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The Kane and Lynch movie has had its Kane for quite a while in Bruce Willis, and now it's found its Lynch. Screenwriter Kyle Ward tweeted last night that Jamie Foxx is in as the psychologically unbalanced mercenary James Lynch. He had to clarify that he wasn't referencing the movie based on Uncharted that he's also writing, after one user jokingly asked about "a black Nate Drake." We previously reported that producer Adrian Askarieh was impressed by Bruce Willis' enthusiasm for the script. "He...
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Between the first Sonic the Hedgehog reboot, Golden Axe: Beast Rider and other less than stellar titles, Sega's original IPs have taken a bit of a beating. No more though, the publisher said in a recent interview with Computer and Video Games.
"It's important that our old IPs are respected, [and] we need to deliver a good product," said Sega's Mike Hayes. "And in some instances we have done that - look back at when we re-did Sega Rally. It scored well and was moderately successful commercially...
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At GDC last week, En Masse was showing off its first MMO localization effort, Tera. Those who attended the show floor might have had trouble spotting the booth from amongst the slew of other Asian-market game artwork displayed though; Tera's art style is distinctly Korean -- especially obvious if you're familiar with the likes of Lineage II -- with its long-limbed light and dark elves, and strange rock-like armor covering little-to-no body parts with protruding bits in all the most useless places...
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Posthumous Cult Gaming
How fans keep the memory of cult favorites alive.
By Bob Mackey
The modern mainstream gaming press is a fickle beast. Sure, some titles will often draw months (or years) of attention from hungry and enthusiastic journalists, but the week after release, it's, "So long, and call us when you get a sequel." And, aside from the odd retrospective, current trends in coverage dictate that games existing outside this small window of time deserve no attention until the point that they're "clas...
A Preview of Free MAG "Trooper Gear" DLC Coming Next Week from 1up:
MAG will receive its first piece of downloadable content next week, for free. Zipper's Jeremy Dunham gave word on the PlayStation Blog that the "Trooper Gear Pack" is due out next Thursday, March 25. The pack will add a flashbang grenade, new light machine guns, and additional uniforms for each faction of PMC (above). To celebrate the occasion, Zipper is kicking it off with a Double XP Weekend. It will start at 12 a.m. PST on March 25 and last ...
