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In a culture that has become obsessed intrigued by movies' openings at the box office, it's no surprise that other products, particularly in the world of entertainment, want to compare their launches to those of the biggest films. There's a...
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Hey Master Chief, don't call us, we'll call you. Filmmaker Peter Jackson's plan to create an interactive, episodic series based on Microsoft's Halo video game franchise has fallen victim to budget cuts and the director's busy schedule. Halo follows the...
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For decades, Hollywood's relationship with video games has come down to one word: licensing. Game publishers have been licensing and adapting movies all the way back to 1984's "E.T.", while studios started doing the opposite with 1993's "Super Mario Bros."...
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Electronic Arts is putting out a hit on The Godfather. But apparently nobody told Paramount. In an interview at E3 on Wednesday, Frank Gibeau, president of the EA Games label, said that after April's release of The Godfather II, his...
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This year at E3, the buzz has mostly been about Microsoft's new hands-free camera controller, Nintendo's new peripheral that measures gamers' pulse to help them relax, and Sony's aggressive lineup of exclusive games to draw hard-core players to the struggling...
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When most people think "Gore Verbinski and video games," they think Bioshock, the 2007 hit video game about an underwater dystopia that he signed on to direct as a film for Universal last year. But Verbinski isn't just interested in...