Category Archives: Movies

Mass Effect: Paragon Lost, the anime movie detailing the adventures of Mass Effect 3 squaddie James Vega, is out now in the UK. That is the end of the news, but the BioWare Blog is offering a Reinforcements Pack for Mass Effect 3′s multiplayer to the first 200 UK fans to send in a photograph of themselves holding the newly-released film.

The R-rated Bioshock film was all set to go at Universal with Gore Verbinski at the helm. Then the similarly adult big-budget think piece Watchmen came out and didn’t dominate the box office they way they had hoped. That left Irrational head Ken Levine with a choice to make.

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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn is being released as a rather neat Blu-Ray and DVD bundle, releasing May 27.

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Sam Raimi has said Blizzard is at least partially to blame for his decision to give up directing the upcoming Warcraft movie.

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A Resident Evil 6 film is in the early stages at Sony Pictures and Screen Gems, but at present, neither Milla Jovovich nor Paul W.S. Anderson have been confirmed. The last film in the series, Resident Evil: Retribution, grossed $221 million worldwide. The film is slated to hit theaters September 12, 2014, so there’s still quite a ways to go before it hits cinemas. Thanks, MCV.

Tomb Raider is to get a new movie courtesy of GK Films. The flick will be based on Crystal Dyanmics’ reboot, and the studio will also have a hand in the film’s production.

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The Deus Ex: Human Defiance trademark which popped up earlier this week is, as suspected, for the movie based on the franchise and not a new game in the series. The correlation was figured out by Superannuation, after a domain registration filed by CBS Films popped up online. The movie will feature a cyberpunk setting according to filmmaker C. Robert Cargill, and is based on 2011′s Human Revolution.

PS4 will feature Sony’s 4K movie service at some point. However, film downloads could hit the 100GB mark. Ouch.

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From Bedrooms to Billions, the indie film telling the story of the UK games industry by filmmakers Anthony Caulfield and Nicola Caulfield, has landed on Kickstarter.

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Former BioWare staffer and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic writer Drew Karpyshyn has dismissed rumours he’s working on the script for a Lucasfilm adaptation of the classic RPG.

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Star Trek: Into Darkness tickets are being given away with every pre-ordered or day-one purchase of Namco Bandai’s Star Trek: The Video Game at GAME UK stores.

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Spy Hunter is still getting the movie treatment apparently. Warner Bros. has just signed up a new director for the flick.

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Wreck-It Ralph director Rich Moore believes one of the reasons his film was such a rousing success – one to the tune of $376,748,715 grossed worldwide – is because it wasn’t based on an actual video game character.

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The Last of Us has received the live action fan series treatment by production group Manifest Film. The series is called ‘What Remains’, and group has published its teaser trailer. It’s rather gruesome indeed.

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Michael Keaton has accepted a role in the upcoming Need for Speed film.

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Gabe Newell and JJ Abrams weren’t just idly shooting the breeze; initial steps have been taken to produce Portal and Half-life films.

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Actor Robin Sachs – the voice of Zaeed in Mas Effect 2 & 3 – has died aged 61.

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‘Hitman 2′ is the incoming movie from FOX. Fast the Furious mainstay Paul Walker has been cast as the bald one himself, Agent 47.

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Redbox, the vending machine movie rental service, is making the jump to streaming movies provider with a new service called Redbox Instant. The Verge reports that at launch, Redbox Instant will be available on a variety of devices but just one console – the Xbox 360. Gold Live subscribers are eligible for the $8 per month plan, which includes unlimited streaming and four traditional DVD rentals. Whether you subscribe or not, you’ll be able to make a la carte purchases and rentals. Redbox Instant is expected to launch in under two months.

Anchor Bay Entertainment has released a look at its Warhammer 40,000 film, Ultramarines, over on Game Informer. The clip also contains members of Games Workshop discussing the marines and their enemies. The CG film releases on Blu-ray, DVD, and via digital download March 5.