Training Simulations: LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII

LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII sees the return of series heroine, Lightning, in a world that only has 13 days before total annihilation. These new assets offer a first look at the more action-oriented combat system where the player has direct control of the character. Also introduced is Luxerion, the divine city of light and prayer, where Lightning will encounter new enemies and monsters. Continue reading

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Equipment: Two Generations of the U.S.S. Enterprise are Headed Home in New Packaging!

Diamond Select Toys is moving two more Star Trek ships out of drydock, and this time their packaging is getting the refit! The U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-B (from Star Trek: Generations) and NCC-1701-D (from Star Trek: The Next Generation) are headed to stores in the next month, with lights and sounds from their screen appearances, and DST has revealed their new packaging design. Continue reading

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Training Simulations: SQUARE ENIX CONFIRMS LAUNCH DATE FOR FINAL FANTASY XI: Seekers of Adoulin

Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in the Americas,  announced that FINAL FANTASY® XI: Seekers of Adoulin™ will be available March 26, 2013 for both the XBOX 360® and Windows PC platforms. The latest addition to the decade-strong, online game features new areas to explore and develop, along with two new jobs to master and a horde of new beasts and monsters to defeat. Continue reading

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Vids: Drafthouse Films bring WAKE IN FRIGHT to Blu-ray & DVD 1/15

A schoolteacher gets waylaid in the Australian outback and takes a journey into the heart of darkness in WAKE IN FRIGHT, a revered and groundbreaking thriller that for 40 years lived only in the memory of its initial viewers. But following its miraculous recovery and restoration, the “lost” film made a triumphant return to screens nationwide this fall. Now it will make its home entertainment debut when Drafthouse Films releases it on high-definition Blu-ray and DVD on January 15, 2013. Continue reading

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Hard Copy: IDW Announces T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS!

IDW Publishing announced to a full house at this year’s New York Comic Con that they’ve acquired the rights to publish the exploits of the legendary band of super-powered heroes, the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS! Continue reading

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Training Simulations: New Ravaged DLC, $4.99 Steam Sale

2 Dawn Games and Reverb Publishing today announced Ravaged, the 32-player, post-apocalyptic first-person shooter, is receiving a massive free DLC boost replete with new weapons, vehicles, one new map, and more, just in time to hit Steam’s Winter Holiday Sale. Ravaged, normally priced at $9.99, is now on sale at Steam for $4.99 that started Thursday, December 20, and lasts through Friday, January 4, 2013.

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Vids: Star Trek: Into Darkness Full Trailer

Star Trek fans, me included, waited an eternity for something from the new movie and in the last week we have been given a few early holiday presents. First Paramount released the poster, then a teaser trailer and after that there was a trailer from Japan with extra footage. Continue reading

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Hard Copy: The Art and Making of Hotel Transylvania

Animation has come a long way from the Looney Tunes shorts that played on movie screens decades ago. Cartoon art and animated movies have become more sophisticated, as audiences have come to expect more from a genre that is no longer just for children. Sony Pictures’ newest animated offering, Hotel Transylvania fits the bill as being fun for all ages.

 

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Training Simulations: James Bond Legends Review

Relive the best moments from the best Bond movies from over the past 50 years. Iconic missions from movies like Goldfinger, Moonraker, Dia Another Day, License to Kill, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and even downloadable bonus missions from the new movie Skyfall are just another day in the park for Commander James Bond. Utilize the coolest gadgets to complete the mission MI6 needs done at all costs to save the world. Just try not to die at the hands of Bond’s most infamous villains. Continue reading

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Equipment: Invincible’s Atom Eve Joins the Femme Fatales Statue Line!

Springing from the pages of the Image/Skybound comic book Invincible, it’s Atom Eve! Samantha Wilkins, the matter-manipulating heroine created by Robert Kirkman will join her fellow comic-book beauties Dawn, Kabuki, Lady Death and more in the Femme Fatales statue line. Continue reading

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