Review: Dark Void Zero

Our own Matt Overstreet took a few moments out of his busy schedule to talk to you about Dark Void, Capcom's latest effort. Unfortunately, he failed to mention that Capcom released a tie-in game on the DSiWare service. Does the promotional game self destruct like the source material, or does it fly to new heights?

Apple reveals the iPad

Today in San Francisco, Apple finally revealed their infamous and much speculated tablet. 

Matt's Rantbox: Exploding Barrels

Or: Barrels that Explode

So I just finished playing through Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune for the PS3, mostly because I’ve heard some pretty good things about the second one, and I wanted to play through the first game before moving on to the second one (makes sense). While playing through the game, I couldn’t help but notice just how many explosive barrels there were scattered around temple ruins on a remote, uninhabited island.

LOLwut: Live-Action Dead Rising Movie Trailer

For some reason I randomly decided to check out the Capcom website, and was surprised to see that Capcom has decided to let the man behind the brilliant Mega-Man and Dead Rising games, Keiji Inafune, direct and co-write a live-action Dead Rising movie. The movie will be released via Xbox Live and the Capcom website later this year.

New Trailer for Mother, Korea's Oscar Submission

Mother, the latest film by South Korea's Bong Joon-ho (The Host, Tokyo!), has just received its first domestic trailer. The film follows a very protective mother who cares for her 27-year old, mentally challenged son. When a high school girl is found dead, her son is arrested on circumstantial evidence and tricked into signing a confession. Convinced he is innocent, she embarks on a hunt for the real killer. I saw this film a few months ago, and I can attest, it is some really powerful stuff. But don't take my word for it, the film has been selected as South Korea's official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards. Yeah, it's pretty good. Check out the trailer below:

DVD Deal: Sixteen Blu-Ray Movies Under $12

Hot damn, Amazon sure loves you Blu-Ray owners out there. It has recently discounted the shit out of 16 Blu-Ray titles, and pretty much all of them are worth seeing at least once. They're all pretty heavily discounted, none of them priced higher than 12 bucks with some considerably lower. So HD lovers, what're you waiting for?

This is Interesting: Medal of Honor Thinks Two Engines Are Better Than One

Through a series of tweets from official EA accounts, it has been revealed that the new Medal of Honor game, in a rather unique move, has opted for two completely different game engines for its single-player and multi-player components.

Sherlock Holmes vs the Dinosaurs

I think we can all agree that while Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes was great, it was missing a pretty crucial element of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original works. That element being dinosaurs and dragons, obviously. Luckily for moviegoers everywhere though, The Asylum, responsible for such classics as Paranormal Entityand Transmorphers: Fall of Man, bring you the especially long-winded Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. The DVD is set to drop tomorrow, check out the trailer below in all of it's dino-goodness:

Sequels, Re-Boots and the Stuff Inbetween

We all know that the video game and movie industry can't let a sleeping dog lie, ever, so we are constantly treated to a raft of sequels, prequels and re-boots of our most beloved, and sometimes hated properties.

Rumour Mill: Cloverfield 2, Leading Men and a Tablet

In today's Rumour Mill, we look at giant monsters, a whole slew of casting rumours, and the much talked about Apple special event on January 27th.

Retro Reel: The Exorcist

I’m not a big fan of gory horror. It doesn’t scare me; it just makes me feel disgusted and sick. So when a friend of mine recommended watching The Exorcist late at night with him, I thought no big deal. It’s a 1973 horror movie with no CGI, how bad could it be? Let me make this clear, there is a reason why Paranormal Activity was made and that reason is The Exorcist. This movie has a reputation for good reasons: with just the use of makeup and non-computer generated special effects, it will freak the s#*@ out of you!

L4D2 Update will Add Infected Bots, Remove Auto-Spawn

On the official L4D2 blog, Valve has released some information concerning the game's next update. Let me tell you, these will be some seriously appreciated changes. First off, bots for the Infected teams in versus and scavenge modes will be added. This will hopefully balance things out when a team is a player or two short. Secondly, no more auto-spawning! No more waddling your boomer ass halfway across the map into stray gunfire! I honestly have no idea why auto-spawning was a feature to begin with, and I'm pretty sure there won't be many sorry to see them go.

DVD Deal: Troy Director's Cut on Blu-Ray only $10

The critical reaction to 2004's epic Troy was mixed, but still fairly positive. While I didn't think it was amazing, it was still a pretty fun watch, and from what I hear, the 30 minutes of extra footage in the director's cut adds quite of good stuff a bit to the film. If you haven't seen it yet, you're in luck, as Amazon currently has the Blu-Ray on sale for only $10, 60% off. If you're interested, you better check out the Troy Director's Cut before they're gone!

Splinter Cell Trailer is Dark and Cool and Stuff

I can't say I'm a Splinter Cell fan, not because the games aren't good, but simply because I never got around to playing them. Luckily, last year at Comic-Con I got a chance to check out some of the newest iteration, Conviction, and I have to say, I was pretty impressed. A very polished, slick, and cool looking stealth-shooter, Conviction looks like it's also sporting a pretty interesting story, judging by this newest trailer. Check it out below, Conviction is set to come out in April:

Samuel L Jackson Prepares to Kick Heaven and Hell's Ass

Latino Review has reported that Sam Jackson and Josh Duhamel are set to star in a new film from Remember the Titans director, Boaz Yakin. The film is a supernatural thriller called Sympathy for the Devil and it sounds like quite possibly the coolest thing ever, because it has Samuel L in it.

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