Playstation 3 Week In Review – A Video Game Column
Welcome to the new weekly Playstation 3 column here on Nerdles.com courtesy of SuperVideoGamer.com Rather than share with you any of my background, I’m just going to dive in and get started with a round-up of last weeks news for the third bestselling video game console in the world. Before you throw up some comments giving me crap for busting that stat, it is true, somehow Sony have found themselves in third place this generation and however unjust that may seem to both you and me, it is in fact true. Anyway, let’s get straight to last week’s news shall…
Tomb Raider Movie Reboot Set For 2013
GK Films have announced that the planned reboot of the Tomb Raider movie franchise will be released in 2013. GK Films, who are owned by Oscar winning Departed producer Graham King, acquired the movie rights to the legendary video game franchise from publisher Square Enix. It is thought that the Tomb Raider reboot will focus on the origins of franchise protagonist Lara Croft and co-producer Tim Headington revealed… “We are very excited to be rebooting what is already a hugely successful film franchise and continuing the Tomb Raider phenomenon,” There have been two Tomb Raider movies and both starred Hollywood…
BBC Announce New Doctor Who Game
BBC Worldwide have announced that they are developing a free-to-play Doctor Who game for release later in the year. Called Doctor Who: Worlds in Time, the game will allow players to take control of everybody’s favourite Time Lord as he explores new worlds and interacts with aliens. World in Time will focus on co-operative multi-player. Here’s what Robert Nashak, BBC Online’s EV of digital entertainment has to say about it all… “Doctor Who: Worlds in Time will be a free-to-play multiplayer online game that invites players to save the universe by using their wits to solve time-bending puzzles and pulse-pounding…
Dead Island Brings Incredible Zombie Action To Gamers/Video
Axis, a UK based animation studio and publisher Deep Silver have put together the trailer for Dead Island. I have to tell you that this is not your Daddy’s zombie video game. Techland spared no none when it comes to bites and gore. Ready your ax and get ready for an onslaught of zombies. Dead Island is a survival horror title coming to PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2011 and is set in the tropical paradise gone wrong, Banoi. The entire island is over run by zombies and the player is drawn into the mysterious and dramatic scenario. I am…
Director Walked From Bioshock Movie Due To Rating Row
The Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy director Gore Verbinski has revealed the reasons why he walked away from the Bioshock movie. In an interview with Coming Soon, Verbinski revealed that his vision for the Bioshock movie was to deliver an R-rated horror but unfortunately, because of the costs involved and the fact that investors saw the movie as nothing but a video game adaptation, he was unable to secure funding for anything other than a PG-13 production, which frankly, he didn’t believe would do the property justice… “I couldn’t really get past anybody that would spend the money that it…
