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Sleeping Dogs, the action title that began as True Crime: Hong Kong, is currently one of the starts of the summer launch season for publisher Square Enix. Thus, the company expressed amazement that rival Activision chose to cancel it. Mike Fischer, who is the president and the chief executive officer at the United S... |
28 May 2012
04:08 GMT |
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If you're a fan of Jackie Chan action movies, you might want to start working on your very own DVD collection because he'll not be making more. The star made the announcement at the Cannes Film Festival, saying he was for ever done with the genre.
He might be one of the most popular action stars of our ti... |
19 May 2012
06:31 GMT |
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SEGA has changed the main official Japanese website for the Yakuza series and is now showing construction workers a recapitulation of the events of the first four core games in the series, with a promise that more information will be offered on May 24.
The publisher has revealed that it was working on Yakuza 5 in No... |
19 May 2012
02:59 GMT |
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The new Hitman game will not get any stealth trailers because the audience would not be interested in slow moving tactical infiltration and like to see teasers with fast and loud action sequences that feature Agent 47.
Luke Valentine, a producer working on Hitman: Absolution, told Eurogamer that, “The trailers... |
16 May 2012
05:22 GMT |
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The team of Iron Lore veterans working on the action role-playing game Grim Dawn has announced that it is looking to attract extra money via Kickstarter from the fan base by announcing a number of extra content that will be added to the game as long as certain goals are reached during the last week of the crowd fundi... |
11 May 2012
05:42 GMT |
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Some fans of the Dungeons & Dragons game universe and mechanics have complained about the action-oriented battle system that will be implemented in the upcoming Neverwinter, but the development team working on the game believes that fun is more important than reverence towards tradition.
Andy Velasquez, who is the l... |
9 May 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Female pirates who land on a beach at night in the rain should really try and protect themselves from the pouring rain by buttoning up those few last buttons on the shirt and should also reveal the special magic they are using to instantly dry themselves off after their earlier swim (this is a fantasy universe after ... |
4 May 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Resident Evil 6 will have three different campaigns that focus on the three protagonists of the game and, while they take a total of 30 hours to complete, each will still feature horror elements besides action ones. With Resident Evil 6, Capcom is trying to mix both classic Resident Evil experiences, which had survi... |
13 April 2012
20:31 GMT |
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Video game publisher Square Enix has announced that it is working with Georges St-Pierre in order to develop some elements of the upcoming Sleeping Dogs video game, including combat and motion animation.
St-Pierre will allow the development team to create an intuitive and complex hand-to-hand combat system that will... |
13 April 2012
13:01 GMT |
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With just days to go until the release of “Lock-Out,” which initially went by the name of “MS One Maximum Security,” here's a video meant to get more fans in theaters: the first 5 minutes of the film. Check out the video below to see what it's all about. “Lock-Out” wil... |
9 April 2012
09:10 GMT |
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Some time ago, we were telling you of a dark comedy / sci-fi movie that was getting a lot of people talking, “Iron Sky.” You can see the first 4 and a half minutes of it here.
Directed by Timo Vuorensola and funded mostly through donations from the fans, who joined forces to see the project in theaters,... |
19 March 2012
09:06 GMT |
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A new trailer for “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” has just dropped and, unlike previous footage, this one really does what a trailer should do: acts as a teaser while revealing a bit more of the plot.
Produced by Tim Burton and directed by Timur Bekmambetov, he of the “Wanted” fame, &ldquo... |
19 March 2012
04:43 GMT |
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What we know: Prey 2 has little to no connection with the first game that bears the same name, although it seems that first-title protagonist Tommy will make some appearances that will further the narrative of the sequel. Instead the team at Human Head Games seems to have settled on a game that will put the player ... |
16 March 2012
21:11 GMT |
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The developer at Cyanide and publisher Focus Home Interactive have launched the first trailer for their upcoming role-playing Game of the Thrones, which focuses on the combat system of the game, showing how tactics and choices will influence the course of the game.
The trailer is narrated by the development team and... |
16 March 2012
13:01 GMT |
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Video game developer and publisher Capcom has released another trailer for its upcoming action role-playing game Dragon’s Dogma, which is designed to show the player base exactly what it can do with the Pawn system.
The mechanics allows players to lend out their own companion characters and get replacements fr... |
13 March 2012
03:27 GMT |
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The development team at Sucker Punch tried to make user-generated content a big part of last year’s InFamous 2, but the company has admitted that the community has not used it to the extent they wanted and the concept might be better suited to other genres.
Sony, the publisher of the game, linked InFamous 2 wi... |
12 March 2012
13:21 GMT |
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A new study from the University of Rochester suggests that playing action-oriented video games allows players to make decisions 25 percent faster than a control group without sacrificing accuracy.
The study focused on action titles that feature plenty of violence, the kind of titles that have usually been blamed for... |
8 March 2012
08:26 GMT |
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Video game publisher offered more information on Rhino, the main villain that players will have to fight in the new Amazing Spider-Man video game that arrives alongside the movie this summer.
Stephane Gravel, who is the producer working on The Amazing Spider-Man, stated, “In the spirit of the film, the game is... |
27 February 2012
13:31 GMT |
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What we know:XCOM was a strategy game with turn based battles and a focus on man management, production and research, but the revival from publisher Take Two and developer 2K Marin, of BioShock 2 fame, takes the name and uses it for a mission based action game played from a third person perspective with limited contr... |
25 February 2012
05:11 GMT |
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Back in December, a red band trailer for a little gem of a film called “The Raid” came out, meant to warn US audiences that it was coming their way. Sony Classics has just released the sanitized version of it. At the same time, the new US distributor for the Indonesian pic is also revealing a new name for... |
24 February 2012
10:18 GMT |
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Paramount isn't wasting any time with the promo campaign for its upcoming “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.” Shortly after it premiered a new clip at the Super Bowl, here comes an international trailer.
You can see it in full above.
If you think it's similar with another trailer for the same film... |
9 February 2012
09:07 GMT |
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If you're a fan of insane action movies that come with a healthy side dish or gore and an even healthier side dish of humor, then you should definitely give “Let the Bullets Fly” a try.The Chinese action flick is nearing a release in the US and, as such, it just got a brand new trailer that emphasize... |
9 February 2012
06:52 GMT |
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Some BioWare fans were disappointed by the relative lack of customization options included in Mass Effect 2, and the developers at the company are keen on making sure they know that the third title in the franchise will offer them all the freedom they need. Speaking to CVG as part of a bigger interview, Michael Gamb... |
8 February 2012
03:02 GMT |
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The Super Bowl trailer for the upcoming “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” has just dropped – and let's just say it's as action-packed as the two clips released before it. You can see it in full above. However, unlike the previously released footage from the sequel, this one focuses more on Dwayne &l... |
2 February 2012
09:28 GMT |
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“Lockout” is coming out this April and, after some weeks of speculation as to its plot and official name, we finally have all the answers, thanks to a brand new trailer from IGN. Initially dubbed “MS One: Maximum Security” or “Lock-Out,” the film plays like “Taken” set... |
27 January 2012
10:58 GMT |
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Ninja Gaiden 3, the upcoming game in the long-running series, will make some fundamental changes to the franchise, and one of them is that the traditional masked enemies now have actual faces, allowing the player to establish a clear connection to the people that he cuts down during the game.
Yoshinori Ueda, who is ... |
24 January 2012
02:29 GMT |
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After years of struggling to get the project off the ground, Vin Diesel is finally shooting for the “Chronicles of Riddick” sequel. Above is a first photo of himself in character.
To make this project happen, Diesel and David Twohy had to overcome several obstacles, including a severe lack of funding, w... |
21 January 2012
06:55 GMT |
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Darksiders 2 is set to expand on the concepts of the first game and one of the first features that the development team addressed is the way weapons work in the game, trying to give players more options when it comes to taking down foes. In a development diary for Darksiders 2 David Adams, who is the general manager... |
20 January 2012
02:22 GMT |
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Hitman: Absolution, the upcoming shooter from IO Interactive, will try to blend the traditional stealth gameplay that made the franchise so popular, with a more action-filled type of experience, allowing players to battle their opponents through more conventional ways, in case their stealthy approach fails. Past Hit... |
19 January 2012
15:51 GMT |
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January 2012 brings an insanely anticipated action film, this time with a female star in the lead. MMA fighter Gina Carano plays Mallory in Steven Soderbergh's “Haywire” but there's something drastically different between the two. Fans immediately picked up that Carano's voice was differe... |
13 January 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Since she's been basically conquering all the charts ever since she broke on the scene, Rihanna is looking to branch out. She will be making her debut in the May 2012 release, “Battleship.”As movie buffs must know, “Battleship” is one of the most hyped releases of the year, both because o... |
11 January 2012
11:56 GMT |
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Developer at Capcom have said that one of their aims with the new, rebooted Devil May Cry video game is to deliver a better action title than Bayonetta, the surprise hit that developer Platinum Games and publisher SEGA launched in late 2009 in Japan.Alex Jones, who is a producer at Capcom United States working on the... |
6 January 2012
04:51 GMT |
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Nothing spells trouble like a black and white poster. “Safe House,” the latest spy thriller starring Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington, has just gotten a brand new poster and, yes, it's serious stuff. The film is out in February this year and, because it's a mix of spy / cop thriller and typi... |
3 January 2012
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The trick with 3D movies is that, while they might be more expensive to make, they're more profitable than 2D releases. However, shooting a film in the traditional way and then having it go through post-conversion is not always the best idea.As we also noted a while back, 3D movies can be either shot with specia... |
30 December 2011
23:11 GMT |
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Sylvester Stallone is still doing at 65 what actors half his age are probably not able to. He is now shooting for a new action flick called “Bullet to the Head” - and here is another official shot to promote it. You wouldn't believe Sly's 65 by just looking at the photo: just check out his rip... |
28 December 2011
09:01 GMT |
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One of the most anticipated films of 2012 is “Battleship,” based, oddly enough, on the board game no one though could ever be turned into a feature film. A new trailer reveals a bit more footage from it. Granted, it's in Japanese, but that's not to say you can't watch it; just click on the ... |
28 December 2011
05:44 GMT |
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Not that this comes as too much of a surprise, but there are (at least) two more installments in “The Fast and the Furious” franchise in the works. Confirmation comes from Vin Diesel, star and producer of the series: a screenwriter is currently working on them.Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, the act... |
21 December 2011
07:40 GMT |
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Sylvester Stallone is definitely on fire. Though he said a while back he would be taking it slow(er) as regards action movies, he continues shooting one after another. Here is a first look at his latest, “Bullet to the Head.”
Though the name of the action movie might suggest a lot of shooting 'em ... |
17 December 2011
06:46 GMT |
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Just a couple of days after the release of the first teaser trailer for “The Expendables 2,” Lionsgate has just introduced the first official poster. In doing so, it's saying all those other posters out there are not legit.
A few weeks back, this poster here started making the rounds on the blogo... |
17 December 2011
04:48 GMT |
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Early screenings of “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” have led to disastrous reviews saying it has a worse plot and character definition than the original film. One thing the new trailer can promise: excellent special FX and 3D.
A new official trailer for the sequel to Nic Cage's “Ghost Ride... |
16 December 2011
04:33 GMT |
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Guy Pearce is taking on roles that would make Chuck Norris proud. His latest action movie effort is coming out in April 2012 and has just gotten a brand new trailer – and possibly a new title as well. As we also informed you a short while ago when the first teaser came out, “Lock-Out” seems to play ... |
15 December 2011
11:17 GMT |
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The newly renamed Metal Gear Rising might have disappointed some long term series fans with its new look and more action oriented gameplay but one leading developer working on it says that players should wait for more solid information before making up their minds on it.Atsushi Inaba, who is the executive producer wo... |
14 December 2011
20:01 GMT |
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The other day, the world got a first glimpse at the upcoming “G.I. Joe” sequel, “Retaliation.” With the official trailer now out, we can now see why it's called that – and just how action-packed it will be. Starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Channing Tatum, Adrianne Pa... |
13 December 2011
04:19 GMT |
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The first “G.I. Joe” film may not have gotten the reaction from fans producers were hoping for, but the sequel, “Retaliation,” is bound to get a whole new segment of the audience ecstatic. Check out a preview of the trailer above.With the official trailer coming out today, the Entertainment To... |
12 December 2011
08:20 GMT |
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Michael Bay has just been outdone. A while ago, Hasbro agreed to have a movie made of Battleship, one of the most simple and popular games out there, sending movie buffs into disbelief. The second trailer is bound to answer a lot of questions.
Because the game usually has 2 players trying to sink each other'... |
10 December 2011
06:33 GMT |
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Moscow isn't all that it's cracked up to be and, just in case you were wondering, aliens are getting meaner and more dangerous with each year. That's the (simplified) premise of “The Darkest Hour,” the latest invasion-themed movie.The second trailer for it has just been released and, to put... |
7 December 2011
11:03 GMT |
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Production on the sequel to “Clash of the Titans,” called “Wrath of the Titans,” kicked off earlier this year, with promises from everyone involved that it would have better FX and 3D than its predecessor. We now have a first photo from the film, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. While it says... |
6 December 2011
11:51 GMT |
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One of the stuntmen on Guy Pearce's latest movie, “Lock-Out,” has just posted a brand new trailer for the film online. Even though it might not last long and comes in pretty low quality, one can't but admit it looks pretty promising. “Lock-Out” is the story of one man on a very dange... |
6 December 2011
09:59 GMT |
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You should never underestimate Liam Neeson. As we said in our review for “Unknown,” in which he played the leading man, he can pull off extremely physically challenging roles with a lot of believability. The same seems to be the case with the upcoming “The Grey,” which just got a brand new tra... |
5 December 2011
09:26 GMT |
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If you're looking for a pure, well-made, engaging and true-to-life action film, “The Raid” might be just the thing for it. We now have a red-band trailer for it, enough to wet your appetite ahead of the spring 2012 release. “The Raid” comes from Indonesia and tells the story of a SWAT te... |
2 December 2011
08:18 GMT |
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