With the launch of one of the hottest games of this year just around the corner, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is getting a strong marketing push. After seeing a new game play trailer for the game, I decided to post it for anyone else excited for the franchise. Edited to Eminem’s Till I [...]
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Capt. America and Thor Games Coming 2011
Source: Gamespot Coinciding with the release of Thor and The First Avenger: Captain America, Sega will be publishing video game tie-ins for both films. Although Captain America has been included in various games in the past, Thor has rarely been a playable character in franchise titles, and both can be played most recently in Marvel: [...]
Carnage is Coming to Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
As part of the first DLC (downloadable content), Activision will be releasing the playable character Carnage for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. A lot of details have not surfaced yet, but we do know that Carnage will be involved. The character may be one of several available in an expansion pack, or involved in new missions. [...]
Why You Should Care About Project Natal
Every so often, ever since video games became consoles for home use, leaps in technology advance the way we play. Some more then others, these changes typically follow behind the current technological trends. From the Atari, to the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Playstation to the Xbox 360, we see the direction we have been moving [...]
Video Game Review – Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
One of the greatest dreams of comic book fans is to be able to play as their favorite heroes/villains in video games. Activision has produced some great games in the past, and they created a follow-up to their hit Marvel: Ultimate Alliance with new selection of characters, teamwork based power attacks, and a popular storyline [...]
Game Preview: Jack Black’s “Brutal Legend”
One of the most original and interesting cross-over games this fall is Brutal Legend, a creative and hard-rocking game starring none other then Jack Black himself. Playing the role of Eddie Riggs,a heavy metal roadie who ends up transported to an ancient world of magic and Rock. Yes, it sounds strange, but from the videos [...]
Halo 3: ODST Commercial Drops Online
Rupert Sanders, director of the live action epic Halo 3 “Believe” commercial series, has created a new advertisement for the upcoming Halo installment Halo 3: ODST. The trailer shows a young man attending a funeral, then enlisting in the military and ending up on the front lines in the war with the Covenant. The game [...]
Video Game Review – Batman: Arkham Asylum
Contender for Game of the Year, Batman: Arkham Asylum hit game stores this week. Although many Batman games have been made over the years, this one offers what all of his previous titles have lacked: story and gameplay. This game has been worked on for a long time, and fans of both the Dark Knight [...]
Video Game Review: G.I. Joe
I am no stranger to video games, so it was very exciting for me to do the first Fanboyz.net game review. When it comes to video games, there are a lot of criteria to judge them on, so I have broken it down into 3 categories: gameplay, graphics, and lasting appeal. Each section gets graded [...]
Sony to Adapt InFAMOUS Video Game into Movie
Another video game is being adapted into a full length movie according to THR. Sony Pictures is set to bring InFAMOUS, a video game from the Playstation 3 console, to the big screen in the near future. InFAMOUS was released this past May on the gaming platform and centers on bike messenger Cole MacGrath, who [...]
First Two Posters Released for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
This past weekend we brought you the first photo of Jake Gyllenhaal in the new Disney adventure movie Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Based upon the popular video game, Prince of Persia will be released next May. Today we have the first two posters for the film which are very impressive. I look [...]
Will There Really Be Another Mortal Kombat Movie?
Before I report anything I just want to say this is another terrible choice to reboot. Mortal Kombat was a popular video game back in the 90′s, the first movie was enjoyable enough for fans, but the second movie was garbage (from what I hear at least, I have no interest in watching it), so [...]
James Cameron Previews Video Game for Avatar
James Cameron’s Avatar doesn’t hit theaters until this December, but every week it seems there is some new buzz mounting for this movie. We have heard that Avatar will have an exclusive IMAX run that will last three months. Directors like Stephen Soderbergh have seen clips from the movie and have stated that it is [...]
Lara Croft Tomb Raider to be Re-Booted with Origin Story
It has been a rumor for months now that the popular video game Tomb Raider would be coming back to the big screen. Angelina Jolie originally played the sexy adventurer Lara Croft in two movies which never really lived up to the hype of the game. In other words, the movies were not very good. [...]
Saw Franchise Developing Video Game
By Jordan Tunney April 14, 2009 Source: 1up.com There is a lot of franchises that cross over from TV or film into video games. As both a TV and film junkie, I also love video games, and typically things do not work out well when they become interactive. Some have developed into good games (Spider-Man [...]
Sony Adapting PS2 Game ‘Colossus’ Into Movie
By Jeff Olson April 8, 2009 Source: Variety Variety is reporting that Sony will be adapting the Playstation 2 video game Shadow of Colossus into a feature film. “Colossus,” which was released exclusively on the PlayStation 2 in 2005, revolves around a man named Wander who must travel across a cursed wasteland and defeat 16 [...]
