Metal Gear Solid 5 Details

Kojima to Share Metal Gear Solid 5 Details Soon
He'll also talk Rising, which may have a new lead producer.

By Chris Pereira, 11/17/2011

 

It has been nearly three and a half years since Metal Gear Solid 4 was released. There has been surprisingly little talk about a sequel given how much time has passed and since then the only real MGS releases we've seen have been Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and last week's Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. Later this month, series creator Hideo Kojima will discuss the subject many fans have been waiting to hear about: Metal Gear Solid 5.

One Piece Gets New Film Set in New World Arc

One Piece Gets New Film Set in New World Arc
posted on 2011-11-19 10:20 EST

Film to "surpass" 2009's One Piece Film Strong World

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Fuji TV's Saturday airing of the One Piece Film Strong World anime included a teaser to announce that production on a new One Piece film has been green-lit. The teaser said, "Urgent announcement! Production on the greatest film in One Piece's history — the newest theatrical film which will surpass Strong World — has been green-lit!! The curtain now opens on the first battle in the New World arc on the final seas!!"

Review: Need for Speed The Run is Quick Time Uneventful

Black Box takes the Need for Speed series back to its roots for an occasionally thrilling race across the USA.

By Mike Phillips 11/15/2011

A skintight-jumpsuit-clad Catherine Bach hoists open the door of a white Lamborghini Countach, pastes the number "155" over the speed limit sign, and then turns to offer a cheeky wave to the pursuing highway patrolman before slinking back into her supercar and disappearing over the horizon in the blink of an eye. This is not a scene from Need for Speed: The Run -- but perhaps it should be.

45 Best Short Animation For Academy Consideration

Last weekend, the Academy screened the 45 projects that were submitted for Best Animated Shorts consideration. Members of the Shorts and Animation branch of the Academy will vote for the 10 titles to be included on the short list and we will finally learn about the final five nominees with the rest of the contenders on Jan. 24.

Here is the list of the submitted shorts, which is a healthy mix of shorts produced by studios such as Disney, Pixar, Sony Pictures Animation and Warner Bros., international entries from Studio AKA, Platige Image, BreakThru Films, Human Ark, Axis Animation, National Film Board of Canada and submissions from indie animators such as David Levy, David Chai and Koji Yamamura:

• A Morning Stroll by Grant Orchard (Studio AKA)

• A Shadow of Blue by Carlos Lascano

• Birdboy by Alberto Vasquez (Abrikim Studio)

• Chopin’s Drawings by Dorota Kobiela (BreakThru Films) Poland

• Correspondence by Zach Hyer (Pratt)

• Daisy Cutter by Enrique Garcia and Rubin Salazar (Silverspace)

• Dimanche / Sunday by Patrick Doyon (NFB)

• El Salon Mexico by Paul Glickman and Tamarind King

• Enrique Wrecks the World by David Chai

• Ente Tod Und Tulipe (Duck Death and the Tulip) by Matthias Bruhn (Richard Lutterbeck – Trickstudio)

• Fat Hamster by Adam Wyrwas (BreakThru Films) Poland

• Grandpa Looked Like William Powell by David Levy

• Hamster Heaven by Paul Bolger (BreakThru Films) Poland

• I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat by Matt O’Callaghan (Warner Bros.)

• I Was the Child of Holocaust Survivors by Anne Marie Fleming (NFB)

• Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest by Kevin Sean Michaels USA

• Kahanikar by Nandita Jain (National Film and Television School) England

• La Luna by Enrico Casarosa (Pixar)

• Little Postman by Dorota Kobiela (BreakThru Films) Poland

• Luminaris by Juan Pablo Zaramella (JPZaramella Studios)

• Luna by Donna Brockopp (Rainmaker) Canada

• Maska by Timothy and Stephen Quay (Sem-ma-for) Poland

• Muybridge’s Strings by Koji Yamamura

• My Hometown by Jerry Levitan, Written and Narrated by Yoko Ono (Eggplant)

• Night Island by Salvador Maldonado (BreakThru Films) Poland

• Nullarbor by Alister Lockhart

• Papa’s Boy by Leevi Lemmetty (BreakThru Films) Poland

• Paths of Hate by Damien Nenow (Platige Image) Poland

• Romance by George Schwizgebel (NFB & Studio GDS)

• Specky Four-Eyes by Jean Claude Rozec (Vivement Lundi)

• Spirits of the Piano by Magdalena Osinska (BreakThru Films) Poland

• Thank You by Thomas Herpich (Frederator)

• The Ballad of Nessie by Stevie Wermers (Walt Disney Studios)

• The External World by David O’ Reilly

• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg (Moonbot Studios)

• The Gloaming by Nobrain (Autour De Minuit) France

• The Lost Town of Switez by Kamil Polak (Human Ark) Poland

• The Magic Piano by Martin Clapp (BreakThru Films) Poland

• The Monster of Nix by Rosto

• The Renter by Jason Carpenter (CalArts)

• The Smurf’s A Christmas Carol by Troy Quane (Sony Pictures Animation)

• The Tannery by Iain Gardner (Axis Animation)

• The Vermeers by Tal S. Shamir

• Vincenta by Samuel Orti Marti

• Wild Life by Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby (NFB)

New ‘Tangled’ Short Screens with ‘Beauty and the Beast’

November 14, 2011 by Ramin Zahed

If you’ve missed Rapunzel, Flynn Rider and Maximus from Byron Howard and Nathan Greno’s Oscar-nominated 2010 feature Tangled, we have some great news for you. Disney

Gundam AGE's 2nd-Generation Gundam AGE-2 Shown

Previewed in January product sheet for Bandai's 1/100 Gage-ing Builder Series

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A January 2012 product solicitation sheet for Bandai's 1/100-scale Gage-ing Builder Series model figures shows the Gundam AGE-2, the second-generation mobile suit in the Mobile Suit Gundam AGE television anime. The Gundam AGE-2 was previously shown in silhouette, and an earlier image had shown a similar Gundam AGE-2 design with a few differences in coloring and surface elements, along with a Gundam AGE-3 design. According to the solicitation sheet, the Gundam AGE-2 is equipped with a "Hyper Dots Rifle" and a shield. The 1/100-scale Gage-ing Builder Series is listed for a late January release for 2,940 yen (about US$37.90).
Gundam AGE's story covers a century and three generations of Gundam pilots. Asemu Asuno is the son of Gundam AGE's first main character, pilot Flit Asuno.
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Image © Sotsu, Sunrise, MBS

Battlefield 3 Tops Batman: Arkham City in October NPDs

Xbox 360 and 3DS were the best-selling systems in the United States last month.

By Chris Pereira, 11/11/2011

 

It may not have been able to top Call of Duty: Black Ops when it comes to being the most popular game played on Xbox Live, but Battlefield 3 was -- at least for a month -- able to take the top spot on the NPD sales charts for October.

18 Films Submitted in Animated Feature Oscar Race

 November 4, 2011 by Thomas McLean

Eighteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 84th Academy Awards.

The 18 submitted features are:

Hans Zimmer Needs You For “The Dark Knight Rises”

Mattel’s WWE® The Rockers & WWE® Superstar Display Stands On Sale 11/21

WWE® Fans,

Remember back at San Diego Comic-Con when we announced that starting in 2012 the WWE® Legends line would be available exclusively at MattyCollector.com? And remember we also promised we’d be kicking things off early by reuniting fan-favorites Shawn Michaels® and Marty Jannetty™ in action figure form this fall? Well get ready, because on Monday, November 21 at 9 a.m. PT you’ll have the chance to pick up our exclusive WWE® Legends 2-pack featuring The Rockers!

Super Mario Land Versus Super Mario 3D Land

Though it may borrow the branding of a known sub-franchise, 3D Land can't compare to a specific brand of Nintendo weirdness.

By: Bob MackeyNovember 4, 2011

Winter of RPGs Brings Chrono Cross, FFV, and FFVI to PSN

A trio of Square Enix RPGs will be out on PSN over the next month.

By Chris Pereira, 11/04/2011

Original Zelda Game in Development for 3DS

Nintendo would like to avoid releasing two remakes in a row.

By Chris Pereira, 11/04/2011

The Man Behind the Music of Modern Warfare 3

Brian Tyler talks about making the jump from Hollywood features to the biggest game franchise in the world.