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Action movie kingpin Jerry Bruckheimer believes games and movies will be visually interchangeable within the next decade. Promoting his new games-related movie Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, he told HeyUGuys, "I really believe in the next ten years you won’t be able to tell the difference between movies …
Read More »No 3D Blu-ray for PS3
It has emerged that Sony’s 3D PS3 update coming this June won’t add 3D Blu-ray functionality to the machine, TechRadar reports. What the update will do is add 3D gaming functionality to the console. A subsequent firmware patch later in the year will add the long-awaited 3D movie option that …
Read More »Lots of interest in Mario and Zelda movies
Nintendo of America’s boss Reggie Fils-Aime has admitted that – despite this – the platform holder still receives enquiries about the making of films based on its Mario and Zelda franchises all the time”, though the likelihood of such a project remains unlikely. The message is ‘Thank you for the …
Read More »PSN bags all Hollywood HD giants
Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced that all six major Hollywood studios will be bringing their movies in high definition to PlayStation Network. Films from 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros will soon be available to rent or purchase on …
Read More »Xbox Factor blamed for action film decline
The rising popularity of chick-flicks at the cinema has been blamed on what movie execs have dubbed the ‘Xbox Factor’. An increasing number of men and boys are shunning a night out at the movies for in favour of a night at home in front of the console, The Telegraph …
Read More »Jackson enjoying games more than films
As an aside to his current frenzied press schedule to promote his latest film The Lovely Bones, film director Peter Jackson has made the surprise admission that he’s currently getting more enjoyment out of his consoles than he is from the cinema. I’m enjoying these games more than I am …
Read More »Euro PS3 video service launches in November
Sony’s video distribution service is coming to European PS3 users early, set to launch in late November. The launch window was confirmed by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and is considerably earlier than the previously given date of ‘2010′. The movies-on-demand service was announced during this year’s Gamescom. The first movies …
Read More »Marvel names 2011 games slate
Having first been name-dropped by Marvel over two years ago, the dedicated video games for comic favourites Captain America and Thor will finally make it to market in 2011. The news was spotted by Gamespot in Marvel’s recent quarterly financial report. Thor’s outing is scheduled for a May 2011 release …
Read More »Xbox reveals Q4 marketing assault
Microsoft is bullish that it can face off threats from Wii and PS3 with its multi-million dollar marketing blitz this Q4. The platform holder will focus its activity on the Xbox 360’s broader services, including on-demand HD movies, LastFM radio and Sky TV (promo pictured). But these will be joined …
Read More »Sony video service to hit Europe in 2010
Sony is set to deliver on its promise of a video distribution service for Europe, announcing the system will launch next year. The announcement came during Kaz Hirai’s keynote speech at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. He told attendees: We introduced a new video distribution service in the US, with …
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