Surges in summer sequels have been beginning to wear on the average moviegoer. Returns on sequels have dipped sharply from their predecessors in almost every instance and reviews have been consistently middling. In 2011, adding another level of intrigue has been the rapidly expanding importance of the international market and the gargantuan surge in 3-D offerings.
Avadon: The Black Fortress just came out last week on Steam, and today we bring you a scoop about this exciting old-school RPG, including an interview with Jeff Vogel – the brains behind Avadon’s development studio Spiderweb Software! Avadon: The Black Fortress has been favorably reviewed so far on Steam, and is available for both PC and Mac platforms. You have been recruited as a Hand of Avadon. What does a Hand of Avadon do? Basically, the dirty work of Avadon, a military and diplomatic force that was created by the banding together of five great nations – and this force answers to no one but itself. This set up alone might not be too intriguing, but the Hands of Avadon are being picked off one by one, and it is up to you to figure out why – and who wants them gone.
The ‘80s sci-fi flick Tron didn’t catch on with audiences immediately, but over the years it proved to be a cult classic and formidable presence with home video. It was over 20 years until the sequel, Tron: Legacy, arrived, but it won’t be that long before we get another installment.
A brief teaser for The Hunger Games, based on Suzanne Collins’ novel of the same name, debuted last night toward the end of the MTV Video Music Awards with a brief intro from Oscar nominee and star Jennifer Lawrence
If you’re on the East Coast, you probably spent your gaming budget this week on canned food and bottled water, so you couldn’t afford to pick up Deus Ex Human Revolution at its fifty dollar launch price. Well, lucky for you, the PC Downloadable version of the game is already on sale at Amazon.
Despite not being picked up by Fox,
Locke & Key keeps coming up in the news. Only a month
after the failed pilot’s screening at Comic-Con, a trailer meant for
advertisers has been released online. The adaption of the comic
series by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez was passed on by Fox during
the Network Upfronts a few months ago. After shopping the pilot
around cable stations, the series still isn’t any closer to finding a
home.
The story of Locke and Key
centered around a family who moves into a new home that is full of
supernatural secrets. Bringing with them the grief over their
patriarch’s untimely death, the Locke family is now caught up in the
strange and dangerous occurrences in and around Key House.
The Xbox Live Indie Games Summer Uprising nears the end of its first week with today’s offering of T.E.C. 3001. T.E.C. is one of the more visually striking indie games in the promotion, and puts players in the metal feet of an android that jumps his way through 21 levels of 3-D platforming with a playstyle similar to Canabalt.
Looking to buy? Searching
for that dream house on Perfect Lane with the white picket fence, grand oak in
the front yard and kindly neighbors Joe and Jane Smith living right next door?
Well then, be cautious of these components and not just for the sake of
potential repairs. Toss any number and any combination of these earmarks
together and you have the devious makings of an apparitional abode; a creepy
castle; a haunted house. Troy Nixy directs the horror tale Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark with godfathering from Guillermo Del
Toro which is due in theatres this Friday, so we thought we would run down ten
of the most abundant hallmarks of a domicile with frequent bumps in the night.
Two sequels to popular mythological-based action flicks will christen our docket this week on Player Affinity beginning with Underworld: Awakening, which marks the return of Kate Beckinsale and is the fourth entry in the popular vampire/werewolf franchise.
Us PC gamers will have to be a little less smug from now on, because one of our best publishers is going to start releasing games for one of the consoles. Telltale Games, the lovely people behind PC exclusive adventure franchises like Sam & Max, Monkey Island and Puzzle Agent announced that they’ll be bringing their products to Nintendo’s Wii.
