Gamertell

You may have read in an earlier story here on the tell that the Dark Knight video game was axed .  Alas, there is faint hope for the caped crusader fans that a game exist and indeed is in the works. 

Our lovely friends over at Kotaku have scored an interview with a source who has played the game and given details and problems that the new developers, Pandemic, are running into.

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Haven’t caught all of the Gamertell news this week?  Here’s your chance to catch up on this week’s top 10 articles!

• Nintendo sues Japanese firms over R4 and similar devices
  “Today (July 29, 2008), Nintendo and 54 Japanese software makers filed a lawsuit against five Japanese companies which have been distributing R4 DS units and similar slot-1 devices. The five companies have reportedly been importing the devices and selling them to the…” MORE »
• Comic Con 2008: Warner Bros., Marvel releasing digital Motion Comics
  “Comic books have always been a way to experience a fantasy filled world with intriguing story lines and character development. Some comics are taking the leap from print to the land of digital media. Imagine a comic book that comes to life…” MORE »
• Comic Con 2008: Recap of Will Wright’s keynote address
  “ Comic-Con 2008 started off (July 24, 2008) with a bang as Will Wright took to the podium to deliver his keynote. Wright is the mastermind behind The Sims games and the soon to be released Spore.  During…” MORE »
• Twitter away on your DS
  “The DS homebrew Twitter application has just received an update. DSTwitter v1.1 allows users without a cell phone or computer nearby to keep up with what their Twitter friends are up to and keep their Twitter friends appraised of their actions.…” MORE »
• Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble! is all grown up
  “ The full version of Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble! is now complete. Mousechief’s game involves creating a gang of slightly deviant high school girls and attempting…” MORE »

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It’s the end of the week and E3 2008 has officially ended and now it’s time to sit back, relax, and take in all the announcements made by the big three: Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft. 

Click through for an in-depth breakdown of the good and the bad of each company’s press conference. Clearly, Microsoft was this year’s winner but read on to find out where the other two companies fell flat

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If you’ve been keeping up with video games in politics, you may or may not already know about HB1423, a bill being proposed in Massachusetts that would block the sale of violent games to minors. While there has been much debate amongst politicians since its introduction, best-selling author Stephen King cast his own personal vote on the matter in his latest Entertainment Weekly column.

King, who prefaced the article by stating that he was not a fan of video games at all, went on to blast the Massachusetts legislature, noting the hypocrisy of the…

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Canadian-based Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) has invested the sum of $1 million dollars in Silicon Knights, the creators of the upcoming Too Human or the development of a videogame prototype.

So far the only words coming out of Silicon Knights is that they have described the unknown projects as a third-person action/psychological thriller. This brief description could point to a possibly sequel to Eternal Darkness, which was developed by Silicon Knights for the Nintendo GameCube in 2002. However, there is no conformation on this as of yet.  Silicon Knights is expected to begin work on its next title after the May 2008 release of Too Human and be completed in 2010 for all next-gen consoles.

The OMDC is an agency of the Ontario Ministry of Culture that facilitates economic development opportunities for Ontario’s cultural media industries including book publishing, film and television, interactive digital media, magazine publishing, and music industries is now looking towards the multi-billion dollar industry of video games. Silicon Knights, which is based out of Ontario, Canada, is one of two companies to be supported by the OMDC. The other company to receive the exploratory funding was Digital Extreme; the makers of the upcoming title Dark Sector.

The funding by the OMDC is meant to help developers showcase their new ideas and attract additional funding from publishers. It is hoped that by providing critical support at the prototyping stage of development, that OMDC can help Ontario based developers retain a larger share of their intellectual property and to demand higher royalty payments.

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In what could be considered another nail in the coffin for HD DVD, Netflix, the world’s leading Internet DVD renter, announced in a statement released on its web site that the company will be going exclusively Blu-ray over HD DVDs.

While Netflix currently carries both formats, HD-DVD and Blu-ray, Netflix cited in their statement the recent shift in studio allegiance as the main reason for the decision to go exclusively to Blu-ray.  “High-definition DVD is the next wave of excitement in home entertainment and we’ll be there at its inception,” said Netflix Chairman and CEO Reed Hastings. “With far sharper images, better sound and…

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The Vision Engine might not be as much a household name as Epic’s Unreal Engine, but come this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC), Trinigy is hoping to change that view with its release of the latest version of the Vision Game Engine.

The grand unveiling of Vision 6.4 will be at this year’s GDC 2008 in San Francisco, February 20-22, 2008. This will be the first time that the public will be allowed to see the new engine…

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For all you Tron fanatics out there you’ll have reasons to be happy come February 13, 2008, as Discs of Tron comes to Xbox Live Arcade.

Discs of Tron was the second of the two 1980’s classic arcade games that was based on the 1982 cult Disney science fiction flick, Tron. Discs of Tron will be available February 13, 2008 and will cost 400 Microsoft points. It is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB.

In Discs of Tron, players will battle the film’s villain, Sark, by throwing discs of…

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Sometimes game have “Platinum Hit” written all over them. And then, they are contenders for the “What the Hell are They Thinking?” award. When it comes to creating a videogame based on the world’s most gluttonous acts, the so-called sport of professional eating, we’ll let you decide which award is most appropriate.

Mastiff Games, a San Francisco based publisher mostly known for Gameboy titles, has acquired the video game rights to the Major League Eating competitions.

According to Mastiff Games, Major League Eating: The Game will feature the world’s greatest eaters competing across…

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After a year of waiting for Capcom’s Lost Planet: Extreme Condition demo for the Playstation 3, it was pulled by Sony with 24 hours after being released on the PlayStation Network.

Chris Kramer, Son’s senior director of communications and community, posted on the PlayStation Blog that the multiplayer demo was removed because Sony wished to “address issues that have come to light.” There is no timetable of when PS3 gamers will get a re-release of the long-awaited demo…

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