Hey, y'know Avi Arad, the guy who produced all those awesome movies based on comic books? Well it seems there is a rumor going claiming he has acquired the movie rights to Bioware's Space opera, Mass Effect.
If this rumor proves to be true Arad, (whose company is also working on the upcoming Lost planet movie) will have to find a director, screenwriter and some stars for the movie.
...They should totally make Shia Labeouf play as Commander Shepard.
-Ryizzel
You guys soooo didn't hear this from me but, rumor is Ensemble studios is closing down after the completion of it's latest RTS, Halo Wars. Apparently anyone not on the development team for Halo Wars has been fired, with incentives being offered to anyone on the team to stay until the game's completion.
-Ryizzel
A list of updates rumored to be implemented on the 360's next software update has been floating around the web.
Don't think you'll be seeing "Support for titles to store installation data on Storage Device for faster loading," anytime soon though. Microsoft has confirmed that the list is fake.
"We don't comment on rumors or speculation, but what we can tell you is we've never seen this list before."
It seems Bungie isn't quite ready to part ways with the Halo universe. According the the latest gossip, Bungie is planning on making a 3rd person shooter that occurs within the Halo Universe.
In the June issue of EGM, rumor hound Quarterman claims industry rumblings are pointing at a Halo prequel as Bungie's first title since parting from Microsoft. According to the popular rumor page of the magazine, the rumored game is a third-person action/shooter hybrid that will chronicle the early battles between the ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Troopers) and Covenant.
Every week seems to bring a new information about GTA IV. A forum member of Xbox 360 Achievements has discovered the list of achievements for GTA IV. Though the list hasn't been confirmed by rockstar yet, it does appear to be genuine.
Full list posted after the break.
Off the Boat 5G
Complete the first mission.
One Hundred and Eighty 10G
In a darts game score 180 with 3 darts.
Pool Shark 10G
Beat a friend at pool.
King of QUB3D 15G
Beat the High Score in QUB3D
Finish Him 15G
Complete 10 melee counters in 4 minutes
Genetically Superior 25G
Come first in 20 singleplayer street races.
Wheelie Rider 30G
Do a wheelie lasting at least 500 feet on a motorbike.
Gobble Gobble 10G
Score 3 strikes in a row, a turkey, in 10-pin bowling.
Driving Mr. Bellic 10G
Unlock the special ability of taxi.
Rolled Over 30G
Do 5 car rolls in a row from one crash.
Walk Free 50G
Lose a 4 star wanted rating by outrunning the cops.
Courier Service 10G
Complete all 10 package delivery jobs.
Retail Therapy 10G
Unlock the special ability of buying guns from a friend.
Chain Reaction 20G
You must blow up 10 vehicles in 10 seconds.
One Man Army 40G
Survive 5 minutes on 6 star wanted level.
Lowest Point 5G
Complete mission "Roman's Sorrow".
Over Fulfilled 10G
Complete all 10 Exotic Export orders.
Manhunt 15G
Complete the most wanted side missions from the police computer.
Cleaned the Mean Streets 20G
Capture 20 criminals through the police computer.
Fed The Fish 5G
Complete the mission "Uncle Vlad".
It'll Cost Ya 5G
Complete a taxi ride without skipping from one island to another.
Sightseer 5G
Fly on all helicopter tours of Liberty City.
Warm Coffee 5G
Successfully date a girl to be invited into her house.
That's How We Roll! 10G
Unlock the special ability of helicopter.
Half Million 55G
Reach a balance of $500,000.
Impossible Trinity 10G
Complete mission "Museum Piece".
Full Exploration 20G
Unlock all the islands.
You Got The Message 20G
Deliver all 30 cars ordered through text message.
Dare Devil 30G
Complete 100% of the unique stunt jumps.
Assassin's Greed 20G
Complete all 9 assassin missions.
Endangered Species 50G
Collect every hidden package in the game.
Under the Radar 40G
Fly underneath the main bridges in the game that cross water with a helicopter.
Dial B For Bomb 10G
Unlock the special ability of phoning for a bomb to be placed.
Gracefully Taken 10G
Complete mission "I'll Take Her".
Liberty City (5) 20G
After meeting all possible friends, the ones left alive all like you above 90%.
No More Strangers 5G
Meet all random characters.
That Special Someone 10G
Complete mission "That Special Someone".
You Won! 60G
Complete the final mission.
Liberty City Minute 30G
Complete the story missions in less than 30 hours.
Key To The City 100G
Achieve 100% in "Game progress" statistic.
Teamplayer 10G
Kill 5 players who are not in your team, in any ranked multiplayer team game.
Cut Your Teeth 5G
Earn a personal rank promotion in multiplayer
Join The Midnight Club 10G
Win a ranked multiplayer race without damaging your vehicle too much and with damaged enabled.
Fly The Co-op 15G
Beat our time in ranked versions of "Deal Breaker", "Hangman's NOOSE" and "Bomb da Base II".
Take It For The Team 10G
Be on the winning team in all ranked multiplayer team games.
Top Of The Food Chain 10G
Kill 20 players with a pistol in a ranked multiplayer deathmatch.
Top The Midnight Club 20G
Come first in 20 different ranked standard multiplayer races.
Wanted 20G
Achieve the highest personal rank in multiplayer.
Auf Wiedersehen Petrovic 30G
Win all ranked multiplayer variations, all races and "Cops 'n Crooks", as both sides.
Let Sleeping Rockstars Lie 10G
Kill a Rockstar developer in a ranked multiplayer match
-Ryizzel
Nonly.nl, A dutch gaming site, has reported that Nintendo will be releasing several new colors in Europe on May 1. The colors are red, green and ice blue.
Nintendo has yet to comment on this rumor, but I'm sure we'll hear something soon if its true.
-Ryizzel
Xboxworld.nl, a Dutch gaming site posted what appears to be screens of GTA IV's multiplayer mode, but pulled them for an unknown reason. Funny thing is, they forgot the golden rule of the internet, nothing ever gets permanently deleted from the internet.
I remain skeptical that these shots are actually really, it seems really suspicious that they would post the them, only to instantly take them down. Any idiot with photoshop can and put some dots and names over a character's head.
View the screenshots here
-Ryizzel
Remember when Gears of War first came out? People praised it for it's beautiful visuals and fun gameplay. I only cared for one thing however, killing every enemy I encountered with my chainsaw bayonet. The Lancer Assault Rifle has to be the coolest weapon in gaming history. The only problem was that it was bit unbalanced (like Halo's energy sword) in online matches. This problem may be fixed in the upcoming sequel, according to a Variety blogger who claims to have spoken with two people who are close to the development team at Epic.
I was talking to two people last night who are close enough to the development team at Epic to know and they confirmed for me that this will be a mechanic in the game: When somebody tries to chainsaw you, there will be a way to push back with your own chainsaw gun and potentially fend them off or, possibly, end up chopping them into a bloody pile of flesh chunks.
Sorry for the tired joke in the title....but I couldn't resist.
Nintendo's much anticipated fighting game, Super Smash Bros Brawl has been released this week in Japan. According a Japanese blogger by the name of Sinobi, Super Smash Bros Brawl sold 500,000 units on its opening day. If this is indeed true, SSBM outsold every other game released this week in Japan. This also means that SSBM sold double what Super Mario Galaxy sold in it's opening week.
Source
On a much different note, I'd like to share this with you guys.
Best. Fanfic. EVER!
Another rumor is floating around the internet, apparently Sony is planning on releasing another model of the Ps3 in America, the 120gig. This comes after the news of Sony discontinuing the 80 gig model and only supporting the 40 gig.
The 120 gig is rumored to come packaged with a DualShock 3 controller (Yay rumble!) and be priced at 499.99. Sony has yet to confirm this, though they have made a comment stating it had no plans to release the new model in the UK. Seems like the UK is always getting the shaft from Sony.
In my opinion, SCEA needs to pick a model and just stay with it. I'm beginning to lose count of all the different models.
