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A cop, a wrestler, and a porn star walk into the Saints Row 3 voice cast
It sounds like the beginnings of a bad joke, doesn’t it? And yet, that is the perfect description of the newly announced voice cast for THQ’s Saints Row: The Third.
Daniel Dae Kim, known to Saints Row fans everywhere as the voice of Johnny Gat, will reprise his role in The Third. In the new game, Gat has become “the face of high class crime,” which is a far cry from Kim’s appearances as Jin on “Lost” and Chin Ho on “Hawaii Five-0.”
The wrestler is none other than Hulk Hogan. The Hulkster will fill the (thankfully) yellow boots of Angel De LaMuerte, a legendary professional wrestler. According to THQ, Angel was “betrayed by his former tag-team partner Killbane, now the merciless leader of the Lucadores street gang.” To exact his revenge, he teams up with the Saints.
Finally, the porn star is none other than Sasha Grey. Surprisingly, the “Entourage” star won’t be playing a porn star (THQ refers to her as just “Actress Sasha Grey” in the press release). Instead, she’ll lend her voice to Viola DeWynter, the mastermind behind The Syndicate’s financial empire.
So anyway. A cop, a wrestler and a porn star walk into a bar and the bartender says…
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Comic-Con 2011, Saints Row: The Third
Halo: Primordium to continue story of Forerunner Saga
Halo: Primordium, the sequel to Halo: Cryptum and the second novel in the Forerunner Saga, will be coming out on January 3, 2012. Published by Tor Books, the novel – which will be available in both print and audio versions – will be penned by Greg Bear, who was also the author of Cryptum.
Fans at San Diego Comic-Con will be able to see the award-winning science fiction writer at two Halo panels, “Writing in Videogames: In-Game, Novels, Comics, and Other Franchise-Building Offshoots” (Room 32AB), and “Halo Universe” (Room 6BCF). Those panels are at 10 AM and 11:30 AM, respectively, on Friday, July 22. Also on Friday, at 2 PM, Bear will be at the Tor Books booth (#2707), where there will be a giveaway as well as signing of Halo: Evolutions books, totebags and posters.
Posted in Etcetera, News
Tagged Comic-Con 2011
Family Guy Online MMO announced by 20th Century Fox; customize your character today!
20th Century Fox has announced Family Guy Online today, a new MMO based on the popular television series. An open beta for this free-to-play, browser-based, 3D game will be launching later this year. Eager players can start customizing their own characters today at the game’s website. You can then annoy your Facebook friends even more by posting your character directly to your Facebook page. Lucky fans attending San Diego Comic Con can make characters right there on the show floor, and can get limited edition Family Guy Online posters signed by the mayor himself, Adam West.
Fans can explore all of Quahog, from Spooner Street to the Drunken Clam, and interact with characters from the show, including the whole Griffin family and all of their wacky neighbors. You can choose to either go solo in a single-player experience or team up with your friends. Fans will also be happy to hear that the show’s writers are a part of the development team.
The social online game production company, Roadhouse Interactive, is at the helm of development. Hosted on the Unity platform, the game will have “vibrant graphics,” and “the flexibility of the platform will allow the game writers and developers to continuously evolve the game play and content.”
I bet whoever made the call to bring Family Guy back on the air is celebrating right now.
Posted in News, PC
Tagged Comic-Con 2011
James Bond will officially return! GoldenEye 007 Reloaded announced by Activision
We first saw the leaked screenshots for an HD edition of GoldenEye 007 yesterday and they were pretty impressive. Today, Activision has officially announced GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, an HD remake of last year’s GoldenEye 007 remake on the Wii. They’ve also released the first trailer for the game, which you can view above.
Once again developed by Eurocom, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded will be available on the PS3 and Xbox 360 this Fall. The re-remake is being built with an all-new engine and will include PlayStation Move support.
Reloaded will add several new features that weren’t found on last year’s Wii game including “Mi6 Ops Missions,” a challenge mode that asks players to complete different Assault, Elimination, Stealth and Defense objectives.
But what about the multiplayer? Well, Activision has promised to include four-player splitscreen and plans to double the number of online players (from 8 to 16). The multiplayer mode will also include “more maps, weapons, characters and game modes than ever before.”
Oh yes, James Bond will definitely return.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Comic-Con 2011, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded
GoldenEye 007: Reloaded screenshots emerge for HD consoles
Activision hinted at it, then they registered it, then they suggested they may be bringing it to Comic-Con. Now it seems more likely: last year’s GoldenEye 007 for the Wii is probably coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (and maybe PC) as GoldenEye 007: Reloaded. Gaming Everything stumbled on a series of screenshots, one of which you see left, depicting a high definition port of last year’s remake of the legendary GoldenEye 64. Head on over for a nice set of juicy images that you’re not supposed to see.
The game’s looking pretty good and will most likely be out by the end of this year. I haven’t gotten a chance to check out the Wii version, but I imagine it’ll be pretty awkward to play a reimagining of one of Nintendo’s most celebrated titles on my PS3.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Comic-Con 2011, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded
Activision announces star-studded voice casts for Spider-Man: Edge of Time, X-Men Destiny
Activision has dug deep into their corporate pocketbook to pull out the Hollywood voice talent that’ll headline Spider-Man: Edge of Time and X-Men Destiny this Fall.
Spider-Man: Edge of Time will star Josh Keaton as The Amazing Spider-Man and Christopher Daniel Barnes as Spider-Man 2099. They will be joined by Val Kilmer as Walker Sloan (a mad scientist in the 2099 universe), Laura Vandervoort (Lisa on “V”) as Mary Jane Watson and Katee Sackhoff as the Black Cat. Interestingly enough, her “Battlestar Galactica” castmate, Tricia Helfer, voiced the character in 2008’s Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.
For X-Men Destiny, Activision has enlisted the voice talents of three sci-fi veterans. Milo Ventimiglia (“Heroes”), Jamie Chung (Sucker Punch) and Scott Porter (“Caprica”) will play three all-new mutant characters: Grant Alexander, Aimi Yoshida and Adrian Luca.
“These amazing casts of talented Hollywood actors help bring the rich storylines of Spider-Man: Edge of Time and X-Men Destiny to life,” said Vicharin Vadakan, Director of Marketing, Activision Publishing. “Players this fall will get to control the destiny of their own mutants or save Spider-Man and through this voice talent feel like they are part of the action.”
Playable demos of Spider-Man: Edge of Time and X-Men Destiny will be available at this weekend’s Comic-Con in San Diego.
Posted in 3DS, DS, News, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tagged Comic-Con 2011, Spider-Man: Edge of Time, X-Men Destiny
4th Mortal Kombat DLC character, MK Legacy episode 9 to be revealed at Comic-Con
In addition to the final episode of the Mortal Kombat: Legacy webseries, NetherRealm Studios has confirmed that the fourth downloadable character for Mortal Kombat will be unveiled at this weekend’s Comic-Con.
Both reveals will occur after a Mortal Kombat tournament that’ll be held at the Westfield Horton Plaza Gamestop on Thursday, July 21 at 7 PM.
The final DLC character will be priced at $5, just like Skarlet, Kenshi and Rain before him/her.
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Tagged Comic-Con 2011, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Sega plans to unveil something new at Comic-Con
Are you going to be in San Diego this weekend for Comic-Con? If so, you’ll have a chance to witness the announcement of Sega’s latest game. No details about the mystery game were revealed, however, a playable demo will be available.
Speaking of playable demos, the publisher also revealed that they plan to set up a portable arcade in San Diego to showcase more of their upcoming releases. The “Sega Pop-Up Arcade” will be located at 345 6th Avenue (between K Street and J Street) and it’ll be open from Wednesday, July 20 all the way through to the end of the show on Sunday, July 24. Best of all: no quarters required!
Hit the jump for a complete list of every demo Sega plans to bring to Comic-Con. (more…)