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$52 Million Opening Day for Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2 has made off with an estimated $52 million in its first day. That number includes the $7.5 million made from late Thursday midnight shows. The $52 million places it seventh on the list of highest opening day grosses. Based on these numbers the weekend take will likely finish right around $130 million. That would make it the fifth biggest opening weekend in history. Industry expectations pegged IM2 in the $140-160 million range, giving it an outside shot of topping The Dark Knight...
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PFC 2010 League Sign-Ups
While the specifics on the league structure for PFC 2010 are still being ironed out sign-ups are now open. The league for UFC 2010 Undisputed is a follow-up to the very successful run PFC had with UFC 2009. The introduction of "Fight Camps" is expected to play a significant role this year. The general idea is that there will be two tiers to the league. There will be the main pool where fighters compete against each other on a regular basis. That may or may not include "Fight Camps" as it wi...
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New Trailer for Inception
While Super 8 has gotten most of the attention the last few days, another new trailer debuted on Iron Man 2 that is creating a buzz. Another trailer for Inception, the Christopher Nolan film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is also attached to prints of IM2. The difference here is that the release of Inception is nearing and it still remains somewhat mysterious. The movie is a contemporary science fiction thriller about a corporation that has developed a technology that can enter dreams and extrac...
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FIFA Coming to Facebook
A few months back we found out that EA Sports would be bringing a version of Madden to Facebook. The next in line to make it to Facebook will be FIFA with the game being branded FIFA Superstars. The news was made in EA Sports president Peter Moore's latest blog posting. The game will be created through Playfish, the social gaming company that EA acquired late last year. Leveraging our football gaming knowledge and marrying it with the social gaming expertise of our partners at Playfish is su...
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Weekend Box Office Predictions 5/7
Expected to be the biggest movie of the summer Iron Man 2 rolls into theaters today. Not surprisingly no other studio wanted to take on Tony Stark, and the only other release is the documentary Babies. The big question is can Iron Man 2 break the opening record currently held by The Dark Knight? (more…)...
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UFC 2010 Undisputed Demo Impressions
It was discussed at length in the last Padrecast but I thought it would be a good idea to lay down some of my impressions of the UFC 2010 Undisputed demo as well. While the changes and improvements are subtle while watching videos such as the ones I posted earlier they are much more evident while playing. As with last year's demo debut 2010's has been strikingly fun, somewhat confusing and overwhelming, but extremely rewarding as improvement is made. (more…)...
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The Trailer for Super 8
The secretive trailer for Super 8 has spurned some huge intrigue over the last few days and it has now debuted in front of Iron Man 2. Yesterday I posted some details on the movie as well as a link over to read a detailed description of the events of the trailer. Generally when a trailer debuts on an event movie it doesn't officially go online until the following Monday. So, in lieu of the official release, we turn to bootleg recordings which are springing up everywhere. Obviously this isn'...
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No Patch Coming for Tecmo Bowl Throwback
Word of a patch for Tecmo Bowl Throwback has now been squashed with Tecmo coming out to state that they will now not be providing one. The patch was planned in attempt to solve an issue with recording wins and losses when one side quits out of an online game. Kotaku has a full story on the news. The game released last week for the 360 but still has no stated release date for the PS3. As mentioned in my impressions of TBT, one of the drawbacks to a downloadable title is that they generally g...
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