EA has dropped the newest trailer for February’s upcoming release of SSX. This newest trailer is actually just a remixing of the previous trailer, but splashed with accolades galore. Check it out!
SSX releases on PS3 and 360 on February 28 in the US and March 2 in the UK.
In case you’re wondering, the featured song is RUN-D.M.C’s It’s Tricky which was the original theme for 2001′s SSX Tricky for PlayStation 2. The classic hip-hop song gets the remix treatment by electronic music artist Pretty Lights.
Wondering what you should be brushing up on for this year’s EVO? The coordinators for Las Vegas’ annual fighting game event has blessed us with the upcoming line-up of games to be featured for the tournament.
The List is headlined with Street Fighter X Tekken and Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. Here’s the complete line-up for the upcoming event:
Street Fighter X Tekken
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Soul Calibur V
King of Fighters XIII
Mortal Kombat
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver. 2012
The annual fighting game tournament happens in Las Vegas, July 6-8.
In a move that I’m sure will have scores of anime/manga fans running to the nearest mountain top to shout “HALLELUJAH!!!!”, word has come down courtesy of Hollywood Reporter that Warner Bros. is stopping production on their live-action Akira film. The production office in Vancouver has been shut down, with all talent and crew told to stop working. The studio apparently wants to cut 20 million from budget (originally 90 million), as well as resolve casting issues. As it stands, the film is in danger of being shelved altogether.
The creative team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips bring their noir sensibilities and mixing in a little bit of horror and fantasy with their newest project, Fatale. When Nicholas Lash meets a strange young woman at his godfather’s funeral, he finds his life taking some unexpected turns, and wonders if it has anything to do with a novel his godfather wrote three years before he was ever published.
Having never been a fan of Phillips artwork before, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it through out the book. There’s impressive amount of detail, and the overall composition in most of the pages helps to move the story along. It’s very evocative of pulp detective tales of the 40s and 50s. The art is especially effective when it comes to one particular scene, showcasing the mutilated bodies of a group of occultists. Not to mention an impressive splash page flashing back to World War II. The color work by Dave Stewart certainly helps to set the mood from one page to the next.
Storywise, Brubaker is all about the slow burn. We’re given just enough story to peak our interest, as we’re introduced to the beautiful Josephine, and Hank Raines, who’s looking to break a story on police corruption that might get both of them killed if he’s not careful. She warns him about Walter, a homicide detective she has a relationship with, the nature of that relationship still unclear. And despite his pregnant wife at home, Hank now finds himself inexplicably drawn to Josephine, and dead set on protecting her, should any danger cross her path.
The set up is all there for quite an intriguing series. It’ll be interesting to see what Brubaker and Phillips have in store for readers.
Anime fans rejoice! The now classic manga and anime series, Rurouni Kenshin, has been adapted into a live-action film in Japan. Rurouni Kenshin is the tale of a young and violent samurai during feudal Japan who killed many in his battles. After the war the samurai turns to a life of non-violence and only fights when provoked. Kenshin uses a sword with a reversed blade so as to only strike with the non-lethal, blunt edge. Details of whether the live-action film will chronicle Kenshin’s violent “Samurai X” years or his adventures in “Rurouni Kenshin” are blurry right now as the movie’s homepage is in all Japanese. Below is the most well-known info to date:
Keishi ?tomo is directing “Rurouni Kenshin” starring 22-year-old actor Takeru Satoh (Kamen Rider Den-O, Rookies, Beck, Ry?maden) as Kenshin. 17-year-old actress Emi Takei plays the heroine Kaoru Kamiya. Yuu Aoi (Hana and Alice, Honey and Clover) plays Megumi Takani, Munetaka Aoki (The Last Message Umizaru, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) is Sanosuke Sagara, and Taketo Tanaka plays Yahiko My?jin. Kouji Kikkawa (Let’s Dance With Papa) as Jine Ud?, Yosuke Eguchi (Shonan Bakusozoku, Tokyo Love Story) as Hajime Sait?, and Teruyuki Kagawa (From Up On Poppy Hill, 20th Century Boys) as Kanry? Takeda.
Chicago rock group Secret Colours is kicking off 2012 with their video for “Faust”, in support of their latest release, EP3, which is now available on bandcamp.
It’s the end of the year, and it’s time for me, LeRon, and Eric to go through all the music we’ve listened to this year, and present our lists to all of you! We’ll each give our lists for five best albums of the year, five best songs of the year, and our biggest disappointments of the year. Fair warning, this is one of our longer shows, but well worth it, if I may say so.
We published an article about Sony getting put under the spotlight by Anonymous yesterday in retaliation to the company’s support over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) that is currently being tossed around Congress.
In an interesting move of turnabout, Sony has gone the same direction as both Microsoft and the Business Software Alliance (early on supporters of the act) and have removed themselves from the list of supporters. We’re not 100% sure, but maybe the message from Anonymous shook them up?
Nonetheless, Sony isn’t the only one to bow out of their support for an act that has the entire internet mad. Nintendo and EA have also jumped off the bandwagon now after more and more fallout (and possible future spotlight from the hacker group) ensues over the proposal.
For some more clarification, SOPA, along with the PROTECT IP act in the Senate, give content-producing companies the right to order a take down for a website that they believe is infringing on a copyright. If you even host links to content that infringes on a copyright, you have to take it down. Or the law gets involved.
At the moment, not all of Sony’s miscellaneous branches have rescinded their support, as Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Music Nashville still appear on the list. Time will tell how long it is before the company has a complete withdrawal, but one message is clear: When stockholders fear for their money, they pay attention to their consumers.
Once again, the crazy train that is known by the name Anonymous is back at it again. And back to breathing down Sony’s neck.
Announcing their intentions to come after Sony once again over Sony’s support of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). What’s funny about this latest announcement (decried via YouTube) is that they solely target Sony even though companies just as big and influential as Sony (Microsoft, and Nintendo to name a couple) have also loaned their support to SOPA. Other names were named in their message against SOPA including Kim Kardashian and Lady Gaga, who are all named as supporters of SOPA but the message was really angled against Sony.
I’m not going to preach the legalese involved in what SOPA means, but technically it’s online censorship that threatens to take people offline. You can get a full view of what it’s about on Wikipedia including a list of its supporters (politically and fiscally).
