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Guillermo Del Toro To Develop “Monster” Manga Show

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April 25, 2013

Entertainment news website Deadline reported Wednesday that Director Guillermo del Toro (Pacific Rim, Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) is currently developing the manga Monster into a possible television series for HBO. Monster is a suspense Manga originally created by Naoki Urasawa. Del Toro will partner up with Doctor Who’s Steven Thompson to write the pilot that Del Toro will direct.

Deadline’s Description of the story:

The thriller is about the worldwide search by a young doctor for the most evil sociopath that has ever lived. He is a 12-year old boy, and the doctor’s decision to save his life has unwittingly unleashed a Pandora’s Box that leaves the doc battling to stop a plot of mass genocide.

Don Murphy and Susan Montford will be, along with Del Toro, as executive producers. Thompson (noted above) will serve as co-executive producer and Shogakukan, the original mangas publisher, will be a consulting producer which is great for original fans of the manga because it means the development team are trying as hard as they can to get this as close to the manga as possible. That’s a good sign.

New Line Cinema had the feature film rights to Monster back in 2005, they even had a lead writer assigned (Josh Olson, Batman Gotham Knight) yet it went nowhere because, Deadline reported, the project grew far too big for a feature film or two. Urasawa was convinced by Del Toro to let him handle the project and here we are.

Fire And Forget: The Final Assault First Screenshots

Frank Inglese

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April 25, 2013

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Fire And Forget: The Final Assault First Screenshots

Let’s just go back to the 80’s for five minutes and talk about this.

The original Fire and Forget was released back in 1988, yes, 1988 by publisher Titus Interactive. The original game was released on the Amiga, Commodore 64, Amastrad and the atari, basically a whole bunch of old consoles that are severely outdated. No need to worry though because a French publisher, Anuman Interactive, under Joystick Replay, has done us all a favor and remade this game!

Fire And Forget: The Final Assault is the remake that is slated for release on May the 16th, so not too far away, on the PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad and android. The very first set of screenshots have just been released and, let me tell you, they look damn good!

You can see all the new screenshots in the Gallery Section below but before you jump let me just show you a comparison that will pump you up just that little bit more:

Fire-Forget-Remake-02 — Fire and Forget Remake

Like I said: “Damn good!”

The Lord of the Rings Online: Helm’s Deep Expansion Announced

Nick MacLeod

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April 25, 2013

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The Lord of the Rings Online: Helm’s Deep expansion has been announced by developer Turbine and Publisher Warner Bros. Helm’s Deep will continue the story into the western plains of Rohan and allow players to take a direct role in the battle for Helm’s Deep. Another key feature sure to appeal to players will be the raising of the level cap to level 95.

Kate Paiz, Executive Producer of The Lord of the Rings Online said :

“With Helm’s Deep, we’re bringing the War of the Ring to players on a monumental scale. Our team is thrilled to create another iconic moment in Middle-earth, and put players in the centre of the action.”

With the ability to advance from levels 85 to 95 there will be new skills and completely updated class specializations available to players. Other features of the update include the ability to fight the battle of Helms Deep and more continuation of the epic story, with the player now able to encounter characters such as Aragorn, Éowyn, and Éomer.

Wargaming Releases Update 8.5 for World of Tanks

Nick MacLeod

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April 25, 2013

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Wargaming today released Update 8.5 for its record breaking free-to-play action MMO World of Tanks. This newest update, which Capsule Computers announced last month, further expands the tank rosters for both Germany and the USSR, as well as introducing new premium feature options for non-paying players. Update 8.5 will release on April 24th in Europe, April 25th in Southeast Asia and the United States, and May 7th in South Korea.

The German tech tree will be updated with new, powerful medium tanks, including the legendary Tier X Leopard 1, while the Soviet tree will be strengthened with three new light tanks.Also in Update 8.5, players will now be able to purchase all premium consumables with credits. Previously, premium consumables were only purchasable with gold, the in-game currency purchased with real-world money. In addition, all players, both paying and non-paying, will be able to create 3-member platoons and companies.

The trailer for the update can be found below.

The Garden of Words Gets Licensed By Sentai Filmworks

Frank Inglese

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April 25, 2013

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Sentai Filmworks has picked up the license for Makoto Shinkai’s new artistic piece: The Garden of Words. This grab will definitely please the fans of Mr Shinkai’s work, Sentai Filmworks doesn’t usually slack too much with it’s licenses. For those of you who don’t know Makoto Shinkai he’s the man behind such films as; Children Who Chase Lost Voices, The Place Promised in Our Early Days and a bunch more. He’s a pretty big deal. As usual the film will be available soon through selected digital outlets and with a home video release on bilingual Blu-ray and DVD later on this year. The anime feature starts its theatrical run in Japan on the 31st of May.

If you want to get in early on this release don’t forget that in just a few days The Garden of Words get premiered at the Gold Coast Film Festival. Information as well as a trailer for the movie here.

Sentai’s Official Description of the movie:

When Takao, a young high school student who dreams of becoming a shoe designer, decides to skip school one day in favor of sketching in a rainy garden, he has no idea how much his life will change when he encounters Yukino. Older, but perhaps not as much wiser, she seems adrift in the world. Despite the difference in their ages, they strike up an unusual relationship that unexpectedly continues and evolves, without planning, with random meetings that always occur in the same garden on each rainy day. But the rainy season is coming to a close, and there are so many things still left unsaid and undone between them. Will there be time left for Takao to put his feelings into actions and words? Between the raindrops, between the calms in the storm, what will blossom in THE GARDEN OF WORDS?

Legacy of a Thousand Suns Goes Mobile

Nathan Farrugia

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April 25, 2013

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Legacy of a Thousand Suns has been made available as a free to play iOS app and is available now on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, with an Android version planned for release soon.

Legacy of a Thousand Suns is a menu-based MMORPG with features such as world raids, guilds, boss monsters to kill and hundreds of quests to complete. While doing all this, players can find gear to equip and level up their character. The game produced by Zattikka and 5th Planet Games and brought to handheld devices by mobile development team Spellgun Studios, launced on Facebook back in 2010 and continues to attract approximately 20,000 players each day.

The iOS version features a redesigned interface created for touch screen devices and allows players access on the move through their phones and tablets. Regular content updates are planned to keep the game constantly evolving, and to provide gamers with new challenges and quests.

Initial game reviews have been positive with the game having 4.5 out of 5 star rating on the App Store. If you want to download the game, follow this App Store link or alternatively you can play the game online on the official website. You can also view a trailer for Legacy of a Thousand Suns below.

Greenlight Spotlight: “The Legend” – PC Survival Horror from Elder Productions

Oli Delgaram-Nejad

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April 25, 2013

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So Elder Productions have been cooking something up lately that looks… tasty to say the least. It’s called The Legend and from what I can tell, it’s going to be beautifully terrifying. According to the development team, this free to play first person horror experience uses the latest Crytek engine (CryEngine 3) and, as you can see from the stills, the use of lighting (and the abundant lack of…) appears integral to the creation of the game’s spooky-ass atmosphere.

Although some in the Greenlight community have drawn parallels between The Legend and Slenderman, Elder have stated that the notes featured in the gameplay teasers will not play anywhere as near a central role, nor will the protagonist be as powerless. They’re merely teasing out the info by saying that the protagonist will simply be “more dangerous” and offering us the odd still of a weapon or two amongst the trailers.

From the information given by the development team, it looks as though this will be a mixture of Far Cry, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Doom 3 (notably because of the apparent use of Doom’s infamous ‘you can only equip your flashlight or something else’ item management system) to bring together all of the elements that make horror gamers squeal with that familiar and masochistic combination of terror and joy.

According to Elder Productions, this game will be completely free through Steam and will not require Crysis 2 or any other prerequisite gaming software, and although discussions are going on about Mac OS compatibility for this title, Elder state that although they’re looking into this, it looks unlikely for the time being.

Want to see this game on Steam? Get on to the Greenlight platform and cast your vote!

Telltale Games’ Poker Night 2 Ups the Ante with Launch Trailer

Simon Wolfe

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April 25, 2013

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After only being announced a scant few weeks ago, Telltale Games’ Poker Night 2 has reached the XBLA today, with Steam and PSN on the way soon. To celebrate the occasion, Telltale Games has released a trailer showing off a bit more of the game and the bonuses players can earn for other games in their library.

A sequel to the original Poker Night at the Inventory, Poker Night 2 features 4 all new opponents to face off against in Texas Hold’em and Omaha style poker. But Brock, Claptrap, Ash, and Sam aren’t the only characters running around as there will be plenty of cameos and laughs, especially with GLaDOS acting as overseer to the table.

Players can view the launch trailer embedded below and find Telltale Games’ Poker Night 2 available for 800 MS Points ($10) on XBLA HERE, with the Steam version coming this Friday (April 26th), then to the PSN on April 30th for North America. Unfortunately, a release date isn’t available quite yet for the Europe PSN, but should come in time, as well as information on an iOS release.

Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut’s launch trailer shows off new scenes

Travis Bruno

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April 25, 2013

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With Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut set to be released April 26th in Europe and April 30th in North America, Rising Star Games has released the launch trailer for the title which you can check out below. In this trailer we see a number of story scenes including some of the new scenes that have been added to the game.

Also shown off in the trailer is some of the new costumes that players will have access to in the game, including some special pre-order costumes including a Field-ops Suit from Amazon that increases the player’s HP and attack and an Espresso Suit from GameStop that helps the player resist Hunger and Tiredness longer, allowing for more exploration.

Next Xbox to be unveiled on May 21

Travis Bruno

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April 25, 2013

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Today it was announced by Microsoft that they will be holding an event in Redmond, Washington on May 21st at 10 AM PDT. The event is called “Xbox A New Generation Unveiled” so it is quite obvious that the company will be revealing their next Xbox console, whatever they decide to call it, at this event.

To go along with this announcement Major Nelson stated that “On that day, we’ll share our vision for Xbox, and give you a real taste of the future. Then, 19 days later at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, we’ll continue the conversation and showcase our full lineup of blockbuster games.”

There have been some disturbing rumors circulating about the next Xbox console, so we will finally learn if any of these are true in a little under a month.