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Trailer for Black Swan
Fox Searchlight has released the first trailer for Black Swan. Directed by Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler, Requiem for a Dream) the psychological thriller focuses on the relationship between a ballet dancer and her rival and stars Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. Black Swan is slated to release on December 1st. ...
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Second Patch Coming for UFC 2010
The first patch for UFC Undisputed 2010 was significant but didn't seem to succeed at squashing the wave of disappointment from consumers towards the game which launched with numerous severe issues. Now THQ has announced a second patch is being worked on and targeted for release in September. Some of the things expected for the patch include addressing online mid-match disconnects, fighter attributes being displayed at the online matchup screen, and combat balance in various areas including tr...
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Madden 11 Online Issues Remain Unaddressed
Eight days have passed since the release of Madden 11 and there has still been no official statements regarding the online play related troubles gamers have encountered. As covered in my online impressions the big ones include first half quits in ranked games not penalizing quitters with a loss or those quit on with a win/ability to play CPU out, quits at any point in Madden Ultimate Team ending as though they never happened with no coins being awarded, the ability to play friends or those cha...
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Madden’s Facebook Offering Discovered
We've known since February that a Madden branded Facebook game was in the works. In the time since FIFA Superstars launched on Facebook and became an instant success. Companies have found the free-to-play but microtransaction/ad-supported games to be extremely lucrative. Consider especially that they have the potential to reach the hundreds of millions that actively use the social networking site as compared to more restrictive console user bases. Bitmob came across, just by random circum...
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New Promo Video for Dexter Season 5
Last month Showtime debuted the trailer for the fifth season of Dexter at Comic-Con (can be watched here). Now a new promo trailer has emerged and can be watched below. This is far less spoiler-ish than the trailer and more just sets the general theme and emotion coming off the shocking conclusion to season four. The premiere of Dexter's fifth season debuts on Sunday September 26th. ...
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First NBA 2K11 Gameplay Footage
The first chance to check out actual gameplay from NBA 2K11 has arrived thanks to footage coming out of the Gamescom convention in Germany. Continue on to check out the video which contains two full minutes of gameplay with the Miami Heat @ Dallas Mavericks and leave your thoughts in the comments! (more…)...
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Some Recent Casting News
Rooney Mara has won out a fierce battle for the role of Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and the two subsequent sequels. Many names had been tossed around and screen tested including Ellen Page, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson. Daniel Craig was already set as the male lead. The film, based on the first in a trio of Swedish novels, is being directed by David Fincher. Judge Dredd is getting a reboot and Karl Urban has signed on. The movie is expected to be a very gritty...
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Updates Coming to Madden Ultimate Team
Yesterday a few updates that will be rolling out for Madden 11's Madden Ultimate Team were laid out. It sounds as though they will be arriving in the patch that has been slated to be delivered around the start of the NFL's regular season. Amongst the updates is the ability to view the lineup of teams from the leaderboard, which is pretty neat if you're interested in seeing how other teams are shaped but without the ability to play friends in the mode not sure how many will care about that. ...
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