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Now that we've seen how Super Mario World's level design has helped shape Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show backdrop, we had to get Nintendo's reaction. We did. More »
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If you've seen Darren Aronofsky's Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe-winning film The Wrestler, you're likely aware that it features one of the smartest and most poignant, albeit brief, video game cameos in recent film. More »
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LucasArts has just confirmed to Kotaku that Jim Ward, longtime Lucas worker bee and current president of LucasArts, has resigned from the company "for personal reasons" and will be leaving LucasArts in a couple of weeks. More »
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The shorts of the Sundance Film Festival will be going on sale on the Xbox 360, iTunes and Netflix starting Friday, the festival announced today. More »
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By John Gaudiosi More »
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As the Writers Guild of America strike continues to eke its way toward a very unhappy holidays, Variety has put together a little list of things striking writers can do in their spare time.... no they didn't include playing through BioShock. They did include writing video games though. More »
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Studio sources tell me that yesterday's rumor that Hitman was getting de-gored so it could catch a PG-13 rating were just that: Rumors. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=309866&view=rss&microfeed=true Movie site Twitch reports that Fox has stepped into what was shaping up to be perhaps the best video game movie ever made, and "improved" it. And by improved I mean screwed it all up. More »
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By: Bob Denerstein More »
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While not totally finalized, Todd Hollenshead confirmed with me today rumors that id Software has indeed licensed the film rights to an adaptation of Return to Castle Wolfenstein and that Roger Avary will both be writing and directing the movie. More »
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=283021&view=rss&microfeed=true The Lost video game will be shipping for the Xbox 360, PC and Playstation 3 in the first quarter of next year, Ubisoft announced today at Comic Con.The game will put you in the shoes of a surviving passenger of Oceanic flight 815 working to unravel the mysteries of the island and confront your own dark past. The game will include locations and characters from the show and include puzzles, battles and "other challenges."Ubi plans to unveil the first official trailer for the game during the 5 p.m. Lost Season 4 panel at Comic-Con today. Hit the jump for the release. More »
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I've been hearing about, even checking out, Beowulf for months now. The game based on the movie based on the epic poem. Normally, that sort of media skipping would be like fingernails down a chalkboard for me, but so far I remain highly impressed with the tact that Ubisoft is taking in turning the tale of a blood-soaked Danish king to the console. More »
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In a July 16-dated Newsweek story N'Gai Croal reveals that Steven Spielberg's much rumored Wii-flavored video game will be an "action-puzzle simulator" code-named PQRS. Croal describes it as a game that blends the creativity of Jenga with the charm of a Saturday-morning cartoon. Not very helpful for those searching out specifics, but Croal says the game will let you manipulate blocks with the remote. More »
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It turns out that Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf will be entirely digital (as in Polar Express digital) meaning that the actual assets for the movie, not just some pictures but the actual digital content will be used to help create the video game. More »
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Ubisoft quietly announced that they have penned a deal with Paramount to work on a game based on the upcoming Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf movie expected to hit this holiday. More »
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Our favorite kidnapping Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has given her newest son a "Nintendo Game Boy." While shopping in Vietnam for souvenirs, Jolie picked up 3 year-old Pax Thien. The actress even learned some Vietnamese phrases so the kid can understand what the hell his adopted mother blabbers at him. What prompted the gaming handheld? Says Jolie: More »
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By: Scott Steinberg More »
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