YouTube user vendo233 undertook a big task in making his own trailer for the planned Mass Effect movie. For these types of fan-made trailers, we usually see video and audio from the games edited together to hype the whole Reaper invasion story. Vendo233 took it several steps further. Not only does he use clips and audio from the games but he edits them to give them a big budget shine, splices in clips from other movies and even does some of his own CGI work to put together an epic trailer.
Yearly Archives: 2013
EA and Sony Lead Best of E3 Nominations
I didn’t realize that these were a properly official thing but a group of 30 gaming publications come together after E3 to give out official awards for games that are presented and playable at E3. I just thought that each publication did their own awards and they didn’t really mean anything. Okay, in reality, E3 awards don’t mean anything but they sure look great for marketing.
Anyway, if this year’s E3 awards mean anything, Titanfall is going to be an absolute blockbuster that makes Microsoft smart for locking it up as a console exclusive. That was about the only bright spot for Microsoft. When it came to first-party nominations, Sony racked up more than three times as many as Microsoft.
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Building (Critical) Consensus: Deadpool
Superhero games tend not to be terribly good. Off the top of my head, the last great licensed superhero/comic book game was Spider-man 2, though that might have been down to the web-swinging. Then again, licensed games, in general, tend to have a reputation for being poor.
Yesterday’s release of Deadpool wasn’t among this year’s worst games but it doesn’t sound like the sort of game that’s likely to get much traction outside of Deadpool fans and the Marvel crowd. The reviews indicate that this game is a good piece of fan service but nothing particularly fresh or innovative.
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PlayStation 4 Plans to Release More Exclusives Than Xbox One
While Microsoft came out guns-a-blazing at their May console launch in promising exclusives for their new console. Along with the console, they announced that the Xbox One would get 15 exclusive games during the console’s first year and eight of those will be from new franchises.
Now, Sony is firing back with their own big line-up of first year PlayStation 4 exclusives. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO Jim Ryan told Gamereactor that the PlayStation 4 can expect 20 exclusives on the console in the first year after release with 12 of them being new IPs.
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Comic Book Pull List for June 26, 2013
Last week, I noted how DC followed up on the spectacularly successful release of Man of Steel (which I still haven’t gotten time to see yet) with absolutely no Superman comics. This week, they correct that with five different comics featuring Superman and that’s not including three trade paperbacks with Superman stories.
For the Superman fan, you can pick up two solo Superman titles with Adventures of Superman #2 and Superman #21 both out this week. Supes also teams up with his fellow Justice League friends in Justice League #21 and Injustice: Gods Among Us #6. And my first pick of the week is a new Superman series with Batman called Batman/Superman #1.
After all that, I still have two more picks that I have to give you. Since I was raised to be a huge kaiju fan, I’m looking forward to Godzilla: Rulers of the Earth #1. And you should give Image’s The Bounce #2 a read too.
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PSA: You Can Apply to be in Project Spark’s Beta
A quick FYI for Xbox fans and people with Windows 8. My personal choice for the best Xbox One game at E3, Project Spark, will soon be starting a closed beta and you can be a part of it. If you sign up for more information on the beta, you could be selected to be a beta tester for the game. If I had a Windows 8 PC, I would be all over that. Yes, I’m really that interested in Project Spark.
Click here to get to the Project Spark beta sign up page.
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Mark Meer is Modest About His Celebrity Status
Mark Meer isn’t just the voice of Commander Shepard (among other characters) in BioWare’s award-winning Mass Effect franchise. He is also a cast member on the CBC Radio sketch comedy show The Irrelevant Show. Despite the fact that he’s probably the most famous cast member of the comedy troupe, he doesn’t let that fame go to his head as evidenced by his turn answering fan mail on a recent episode of the show.
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Xbox One’s Cancelled Family Sharing Was a One Hour Demo
While Microsoft eliminating the DRM on the Xbox One can only be seen as a good thing, it wasn’t all positives to come from that. The elimination of the online check-ins and mandatory installation of games resulted in the elimination of the family share program which was considered one of the bright spots of the upcoming console.
However, the might have been for the best. Reports indicate that the Family Share program wasn’t actually going to allow you to share full games with your 10 family members on Xbox Live. It was going to let you play the game in hour-long chunks rather than the whole game.
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Geek Links of the Week
We’re ten days from the death of Google Reader. If you’re still looking for an alternative (like I am), here are some options. [BGR]
Not only does the PlayStation 4 have the Xbox One on price and privacy concerns, but it may also have the better controller, too. [PA Report]
Well-regarded European game magazine Gamereactor has committed a major faux-pas by scrubbing Ellie off the cover of an issue about The Last of Us. [Destructoid]
Skulls of the Shogun is coming to Steam soon but its path to the digital distribution service was undermined by troubles with all of the Windows 8 hoops they jumped through with Microsoft Studios. [RPS]
I might be going into Game of Thrones withdrawals. I’m actually linking to a post called “Game of Thrones Season 3 As Infographics.” [Vulture]
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An Animated Examination of Microsoft’s Xbox One-80 DRM Change
Taiwanese animation producer NMA, or Next Media Animation if you’re more formal, have a unique way of explaining news. I’m not sure I’ve seen a more accurate, or more colourful, way of explaining Microsoft removing DRM from the Xbox One but NMA has it covered. Personally, I think their depiction of the Xbone isn’t too far off the mark.
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