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Wolverine movie borrowed lines from Wolverine game
Remember how when you saw the Wolverine movie yesterday, and it was at the part where Wolverine was all like "Rawrrgh! I'm going to cut on you!" and you thought that dialogue seemed pretty familiar? You may have heard that exact same line in X-Men Origins: Wolverine: The Game -- in a recent interview with Yahoo, Aussie hunk extraordinaire Hugh Jackman admitted he "was able to bring some of the lines of dialogue from the game script into the movie." Thief! Vagabond! Scoundrel!However, since the general consensus we've heard says the game is better than the flick, perhaps this scurrilous Outbacker's shameless line thievery isn't such a bad thing.[Via GoNintendo]
WoW reference found in Wolverine game
X-Men Origins: Wolverine came out in theaters yesterday, to fairly dismal reviews, and like any good summer movie, it has a tie-in video game. Why are we talking about it here? Because the game contains a hidden nod to our own favorite digital pastime, WoW. I'll put specifics (and a screenshot) behind the cut, in case you don't want to be spoiled for the Wolverine game.
Wolverine demo available now on Xbox 360
It appears the demo for X-Men Origins: Wolverine is available now on Xbox 360. Go experience the thrills of watching Wolverine cut bad guys into meaty chunks and shove them head-first into ... well, you'll see. Don't be fooled, gamer parents out there: Activision may have the PG-13 rated movie's title on the box, but this game is certainly rated Mature and likely not suitable for the kiddies. Definitely take Wolverine for a test drive if you're up for an intense God of War experience set in the Marvel universe.
PlayStation Home to feature exclusive X-Men Origins: Wolverine clip
Here's yet another reason to go Home. At 8PM PST (11PM EST) tonight, PlayStation Home will feature an exclusive clip from the upcoming movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. All you have to do is stop by the virtual theater any time this weekend and you'll be able to check out this Home-exclusive clip. It's not a megaton, but so long as Sony continues securing these small incentives to log on, we'll be visiting Home more and more often.
Blu-ray releases on April 21st 2009
The Oscar nominees continue to roll out this week with Frost/Nixon hitting the shelves from Universal, but Fox is the one really opening up the catalog with four new releases, two of which should help round out your HD X-Men collection. Anchor Bay has an old classic horror film featuring pin-head -- even the thought of those hooks makes us skwirm. Next week has some pretty good options too as both Star Trek and the first Dan Brown movie makes their way to Blu-ray to finish out April. Frost/Nixon (Universal) Arctic Tale (Paramount) The Arrival (Lionsgate) Notorious (Fox) The Wrestler (Fox) X-Men (Fox) X2: X-Men United (Fox) Sin City (Disney) Genghis Khan (Funimation) Hellraiser (Anchor Bay) Hellraiser Puzzle Box (Anchor Bay) The Last Word (Image) The Wages of Fear (Criterion)
Latest Wolverine vid picks at Sabretooth
We remind you to repeat a special mantra as you watch yet another behind-the-scenes video from X-Men Origins: Wolverine. That mantra is very simple: It's only a licensed game. Just say it over and over again. It's only a licensed game. It's only a licensed game. It won't be any good. Keep repeating that while watching the video above, which focuses on the game's story, particularly that of Sabretooth. In the upcoming film, Sabretooth is actually portrayed as Wolverine's brother, which makes for some ... interesting family dynamics. The video also takes a quick look at both Gambit and The Blob. So, again, just remember to keep repeating the mantra ...
Wolverine devs: Every other game is 'some pansy'
Apparently realizing it's become de rigeur to claim that your superhero game is practically perfect in every way, the developers at Raven Software seem pretty confident in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The latest behind-the-scenes video goes a step further than just claiming that the title will be the best Wolverine game ever made, Raven actually calls out all other games. Senior Producer Jeff Poffenbarger lays it on the line at the end of the video saying, "Every other game is like ... some pansy." Oh, no he didn't. Watch the video and see just what Raven is talking about. Be warned though, the video contains some pretty graphic violence against melons.
Joystiq hands-on: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
When we first got our hands on X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the fiercest of Charles Xavier's mutant do-gooders was carving his way through South America in a game that played like a mix of God of War and Uncharted. And we liked it. We've now played a near final version -- once again starting out in the jungle -- and, well, we still like it. Luckily we got to see a lot more of what players are in for and found that, while Kratos probably has grounds for a civil suit, there are definitely plenty of unique elements to help Wolverine's adventure stand on its own. %Gallery-49406%
X-Men Origins: Wolverine dev diary promises game 'does not suck'
The first installment in a series of developer diary videos for X-Men Origins: Wolverine dropped today, bringing with it a number of heady promises from the folks behind the sextuple-clawed slaughterfest. Included in these promises are reminders of the title's feral protagonist's badassedness (the frequent use of this adjective might make the video NSFW, if you work at like, a monastery or something), and a solemn vow that Wolverine will be "the movie game that finally does not suck." The dev team behind Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game begs to differ. If developer boasting isn't your cup of tea, the video also provides some nice gameplay footage from the title. However, this footage could leave you worried about Logan's mental health -- we're fairly sure wielding knuckle cutlery whilst traversing a rope bridge isn't the safest way to get around.
Trophies: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Have you ever dreamed of being Hugh Jackman? Don't worry -- you can now fulfill your wildest Wolverine fantasies by picking up these Trophies. View Trophy List | Visit Trophy Portal
Wolverine pre-order bonus: Dismemberment Room, other 'unique toys'
You are too much for us GameStop, you sonuva ... We wish we knew how to quit you! We swore, the last time was "the last time," but now here you are offering the most awesome-sounding DLC bonus of all time: The Dismemberment Room. And all we have to do is lay down five bucks toward X-Men Origins: Wolverine and it's ours -- all ours?! Fine, you win. But, for real, this is really: The. Last. Time. The Wolverine GameStop pre-order bonus includes four "exclusive" in-game rooms (and is exclusive to the "Uncaged Edition" for PS3 and Xbox 360, at that). The rooms are separate from the main game, contained within a mysterious laboratory, the Weapon X Area. Players are loaded into a hallway with access to each room. (It doesn't take an "analyst" to predict that this content will become premium DLC, eventually.) You'll find full details of the rooms after the break. %Gallery-47426%
NYCC 09: Wolverine 'Claws of Olympus' hands-on
click to mutant-size Imagine this: Wolverine, body riddled with bullets, climbs atop a helicopter. He bursts through the window, grabs the pilot and lifts the body up to the rotors. The pilot's head gets shredded apart. Welcome to X-Men Origins: Wolverine. One could talk about the various nuances of its gameplay, but overwhelmingly only one aspect of the game truly stands out: it's violent. Really, really violent. It shouldn't be surprising that X-Men Origins is so bloody. It is, in fact, about a man who has deadly claws coming out of his hands. For too long, the big-budget Hollywood movies and video games have presented a neutered Wolverine. X-Men Origins: Wolverine wants to tell the story of a man who's very, very angry at those that created him -- a weapon of war. %Gallery-44056%
Snikt! X-Men Origins: Wolverine CG trailer
"How come I can't ever just grab a guy and rip him in half?" When X-Men Origins: Wolverine Project Lead, Dan Vondrak, asked why Wolverine had been gimped in every other game he starred in, we got the sneaking suspicion that someone finally "got it." Wolverine is a badass, and this debut CG trailer slowly makes us believe that maybe, just maybe, he will finally get the game we all know he deserves. Check out the trailer after the break.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Is Going To Be Awesome
A Play in One Act by Electronic Gaming Monthly Lights rise at Raven HQ on X-Men Origins: Wolverine Project Lead Dan Vondrak, sporting a Marvel T-shirt. VONDRAK. I've read reviews of Wolverine games, I've played previous X-Men games, and you just hate it when you're like, 'This isn't what it's supposed to be like to fight this guy. I'm Wolverine. How come I can't ever just grab a guy and rip him in half?' Yeah, absolutely -- let's do that. Nothing's holding us back. Curtain.
Activision details X-Men Origins: Wolverine: The Video Game based on the movie starring the Sexiest Man Alive ... THE. SEXIEST. MAN. ALIVE!
People.com writes: "At 6 ft. 2 in., all scruff and biceps, Hugh Jackman looms large in the epic Australia, which he says kept him 'dirty 95 percent of the time' and left people stammering, 'Oh ... my ... God,' according to costar Nicole Kidman, who adds, 'Women's jaws drop when Hugh walks into a room.' "Jackman's wife of 12 years, Deborra-Lee Furness, calls his perfect form 'the Body of Doom -- but I like what's inside': a romantic who sings ballads at home and makes pancakes for Oscar, 8, and Ava, 3. A hard body with a soft center." 2008's Sexiest Man Alive will next star in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, coming May 2009. Oh! And yeah, Activision is publishing the coinciding game. Wait! We knew that ... hmmm ... what's new here? Ah yes! Here we are: "From the award-winning studio Raven Software, the video game enlists players to experience the tormented origins of Wolverine, from his escape of the Weapon X facility to the jungles of Africa and beyond ... the future X-Man enacts lightning-quick combat, evasive maneuvers, in-depth combo attacks, and an array of brutal finishing moves. Wolverine doesn't just deliver massive damage, either -- he also takes it." Hot damn! What we wouldn't give to ...
X-Men Origins: Wolverine claws at your eyes next Spring
More and more movies based on comics are being made and, as a result, more and more videogames based on movies based on comics are beomg announced. X-Men Origins: Wolverine is the latest such title and will be released alongside the film of the same name in Spring 2009. Raven Software (Quake 4, X-Men Legends) will develop the game in which you learn the origins of Wolverine's character (hence the name). With this and Watchmen releasing around the same time, it looks like we'll have a superhero filled Spring. Hopefully Raven can make a worthwhile game, despite the fact that it's obviously a movie license and will no doubt suffer from rushed development. Still, you never know. We'll find out next Spring.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine slashes in May '09
Today, Activision pulled back the developer curtain on their latest X-men title, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, informing us what it'll be about, showing off a snazzy screenshot and announcing its May 2009 release. The Raven Studios developed Origins will slice up retail shelves to coincide with the release of the feature length movie of the same name (yup, it's a movie based game) where gamers will get to experience the "tormented origins of Wolverine, from his escape of the Weapon X facility to the jungles of Africa and beyond." We also can deduce from the lone screenshot that our in-game Wolverine will mirror the suave looks of Mr. Hugh Jackman and his hair gel rich 'do. [Via press release]
Nnooo.com pitches Pokemon MMO; own name gives the answer
Question: What's the difference between John Q. Public saying they "have a neat idea" for a Pokémon MMO and the maker of casual Wii title Pop saying the same thing? Answer: a foot in the door, and little else. That hasn't stopped nnooo.com from pitching the idea to Nintendo via their website, along with ideas for games based on the Battlestar Galactica, James Bond, and X-Men franchises. We're not saying they don't have the talent to back this claim, but a casual title is a far cry from a polished MMO -- and possibly Nintendo's first one, at that.Even assuming this pitch had a chance to be taken seriously by Nintendo, it's highly unlikely the company would let a third-party develop it, judging by their existing Pokémon line's history. You know, if we're calling dibs, we've already pitched two of these ideas ourselves. Hmm ... Massively Games ... has a nice ring, doesn't it?[Via NintendoLife]
Upcoming MMO movies (and why they'll suck)
var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/pc_games/Upcoming_MMO_movies_and_why_they_ll_suck'; Dorothy Parker once said "The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism." While not technically plagiarism, the practice of mining popular properties of other media is a time-honored mainstay of Hollywood's. Why invent a new franchise when you can adapt one that already exists? Well, if we're talking about translating videogames to cinema, there are at least 3 reasons against that we can think of right away: Street Fighter: The Movie, Double Dragon, and Doom. Oh, and the entire body of work of Uwe Boll.With such a history of failure, why does Hollywood keep banking on videogames as good sources of material? Because it's always desperate for the next big hit, and adaptation is seen as being easier than originality, even though by now it's apparent that it's not quite as simple as it seems. An even better question is: why exactly don't these translations work? What is it about games that makes for poor films? Let's see if we can answer this question and assess the potential success/failure of some upcoming MMO movies.
You ask, Cryptic answers: Non-combat skills
There are many reasons why Cryptic Studios is awesome, one of those reasons is for letting us all live out our superhero fantasies -- the other is because of how involved they are with the community. When other developers are eschewing the very medium which subscribers and fans can get intimate with developers -- Cryptic is doing everything they can to make great use of it.Recently, forum posters on the official Champions Online boards where given a stickied thread where they could hurl as many questions as they wanted at Cryptic. After the proper amount of question firing was complete (probably somewhere around or beyond the 100 range) select few questions were answered in length and the entire thing was posted to the main page on the official CO website. It's all very exciting!
