• turok

    A Turok Movie? Don't Count Your (Dinosaur-Like) Chickens...

    In the midst of a bunch of people talking/getting excited about a Turok movie, Variety's Ben Fritz makes a very valid point: just because people are talking about it, doesn't mean it's getting made. As anyone who's followed the fortunes of, say, Watchmen, or Halo will know, turning a movie from an idea into, well, a movie, is a lot harder than it looks. As Fritz says, "only a fraction of [meetings] turn into good scripts and a fraction of those actually get made as movies". And that goes double for ones based on a Disney property that Disney have nothing to do with, as is the case with this current "project".

    Disney not making Turok movie [Variety]

    1:00 AM on Thu Jun 12 2008
    By Luke Plunkett
    940 views, 27 comments

    Latest by freespeech: @PATSCRU: yeah but it took a LONNNNG time for it to finally be made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more »

  • hollywood

    Turok To Stab Dinosaurs At A Movie Theater Near You

    Turok, the dinosaur hunting Native American hero, now 50-plus years in existence, is getting the silver screen treatment according to MTV's movie blog. Set to star Adam Beach as the titular dino-stabber, the movie is still a long way off, with the lead actor telling MTV Movies "We’re about to set up meetings to develop a script and put it out there" with an estimated release "a couple years" from now.

    Outside of glancing at Turok comics on the racks, I've only dabbled with a handful of the video games from the Nintendo 64 era and the most recent Xbox 360/PS3 re-imagining. No word yet if the Hollywood adaptation will borrow more from the video games or the comic books in their many incarnations, but I'm sure that folks will be looking forward to T-rexs bleeding to death on screen with burning anticipation.

    EXCLUSIVE: Adam Beach To Star In Live Action Turok Movie [MTV Movies]

    5:40 PM on Tue Jun 10 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    1,652 views, 36 comments

    Latest by Solaricide: @Peffse: @dynendal: I hope to God this is a movie based on the old Turok: Son of Stone comics. Or even more »

  • turok

    Five New Turok Maps Tomorrow

    Touchstone is just tickled pink that Turok has shipped over a million copies worldwide, and to thank all of those players who dropped cash on the re-envisioned franchise, they're giving us a chance to spend some more money on tomorrow's Velociraptor Pack (because it sounds cool), which contains five new multiplayer maps for the price of 400 Microsoft Points or 5 PlayStation 3 "Dollars".

    "Turok has captured the imagination of video game players throughout the world," said Craig Relyea, senior vice president of global marketing, Touchstone. "We're now able to expand the multiplayer experience with the release of new maps. These five new maps are sure to satisfy Turok players who are hungry for more multiplayer challenges."
    One of the new maps, Co-Op, is obviously a co-op map, while two of the five are simply relit versions of existing maps. Yes, they made Testing Grounds and A Heated Rivalry dark and put em up for sale! I might hold out for the next pack, rumored to include palette-swapped maps. Hit the jump for more details, as well as the release date for the PC version of the game. More »

    11:20 AM on Wed Mar 26 2008
    By Mike Fahey
    3,249 views, 67 comments

    Latest by collusioned: Say what you want about the game, but at least give Propaganda a little credit. It's their first game, and more »

  • clips

    Yahtzee Goes Jurassic On Turok

    Spoiler alert! Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw doesn't like Turok. But instead of editorially ripping that game a new one, this episode of Zero Punctuation simply uses it as an example of everything that's wrong with console first person shooters. Not the least of which are Aliens-esque character rehashes, the "grizzled, sassy multi-ethnic military types often wearing—or at least located somewhere inside—suits of powered armor" otherwise known as Space Marines. It's a doozy, mostly because of Yahtzee waxing nostalgic about the "backwoods pig rapists" of Redneck Rampage. Give it a play.

    Zero Punctuation: Turok [The Escapist]

    3:20 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    7,855 views, 155 comments

    Latest by Tei: Crysis aliens are not generic. Are very original ones. And this is a comment from a guy that think Star more »

  • media

    Xbox 360 VS. PS3 Turok Edition

    Up until now, I couldn't get enough Xbox 360 vs. PlayStation 3 side-by-sides. But after this direct HDMI feed from Turok, my mind is mush. The opening blacks look far better on the 360, but you lose sight of any contrast difference by the middle of the clip comparisons. Sometimes the PS3 has better textures, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes the PS3's full RGB gamut offers colors that pop a bit more, sometimes it doesn't. Bottom line: if you have Turok for either of these next gen systems, you're doing fine. And it seems that publishers are getting far better about their cross-platform quality control.

    UPDATE: It would appear that there was no control for the 7.5 IRE black level difference between US and Japanese NTSC standards.

    1:40 PM on Fri Feb 8 2008
    By Mark Wilson
    11,488 views, 153 comments

    Latest by Sharpfish: I'm no xbox fanboy, i've just suffered a final fatal death of this piece of unreliable hardware and I'd not more »

  • achievements

    Turok Developer Is Here To Listen

    Turok's teammate killing sure pissed people off! Developer Propaganda Games originally thought that it might be humorous to include an Achievement for killing a teammate. But that didn't sit well with Xbox 360 users. So much so that developer Propaganda Games had to issue a patch. Does Propaganda have second thoughts about the whole dealio? Turok Associate Director states:

    A lot of folks got uptight about it when the Achievement list was leaked. They were yelling on the forums about how we're awarding anti-social behavior. Won't somebody think of the children and all that nonsense so, you know, to our credit we listened to the fan-base, and we patched the Achievement to remove that team-killing portion, so everything's well in the universe once again. Never let it be said that we won't listen to the fan-base and if there's something that they feel really strongly enough about, we're always willing to go back and take a second look.

    So noted!
    Turok Achievements [Multiplayer]

    10:00 PM on Thu Feb 7 2008
    By Brian Ashcraft
    1,940 views, 87 comments

    Latest by coin_operated_boy: @Propaganda_Josh: thanks for stopping by kotaku and chatting with us about the game. if you don't mind my asking, where did more »

  • turok

    Turok Impressions

    I both love and hate Turok at times, but mostly I've found it to be a pretty enjoyable game.

    The single player is the part that most drags. While the gameplay can be fun, it's the constant and increasingly difficult suspension of belief that gets in the way of my truly enjoying the story. Why, for instance, are there dinosaurs on this planet? Why did I awake from suspended animation in a space ship wearing ammo belts and heavy gear, but no weapon. It's these little things that sort of drive me nuts. But then I shiv someone and I forget, for a bit, that the enemy artificial intelligence is so very dim-witted.
    More »

    1:53 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
    By Brian Crecente
    7,950 views, 70 comments

  • new games

    Week in Games: Devil May Cry 4 Edition

    We've got some good titles coming out this week ready to steal my hard earned money. Devil May Cry 4 is definitely on my list and I'm kind of curious about this Assassin's Creed game on the DS. I've been playing a bit of Culdcept Saga and found myself oddly addicted. I guess it's the tabletop gaming nerd in me rearing its geeky head again. What's on your list this week?

    Devil May Cry 4 (PS3, X360)
    The stylish fighting styles are back with a whole new hero.

    Turok (X360, PS3, PC)
    It's a dinosaur massacre!

    Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles (DS)
    The fate of Altair rests in the palm of your hand.

    Sins of a Solar Empire (PC)
    Space strategy!

    Culdcept SAGA (X360)
    Think Monopoly meets Magic the Gathering.

    Twisted Metal: Head On: Extra Twisted Edition (PS2)
    Get out of that ice cream truck for the very first time.

    Spaceforce: Captains (PC)
    Create your own space station and control the galaxy.

    Downstream Panic! (PSP)
    Lead your school of fish to freedom

    Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore (X360, WII, PS2)
    Let a virtual Simon tell you how bad your virtual voice is, virtually!

    Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power (PS2)
    Experience Feudal Japan like you may have never experienced it before but probably have.

    The Spiderwick Chronicles (X360, PS2, PC, DS)
    The creepy kid's novels spawn a game.

    Zoo Tycoon 2 DS (DS)
    Own your own miniature zoo.

    My Horse and Me (WII, DS)
    It's my horse and me, er well ...your horse and you.

    Medieval II Total War: Gold Pack (PC)
    Medieval II: Total War and its expansion Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms in one box.

    6:00 PM on Sun Feb 3 2008
    By fdemarco
    3,508 views, 101 comments

    Latest by Dudemeister: Devil May Cry 4 is going down. more »

  • turok

    Can Someone Tell Touchstone Turok Came Out Three Days Ago?

    I've received quite a few emails this weekend from people saying they had picked up copies of Turok at their local stores. While it's not out of the ordinary for a game's street date to be broken by a single outlet, according to Best Buy, GameStop, GameCrazy and Wal-mart the game came out three days ago on Jan. 31. Apparently no one told this to the game's publisher, Touchstone. The official Turok website has a countdown clock that still has a little over two days left on it. The press materials and game websites like IGN and Gamespot also have it listed as a February 5th release. Is this a matter of a mass mistake on the retailers' part or is Touchstone being sneaky and letting the cat out of the bag early on purpose?

    8:00 AM on Sun Feb 3 2008
    By fdemarco
    7,371 views, 139 comments

    Latest by Lot Krotan: @ElektroDragon: You didn't get out of the cave? You know that's only like 2 minutes of the demo... more »

  • justin tv

    Livestreaming Turok Multiplayer


    Watch live video from kotaku on Justin.tv


    I'm going to try and find a match or two of Turok multiplayer to show you guys what it looks like to play online. Keep in mind that it's the video quality that isn't so hot, not the game's graphics. I hope to do a lot of stabbing... but I'll probably end up doing a lot of dying since most of the people playing are developers.

    All done, thanks for watching.

    5:09 PM on Fri Feb 1 2008
    By Brian Crecente
    2,093 views, 48 comments