Midway Games, INC, Paramount/MTV Films and Vin Diesel’s own Tigon Studios are planning to release a new video game property entitled [i]The Wheelman[/i]. The game and film will be released in conjunction with each other with the game content acting as a prequel to the plot of the movie.
Midwest offered some reserved comments on the whole project:
[quote]We believe ‘The Wheelman’ is a groundbreaking new model for our industry,” said David F. Zucker, president and CEO, Midway. “We intend to create a broad-arcing experience, simultaneously developing entertainment properties across a number of mediums, with Vin Diesel right at the center of it all.[/quote]
The days of waiting for crappy video game versions of crappy movies is over. Now we can now get them instantly, with Vin Diesel at the center! Yeah!
I guess to be fair, Vin Diesel’s company was invovled in [i]Escape from Butcher’s Bay[/i], so let us hope for something fun to come out of all of this.
In related news, Uwe Boll is said to be considering embracing this crossover game/movie technique for his projects – only, in his case, the prequel game involves trying to convince investors and drug addicted Hollywood actors to participate in his project.
Sources: [url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=13288]ComingSoon.net[/url] and [url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/22/vin-diesel-is-the-wheelman/]Joystiq[/url]
According to listings on [url=http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=2-1/qid=1140563390/ref=sr_2_1/602-2878664-5894263?_encoding=UTF8&asin=B000AYH89M]Target[/url] and [url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000AYFPKG/sr=8-1/qid=1140619589/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-5124731-5484802?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance]Amazon[/url] we are about to see Space Quest and King’s Quest released as compilations for $19.99/each. Great news for fans of the games.
OK, so I’ve been looking at Gametap for a while, but this may be what pushes me over the edge. They will apparently have Ultima 1-6 available for play, soon. I know people who have played every game in this series. I was just addicted to five, but plowing through it and doing all the side quests took a good 100 hours or so out of my life. I don’t think I’ve ever been more drawn into an RPG.
I’m not sure I can pump 100 hours into this game again, but I may get Gametap anyways.
Source: [url=http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2006/02/gametap_to_get_ultima_rereleas.php]GameSetWatch[/url]
Koei single handedly justified my need for an Xbox 360 today by announcing that DW5 would be heading to the new console. I am having a hard time containing my excitement. The DW games are some of my favorite games out there. It should look fantastic in HD.
Source: [url=http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/10294/KOEI-Announces-Xbox-360-Version-of-Dynasty-Warriors-5/]Team Xbox[/url]
This is great news for me. I’m running out of games to play on my GBA, and once I’m out of games, I’ll likely be selling it. With that being said, I don’t even have many games I’m looking to play on my DS, but I’ve got a few. Super Mario Bros. DS though is one of those games.
The other nice thing is that Super Princess Peach is coming out before the end of this month, so I’ll be really enjoying my DS soon. I’m excited.
Source: [url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6144618.html]Gamespot[/url]
