I don't really know what a gameplay cinematic is. I'm assuming, based on the information provided, that it's a trailer that uses the actual in-game graphics engine instead of prerendered footage. I'm sure I've seen them in action before, and have just never known the name for them. Anyway, if that's the case, then Shogun 2: Total War has a mindblowingly awesome in-game engine, judging by this trailer.

The trailer for Marvel's Thor debuted in Hall H at Comic-Con last weekend, and while we're not really supposed to be able to... it's now available online for the rest of us to see. You're going to want to hurry though, as this probably won't last too long. Check it out below, courtesy of some anonymous leaker through Megavideo:

Well, sort of... This is in fact a movie trailer for a film titled Titanic 2. It does not however have anything to do with James Cameron (no matter how much I wish it did).

A teaser for Ubisoft's live action short film based on the upcoming game, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, has debuted online with the title Ghost Recon: Alpha. The short film, which is being directed by Francois Alaux and Herve De Cercy, will be released at the same time as the game. Ubisoft recently announced that the game is being pushed back to the first quarter of 2011, and the trailer shows that the short has followed suit.

The Dark Knight has returned in classic 90s Batman: The Animated Series fashion. This time, he's appearing in the latest DC Universe Animated Original Movies direct-to-DVD flick, Batman: Under the Red Hood. Drawing upon the pages of the infamous "Death in the Family" storyline, and the more recent Judd Winick “Under the Read Hood” arc in the pages of Batman, this film provides 70 minutes of fun, adventure and (most importantly of all) Batman.

On the final day of Comic-Con, while wandering around the streets of San Diego, I spotted an EA  sign pointing towards a random building.  As I got closer, I saw Dead Space 2 and Dragon Age 2 signs posted and said, "What the hell?" and walked over to said random building. Where Necromorphs proceeded to stab me in the face.

The Capcom panel at Comic-Con is slowly making me more and more bitter that I missed it. In the previous post, I wanted to know how exactly a Street Fighter vs Tekken game would work, simply because of the 2D vs 3D aspect. How about making two games?

So Saturday was one of the bigger days of the con. While Thursday definitely had a pretty heavy dosage of awesome stuff (Expendables, Scott Pilgrim, etc.), today was probably  second with the double dosage of Marvel Studios’ panel (with a focus on Captain America and Thor), followed by the annual Kevin Smith panel. It would have been nice if we had gotten in to both, but unfortunately, we only got into one.

While the majority of the 8th-Circuit crew was attending geek nirvana (aka San Diego Comic Con), some of us haven’t been so lucky. Instead of sitting on my ass sulking about missing out on yet another cool event,  I decided I’d take the opportunity to discover what my hometown of Adelaide, South Australia has to offer in terms of its own version of geek centres, enter AVCON.

In addition to being responsible for the music of Disney's upcoming Tron: Legacy, Daft Punk also sports a scene in the film, playing music at the End of Line club. Over Comic-Con, a new picture surfaced that appears to be a display featuring the duo's costumes. In addition, six tracks have surfaced on French blog StoptheNoise that claim to be from the Daft Punk score. Obviously, it's impossible to confirm or deny that they are without seeing the film/official word from Disney, but they do sound pretty similar to the stuff in the trailers. Check out both below.

Fast or slow zombies? Max Brooks and others on the rise and unrelenting stamina of zombie fiction.

Zombies.

Zombies rotting on the movie screen, zombies lumbering across TV screens, zombie hordes tearing apart the last few remaining resilient survivors in comics; even zombies mindlessly waiting in line with zombie-themed accessories and blank gazes on the Con floor like some kind of some kind of blunt metaphor for consumer culture…

I've been looking for a reason to write something about this game for a while now, and I've finally got one. In a press release issued today, THQ and Relic have revealed that their upcoming third person shooter based in the Warhammer 40k universe will not only be shipping for the 360 and PS3, but it will also be coming to the PC.

Anyone who was lucky enough to attend Warner Bro's Hall H panel at Comic-Con this year got a first look at Zack Snyder's next film that has nothing to do with owls. I wasn't there myself, but I expect a fair amount of pants crapping and/or confused, wide eyed stares occured. I mean, what the hell is this movie even about?