Archive for: June, 2011

Xbox 360 Easier to Demo Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

Bethesda’s’ Todd Howard has explained why the studio has decided to use the Xbox 360 version of the new Elder Scrolls game, Skyrim. As it turns out, the answer is surprisingly simple: The Xbox 360 is just easier to use than any other platform, at least for demonstration purposes. “I don’t know if people realize,” […]

Danny Elfman and T Bone Burnett to Score The Hunger Games

Lionsgate announced today that Academy Award winner and two time nominee T Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart, Cold Mountain) and four time Academy Award nominated composer Danny Elfman (Alice in Wonderland, Spider-Man) are collaborating on the music for the anticipated film adaptation of The Hunger Games, based on the first in Suzanne Collins’s runaway bestselling book […]

Frank Miller’s Holy Terror Sends ‘The Fixer’ to Take Down al-Qaida

A “hard-edged” new superhero, The Fixer, is set to take on al-Qaida in acclaimed comic book author Frank Miller’s latest outing, the “gut-wrenching” graphic novel Holy Terror. Set for release around the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the long-awaited comic – “a dark, uncompromising superhero tale for the modern era”, according to its publisher – was […]

Charlie Sheen Has TV Deal with Lionsgate Television

Charlie Sheen has inked a deal with Lionsgate Television for a new sitcom, reports radaronline.com. According to a source to the website, Sheen’s character will be similar to the one he played on “Two and a Half Men” but a lot racier. The source adds the broadcast and cable networks are in a bidding war […]

MoviePass Promises subscription Service for Movie Theaters

MoviePass Inc has announced an exclusive, Netflix-like, subscription service aimed cinema going film enthusiasts. It offers users the ability to attend unlimited movies at a fixed monthly rate via mobile phone. The enterprise has the backing of by major investors including AOL Ventures, True Ventures and Lambert Media. A beta rollout is planned to launch […]

Razer Launches Transformers 3 Accessories

Gaming peripherals and accessories maker Razer has just unveiled three new products carrying Transformers 3 branding. This includes specially painted versions of the company’s DeathAdder mouse, available in yellow, red, silver and purple. The former two colors are festooned with the Autobot logo, while the latter are only available with a Decepticon symbol. Razer, who […]

Samsung Files with ITC to Block iPads and iPhones Sales in the US

A brief notice from Samsung has seen it escalate its legal responses to Apple by filing a complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC). The company claims that the iPad and iPhone infringe on patents and is hoping to block imports of the devices into the US. More details of the complaint are unavailable. The […]

Sony’s Kaz Hirai Now Chairman of SCE

Sony has initiated an executive reshuffle in the wake of the PSN hacking affair. Kaz Hirai will relinquish his role as president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment and will move to the role as group chairman. His replacement will be Welsh-born Sony Entertainment Europe head, Andrew House. The reshuffle will take effect on September […]

Verizon Now Taking Pre-Orders on the 4G Galaxy Tab 10.1

Verizon has started pre-orders (updated URL)for the LTE Galaxy Tab 10.1. Both 16GB and 32GB versions are available, in black or white, and should ship in four to six weeks. The two cost $630 and $730 respectively off-contract, although signing up for a two-year data plan will drop their respective prices by $100. Data plans […]

Next Version of Windows Phone, Mango, Coming to Developers on Thursday

New hints have emerged that Windows Phone 7 developers will be getting the Mango update on Thursday. The beta version is reportedly being cleaned up to work on regular devices and would be accessible through the developer-only AppHub. The WinRumors source was complemented by a Twitter update from Microsoft communications Senior Director Bill Cox on […]

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