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In the battle between James Cameron against James Cameron for the title of the biggest selling movie of all times, James Cameron came out as the winner. “Avatar,” released just 6 weeks ago, has just topped “Titanic” in the race for the biggest movie in history, having surpassed $1.8 billion at... |
26 January 2010
10:47 GMT |
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Days ago, industry insiders were saying “Avatar” was on its way to becoming the second most successful movie of all times, both domestically and internationally, right behind “Titanic,” also from director James Cameron. “Avatar” has just secured this position over the weekend and i... |
25 January 2010
09:58 GMT |
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This week, it's been all cloak and dagger here at Softpedia as we've played Assassin's Creed II for a review but we've also written our usual Weekend Reading and EndWeekGame pieces to give you something interesting to read. And, of course, we have a selection of this week’s news to take a lo... |
24 January 2010
11:11 GMT |
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Times are tough and certainly Hollywood has not remained impervious to the troubled financial context. Aside from cutting down on expenses and workforce, the movie industry is also dealing with recession by swiftly but clearly turning to religion for help. Specialists say that’s normal, since audiences need Chr... |
22 January 2010
09:35 GMT |
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As James Cameron’s latest film, “Avatar,” is taking huge leaps towards becoming the most successful movie ever made, surpassing current record holder “Titanic” (also a James Cameron film), China has officially ruled that the movie is too successful. “Avatar” in 2D will be yan... |
21 January 2010
03:34 GMT |
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For a long time, gamers have known that a title based on a blockbuster movie has more chances of flopping than of succeeding, while movie goers have long known to stay clear of those movie releases based on videogames. James Cameron, with his recent Avatar, did not manage to change this reality and now it seems that ... |
20 January 2010
14:51 GMT |
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The Avatar movie, which marks James Cameron's return to the director chair of a commercial release following the launch of Titanic, is doing very well, selling close to 500 million dollars worth of tickets in the United States and more than a billion worldwide.The game also picked up some Golden Globe awards and... |
19 January 2010
16:41 GMT |
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Before “Avatar” was released, director James Cameron promised that he would sign all the autographs fans would ask him to sign – and his promise was caught on tape. The same goes for an incident dating back to late December, at LAX, when the director lashed out at a professional autograph seeker. Th... |
19 January 2010
05:32 GMT |
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James Cameron's Avatar easily falls into the category of Hollywood blockbusters, so no one was surprised when a video-game spinoff was announced for it. What could surprise you, however, would be to hear that the game is not really that bad. The main reason for this is that Cameron didn't let it follow the ... |
18 January 2010
15:01 GMT |
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It is the most expensive movie ever made, while also a project that required over 12 years to complete. It is James Cameron’s latest masterpiece and it has just been crowned the biggest winner at last night’s Golden Globes. “Avatar” won for Best Director and, most importantly, Best Motion Pict... |
18 January 2010
03:34 GMT |
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James Cameron’s latest film, “Avatar,” is not even out of theaters yet and the director is already thinking of a sequel, and maybe even a threequel as well. In the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, Cameron opens up about how good it felt to prove all his critics wrong and, most importantly, of h... |
15 January 2010
08:45 GMT |
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Avatar, the movie directed by James Cameron, has become one of the biggest releases in the history of cinematography and is set to change the way we look at films in the years to come thanks to the way it used 3D technology.Avatar: The Game, which got the James Cameron name but had little direct input from the direct... |
13 January 2010
15:51 GMT |
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James Cameron’s latest movie, “Avatar,” is not only a hit in terms of box office gross, but also with the kind of passionate reactions it stirs in fans. Some of them profess to have been so fascinated by the world presented in the film that the harsh reality they face once the movie is over is too m... |
12 January 2010
03:52 GMT |
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Content creators are happy to argue the same rhetoric over and over again on how online piracy is raging havoc in the established industries and continue to ask for ever-increasing penalties for users guilty or just accused of illegal sharing. At the same time, the industry is happy to ignore actual hard numbers tha... |
11 January 2010
09:30 GMT |
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For the fourth consecutive week, “Avatar” has remained at the top spot of the US box office, bringing in yet another $48.5 million in ticket sales, for a total of over $1.3 billion internationally since release. The film has officially become the second biggest selling production ever released, second onl... |
11 January 2010
07:04 GMT |
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Before the release of James Cameron’s most recent blockbuster, “Avatar,” analysts and industry people predicted an epic fail. At the time, they said the film couldn’t possibly turn a profit with a budget estimated at no less than $500 million. Not only has “Avatar” made a profit, b... |
8 January 2010
10:51 GMT |
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Sony has previously said that it plans to introduce 3D gaming capabilities to the PlayStation 3 but failed to produce clear details on the issue and many were expecting to hear more at the press conference the electronics giant held at the Consumer Electronics Show now taking place in Las Vegas.When Sir Howard String... |
7 January 2010
16:31 GMT |
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Avatar, the 3D-powered blockbuster directed by James Cameron, is past the 1 billion dollars revenue mark and seems poised to revolutionize the way we watch movies in theaters. It also had, in the tradition of Hollywood blockbusters, a videogame companion.As it is also traditional, the gaming experience, which is pitc... |
6 January 2010
08:33 GMT |
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James Cameron has officially become the only director to have two films that top $1 billion at the international box office, as “Avatar” had yet another stellar weekend in theaters around the world. This, of course, translated into ticket sales of over $68 million domestically, which helped take the inter... |
4 January 2010
07:40 GMT |
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Lately, it seems that the word “avatar” must be present in every conversation since probably everyone is hardly waiting for the new James Cameron movie. Still, not so many people know about the Onverse team effort to develop an “Online Universe” where you can create an avatar, find it a home a... |
2 January 2010
13:31 GMT |
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“Avatar” has entered its second week of release and critics continue to sing the praise of this revolutionary film. As James Cameron’s long-gestating project is on its path of totalling $1 billion at the box office, from what the most optimistic predictions say, a spoof documentary on the makin... |
29 December 2009
09:09 GMT |
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Director James Cameron is not exactly popular for his gentle manners or for putting on a nice attitude for the media. Still, TMZ says, he recently promised that he would sign as many autographs as he could while promoting “Avatar,” a promise he obviously broke a few days ago when he lashed out at a fan at... |
28 December 2009
10:19 GMT |
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For a short while there, it seemed that new release “Sherlock Holmes” from British director Guy Ritchie was about to take down James Cameron’s “Avatar” from the top position of the US box office. However, the holiday weekend ended with the latter still atop, bringing yet another $75 mill... |
28 December 2009
07:26 GMT |
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Director James Cameron started thinking of making his boldest project to date about 15 years ago. Of these 15, 12 he spent actually working on it: that project is called “Avatar” and it is, as of now, considered the front-runner in the race for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, a source says for the Los... |
22 December 2009
11:16 GMT |
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James Cameron’s latest movie, the daring “Avatar,” has grossed $232 million at the international box office over the opening weekend, of which only $73 million were ticket sales in North American theaters, the BBC informs. At this point in time, it is very difficult to estimate whether the film will... |
21 December 2009
10:24 GMT |
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Director James Cameron spent the last 15 years thinking of a film that, as he put it, would help him step up from “king of the world,” a distinction he more than earned with the blockbuster “Titanic,” to “king of the universe.” Clearly, coming from any other filmmaker now working i... |
19 December 2009
09:21 GMT |
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December 18th marks the worldwide premier of James Cameron’s latest movie Avatar. And there are more ways than one to join in the experience of the science fiction story than attending the premiere, or even have a piece of Avatar all for yourselves. Users that are running the latest Windows client from Microsof... |
18 December 2009
09:39 GMT |
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James Cameron’s latest movie, the one he’s been working on for roughly the past 12 years, give or take, is about to premiere in theaters across the world and to say that high hopes are pinned on it is a clear understatement at this point. Sam Worthington also stars in “Avatar” and, while happy... |
18 December 2009
08:24 GMT |
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One of the biggest trends of the gaming industry at the moment is the release of videogame companions for the most popular movie franchises, offering a different take on the events depicted or a piece of backstory, which movie goers would not be able to get otherwise.Nielsen, the firm that tracks consumer patterns in... |
17 December 2009
09:14 GMT |
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James Cameron spent at least the past 12 years of his life working on his biggest pet project ever, a film that even he refers to as a massive “ego trip,” the upcoming “Avatar.” Dealing with the story of an alien civilization whose planet is being plundered by humans for its vast natural resou... |
15 December 2009
06:28 GMT |
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James Cameron has been working on “Avatar,” his latest film for about 12 years. It is not only a very ambitious and personal project, but also the most expensive movie to date, with a budget estimated at $300 million (production and marketing) – therefore pressure is huge, the kind cinema has never ... |
12 December 2009
05:57 GMT |
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James Cameron spent the last 12 years or so of his life working on the film that will hopefully become his masterpiece, topping even “Titanic” in terms of critical reception and, of course, ticket sales. “Avatar” is out in theaters on December 18 and, when it does, it will not only show that i... |
9 December 2009
09:04 GMT |
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Earlier this month, as the promo campaign for “Avatar,” one of the most anticipated releases of this winter, was kicking into high gear, reports started to emerge as to how the film stood little chances of actually making a profit at the box-office, especially since it became possible because of an estima... |
24 November 2009
12:12 GMT |
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This December, James Cameron and fantasy-film fans will be treated to what is deemed one of the most ambitious and potentially successful projects of almost two decades: Cameron’s “Avatar.” However, boasting an estimated budget of about $500 million and almost no star power, while neither a story wi... |
9 November 2009
11:39 GMT |
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Infinity Ward has confirmed, via the official Twitter feed of the company, that when Modern Warfare 2 is released to the public on November 10, the Xbox 360 version of the game, the one expected to have the biggest sales, will be bringing items that can be employed on the Avatars of the users and even Rewards offered... |
13 October 2009
04:51 GMT |
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Set to be launched in November, James Cameron's Avatar: The Game will come out on the PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, and DS. Now, that's a complete platform coverage. But developer and publisher Ubisoft wants to go that extra mile, so it has also announced limited-edition bundles of the game on the... |
18 September 2009
03:10 GMT |
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“Avatar” has been 10 years in the making and has reportedly cost about $300 million, most of which went into cutting-edge technology and not on paying the salaries of highly bankable actors. It’s the first film of director James Cameron since the blockbuster “Titanic” and it’s pois... |
21 August 2009
06:52 GMT |
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Even before “Terminator: Salvation” came out, the world knew of Sam Worthington’s existence, even if few were actually those who could say a couple of words on his previous work. However, once the much-anticipated movie came out, it seemed that the name of the Australian actor, virtually unknown unt... |
7 August 2009
06:21 GMT |
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James Cameron is used to innovating. He pushed the envelope of technology in movies when the created Titanic and put together The Abyss. Now, it seems that the legendary movie director is also trying to push the boundaries of technology on gaming consoles with his upcoming videogame Avatar: The Video Game, the compan... |
3 August 2009
03:51 GMT |
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Avatar: The Last Airbender is a really good show that won an Emmy for the best American animated television series, and which follows the adventures of Aang and his friends, Katara, Haru, and Sokka, while they try to save the world from the Fire Lord, the ruler of the Fire Nation. Debuting at the beginning of 2005, t... |
2 October 2008
06:17 GMT |
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The issues regarding the Avatars and custom content created by users are pretty obscure to the general public. Most of them are happy with their avatars and keep them on a low level of complexity, but there are plenty of people who invest quite a lot of time and effort into building their avatars and getting custom i... |
22 September 2008
12:01 GMT |
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Avatar: The Last Airbender is a really good show that won an Emmy for the best American animated television series, and which follows the adventures of Aang and his friends, Katara, Haru, and Sokka, while they try to save the world from the Fire Lord, ruler of the Fire Nation. Debuting at the beginning of 2005, the s... |
22 September 2008
08:46 GMT |
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The 13.5 million American Alltel customers have, from now own, a new 3D animated MMS greeting service that comes to take mobile multimedia messaging to the next level. Leveraging on the Xend 3D hosted platform provided by Vidiator (a company based in Bellevue, Washington), Alltel Avatars allows mobile users to c... |
10 September 2008
04:33 GMT |
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Wii Transfer, a useful tool for Mac and Wii owners looking to share their movies, music, and pictures between the two machines, has recently been updated to version 2.6, adding a slew of new features and improvements. A note-worthy addition is the ability to copy Miis from your Wii back to your Mac and save them as i... |
15 August 2008
09:12 GMT |
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Culdcept SAGA combines the strategy of a board game with the depth of a trading card game to create a unique fusion of traditional turn-based play. There was a demo available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Gold members which even allowed players to have a go at the game's multiplayer mode. It also featured a singl... |
30 July 2008
08:29 GMT |
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Out of the many Yahoo! Messenger minor updates, if they can even be called that, the Avatar Town looked to be one of the coolest. You were given the option to go shopping for your favorite type of apparel and buy it for free. I couldn't have said that it is a giveaway because it is a store after all and not a Sa... |
25 February 2008
04:37 GMT |
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Bring to life an adventure of intrigue, deceit and revelation in Avatar: The Last Airbender. Play as Aang, Katara, Haru and Sokka as you grow your team into an unstoppable force making discoveries in a thrilling blend of magic and martial arts combat. Use your fully customizable bending powers to master the four elem... |
3 December 2007
07:11 GMT |
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Rumor has it that THQ's Avatar: The Last Airbender-The Burning Earth for Xbox 360 "hands out all of its achievement points after about a minute-and-a-half of pressing the B button," according to TheGoldenDonut's C-Blog. Owners of an Xbox 360 are surely going to want to look into this as soon the game hits t... |
19 November 2007
03:11 GMT |
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Following the recent Fashion Week from New York, several Indian designers had the brilliant idea to create some Yahoo Messenger avatars that would be based on Indian-inspired elements. The Sunnyvale company Yahoo moved quite fast and introduced lots of new elements into the animated Yahoo Avatars, allowing the users ... |
19 September 2007
06:09 GMT |
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The Yahoo Messenger avatars are often used to display a picture with the user but some of them are encountering several problems with this function. One of the most common issues which occur while using the instant messaging client is that the avatars are not appearing at all even if the consumer selects a picture fr... |
6 September 2007
09:32 GMT |
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