Retro City Rampage is just a bonanza of various references to video-games and popular culture. So appropriately, some promotional material that they send out mimics the boxes that NES and Sega Master System cartridges came in.
Source: Kotaku
Just in time for the kick-off of the new NFL season, the online game Quick Hit has relaunched itself. New to this season, however, is 3D graphics and a genuine NFL license that includes real teams, uniforms, and stadiums.
The game focuses on strategy with teams, focusing on choosing plays and players, and the game is supported by micro-transactions for various upgrades. There’s also a premium upgrade for $15 or as part of the game s monthly subscription option to convert its 2D sprites into 3D using the Unity browser plugin.
Unfortunately, there’s no deal with the Players Association or Coaches Association, but with the game being promoted on NFL.com this year, there’s a chance that could change in the future.
Source: Tech Crunch
Resident Evil: Afterlife has collected $27.7 million in the domestic box office, making it the top earner its first weekend. Thanks to unscaled prices for 3D showings, the movie achieved the largest ever box office take in the series history.
“Afterlife just so over-performed around the world,” Sony distribution boss Rory Bruer said. “The excitement that 3D brings to the film was a huge positive.”
Some 141 high-grossing Imax 3D venues with upcharges of roughly $5, contributed $2.6 million domestically to the total. “This is a record September opening for Imax, and [our global] $23,000 per screen is remarkably strong for this time of the year,” Imax Filmed Entertainment chief Greg Foster enthused. “Fan boys love Imax. It’s just as simple as that.”
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., Nintendo will be rolling out an ambitious ad in the U.K featuring Jonathan Ross, Ant and Dec, Diversity and Patrick Moore. They will also offer up 19 live dates running until September 19, offering players 106,400 trials at six different locations nationwide.
“So many people have grown up with the Super Mario Bros series,” said Nintendo product manager Zoe Cooper. “It is great that Nintendo’s activity can play a part in helping everyone remember and celebrate their favorite TV moments.”
Source: MCV
Legions of stores around the U.S. opened up for the midnight launch of Halo: Reach and the same thing happened in the U.K. In fact, major entertainment retailer HMV opened 70 of its largest stores at midnight to accommodate demand.
There are some massive games titles due out over the next few weeks and months, and this great Christmas line up very definitely kicks off with Halo: Reach, which is hugely-anticipated by gamers, and has been one of our most-ever pre-ordered games titles on hmv.com, said HMV head of games Tim Ellis. So we want to give the army of Halo: Reach fans the earliest possible opportunity to get their hands on it by opening many of our larger stores around the country at midnight on Monday – as soon as we’re officially able to sell the game.
Source: MCV
Kevin Butler has taken some comical digs at the competition in a couple of viral sites. On MoveVsStuff.com and YayButtons.com it’s detailed how the move is superior to the competition’s motion controllers in Kevin Butler’s own imitable style.
“See what you did there You clicked it,” reads the site. “It turns out that buttons are really important. Not like ‘save the whales’ important. More likes ‘not play games that suck’ important. Cuz they help you . . . control stuff. Controller. Control. Kinds makes sense.”
“Some people don’t think you need buttons. WHAT! Craziness. Could you imagine gaming without buttons. Where would the control come from You couldn’t snipe. Couldn’t fire any sort of weapon at all, really. Unless you turn your fingers into a gun. Pew! Pew! What are we, mimes Buttons can do anything. Get you a turbo boost. Enter secret cheat codes,” it continues. “Did you know that the button was invented by Edison And that guy was smart. I bet he knew that buttons would be great for gaming. It’s not even just about fun. Pause. That’s a pretty important function right there. Especially when you get as phone call.”
“I know what you’re thinking.’What if I could just shout pause .'” it added. “Without a button. Great idea! Because there’s no way that could backfire. Imagine. You’re boxing. Your friend’s passing by. He wants to mess with you. Cause he’s sometimes a jerk like that. He shouts ‘pause’. Tragic. Buttons! They keep the control in your hand.”
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is going to feature shout outs to numerous obscure characters on both sides, one of which is Tron Bonne from Megaman Legends! Despite her somewhat obscure nature in the Capcom pantheon, she already appeared in the previous Marvel vs. Capcom 2.
It seems like every gaming ad from the 1980s seems unbearably cheesy by today’s standards. Some enterprising fans riffed on that style and inserted some Valve humor for a real ’80s ad for Portal and Left 4 Dead 2.
In a great meeting of geek-dom and sports, some students tried to get Admiral Ackbar from Return of the Jedi to be the on field mascot of Ole Miss. This is their true story.
Resident Evil: Afterlife is the fourth movie in the Resident Evil franchise, which has managed to gross over $378 million in the worldwide box office. Star Milla Jovovich was asked why this franchise has succeeded where many other game franchises have failed.
“Resident Evil has always been an independent movie, which I think is very special about it,” said Jovovich. It’s not a studio concoction. We started as a tiny, little European action film, and everybody involved, Paul, myself and Michelle Rodriguez, were into the game. That was the birth of this franchise. It was just people who really love the games, who really love the characters, and love to kick butt and take no prisoners, and girls enjoying taking on these tough parts.
“I think that translates to people, she continued. People are smart today. They know when you’re lying to them. They know when you’re trying to pull one over on them, and we’re not trying to pull anything over on anybody. We’re just trying to make the best movie we can with the budget we have and have a great time doing it so that people have a great time watching it.”
Source: Reuters
