October 12, 2010

NOOOOOO BUMBLEBEE!!!

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Those who cross Megan Fox are doomed to pay! (Way to go, Michael Bay!)

This morning, one of the Transformer's biggest stars was in a terrible car crash with a police vehicle. BUMBLEBEE!

The yellow ray of Autobot sunshine collided with the police van after the vehicle drove through the movie's perimeter without anyone's knowledge. We're told that the policeman driving was taken to hospital, but should be alright.

But things could have been a lot worse! The reason that the cop was on set was because of a possible bomb in permiter! The vehicle was actually an Explosives Ordinances Division vehicle!

Uh-huh! Is someone going to out there and make they'v done a full sweep! That's all we need is lose Shia LaBeouf from this movie too!

[Image via WENN.]


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October 7, 2010

Dead Nation Online Co-op Confirmed, Special Zombies Revealed

Ladies and gentlemen! Today I would like to confirm that Dead Nation does indeed feature online co-op play! You will be able to team up with your friends either sharing the same couch or via the PlayStation Network against the undead invasion and start blasting thousands of zombies into pieces and piling up the bodies. All of this and much more is included in Dead Nation, check out the Know Your Enemy trailer.

Originally, online co-op wasn’t going to be included as a launch feature, as the schedule and resources didn’t allow it. However, after many late night play testing sessions and long talks with Sony Computer Entertainment, we decided that this was a must-have feature and it would be unfair to you if we launched without it! At this point, our coders went from working 12 hour days to working 16 hour days as well as weekends! Fortunately I think what we came up works really well. Check out these new co-op screenshots and see for yourself!

Dead Nation for PS3: Online co-op

The online co-op fully matches the offline experience. Enjoy the full co-op experience with hundreds of on-screen zombies, huge explosions, blowing up zombies into a plethora of pieces and bloody entrails scattered around.

Dead Nation for PS3: Online co-op

In addition to the coders working non-stop, the designers and artists felt it was only fair to throw themselves into the mix and created big gameplay levels with tons of replay value, adding weapon upgrade system and cool weapons to bring a new tactical dimension to the gameplay.

Dead Nation for PS3: Online co-op

Dead Nation will be released exclusively on PSN. Watch this space for further info!

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It'll kill ya

October 6, 2010

Dead Rising Getting Ported to iPhone


Dead Rising can already be played on the Xbox 360 and Wii, and pretty soon it will be available on the iPod as well.

IGN has posted impressions of the upcoming port, which stars Frank West in his attempt to hold out against the zombie hordes in Willamette Mall. The gameplay will once again revolve around beating down zombies with anything that comes to hand, including bowling balls and toy swords, but the controls have naturally been simplified.

One feature unique to the iPhone version is a makes it possible for friends on Facebook and Twitter to remotely revive a fallen Frank. Dead players can send out rescue calls, after which a friend has a limited amount of time to log on to the Dead Rising app and respond. A successful rescue will mean not losing any PP, though it's still possible to respawn normally.


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October 1, 2010

How Popular is the iPhone Compared to Android, BlackBerry and Others?

Did you know? Apple is worth more than Microsoft! As of writing, Apple is worth a whopping $262.53 billion dollars while Microsoft: $212B. One of the bigger reasons for its increasing stock worth is the iPhone – a smartphone introduced back in 2007 that literally revolutionized the cell phone market. Today, the iPhone is used as a benchmark, as a standard by which the quality of other phones are measured.

But how popular is the iPhone, exactly? It has significant market share in the US, but on an international level, the iPhone only accounts for 2% by brand.

In America, though, it has a nice 28% share (second only to Blackberry’s 35%). Android is also become increasingly popular, but we have to keep in mind that we’re comparing one smartphone – the iPhone – against dozens of Android handsets available on four different national carriers.

BillShrink has produced a very interesting infographic that illustrates the popularity of the iPhone compared to other brands and mobile operating systems. The information is a wee bit outdated, but it still does a pretty bang-up job of explaining stats and figures.

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[Mashable via BillShrink]

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September 29, 2010

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Dated for October

Sonic the Hedgehog 4

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1, Sega's brand-new continuation of the classic side-scrolling Sonic series, finally has a release date (via IGN). In fact, it has a lot of release dates, across a lot of platforms. Deep breath.

First, Sonic 4 will be released on the iTunes App Store on October 7. Next, it'll be available on the Wii Shop Channel on October 11 (October 15 for Europe). Then it'll be available on the PlayStation Store on October 12 (13 in Europe), and finally it'll be out worldwide on Xbox Live Arcade on October 13. As for price, it'll be $15 across the board, which works out to 1500 Wii Points, 1200 Microsoft Points, and $14.99 on the PlayStation Store.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 was originally supposed to be released earlier this year, but was delayed for a little more fine-tuning. As for how many more "episodes" we can expect and when we can expect them, Sega hasn't given any details yet.



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September 22, 2010

The Robopocalypse Is Coming For Spielberg

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Consider yourself warned.

Dreamworks has optioned a novel by author Daniel H. Wilson entitled Robopocalypse. The novel won't hit book stores until June, but the smart folks at Dreamworks see that the future isn't zombies - it's robots - and they're jumping on the bandwagon before it even exists!

Word going around is that Steven Spielberg MAY make Robopocalypse his next project.

Here's what a source had to say on the subject:

“With DreamWorks, everything is potentially a Steven project - until it’s not. That’s why everyone’s in a frenzy trying to read it.”

We're glad to hear that, because it means that with or without Steven, this film will eventually get made, and the world will begin to realize that instead of fantasizing about a zombie takeover, they SHOULD be preparing for the imminent robot apocalypse.

We only hope that by the time this film gets released, it's not too late.

How will U prepare for the Robopocalypse?

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The Inhuman Anatomy of RoboCop

September 16, 2010

978 Zombie Games, Movies, Books & Comics, All In One Place

This poster, by Freaking Awesome, contains the title of 978 pieces of zombie fiction, arranged, Left 4 Dead-style, in the shape of a flesh-biter's hand. Can you spot the video games among them? More » 

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