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Filmmaker Ridley Scott working on Call of Duty Elite
Ridley Scott – most famous in my eyes for directing 1979’s Alien – will be working on the Call of Duty Elite episodic content. The CEO of Activision, Eric Hirschberg, revealed this today at the 13th Annual Pacific Crest Global Technology Leadership Forum. He also mentioned that Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Ben Silverman, and Tony Scott will be involved.
Hirschberg said Activision is creating “exclusive episodic entertainment built just for the Call of Duty community… Just like any other passion that people spend a lot of their free time doing, Call of Duty players share a common language and a common experience, and we think we can create some entertainment content that they will love and talk about and share.”
Language? What is he talking about? Pfft. Well, I’m heading out to get some marshmallows to roast over the camping n00bs in CoDBlOps.
Call of Duty Elite is currently in beta for the Xbox 360. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be out on November 8 for all platforms.
[Source: USA Today]
Posted in Etcetera, News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
XBLA Today: Fruit Ninja Kinect
Would you like a nice fruit salad to go with your Summer of Arcade? Then you should check out Fruit Ninja Kinect, which is now available on the Xbox Live Arcade. All of the slicing and dicing of the mobile phone favorite can now be done on your TV exclusively with the Kinect sensor:
YOU are the ninja! The worldwide gaming phenomenon Fruit Ninja has now arrived for Kinect! Your arms are now blades, and the epic battle against the world’s most delicious produce is just beginning. Fruit Ninja Kinect is an amazing evolution of the slice-em-up genre created by Halfbrick, utlising next-gen power for the juiciest combat ever! With Classic, Zen and the frenetic Arcade Mode, Fruit Ninja Kinect includes all the action you know and love with precision control – along with special features exclusive to Kinect! With Party Mode, multiple players can turn a normal night into a fierce tournament – and the new Challenge system will reveal the true masters among your friends!
Fruit Ninja Kinect has been priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10).
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged Fruit Ninja Kinect
Zelda producer wants to make a Zelda movie
Quick, name the only Nintendo-published game to receive a film adaptation. Bzzt! Time’s up! Don’t tell me you forgot about Dennis Hopper’s tour de force performance in Super Mario Bros.?
But if Eiji Aonuma, the producer for the Legend of Zelda series, has his way, we’ll see Link, Ganon, Zelda and all the rest up on the big screen someday. The famed developer was interviewed by Nintendo Power for their August 2011 issue and he had this to say about his Hollywood aspirations:
“I always thought it would be really cool to have a real Zelda movie, something really grand and sweeping. But, of course, I have neither the time nor the wherewithal for all that, and even if I did have the money to make a movie, I don’t know if it would turn out well,” Aonuma said. “But there are days when I fantasize about how cool it would be if something like that would happen in the future.”
Make it happen Nintendo! But it’s too bad Dennis Hopper is dead, he would have made a great Ganon.
Posted in News
3DS sees Flame Red next month
It’s a red letter day for Nintendo as the publisher has announced that the 3DS will be available in a new color next month. Dubbed “Flame Red,” the two-toned color scheme features a bright red bottom half with the top covered in a deep black.
“Nintendo 3DS is poised to be on fire for the holidays, with its new suggested retail price, great games and our new Flame Red color,” said Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. “With major upcoming releases in the Star Fox, Pokémon and Mario series, in addition to downloadable offerings from Nintendo eShop, Nintendo Video and Netflix, the system offers new and fun experiences to owners on a daily basis.”
The Flame Red 3DS will be available on September 9, alongside the release of Star Fox 64 3D, at the handheld’s new $169.99 price.
Daily Scoop: August 10, 2011 – Squenix sales!
Happy humpday! So much going on today… new Dungeons & Dragons Encounter (Neverwinter FTW!), super sales on Square Enix DS games, and oh yeah – Ryan Littlefield and I beat Borderlands last night! And already started the DLC. Collecting brains has never been so fun…
Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games is a Squenix overload! Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded is $19.99, while Final Fantasy IV, The World Ends with You, and Chrono Trigger are all $14.99. Scoop up these DS games while they are super cheap!
There’s a beautiful video game shirt at Ript today called simply “1up:” (more…)
Posted in Daily Scoop, DS, Etcetera, News, PS3
Survive this Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Spec Ops trailer
Activision has unleashed the first trailer for Spec Ops Survival Mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
You know the drill by now: survive wave after wave of enemy attacks for as long as you can. It’s like being a Cincinnati Bengals fan, only less depressing.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Far Cry 2, demos, discounts added to PlayStation Store
It’s Tuesday Wednesday and the latest update to the PlayStation Store includes a pair of highly anticipated demos and a downloadable version of Ubisoft’s Far Cry 2.
If a first person shooter like Far Cry 2 isn’t your thing, feel free to download the demos for Madden NFL 12 or Driver: San Francisco. And don’t forget that Freddy Krueger dreams his way into Mortal Kombat in this update as well.
Oh, Sony has also marked down several DLC packs in a big way this week. Look for good prices on Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned and the all of the Red Dead Redemption downloadable expansions.
More information on all of the additions found in this week’s PlayStation Store update can be found at the PlayStation.Blog.
Four new games in the works at Nippon Ichi Software
In an interview with Dengeki PlayStation, Nippon Ichi Software revealed some tasty details for fans of their quirky style.
They confirmed Disgaea 3: Return for the PlayStation Vita, and also hinted that the following four games are in development, according to a report on Andriasang:
1. An action RPG from the Prinny team with full polygon visuals. We’ll get our first look in about a month. Platform is unspecified.
2. An all new title from the Disgaea team. This is said to have the visual quality of the illustrations from Disgaea 4. The staff is using the knowhow it gained from Disgaea 4 for networking and other areas. The game will have a famous illustrator for its character designs. Platform is unspecified.
3. A new title from System Plasma, makers of Classic Dungeon. Platform is unspecified.
4. Japanese release of a 3DS game that was popular overseas.
That’s enough to keep us drooling for now. They’ve also said they want to make a PlayStation Vita sequel to Criminal Girls (hopefully bringing both to North America as a result), but that it won’t be soon, as they wouldn’t do it without Kazuya Niinou.
Posted in 3DS, News, Vita
Tagged Criminal Girls: Invite Only, Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention, Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten