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Trailer for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Michael Douglas returns as Gordon Gecko with Shia LaBeouf taking on the lead role in the upcoming sequel to to the 1987 classic Wall Street. Oliver Stone is also back as director for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Gecko, out of jail but now in the much harsher economic climate, takes LaBeouf's character Jacob Moore under his wing teaching him the ins and outs of the investment world. Emerging from a lengthy prison stint, Gordon Gekko finds himself on the outside of a world he once dominated...
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2K Awarding $1 Million for Perfect Game
Today 2K Sports announced a contest that will award the first person to throw a perfect game in MLB 2K10 with $1 million. Gamers on the 360 and PS3 will be eligible by choosing a match-up from MLB Today mode and selecting to participate in the "MLB 2K10 Contest" which will default to all the official gameplay settings and rules. Rather than have the results report to the server and go off that, the requirement will be to record the entire game with a camera or capture device and then mail i...
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Trailer for MLB 2K10
2K Sports has released a brand new trailer for MLB 2K10. While I generally don't post up "sizzle" trailers, which are manufactured flash rather than offering much of actual substance, with not much else to go on how the game plays it is at least worth a watch until some gameplay videos hit. Continue on to check out the video and leave your thoughts in the comments! (more…)...
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More on MLB 2K10 Franchise Mode
A new blog from 2K Sports has been posted detailing work that has been done on Franchise mode for MLB 2K10. Additions include 40 man rosters, compensation picks, MLB Today layout, and the ability to Super Sim. You can check it out in full here. While we expect people will be pretty excited about 40 Man Rosters and September Call-ups, we think the new feature that will have the most impact on how users play through Franchise will be compensation picks. In a lot of Franchise modes (especial...
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Lost’s Flight 815 Crash in Real Time
This is a pretty fascinating watch for anyone who is a fan of Lost. With so much bouncing around from character to character and within different timelines it is nearly impossible to piece everything together and recognize how things fit with each other. However this video mash-up, presented in 24 style, does a terrific job of presenting the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 in real time. Most will remember the scenes that are included but probably not how they all developed during the moments su...
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Details on 2010 FIFA World Cup
Yesterday 2010 FIFA World Cup was finally made official along with news about an online tournament mode. Now there are many more details on what is new for the game with the release of the full fact sheet. Eight new screenshots have also been added to the gallery. The game will feature all 199 teams that competed in qualifying with all 10 authentic stadiums, home and away strategies, atmosphere enhancements and presentation additions, and altitude effects. Continue on for the full list of f...
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MLB 2K10 Producer Q&A
ESPN has posted up a lengthy interview with MLB 2K10 producer Ben Bishop which offers a solid overview of the upcoming game. The topics discussed include reaction to 2K9, new features and the focus for this year, and some good info on the new My Player mode. Our key goal on the gameplay side was really to bring out that intensity and that drama of the hitter versus pitcher battle. That battle is key to us and we really wanted to bring back the simulation aspect of it. We wanted to make it acc...
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First Madden 11 Blog Coming During Super Bowl
For the second straight year the first news on the upcoming Madden will arrive during halftime of the Super Bowl. A blog posting will go up with discussion about one particular aspect of the game. For Madden 10 that was the "procedural awareness" and included details on what it was all about as well as a few videos showing off the technology. Earlier today lead designer Ian Cummings posted on Twitter that the idea of having a blog at halftime of Super Bowl XLIV for Madden 11 has been approv...
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