Spidey Re-Boot - Despite 3 big screen adaptations of the comic book hero, Spiderman as we know it is no more. Sam Raimi, franchise director, and lead actor Tobey Maguire have both left Sony Pictures to pursue other ventures. Unfortunately the inevitable re-boot cash-in from Sony has already been confirmed and will see Peter Parker returning to high school with both a new cast and "focuses on a teenager dealing with both contemporary human problems and amazing super-human crises".
HALO 4 - The first details for Bungie's final Halo title, Halo Reach, has been released by Game Informer. Players will be introduced to Noble Team, a six-person squad of Spartan soldiers, each with their own unique traits and characteristics. As the title suggests this outing will be based on the infamous planet Reach, a 100 year-old colony which is under attack from the Covenant - a collection of religious-fanatic aliens. Classic weapons will return including the needler, magnum and plasma pistol, and new weapons will be introduced including the marksman and needle riffles. In addition a new enemy, known as Skirmishers, will be helping to make human life extinct. Not much detail has been released on the multiplayer gameplay other than it will include all of the features present in Halo 3 and introduce traits/armour abilities.
Gran Turismo 5 - PlayStation 3 fans of Sony's flagship racer are going to have to wait even longer before the game is released worldwide. The game originally due to be released in Japan in March has a new release date of, well, TBA. The game has suffered multiple delays despite various footage and GT5 Prologue already being released. More news as it comes...
Dante's Inferno - EA are planing to publish the paperback edition of Inferno, part one of The Divine Comedy. Hoping to capitalise on the success of
their excellent Dante's Inferno for Xbox 360 and PS3, the book will include an introduction from the games Executive Producer and artwork from the game. The book will be available on January 19th and the game February.
DLC - A survey by media consulting firm Frank N. Magid Associates has found that out of 800 gamers surveyed, only 15% purchased Downloadable Content. In addition around half admitted that they were unaware of DLC being available. It is evident therefore that companies are not capitalising on their full market and maybe indicates a lack of advertisement for digital media.
and finally.....
Rockstar - Perhaps working in the gaming industry is not as much a dream as expected? Wives of Rockstar employees have struck back at the developer (famous for the Gran Theft Auto series), citing worsening work conditions. Such areas including false promises of compensation, loss of medical benefits and cuts in vacation have been highlighted. This is not the first time high profile controversy has surrounded a games publisher. EA received similar attention in 2004 forcing the software giant to pay out 14.9 million for unpaid overtime (IGN.com).
Until next week!
Dante's Inferno - EA are planing to publish the paperback edition of Inferno, part one of The Divine Comedy. Hoping to capitalise on the success of
their excellent Dante's Inferno for Xbox 360 and PS3, the book will include an introduction from the games Executive Producer and artwork from the game. The book will be available on January 19th and the game February.DLC - A survey by media consulting firm Frank N. Magid Associates has found that out of 800 gamers surveyed, only 15% purchased Downloadable Content. In addition around half admitted that they were unaware of DLC being available. It is evident therefore that companies are not capitalising on their full market and maybe indicates a lack of advertisement for digital media.
and finally.....
Rockstar - Perhaps working in the gaming industry is not as much a dream as expected? Wives of Rockstar employees have struck back at the developer (famous for the Gran Theft Auto series), citing worsening work conditions. Such areas including false promises of compensation, loss of medical benefits and cuts in vacation have been highlighted. This is not the first time high profile controversy has surrounded a games publisher. EA received similar attention in 2004 forcing the software giant to pay out 14.9 million for unpaid overtime (IGN.com).
Until next week!
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