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Ready for a little Hellboy this Holiday season? ICV2 is reporting that the hit comic book flick (come to think of it, wasn’t every comic flick this summer a hit, minus perhaps Hancock?) Hellboy II: The Golden Army will hit DVD (and Blu-ray) shelves on November 18, 2008. A collector’s edition with an excerpt from visionary director Guillermo del Toro’s (Pan’s Labyrinth)  journals and a Golden Army statue will be available on release. No prices have been released yet, but there’s no reason to expect the various versions to run out of line with similar fare.

I know I’ll be picking it up so I can watch that “love song” scene over and over again. Say what you will about some of the film’s quirks, but I’d put Hellboy II right behind Dark Knight and Wall-E in terms of awesome genre flicks I saw this summer. It’s funny, original, visually arresting and action-packed, just how I like my comic movies.

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Ed Boon, the creator of Mortal Kombat, and Jimmy Palmiotti, a DC Comics’ writer, held a panel discussion July 26, 2008, at Comic-Con 2008, where they discussed Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe and revealed more about the game.

At the con they said that this game will be a very unique experience for fans of both DC and Mortal Kombat which will allow you to see just what it would be like to fight Sub-Zero as Batman.

“For every [Mortal Kombat] game we do, we like to add something dramatic, something fresh,“ Boon said about the new game. The elements he is most excited about are the new “kombat” modes added to the game: close combat and free fall…

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During Comic Con 2008, many games and comics were featured. And who wouldn’t want to attend a special preview of today’s most talented directors and animators create independent film masterpieces. The Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival consisted of movies that fell into seven categories: action/adventure, animation, comics-oriented, documentary, humor/parody, horror and science fiction/fantasy. On July 27, 2008, the top films in each category were announced and awarded.

This year’s Comic-Con International: Independent Film Festival are…

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Title: Wanted
Release Date: June, 27, 2008
Publisher (Developer): Universal Studios (Top Cow)
Rating: R
Pros: Good acting from the two main stars, guilty pleasure if your into this type of film, first Top Cow comic-to-film adaption
Cons: Weak story, doesn’t follow the comic, dull set design, too loud, unbelievable action sequences, the film has no identity of its own
Overall Score: One Thumb Sideways, One Thumb Down, 67/100, D+, * 1/2 Stars

Just when comic book films were starting to reach new heights, along comes Wanted to knock everything back down.

Click through for he full review…

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Marc Silvestri, the owner of Top Cow Comics confirmed last week on his MySpace page that Top Cow’s popular heroine Witchblade is coming to the big screen in 2009.

Filming for the comic-to-film adaption of Witchblade is scheduled to begin September 2008. So far, Platinum Studios the developers of the film are planning for a 2009 release. A cast has not yet been announced yet but it looks like…

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The official Marvel Kids site has a brand new application which is a great distraction for anyone with an internet connection and anywhere from 10~20 minutes. It’s a “Create your Own Super Hero” program, which lets you piece together different parts to create your own hero or heroine.

You may think it’s just like the countless other doll makers that you might find online, but it’s not. It’s better. After choosing one of three body types, you are given a blank template. There are quite a few accessory and accent options, and each one starts out blank when they appear on the character. After you’ve selected the items you want to appear on your character, you can color him or her using practically any color you want. You can use offered color swatches, or pick a hue from a color scale. This aspect alone guarantees character individuality.

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After months of talking, debating writing, art and music production and numerous people coming and going, we have finally come to the early stage of our first working demo.

The journey of getting to a demo phase is a long and difficult one and there is still so much more for us to do. Even so, if your company manages to get to this stage, then you have been doing most things right.

By now you should have…

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This week, Burning Ambition includes an Interview with Andreas Wieslander, project manager for Burning Man Studios...

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This week in Burning ambition, Christopher Buckner takes a closer look at the blessings and biggest hardships that Burning Man Studios has faced to date:  finding the right Project Manager and a number of skilled programmers (the blessings) and finding 3D modelers that are able to measure up to the artistic demands of production (the hardships)...

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In this dual interview, Chistopher interviews Burning Man Studios two composers, Nathan Pinard and Eike Steffe. Find out how two professional composers living in different countries manage make beautiful videogame music together…

Click through to download an exclusive MP3 (“Arkady”) from the game!

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