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Video Game News
News 09/28/2006
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Peter Jackson has been tapped to create a new series of video games for Xbox 360 based on the Halo franchise. Jackson, who's also producing a movie based on Halo, said he's turning to video games because he's "getting a little bored with films." |
News 08/15/2006
| All five "Star Trek" captains...William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, and Scott Bakula...have signed on to participate in the new Star Trek: Legacy videogame, marking the first time all five have worked together. |
News 06/27/2006
| Per the New York Daily News, Roger Hill, who played gangland idol Cyrus in 1979's The Warriors, has filed suit against the makers of the video-game adaptation, demanding $250,000 and a court order barring the use of his likeness. Take Two Interactive maintains it has "a valid third-party
license" for the rights to Hill's character. |
News 06/11/2006
| Take Two Interactive has settled with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations that it hid sexual content in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The company promised to allow the game to be re-rated from mature to adult and to ensure future versions don't include the patch "Hot Coffee," which allowed viewers to download an oral sex scene. |
News 05/22/2006
| French videogame developer Ubisoft are teaming with Touchstone Television to adapt "Lost" as a videogame for multiple platforms. |
News 05/12/2006
| Paris Hilton unveiled her new Gameloft videogame Paris Hilton's Jewel Jam at E3 on Thursday, but when she arrived, she introduced it by saying, "I'm really excited to have my new videogame, Diamond Quest." Gameloft played along by changing the game's official name to Paris Hilton Diamond Quest shortly thereafter. |
News 05/04/2006
| Versions of Reservoir Dogs and The Sopranos will be released as games for both the Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 2. |
News 04/18/2006
| Superman Returns stars Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, and Parker Posey have lent their voices and likenesses to Superman Returns: The Videogame, hitting stores June 26, four days before the movie's scheduled release. |
News 04/14/2006
| Professional video gaming is coming to cable later this year, with USA Network planning to air seven one-hour episodes featuring the pro gamer circuit and its star competitors. |
News 04/11/2006
| Buena Vista Games has denied that Teri Hatcher is involved in the production of a "Desperate Housewives" videogame, despite reports claiming the actress had been offered $1 million to record voice-overs for the game. |
News 04/04/2006
| Uwe Boll's BloodRayne will become the first DVD release to come packaged with a videogame of the movie, in this case Majesco Entertainment's BloodRayne 2 on separate discs. It hits stores May 23. |
News 03/24/2006
| Buena Vista Games are launching a new video game based on "Desperate Housewives," which will be narrated by Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young. |
News 03/15/2006
| Sony has pushed back the highly anticipated spring release of PlayStation 3 until November, because of delays in finalizing its next-generation optical disc technology, the company said Wednesday. |
News 02/07/2006
| Per the Hollywood Reporter, Zach Braff will reprise his role as Chicken Little to lend his voice to the videogame Disney's Kingdom of Hearts II, due to be released Mar. 30. Other stars aboard include James Woods, Haley Joel Osment, and Mena Suvari. |
All news gathered from E! Online and other sources |
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