Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul to star in Need For Speed movie

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Aaron Paul is going places. As his final season as Jesse Pinkman in “Breaking Bad” is wrapping up, he’s been jumping into movies. The most recent bit of news? He’ll be starring as the lead in the new film Need for Speed.

The Dreamworks film will be inspired by the EA franchise. Due to hit theaters February 7, 2014, the studio says it will begin filming early next year. Scott Waugh will be the director, with the story written by John and George Gatin, and co-produced by John Gatin and EA’s Patrick O’Brien and Mark Sourian.

According to the Entertainment Weekly article,

While Need For Speed seeks to capitalize on the same car-culture passion that made The Fast and Furious movies such hits, the presence of an actor of Paul’s caliber suggests the racing thriller may be steering for a little more depth.

More depth? Than Fast and Furious? Impossible.

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Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition 1.8.2 update will be available tomorrow

Posted on October 15, 2012 by John Scalzo

Tomorrow… tomorrow… it’s only a day away! Microsoft has officially announced that the 1.8.2 update for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, the so-called “Adventure Update,” will be available tomorrow, October 16.

The 1.8.2 update will add Creative Mode, new mobs, the hunger mechanic (players must eat to maintain their health), new items to mine, new food stuff to eat, NPC villages, abandoned mineshafts, and much, much more. The complete list of changes and bug fixes is available in the patch notes.

The update will go live at 5 AM (Eastern Time), but may take up to 24 hours to propegate to all Xbox Live users.

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Kirby’s Dream Collection Review: The Collection of Your Dreams?

Posted on October 15, 2012 by John Smith

The pinkest, puffiest, suckiest, and blowiest gaming icon is finally celebrating his 20th birthday. Kirby’s Dream Collection brings together the first six games in the series, from the classic Game Boy titles up to Kirby 64. Kirby is one of gaming’s most recognizable icons – and he’s a platforming character from the company that’s arguably the king of platformers. Have the Kirby games withstood the test of time? And is this a fitting celebration for the powerhouse of pink?

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Amazing Spider-Man coming to Wii U next Spring with all DLC

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Andrew Rainnie

The Wii U can add another superhero to its roster of games next Spring. In addition to “launch window” titles like The Avengers: Battle For Earth, and Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man will be webslinging his way onto Nintendo’s new console in The Amazing Spider-Man.

As with the Dark Knight’s Nintendo outing, all of the DLC released for the game will come included in the Wii U version, including Spider-Man creator Stan Lee’s adventure, as well as the Rhino Challenge, Lizard Rampage and Oscorp Search and Destroy packs.

[Source: Joystiq]

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CoD Elite goes free for all; CoD Black Ops II getting Season Pass

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Andrew Rainnie

As the old saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch. So it was surprising that Activision, a company very much concerned with the bottom line, has announced that the Call of Duty Elite service for Call of Duty: Black Ops II will be free. FREE!

Essentially, the new service is retooling the already available free Elite service, to answer the growing concerns that players who had the Elite package and players who didn’t were unable to play together. As Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg stated, “What we have realized is that several of the Call of Duty Elite services which are currently only available to our premium members for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 are things that would further unite, engage and delight our player community. So we are going to make them free for Call of Duty: Black Ops II.”

These features include Player HQ stat tracking, Clan HQ, Zombies stat tracking, Call of Duty Elite TV, and Social Sharing and Notifications.

For this the company should be commended; they have effectively flattened the multiplayer field and granted everyone the same service with a purchase of the game, yet the new announcement is rather misleading. The main selling point of Elite was the free DLC packs Activision gave subscribers. With the new CoD Elite, DLC packs have become separate purchases again, priced at $15 each. Four packs will be released and CoD players can pre-purchase them as a Season Pass for $49.99, a savings of $10. Naturally, all DLC packs for CoD Black Ops II will be available on the Xbox 360 first with PC and PS3 players getting them later.

Activision also stated on their website that they are working with Nintendo on making the DLC and Season Pass available on the Wii U version of Call of Duty: Black Ops II as well.

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Daily Scoop: October 15, 2012 – PokeyMans!

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Welcome to yet another exciting week! I have deals, and funny websites, and t-shirts, and so much more for you! Well, ok, not really so much more. But I can tell you about my weekend! During this fabulous weekend, I successfully drank a Guinness without getting sick, beat Borderlands 2 (and started a new game as a Gunzerker), saw Looper, and finished the twelfth Dresden Files book. Whew. Oh, and watched the first episode of season three of The Walking Dead. I’ve been a busy lady!

Amazon is just having the same deals they had last week, except not as many of them. They’re still running deal for the Xbox 360 Entertainment Bundle – for $229, you get the Xbox 360 4GB console, an Xbox Live 3 month Gold Membership, the Xbox 360 media remote, a $10 Amazon Instant Video Credit, and 3 Xbox Live Arcade games. They’ve still also got the $30 credit offer when you purchase the Madden NFL 13 PlayStation Vita Wi-Fi Bundle. Best Buy is having an Xbox 360 bundle sale. You can get $50 off the 250GB Holiday Bundle, the 4GB Kinect Holiday Bundle, and the 250GB Kinect Holiday Bundle, each of which comes with different games. Scoop ’em up! Or at least, you know. One of them.

As for funny websites, check out this awesome Pokemon art project, in which webcomic creator Noelle Stevenson draws Pokemon as they are described to her. Stevenson, who doesn’t know the Pokemons, draws them from their descriptions, and hilarity ensues. Let me just put it this way: the line “wow it looks like Crash Bandicoot went through the stupid machine” had me in tears today.

And now, t-shirt time!

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Full Dance Central 3 soundtrack unveiled ahead of tomorrow’s release

Posted on October 15, 2012 by John Scalzo

Dance Central 3 will be available in stores tomorrow and, to make sure you’re in the mood to boogie, Harmonix has released the game’s full soundtrack.

The complete list of songs is just incredible. I mean, you’ve got The Hustle… Ice Ice Baby… You’ve Got It (The Right Stuff)… Macarena… YMCA… just on and on. Someone at Harmonix definitely set the “embarrassing music to dance to” dial up to 11 for this one.

Hit the jump to view the complete tracklist.

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Nintendo drops Wii price to $130

Posted on October 15, 2012 by John Scalzo

Just in time for the holidays (and the impending release of the Wii U), Nintendo has announced a price drop for the Wii along with a brand new bundle.

The Wii system will now be priced at $129.99 and it’ll come bundled with Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort. This new bundle will be available on October 28 and will replace last year’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii bundle.

“Nearly six years after it launched, people are still attracted to the pure, inclusive fun of the Wii console,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “A new suggested retail price and the inclusion of two great games make it an easy choice for families looking for a great value this holiday season.”

And then he muttered under his breath, “Because they sure as hell aren’t going to find a Wii U.” (That’s a joke.)

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