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Dragon Age: Redemption Releases on DVD Valentine’s Day

Garrett Hartman — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:30:56 +0000

Felicia day will never be your Valentine, but that won’t stop her from releasing Dragon Age: Redemption on DVD in time for Valentine’s Day.

Dragon Age: Redemption was a six-part webseries based on the BioWare video game series and interwove with Dragon Age II Mark of the Assassin DLC which was created by and stars Felicia Day. The packaged DVD release will include the full series and include extras such as commentary, bloopers, and behind the scenes footage all of which adds to over 40 minus of bonus material.

Professor Layton and The Eternal Diva Now Available in North America

Justin Berube — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:04:15 +0000

The animated feature Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva is now available on DVD in North America. Yes that’s right, a full length animated film featuring Professor Layton! The events in the movie take place after those found in the recently released Professor Layton and the Last Specter.

I saw this film after it was released in Europe last year and it’s the best movie based on a video game that I have ever seen. Yes, it’s even better than Super Mario Bros.! All joking aside this movie is great and a must have for any fan of the Layton series!

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva is currently available from the manufacture’s website, but I’ve seen it on other sites as well.

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Redbox to Launch Video Game Rentals Worldwide on June 17

Stephanie Gutowski — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:56:59 +0000

We gave you the heads up about this a while ago, but we know you’ve all got lives and may have missed the news about Redbox bringing game rentals to all of its machines across the world… So here it is again. Starting Friday, June 17, you’ll be able to rent some of the hottest new console titles out there. Redbox, provider of dollar DVD rentals, has already confirmed these games in stock for rent on day one.

· Brink (PS3, X360)

· Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3, X360, Wii)

· Duke Nukem Forever (PS3, X360)

· Family Party: 90 Great Games (Wii)

· Infamous 2 (PS3)

· Just Dance 2 (Wii)

· LA Noire (PS3)

· Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (X360, Wii)

· Michael Jackson: The Experience (Wii)

· Red Faction: Armageddon (PS3, X360)

· Rio (Wii)

· Transformers: Dark of the Moon (PS3, X360, Wii)

· You Don’t Know Jack (X360)

Users may reserve the titles of their choice now and pick up the games once the program takes effect.

Rockstar History Book Cancelled

Bryce Wilson — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:48:36 +0000

Rockstar had planned a book series titled; “Digital + Analogue: The Art and Science of Rockstar Games“, however that project has now been scrapped and replaced with a as of yet unannounced title. The book series was slated to contain “hundreds of color photographs and never before published videoscapes all culled from the archives of the creators”. Also included was CD’s and DVD’s that contained extra content for Rockstar games. The downside? The $450 price tag.

Not much is known about the new project, however stay tuned and if we find anything out we will let you know.

[Source: G4TV]

FF7 Version PS3 “Cloud Black”

Sean Mitchuson — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:43:21 +0000

All you readers mark your calendars because this is the PS3 you will more than likely want to import. The “Cloud Black”, as they are calling it, is being released to the world (okay, just Japan). Even with a just a small amount of design change, it is beautiful.

The system will be released at the same time as the Blu-Ray version of Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children Complete, both coming to stores April 16th. This is a smart marketing move by Square-Enix promoting both a PS3 model to play that wonderful new Blu-Ray disc, and not only that but something called the Final Fantasy XIII Trial Set.

Famitsu doesn’t seem to have much info on the FFXIII stuff, but the Blu-Ray will sell for about 5000 yen or $50 U.S., and the PS3 (which is a 160gb version) will go for around 50,000 yen or $500 U.S.

All they seemed to do was slap an image of the ring that Cloud wears which is also on his chest. The only problem I have with these decoration PS3′s is that all the images are on the top of the machine, and you never really get to see them but I guess it’s nice to have the bragging rights.

Source: Famitsu

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete Works Info

Sean Mitchuson — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:48:39 +0000

Famitsu has some news on the re-release of FFVII:AC in March. Square has decided to release three versions of what is called the Complete Works of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. So, what’s that mean exactly?

New stuff will include hi-res pictures of the upcoming Final Fantasy games (XIII, Agito, and Versus), a trailer, and deleted scenes from the movies. One of the more important scene modifications that I am interested in is apparently a much longer bike chase than what we saw in the original. I thought it was a really interesting fight, and hopefully adding extra to it won’t make it boring.

The three versions being released are regular DVD, Blu-Ray, and PlayStation 3 (which will supposedly have a demo of FFXIII on it, though I don’t know why that’s not just on the Blu-Ray). All three should look wonderful, but I wouldn’t mind getting my hand on that sweet-looking Blu-Ray version (I don’t own a PS3).

Source: Famitsu

Netflix Is Feeling Blu

Dan Landis — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:01:37 +0000

The Internet and mailbox movie delivery super-service known as Netflix, having seen a “clear signal from the industry” has decided to stop purchasing HD-DVDs and will exclusively support Blu-Ray.

Netflix plans to phase out their remaining stock of HD-DVDs by the end of the year. Ted Sarandos, chief content officer for Netflix, had this to say about the situation:

“The prolonged period of competition between two formats has prevented clear communication to the consumer regarding the richness of the high-def experience versus standard definition. We’re now at the point where the industry can pursue the migration to a single format, bring clarity to the consumer and accelerate the adoption of high-def. Going forward, we expect that all of the studios will publish in the Blu-ray format and that the price points of high-def DVD players will come down significantly. These factors could well lead to another decade of disc-based movie watching as the consumer’s preferred means.”

Even though only a very small percentage of people even rent hi-def movies in the first place, a majority of those rentals are Blu-Ray. Personally, I don’t think this is really that clear of an indicator that Blu-Ray is better, or even preferred over HD-DVD.

What I think is going on is that all of these PS3 owners are sitting around with nothing to do since most of their games suck. They figure they need to get some use out of their overpriced gadget, so they rent a movie or two. Here, look at this ad while I put on my flame-retardant thong.

Okay, I don’t seriously think that, but I do think that more of this is happening than the studios realize. The masses haven’t decided on Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray just invaded your home when you bought that game console. You’ve supported Blu-Ray without actually pledging your support for Blu-Ray.

I honestly don’t care who wins the HD format war. I think both sides are trying too hard to shove the “next generation” down our throats, and I’m content to just watch DVDs until they start showing movies directly to my brain.

Source: Netflix

Warner Bros. Announces Blu-Ray Exclusivity

Cavin Smith — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:24:11 +0000

No longer the Switzerland of the format war, Warner Bros. has decided to throw its weight behind Sony’s hi-def disc and only Sony’s hi-def disc.

The reason for the switch is consumer confusion, which has been a concern from the start of the HD wars. Warner Bros. Chairman Barry Meyer tells it like it is:

The window of opportunity for high-definition DVD could be missed if format confusion continues to linger. We believe that exclusively distributing in Blu-ray will further the potential for mass market success and ultimately benefit retailers, producers, and most importantly, consumers.

And that’s some bad news for HD-DVD, whose lone stalwarts remain Toshiba, Microsoft (almost solely to take a bite out of Sony’s cross-platform marketing with the PS3), Paramount, and NBC Universal.

Powerful as those studios may be, WB controls most of the home video market with a commanding 18 to 20 percent of sales. And let’s not forget their megastar franchises: The Matrix, Harry Potter, Batman to name a few.

For those that had anticipated upcoming films, the company will continue to churn out HD-DVD releases until late May, but they’ll lag behind their DVD and Blu-ray counterparts.