In celebration of one million units sold throughout Latin America, Konami Digital Entertainment has reduced the price of Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. PES 2012 was originally released in September 2011 and has been praised for its realism and key advances, which can be seen in the video below.
WWE 12 is just about nine days from release, and wrestling fans everywhere can't wait to get their hands on the latest wrestling game from THQ, featuring a plethora of superstars, improved presentation items and plenty of exciting, table-crashing gameplay. But it looks like the downloadable content for the game is picking up as well, as the company has announced that Dave Batista has been added to the upcoming roster additions.
Ubisoft has been making some savvy business moves as of late, not only lining up classic franchises for re-release (Beyond Good and Evil HD and the upcoming Rayman Origins), but also snagging a few companies to help improve its base, including Quazal, Massive Entertainment and the rights to Deimurge Studios' upcoming Shoot Many Robots. Today, it made an unpredictable acquisition by snagging the developers at RedLynx -- a name you may not know by heart, but should.
Cologne -- Konami Digital Entertainment has a full line-up of playable titles showcased at Gamescom 2011, one of the largest video game shows in the world held in Cologne, Germany from August 17 - 21, 2011. The game publisher will have 17 playable titles for attendees to sample at its booth located in Hall 7.1 B31, including Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.
LIVERPOOL – Evolution Studios happens to be home to more than just the team that worked on the Motorstorm franchise of games. It also houses the top minds in Sony’s stereoscopic 3D department, where the next generation of 3D game technology is being developed. Matt Southern, game director at Evolution Studios, talks about Motorstorm: apocalypse – the first game designed from the ground up to take advantage of stereoscopic 3D – in this exclusive interview.
Although Walt Disney Studios’ TRON: Legacy has become a global box office smash, Disney Interactive Studios’ TRON: Evolution video games have not been able to capitalize on that success. Last year, Ubisoft’s James Cameron’s AVATAR: The Game, also had trouble reaching a mainstream audience. But for Disney, the TRON game has resulted in the closure of the Vancouver game studio, Propaganda Games. Disney already shut down production of the new Pirate of the Caribbean role-playing game last October, which was originally slated to ship this summer in tandem with the new 3D film, Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides.
Disney continues to have success with its TRON: Legacy sequel, something the company didn’t experience 28 years ago with the original cult favorite. TRON: Legacy has earned $51.4 million worldwide from IMAX theaters. That means that 15 percent of the film’s $328.8 million (and counting) global box office came from IMAX screens. Oliva Wilde, who plays Quorra in the 3D spectacle, talks about the movie and the accompanying 3D game, TRON: Evolution, in this exclusive video interview.
Walt Disney Studios’ TRON: Legacy has passed $111 million at the global box office in its first 10 days. The movie came in third in the U.S. this weekend with $20.1 million, raising its total to $88.3 million. That bodes well for Disney Interactive Studios’ TRON: Evolution video games, which are aimed at the mainstream audience. Michael Sheen and Beau Garrett talk about working on the 3D film in this exclusive video interview.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - When it comes to the convergence of video games and Hollywood, Tron was the first example of Hollywood getting it right. And in many ways, Hollywood hasn't learned from this perfect marriage of game and film. At least, most of Hollywood.
(Reuters) - Back in 1982, first-time director Steven Lisberger brought mainstream audiences into the world of videogames with the sci-fi thriller TRON, using early computer-generated imagery that paved the way for today's 3D movie blockbusters. Now the long-awaited sequel TRON:Legacy from Walt Disney Pictures is poised to push 3D technology and digital performance capture a step further. Director Joe Kosinski and producer Sean Bailey talk about the new film and game in this exclusive video interview.
The digital world of TRON is re-born in both the TRON: Evolution video game and Walt Disney Pictures’ TRON: Legacy. While the big screen 3D spectacle is playing in theaters, TRON: Evolution takes place between the original TRON film from 1982 and the new sequel. Wilde, best known for her role on the hit TV show, “House,” talks about her role in both TRON projects in this exclusive video interview.
TRON: Evolution, the video game, is out now exclusively in stereoscopic 3D on PlayStation 3. Now players can now also experience the world of TRON in PlayStation Home. Disney Interactive Studios has released TRON: Evolution items and a safe house for PlayStation Home. The TRON safe house lets PS3 players experience life on the Grid from TRON: Evolution. Check out this exclusive interview with the creators of the new TRON: Evolution film.
The digital world of TRON is re-born this month in both the TRON: Evolution video game and Walt Disney Pictures’ TRON: Legacy. Disney Interactive Studios has launched TRON: Evolution in North America. TRON: Evolution takes place between the original TRON film from 1982 and the highly anticipated 3D film TRON: Legacy, which will be released in theaters on December 17, 2010.
Iconic and critically acclaimed French duo Daft Punk, who created the music score for Walt Disney Pictures’ upcoming film TRON: Legacy, provided two of their tracks from the film for the new TRON: Evolution videogame for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. The tracks -- “Derezzed” and “The Grid” – will complement music from composers Sascha Dikiciyan, Cris Velasco and Kevin Manthei in the new game. The new CD will ship alongside the game on December 7. Check out this exclusive interview with Propaganda Games about TRON: Evolution.
Film and TV star Olivia Wilde and the actor who portrayed the original TRON character, Bruce Boxleitner, will headline the voice cast for the upcoming video game, TRON: Evolution, in addition to appearing in the highly anticipated December film, TRON: Legacy. The Hollywood voice cast will star in the upcoming TRON: Evolution video games that bridge the storyline gap between the original TRON film and the upcoming TRON: Legacy film. Wilde, who plays Quorra, Kevin Flynn’s confidant in the TRON: Legacy film, will also star as that character in the TRON: Evolution video games.
Walt Disney Studios is counting down the 10 weeks to the December 17 theatrical release of TRON: Legacy, one of the biggest 3D movies that’s not named AVATAR. Every week for the next 10 weeks marks a major milestone in the countdown as The Walt Disney Company rolls out exciting new TRON events, film content, products and announcements in preparation for the worldwide film launch. Check out this exclusive video interview with the men behind the new TRON movie.
Disney Interactive Studios was on hand with both console versions of the new TRON: Evolution videogames inside Disney Pictures Comic Con 2010 recreation of Flynn’s Arcade, just down the street from the San Diego Convention Center. It was part of the ComiTRON celebration, which marked the end of three years of promotion for the upcoming 3D movie. The new game connects the storyline between the two films. Bruce Boxleitner, who plays TRON, talks about the new TRON: Legacy movie and the videogames in this exclusive interview.
SAN DIEGO, California – (REUTERS) Back in 1982, first-time director Steven Lisberger brought mainstream audiences into the world of videogames using computer-generated imagery. While “TRON” failed to initially make a splash during a summer dominated by Steven Spielberg’s “E.T.,” the pioneering film paved the way for today’s CGI blockbusters.
Disney has renamed Comic Con 2010, ComiTRON. In addition to an hour-long panel featuring new footage from the 3D Tron Legacy movie, Disney Interactive Studios will be showing new Tron Evolution games and new mobile games both in its booth and off-site at a recreation of Flynn’s arcade.
Mad Catz Interactive has a full schedule of promotions, activities and sponsored events that will take place during the Evolution 2010 Championship Series at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas from July 9 through to July 11 2010.
