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Dialogue Choices

Say what you will about Fallout 4’s dialogue wheel (please don’t though because it’s getting old) but video games offer the unique ability for dialogue choices. Even if it’s something insignificant like the dialogue choices in Uncharted 4 or Titanfall 2, they add a whole new gravity to certain scenes, allowing them to play out slightly different the second time through.

This past weekend at comic con, a teaser trailer for Blizzard’s upcoming World of Warcraft film was previewed.

Indications from the trailer are that the film will be Live-Action/Animated, with real actors interacting with CGI environments and characters. The highlighted scene of the teaser depicted a human warrior drinking a potion and drawing his sword in anticipation of entering combat with a hammer-wielding Orc.

When pushed for details on the development of the project, a Blizzard representative said, “We are excited about the Warcraft movie, which begins production in 2014, and we look forward to sharing more in the future.”

The film is to be directed by Duncan Jones, who also directed the hit films Moon and Source Code. Reports are that Evil Dead’s Sam Raimi was onboard at one point, but left the project to pursue Oz: The Great and Powerful.

World of Warcraft is one of the biggest gaming franchises in history, with a combines nearly six million years logged amongst it’s players. Will they be able to tear themselves away from the Warcraft real long enough to catch this film in theaters? Only time will tell.

Stay tuned to GamingBolt for updates on the franchise film.

Source: Polygon

Atlus, the company behind Persona, the popular spin off of the Megami Tensai series, recently announced that they are making a series of films based off of one of their most successful RPG titles, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3.

Earlier today it was announced that the film, Persona 3 The Movie: The Spring of Birth will see release in Japan on November 23rd of this year.

As indicated by the trailer, the movie will be produced in the classic style of Japanese Anime, with no 3 dimensional elements. At this time it is unclear as to how many entries there will be in the Person 3 film series, just that this one won’t be the last.

As of now, there are no signs of a US release of the film, but if the past is any indicator, at least a subtitled version will make it’s way into the US pending the success of the film. Whether or not an English dubbed version will hit stores (or even theaters) is up in the air.

Which Persona game do you think would make the best film adaptation?

Warner Bros’ streaming application Flixter is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace. Consumers can rent or buy movies, look at movie reviews and check cinema times through their Xbox,

Microsoft’s ‘Major Nelson’ pointed out particular features of Flixter

• Buy or rent standard and high definition movies
• Browse current movie listings in theatres near you
• Peruse new and upcoming DVD releases
• Watch high quality movie trailers
• Access movie details, including film posters, synopses and Rotten Tomato scores
• Easily sort and watch movies from your UltraViolet movie collectiom
• Navigate using voice and gesture controls with Kinect for Xbox 360

People can also access to Flixter’s UltraViolet movie collection. This application is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace at no cost and is only available to Gold Subscribes of Xbox Live.

Stay tuned on GamingBolt for more Xbox news and leave any comments you have down below.

Here it is, what many have been waiting for, the Official Avengers Movie Trailer.  The film is coming out in 2012 and there is very little doubt that a game will follow, hopefully being a good one considering a lot has went into making this film.  As the intricate other Marvel films were released timely to lead up to the event of the assembling of the team that any Marvel fan would know as ‘The Avengers’.

The song you will here behind it is “We’re In This Together” by the Alternative Rock group Nine Inch Nails which any old school fan of the music in my generation will be happy to hear… even though it is one of their latter releases. Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and more make up the Avengers hitting a theater near you on May 4th 2012, 3D where available.

Netflix has lost a lot of its credibility with their customers with them deciding to cancel the whole DVD mailing system and only sticking with the streaming portion of the company.  This is on top of them getting rid of the Starz as one of their movie supporters.  Apparently though Netflix is coming back as they are splitting their streaming portion into one company remaining Netflix and creating another company called ‘Qwikster‘ where you will be able to receive Movies and Games in the mail.  This will hopefully redeem their loyal customers faith in them.

Here is the second part in the very Epic and well done Mortal Kombat Legacy series.  Jax, Sonya and Kano are the main characters in the film and any hardcore fan of the Mortal Kombat franchise won’t have a hard time noticing them.  The cast is played by Michael Jai White as Major Jackson “Jax” Briggs, Jeri Ryan as Sonya Blade, Darren Shahlavi as Kano and Tahmoh Penikett as Lt. Kurtis Stryker.  You can view Episode 1 here.

The film is an April Fools joke, but the game is for real.

Dungeon Defenders is a game coming to Xbox Live Arcade, the Playstation Network NPG(PSP2) and PC. There is a version of the game called ‘First Wave’ that’s out for the iPad as well as the Android but this arcade game simply entitled ‘Dungeon Defenders’ is not even out yet and Reverb has confirmed that it will have its own film adaption call ‘The Sixth Defense’ staring Bruce Willis until you read the fine print of the press release. Dungeon Defenders is a tower defense, online action-RPG all in one that lets players choose one of four distinctive hero classes. In the game you will be able to upgrade stats, gather loot, customize and upgrade equipment as well as develop unique class abilities. The best part about it is that it is 4 player co-op, online and offline coming out sometime this year. Since the supposed movie adaptation ‘The Sixth Defense’ is premiering Summer 2011, the game should not be too far away from release on consoles and PC. Check out the site for more here and the facebook page here. Full press release below.

Twain Harte, California – April 1, 2011 – M. Night Shyamalan, the auteur behind such high-brow classics as Lady In The Water, The Village and The Last Airbender, announced today that he has cast legendary Hollywood front-man and action stud Bruce Willis as the lead role in the director’s upcoming opus, The Sixth Defense, which will be based upon the soon-to-launch XBLA, PSN, and PC title Dungeon Defenders. The highly-coveted role was the talk of Tinsel Town today, including tweets from industry titans like George Clooney, Tom Hanks and Paul Reubens all expressing interest in working on the project.

The casting of Willis follows on the heels of news that Shyamalan will not be working with William Hurt on this next project, confirming that Hurt will not make an appearance in The Sixth Defense.

“I’m digging deep with this project, trying to bridge the gap between Plato and Spielberg. I think I’ve found my lynchpin in Willis,” quipped Shyamalan on the Dungeon Defenders set. “It one of the best movies not starring William Hurt this year!”

Hurt declined to comment.

The upcoming Dungeon Defenders game is an original hybrid of two hot genres: tower defense and cooperative online action-RPG! The game puts players in the role of one of four distinctive hero classes, tasked with fending off hordes of invading beasties by strategically summoning a variety of defenses & traps throughout their castle. But as much more than just a strategy game, players directly participate in the action-packed combat with their hero characters, while upgrading their statistics, gathering tons of loot and inventory items, customizing & upgrading equipment, and developing unique class abilities. All of this can be enjoyed in seamless online and split-screen local multiplayer, as players cooperate and compete through the story campaign and challenge missions to build the strongest heroes and achieve the highest scores in the kingdom.

The Sixth Defense is premiering Summer 2011, but an exact release date is subject to change. For more information, please visit www.dungeondefenders.com and www.facebook.com/DungeonDefenders.

M. Night Shyamalan and the creators of Dungeon Defenders, and the creator of this release, make no claim about anything or anyone real, living or deceased. Any correlation between the fiction enclosed herein and any real life persons or things is a totally awesome coincidence.

Yes we here at GamingBolt.com are in love with video games.  The X-Men franchise has been a part of video games for a very long time now and it wouldn’t serve us right if we didn’t bring you the trailer for the next X-Men movie entitled X-Men: First Class.  The movie is a prequel before Professor X and Magneto had those names as they were just Charles and Erik, the best of friends with their intelligence bringing them together.  Besides, the trailer is fucking awesome and hopefully it won’t disappoint me like that couple of X-Men films, enjoy.. In theaters 6/3/2011.

Now the old Mortal Kombat Movies based on the video game were OK, with a side of corny. Kevin Tancharoen will direct a 10-episode web series dedicated to the Mortal Kombat video games.  This short fil will be shot in Vancouver this February. The cast will most likely include Shang Tsung, Liu Kang, Sub Zero, Durak, Kabal, Kitana/Mileena, Reptile, Sonya Blade, Briggs and Scorpion, played by actors such as Tancharoen, Todd Helbing, Aaron Helbing, and Michael Jai White (Spawn) as “Major Jackson ‘Jax’ Briggs among others.  No other details are known about the project other than the plot is as usual a tournament being held will to fight to save the planet.  The new game will be out on April 19th, 2011 for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

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