Contactmusic.com reports that Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski has been signed to adapt hit videogame Bioshock for the screen.
The hit video game is set in dystopian underwater city during the mid-20th century has won many awards and sold millions of units worldwide. It’s considered to have taken the First Person Shooter to a new level in game playing.
Take Two Interactive, the creators of Bioshock, and Universal Studios haven’t given the details of the deal but rumor has it that it could be the biggest for a film adaptation of a videogame, bigger than what Microsoft earned for the rights for Halo ($5 million) in 2005.
Verbinski says of the project:
“I think the whole utopia-gone-wrong story that’s cleverly unveiled to players is just brimming with cinematic potential,”
He goes on to say:
“Of all the games I’ve played, this is one that I felt has a really strong narrative.”
Let’s keep our fingers crossed that this doesn’t fall prey to similar issues that aborted the Halo movie project.
The viral marketing for Hellboy II: The Golden Army is very much an ARG (Alternate Reality Game). A web address - hetfet.org - was seen throughout the movie trailer, which at the time lead to a simple page with a mysterious logo for something called… HETFET (shocker, no). Fast forward to this weekend and now it’s a full-blown site for the fictitious organization Humans for the Ethical Treatment of Fairies, Elves and Trolls. The site is filled with PETA-like content, making for a fun game filled with photos, forums (need to join to access) and another link to add to the list - thesecretdevice.com, which is a simple Flash based puzzle that when solved offers yet another set of links to delve deeper into the game.
Also of note, The Underwire reports that some media outlets received a press release from a mysterious and untraceable Shera Vellotts about a HETFET protest that was held in New York City:
“Dozens of protesters armed with ‘Save The Trolls’ signs disrupted a gathering at New York City’s Jacob Javits Center this past weekend, intent on raising awareness for…HETFET, but after a short time, police arrived on the scenes to disperse them, forcibly removing several of the protestors in the process.”
And yes, there was an actual protest, signs and all.
I also took a look-see at Unfiction.com, a community forum for ARGs, for more information. Seems to be quite a bit, which if you’re a sucker for these games will be very helpful.
So yeah, yet another ARG to sap your time away from you, your family and friends. Guillermo, Guillermo, Guillermo… you clever marketing whore. God bless you.
Look at this ya goons, two fanboy greats rolled into one! LEGOS and Batman!
Following in the steps of LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Batman looks to be just a fun and silly with better game-play. From the sounds of it you get the same options to play hero or villain and the chance to utilize all sorts of gadgets - like the Batarang.
The game will be available to pretty much all platforms and will be released sometime this September.
What do you get when two types of geekdom, electric and gaming, collide? Video game themes played with musical Tesla coils. Very cool but still not as awesome as a Death Ray.
Being a big fan of the Star Wars franchise I’m obviously all a twitter about the upcoming multi-platform video game Star Wars: Force Unleashed, which will be available for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PSP, XBox 360 and Nintendo DS and Wii. No word if it will be available for the PC market, but one would imagine it eventually will be.
The individual releases will feature game play unique to each console, which means all you hardcore gamers with all your consoles will be bleeding cash out of your piggyback I’m sure, crying your gamer nerd-tears as you realize you can’t help yourselves.
Bellow is a trailer detailing some of the features unique to each console.
I know there’s a lot of GTA fans out there salivating for the next installment of the ultraviolet franchise, Grand Theft Auto IV. Below are two possible leaked tidbits to get you, the rabid GTA fans a little more droolish.
This may very well be the detailed transit map of Liberty City. It’s been making the rounds and apparently Rockstar Games has been requesting it to be removed by those who post it. I haven’t seen that happen as of yet but hey, who knows. It just adds to the idea that this is legit.
And below is possibly the intro to GTA IV game itself. It’s kind of hard to say if this is legit or not. I can’t find anything to say either way so I say let’s all be fanboys here and roll with it.
Contactmusic.com reports that Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski has been signed to adapt hit videogame Bioshock for the screen.
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