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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Breaks Pretty Much Every Box Office Record
The opening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 shattered just about every record it possibly could at the box office this weekend. It crushed the midnight record topping Twilight: Eclipse, it had no problem at all taking the first day record from Twilight: New Moon, had the highest grossing Friday ever, and sailed past The Dark Knight for the most coveted domestic record - largest opening weekend in history. Tallies amounted to $43.5 million for midnight showings, $92.1 milli...
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Sales of NBA 2K11 Reach Ninth Straight Month Charting in Top Ten
Official sales numbers for June have been released and NBA 2K11 came in 7th place for the month and was the only sports title to appear. Its consistency has been startling, topping the charts when released in October and floating between 4th and 10th ever since. With the NBA season complete, the lockout on, and the release of NCAA Football 12 it seems likely to finally fall out of the top ten in July but that won't at all diminish what it has accomplished. (more…)...
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Trailer for The Thing
Universal has released the first trailer for The Thing. A prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film of the same name the movie stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton and has a release date set for October 14th. Antarctica: an extraordinary continent of awesome beauty. It is also home to an isolated outpost where a discovery full of scientific possibility becomes a mission of survival when an alien is unearthed by a crew of international scientists. ...
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NCAA Football 12: Hits and Misses
With NCAA Football 12 EA Sports made some prominent feature additions that were directed primarily at the more hardcore fans of the series while promising some important improvements to gameplay. Following up on Sunday's full impressions posting what did NCAA Football 12 deliver on and where did it go wrong? Find out in this 'Hits and Misses' review.Ă‚Â (more…)...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Breaks Midnight Box Office Records
With its midnight showings Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 raked in $43.5 million which shatters the previous record holder The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's $30 million from June 2010. Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has already made over $100 million worldwide. The higher prices that comes with 3D screens played a role as Warner Bros. reports all midnight 3D shows were sold out. It remains to be seen if that will be the choice of moviegoers or if the increased options that come...
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Pastapadre Teambuilder Design Winner
Once again thanks to everyone who took the time to work on a submission for the NCAA Football 12 official Pastapadre Teambuilder design contest.Ă‚Â With over 4K votes cast it was Entry #2 as the resounding winner picking up 35% of the vote. The next highest came in at 14% and the remaining all fell in the 2-12% range. If you'd like to download the team to use yourself it can be found under the gamertag SteelByDesign. The designer of the winning entry has chosen to join the Official Pastap...
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First MLB Bobblehead Pros DLC Released
Earlier this week I laid out thoughts on MLB Bobblehead Pros in the 'Hits and Misses' review where the mention was made of plans for upcoming DLC packs. The first one of those is now available on the Xbox 360 and goes by the name 'MLB Bobblehead Stars' for 400 MS points ($5). The DLC adds in this year's All Star teams and a Home Run Derby mode. That makes the total package between Bobblehead Pros and Stars 1200 MS points ($15). Of course the DLC is optional and at the original $10 price t...
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Trailer for John Carter
Disney has released the first trailer for John Carter. Based on the novel "John Carter of Mars" the film stars Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights), Bryan Cranston, and Willem Dafoe and is directed by Andrew Stanton (Wall-E, Finding Nemo). One of the studio's tentpoles for next year John Carter is slated to release on March 9th 2012. From Academy Award(R)-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes “John Carter”–a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic...
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