One would have thought the success of Cars would have lead to more racing movies sooner rather than later, but Electronic Arts is hoping to capitalize on the new interest in racing by bringing Need for Speed to the big screen.
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GAME REVIEW: Bulletstorm
As you trek through an abandoned building, you notice the light shining through the cracked ceiling, and except for the creaking floor below you, all is quiet…too quiet. Suddenly, a faint voice yells “KILL’EM,” and swarms of mutated bandits wielding bloodied axes start sprinting at you from their hiding places. You fire a grenade into the chest of the pack leader and boot him into a group of his friends before pressing the detonator. Since they’re only a couple left after that, you decide to have some fun. The leash (kind of a laser/whip) still has some charge in it so you rope a bandit around the neck and send him head first into a piece of rebar. The last guy is scared, but he’s not running, which is good because you saved the best for last. The rifle you’re carrying has a secondary fire that unloads the whole clip in a single burst, and it’s just itching to be used. The shot reduces him to powder; you laugh at the sight and uncork a bottle of newly found whiskey in celebration…of yourself, but just as the drink takes hold, a fully armored boss toting a mini-gun comes around the corner. From the front, he is impervious to bullets, so you’ll have to shoot him in the ass-plate.
SDCC’09: Dead Space Extraction game gets comic
Press Release
Visceral GamesTM, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), and Image Comics today announced the release of an all-new comic based on Dead SpaceTM Extraction, one of the fall’s most anticipated games for the Wii. The Dead Space Extraction comic reunites renowned illustrator Ben Templesmith and writer Antony Johnston with the game’s cold and terrifying fiction. This one-time special issue comic follows the successful partnership for last year’s Dead Space comic mini-series.
Dark Horse and EA team for Mass Effect comic series
Press Release
BioWareâ„¢, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Dark Horse Comics today announced a new comic book series based on Mass Effectâ„¢, the blockbuster sci-fi action videogame that IGN.com rated the #1 Xbox 360â„¢ game of all time. In Mass Effect: Redemption, the story takes readers through the treacherous events leading up to Mass Effect 2 which opens with galactic hero Commander Shepard having mysteriously gone missing and left to fight for survival. What unfolds next will expose readers to new locations, aliens and extended storyline in the Mass Effect universe. Mass Effect: Redemption is scheduled to launch in January 6, 2010.
SDCC’08: Mirror’s Edge Comic
Electronic Arts has announced its upcoming Mirror’s Edge video game is getting turned into a comic book from DC’s Wildstorm. This is quite the change from what seems to be the norm of having comic books turned into games and movies.
Mirror’s Edge the comic combines the talents of writer and story designer Rhianna Pratchett with artist Matthew Dow Smith. Pratchett is also wrote the script for the game, so everything is canon. The six-part comic series will introduce readers to Faith and her fellow ‘Runners’ – a “network of couriers who use acrobatic moves to avoid being detected as they traffic packages across a network of rooftops and aerial skyways.”
If you are at the show, EA and DC are distributing the first issue at the DC booth.
Image Comics Sneak Peek of the Week Part 1
Image Comics has a lot of titles shipping again next week, so we are breaking the sneak peeks into two parts again. In this installment, get an early look at After the Cape II, Bomb Queen V #2, Dead Space #4, and the Dust trade paperback.
Image Comics Sneak Peek of the Week
Image Comics has sent Major Spoilers THE sneak peek of the week for titles arriving at your LCS next week. This week’s selection includes Dead Space #3, Dynamo 5 Annual #1, Gemini #1, Jack Staff #16, Lucha Libre #4, Pretty Baby Machine #1, and Suburban Glamour Volume 1.