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According to the
Hollywood Reporter, Ubisoft will release a short film ahead of the release of
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. The film will be helmed by Francois Alaux and Herve de Crecy, the duo that just won an Academy Award for their short film
Logorama. We’re
assuming the
Ghost Recon film won’t be quite as cheeky. The short, which will serve as a prequel to
Future Soldier, will be a 20-minute live-action film, reportedly with a budget between $8-10 million. It’s being written by Tim Sexton, co-writer of
Children of Men.
The project is in line with Ubisoft’s ongoing strategy to expand its scope of media to include more than just video games. Last year, the company released the Assassin’s Creed: Lineage short film series to promote Assassin’s Creed II. Later in the year, Ubisoft Montreal’s Yannis Mallat envisioned a future where Ubisoft crafts films and games using the same assets, which is precisely what it did with Lineage. Given the talent and financial backing behind the Future Soldier film, it looks like Mallat’s future could be a bright one.
[Via Big Download]
Ubisoft prepping short film, a Ghost Recon: Future Soldier prequel originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Scr-scr-scratched through all of DJ Hero’s tracks? Activision has announced a new DLC mix pack featuring Renegade Edition headliners Eminem and Jay-Z. The collection is scheduled to drop on Xbox Live, PSN and Wii this month and includes:
- “Shake That” by Eminem mixed with “Show Me What You Got” by Jay-Z
- “Without Me” by Eminem mixed with “Encore” by Jay-Z
- “Can I Get A…” by Jay-Z mixed with “Lose Yourself” by Eminem
The new tracks will be available on March 18 on Xbox Live for 640
($8) and March 25 on PSN for $7.99. The tracks will not be sold separately for Xbox 360 or PS3. Each track, however, will be available for the Wii version on March 25 as a downloadable single for 300 Wii Points ($3); $9 for all three.
Eminem & Jay-Z all mixed up in new DJ Hero DLC pack originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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In a Forbes interview, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime gave the impression that a new home console from Nintendo is still in the distant future.
“The way we approach that innovation,” he said, referring to Nintendo’s innovative “jumps” (like the Wii), “because we have hardware developers working side by side with software developers, is that when the software developer comes forward with an idea that can’t be executed on the current platform, that’s when we start thinking seriously about the next system. We’re not there yet, from a Wii perspective.” Of course, E3 is still a few months away.
Satoru Iwata recently commented that a Wii successor would “need something new” in addition to HD graphics to be worthwhile, and Fils-Aime, who has previously, “forcefully” denied plans for an Wii HD model, echoed this sentiment. “So when people talk about high definition for the Wii console, our feedback is that that by itself will not create a brand new experience. Therefore, we’re not interested. What we have to push for are groundbreaking new experiences. Technology has to enable it, not to be a means all by itself.”
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Reggie: Nintendo not ‘thinking seriously’ about next console yet originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Speaking to IndustryGamers in a pre-GDC interview, industry veteran Will Wright shared his thoughts on the Wii and where it fits in the current video game market. According to Wright, the Wii offers an experience that is “clearly different than the Xbox or the PlayStation.” Specifically, he stated that the Wii differs from its console brothers in that it doesn’t generally cater to long, in depth experiences. Rather, said Wright, the Wii offers “fun toys to pick up and start playing in five minutes.” He added, “It really is more into what I would call the toy market.”
Elaborating, Wright said that all consoles will have a “specifically defined niche” and that Nintendo actively decided to approach the Wii in a different way. He stated that Nintendo opted not to directly compete with the hardcore sensibilities of FPS-heavy consoles like the Xbox 360. “I think it’s kind of cool that they decided to go off and find a different sandbox to play in,” said Wright, “I think it’s been very good for the industry.”
Hit the source link for more excerpts from the interview.
Will Wright on the Wii’s toy-like sensibilities originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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EA Sports’ “Season Opener” event at GDC contained one major announcement for the developer’s bevy of franchises: EA Sports Active will receive the sequel treatment this Fall with EA Sports Active 2.0 (working title), an updated version of the exergame for the PS3, Wii, iPhone and iPod Touch platforms. The console versions of the game will come equipped with two motion sensors and a heart rate monitor the player can strap to their arms and legs.
User information in this new game can be shared over an online social network, allowing fellow players to keep track of how frequently you’ve been skipping out on your demanding workout regimen. EA Vancouver is reprising its role as developer for the title. We’ll let you know when we hear more about 2.0 — like, for instance, why the game is apparently skipping out on launching on the 360.
EA Sports Active 2.0 coming this fall to Wii, PS3 and iPhone originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Flip’s Twisted World is a rare third party game that sets to do something original for the Wii. Yet strangely, it’s gone almost completely unnoticed. While platformers are a dime a dozen, Flip’s gravity-twisting gameplay offers a unique spin (get it?) that deserves a look. The “gimmick” at the heart of Flip’s Twisted World is the player’s ability to “flip” the world at whim, turning floors into walls, ceilings into floors, and more.
Majesco has released a dev diary for Flip’s Twisted World that better explains its gameplay. It’s easy to make comparisons to Super Mario Galaxy, but that’s not really a bad thing, is it? Flip’s Twisted World comes out on Wii this April.
Flip’s Twisted World team spins a dev diary originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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In advance of NPD sales results for February 2010, analysts are predicting year-over-year declines for pretty much everything. Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter, according to Gamasutra, is predicting that hardware and software sales will decline 10 percent, with Wii hardware sales hit particularly hard (around 40 percent) due to shortages. Beyond the Wii, the continuing decline of the music genre is partly to blame for the reduced sales.
Analyst Colin Sebastian is guessing at a 15 percent decline, despite encouraging early sales for games like Heavy Rain and preorders for games like Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (which, as an early March release, may fit into the NPD February sales period) and God of War III. The fact that high-profile games are likely to show sharp declines after strong first-week sales will prevent software trends from turning for the better.
Analysts predict hardware, software drops in February NPD originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Much like the star it’s named for, it seems the Tiger Woods PGA Tour franchise isn’t adverse to trying new things. EA has announced that the next iteration, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, will support the PlayStation Motion Controller to “give gamers an authentic interactive swing experience.”
There aren’t any other details about Motion Controller implementation at the moment, but the game is slated for release on June 8 — well before the Motion Controller’s projected fall release. (And before you ask, no mention has been made of support for Microsoft’s Project Natal.)
It may be less flashy, but series fans may be interested to hear the game will also feature the Ryder Cup, allowing for two 12-man teams to face off against each other.
We say 12-man, but we guess it could be 12 women against 12 men, right? Heck, maybe even 12 women against one man. Can you imagine, one guy trying to keep up with all those women? We sure can’t.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 will be available on June 8 for Wii (with MotionPlus support), Xbox 360, PS3 and iPhone.
[Editor's Note: EA's press release only included a box art asset for the Xbox 360 version. Go figure.]
Tiger Woods 11 to support PlayStation Motion Controller originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Though there’s a lot of content on DSiWare in Japan today, it’s almost entirely training stuff. So, it would seem that DSiWare stepped aside to let WiiWare’s single release shine this week. (That’s probably not what really happened — but it’s a nice thought.)
In any case, Mega Man 10 is up on WiiWare in Japan today, and it’s likely to overshadow anything else available this week, including the ancient Moon Cresta:
- G.G. Series Throw Out (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Renjuku Kanji: Shougaku 4-nensei (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Renjuku Kanji: Shougaku 5-nensei (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Brain Challenge (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Let’s Golf (DSiWare, 1 player, 800 DSi Points)
Japanese Nintendo downloads: Mega Man 10, Moon Cresta originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Don’t even lie! You’re just as excited as any club kid that boundary-pushing pop sensation Lady Gaga is coming to Rock Band next week. So, in the privacy of your living room, break out the tight-fitting pleather and get your jam on (to the tracks you, publicly, tell everyone you hate).
Of course, you could pretend you “accidentally” bought the Gaga Track Pack, when you actually meant to purchase South Park chubby charmer Eric Cartman’s rendition of “Poker Face.” Yup, that lil’ ditty will also be available. See, now you can cover up that undeniable desire to go goo-goo for Gaga with a veil of irony!
Check out the full release list after the break.
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Rock Band Weekly: Lady Gaga, Cartman’s ‘Poker Face’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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