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  • New Trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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    Posted May 1st, 2014 at 6:00 pm 1 Comment »
    A second trailer has arrived for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The film stars Megan Fox, Will Arnett, and William Fichtner. It is directed by Jonathan Liebesman (Battle: Los Angeles, Wrath of the Titans) and produced by Michael Bay. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is slated to release on August 8. The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until...
  • There May Be a Special Edition Offered for Madden NFL 15
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    Posted May 1st, 2014 at 1:15 pm 14 Comments »
    Special editions of sports games are rarely worth the extra money. One of the few exceptions was last year when the Anniversary Edition of Madden NFL 25 offered up a subscription to NFL Sunday Ticket. It's extremely unlikely that EA Sports and DirecTV will offer that same promo again but something may be in the works for Madden NFL 15. Amazon has added listings of the game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PS3. Interestingly they've gone out of their way to note them as "Stand...
  • Zack Snyder to Direct Justice League
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    Posted May 1st, 2014 at 12:00 pm No Comments »
    Warner Bros. has announced that Zack Snyder, who directed Man of Steel and is working on the unofficially titled Batman vs Superman film, will follow the latter with Justice League. With a 2016 date for for the Man of Steel sequel that would likely lead to Justice League landing in 2018. Justice League of course hopes to tap into the success seen with the Marvel Universe of films that built to the the monster hit Avengers and have made huge properties out of individual characters. I...
  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Blu-ray Collector’s Edition Announced
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    Posted April 30th, 2014 at 6:00 pm No Comments »
    Sony has announced the special Collector's Edition Blu-ray for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, even before it hits theaters on Friday, May 2. The set will include an Electro head which hides the three disks (the movie and unspecified bonus content). The Collector's Edition will go for $100 and is available for pre-order now on Amazon....
  • EA Sports UFC Career and Online Details
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    Posted April 30th, 2014 at 12:15 pm 3 Comments »
    EA Sports today released details on the Career and Online modes for the upcoming launch of the UFC franchise on June 17. For the first time ever in a UFC video game, The Ultimate Fighter is featured, with that being how a career begins. In the past including TUF hasn't been possible due to an extreme royalty fee that would have been required. Online will include an "Online Seasons" format and rivalry system but unfortunately not the Fight Cards feature that was brilliantly introduced in E...
  • Digital Game Pre-Downloading Available on PS4 Just in Time for MLB 14: The Show
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    Posted April 30th, 2014 at 9:15 am 34 Comments »
    [Update 5/5] At this point it doesn't look good for pre-downloading to be offered for The Show. Sony has refused to give a definitive yes, or no, to the matter for some inexplicable reason and the process has not started if it will be. A significant system update arrived today for the PlayStation 4 with new features like ShareFactory, HD quality streaming and archiving through Twitch or UStream, and USB exporting of gameplay and screenshots among others. One of the features that will com...
  • More Vague Madden NFL 15 Features and First Pre-Order Incentive
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    Posted April 29th, 2014 at 4:30 pm 24 Comments »
    Yesterday EA Sports officially announced Madden NFL 15 with a teaser trailer and mention of "immersive defensive gameplay controls" and new broadcast presentation. Another cover vote was also announced to begin along with the NFL Draft in May. Now a summary provided to retailers has revealed a few other details to be expanded upon later: ♦New player lock camera angles. ♦New pass rush tools. ♦New open-field tackling mechanics. ♦Smarter AI. ♦Enhanced on-fie...
  • MLB 14: The Show PS4 Features Video
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    Posted April 29th, 2014 at 1:30 pm 3 Comments »
    SCEA has released a new video promoting the release of MLB 14: The Show for the PlayStation 4 which is now just one week away. The video is a run-through of a few features of note for this year. That includes Quick Counts, Player Lock, Manager mode, and Sportscast Manager. All of them are present with the already released PS3 version but here accompanied by PS4 footage. For a look at what worked for MLB 14: The Show and what didn't make sure to check out the earlier Hits & Misses review....