Cosmos, to gather various items from the universe to get the fragmented cosmos back in order. He does so by rolling an adhesive ball that grows, snowball-style, as things stick to it. According to the Hollywood Reporter, John Travolta, who previously worked with Woo on Face/Off, is close to signing on to play the King.
While it will retain much of the visual style of the game, Katamari Damacy the movie will see the Prince taking on a much more action-oriented role. Instead of using his ever-growing ball to pick up innocuous objects, like candy, chairs, and trees, he will use it to absorb bullets and crush his enemies. In one climactic slow-motion scene inside a church, the sphere becomes a 50-foot-wide mass of assault weapons, flaming debris, and writhing henchmen who are caught up in its path. "Some aspects of the story changed in the adaptation process," Woo told the Reporter.
Katamari Damacy is currently being filmed in New Zealand and has gotten off to a rocky start. Shooting had to be suspended for two weeks after The Rock's long-flowing trench coat got stuck to the ball and dragged the actor nearly 75 feet, spraining his ankle. PETA supporters also caused a disturbance on the set after several dozen doves became stuck to the ball and were inadvertently killed.
Quote:EA Sports inks exclusivity pact with International Curling Federation
Take-Two reciprocates by locking down croquet rights; Ubisoft reportedly close to bocce ball deal.
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The sports-rights war reached fever pitch today, with Electronic Arts announcing it had signed an exclusivity deal with the International Curling Federation. The 10-year agreement will make EA the sole publisher of all console, handheld, and PC games based on the winter sport, which has players slide a stone down a sheet of ice toward a set of rings. The mobile and massively multiplayer online rights to curling were not covered under the deal, the financial terms of which were not disclosed.
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"For nearly 500 years, residents of the world's coldest regions have participated in this majestic sport," said EA Sports general manager Todd Rammer. "EA is proud to help spread awareness to this exciting pastime to warmer climes."
Rammer also said that along with Ford, EA would be the primary sponsor of the 2008 World Men's Curling Championship, which will be held in Grand Forks, North Dakota. A full explanation of curling and its rules can be found on its governing body's Web site.
Not to be outdone in the scramble to snap up the few remaining professional sports rights, Take-Two Interactive announced it was in "advanced talks" with the US Croquet Association. However, sources close to the negotiations said the USCA is only considering granting third-party rights to the lawn sport to Take-Two. Such a caveat would allow Sony Computer Entertainment America to continue to produce its successful World Croquet Tour games for the PlayStation 2. Nintendo is also rumored to be developing its own GameCube title based on the sport, called Nintendo Wicket Pursuit Croquet.
When presented with the croquet deal, EA's Rammer said, "As far as we're concerned, this looks like stupid money. They are paying an exclusive price for a nonexclusive agreement." He added, "This proves that there is still competition in sports games, which is something we at EA take real serious."
Also eager to get into the fray was Ubisoft, which recently licensed sports-game engines from Microsoft and signed a deal with pro golfer Vijay Singh. Unconfirmed reports say the French publisher has held secret meetings with the Collegium Cosmicum ad Buxeas, the "preeminent international organization" for the sport of bocce ball. No further details were available as of press time.
Quote:EA announces Medal of Honor Street
Next-gen World War II shooter to feature Beastie Boys' voices, likenesses; "In your face, Hitler!" says Adroc.
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Even though Medal of Honor: European Assault won't be out until later this year, today Electronic Arts announced the next installment in the series. Medal of Honor Street will combine the MOH franchise's World War II action with the "urban flava" of the Street sports series. Codeveloped by EALA and EA Canada, and published under the new EA War Big subbrand, the game will be released in spring of 2006 for "next-generation consoles," according to an EA press release. No rating or pricing information was released.
As the name implies, Medal of Honor Street will take the series in a new direction. The game will be set exclusively during the conflict's most intense city battles, including Stalingrad, Caen, and Berlin. It will also follow a squad of airborne paratroopers culled exclusively from top American metropolises, including Los Angeles and New York City.
To provide the appropriate urban authenticity, EA recruited popular hip-hop artists from each city to provide voice talent. Ice Cube will play the unit's hard-boiled sergeant, Ice-T will portray a stoic sniper, and the Beastie Boys will star as the "Dirty Trio," the squad's loose cannons. "Awww, yeah! This is gonna be suh-weet," said Beastie Boy Adroc in a prepared statement. "In your face, Hitler!" The game's script will also be penned by DJ Pooh, co-screenwriter of the comedy Friday and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Unlike the grim gunplay of previous MOH games, Medal of Honor Street's gameplay will take a more over-the-top approach. It will introduce NBA Street's "trick stick" functionality to combat, letting players perform balletic John Woo-like jumps through the air while firing multiple guns. The game will also award bonuses for trash talking Nazi opponents out in the open, which can be used later to perform turbo moves while storming enemy positions. "All that hunkering behind cover and crouching was getting old," said lead designer Damian Schmidt. "We wanted to liven things up a bit."
While the Street/MOH crossover may puzzle some, it made perfect sense to EA director of marketing Melissa Chodera. "With the massive proliferation of World War II shooters out there, we felt the next Medal of Honor game really had to stand out from the crowd," she told GameSpot. Chodera also downplayed concerns over historical discrepancies, such as the fact that US troops did not take part in many of the battles featured in the game. "Focus-group testing told us that most consumers find most WWII shooters far too depressing and drab. Medal of Honor Street's features, like its character-created and custom-colored uniforms, will provide an experience that's edgy and unique."
Pandaren Xpress, straight from Azeroth to your home! (just click the link,I couldn't recreate the page here...)
Also, they've redone the WoW PvP system. Now, you play Warcraft III.
Quote:You've all seen the sneak-peek articles of the upcoming Player vs. Player Battlegrounds system in our recent web previews. We're now taking Battlegrounds in an entirely new direction. Many players noted that the Battlegrounds resemble some aspects of Warcraft 3. Then it hit us; Why reinvent the wheel? Why waste resources on a project we've already developed and perfected?
The completely redesigned (and yet still very familiar) Battlegrounds system will allow us to better focus our efforts on creating game features that players really want, such as ordering various types of food in-game! You can see a preview of some upcoming intense Battleground PvP combat™ here.
We will continue to refine the implementation of this system over the coming year(s). You can view initial test gameplay screenshots of the Player vs. Player combat system below:
Just kidding! Hahaha, you were all like "I don't believe!!" and "That's the craziest thing I've ever heard!! I wonder if he has any pictures?" HAHAHAHA!! YOU ARE SO STUPID!!!
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