Fighter

08.24.10
COLOGNE -- With the announcement of a brand new Mortal Kombat coming to the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2011, the newest chapter of the iconic fighting game franchise marks a triumphant return to the series’ mature presentation and a reinvention of its classic 2D fighting mechanic combined with the latest technology to up the gore factor a few notches. Ed Boon, the man who has been behind every single Mortal Kombat game, was at GamesCom 2010 to discuss the past, present and future of the brutal fighting franchise in this exclusive video interview. 
07.18.10

HONOLULU, Hawaii – When it comes to the Hollywood convergence game, Capcom’s partnership with Impact Pictures on the Resident Evil movies has resulted in the second biggest franchise for Sony Pictures behind Spider-Man. With a fourth movie, Resident Evil: Afterlife, coming to theaters September 10 in 3D, and big budget movie adaptions of Lost Planet, Dark Void, and Onimusha in the works, what went wrong (twice) with the Street Fighter movies? Capcom’s vice president of strategic planning and business development, Christian Svensson, talks about Capcom’s Hollywood game and confirms that the game maker has not abandoned the Street Fighter movie franchise in this exclusive interview from Captivate 2010.

06.10.10

One of the big games of E3 2010 is the rebirth of Mortal Kombat from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The most brutal installment of the landmark fighting game to date will hit PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2011. Mortal Kombat is being developed by the newly re-named NetherRealm Studios, led by Mortal Kombat creator and creative director Ed Boon.

04.21.10

HONOLULU, Hawaii – At its Captivate international press event held at the Sheraton Waikiki, Capcom debuted the first trailer for the April 2011 release, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and offered the first details on the new “living comic book” art style that the development team has embraced for this latest brawler.

02.03.10

NEW YORK CITY -- SEGA of America showcased a new project in partnership with developer High Voltage Software at a New York press event today. The new Wii-exclusive game, Tournament of Legends, is a weapon and magic-based 3D-fighting game featuring some of the biggest playable characters yet seen on Wii. Each fighter is based on a legend from world mythology like the Minotaur, a powerful Gladiator, Gorgon, Stone Golem, Valkyrie and other well-known and powerful characters. The game, which was inspired by classic Ray Harryhausen movies and the upcoming remake of Clash of the Titans, will ship May 18th.

12.12.09

We are coming to you live from SpikeTV's Video Game Awards 2009 in Los Angeles with host Jo Garcia, Playboy's 2008 Cybergirl of the Year. She's hot and our coverage will be hot so stay tuned here as we beam to you live video reports from the VGAs as we interview the top developers and, of course, celebrities on the Red Carpet, Backstage and in the Green Room. It all starts at 8pm Eastern Time.

11.26.09

Although overall videogame sales have been down seven of the last eight months compared to the record-breaking 2008, games are still the driving force in entertainment, as well as electronics and toys today. The $550 million, five-day haul that Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 raked in – the largest entertainment launch in history -- shows the power of interactive entertainment even amidst the tough economic climate.

10.09.09

MONTREAL, Quebec – Dana White, the outspoken head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is “at war” with Electronic Arts after the sports game maker balked at doing a UFC game three years ago, but recently announced plans to enter the Octagon next year with EA Sports MMA – only after THQ and UFC entered into a long-term deal to bring out videogames around the most popular mixed martial arts brand in the world. With UFC 2009 Undisputed selling like hotcakes around the world, White talks about the role videogames will play for his company moving forward in this exclusive interview.