YUKE’S announces Neverland Card Battles for the PSP
YUKE'S Company of America, the U.S. publishing arm of Japanese game developer YUKE'S Company Limited, announced today that it will be publishing Neverland Card Battles for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system in North America. The new title makes its debut on the PSP system, riding on the success of the original PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system hit for the Japanese market. Boasting an...[Read More]
Soulcalibur IV ringing out the competition
Santa Clara, Calif., (August 7, 2008) – Leading video game developer and publisher, NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., announced today that Soulcalibur® IV, the newest installment to the world renowned weapon-based fighting series, has shipped two million units worldwide following its July 29 launch. Now available at retailers throughout North America for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment ...[Read More]
Daredevil on Blu-ray!
CENTURY CITY, Calif. – The battle of Good vs. Evil rages on as the relentless avenger of injustice, Daredevil, prowls the rooftops and alleyways of New York City and onto Blu-ray Disc for the first time September 30 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Superhero fans and action-adventure enthusiasts can experience this audacious comic book hero like never before in vivid high-definition...[Read More]
Mario Helps Kids Swing for the Fences at 2008 Cal Ripken World Series
In preparation for the Aug. 25 release of Mario™ Super Sluggers for the Wii™ console, Nintendo will be giving fans and players an interactive boost at the 2008 Cal Ripken World Series, the season’s most anticipated baseball tournament for 11- and 12-year-olds. Featuring a roster of champion youth-league teams from across the United States and around the globe, the event will take place Aug. 8-16 a...[Read More]
Claymore Volume 12
Action with a purpose, is there anything better?Claymore swipes its way on to the manga scene with action packed stories that make the adventure that much better. Not familiar with the storyline? Let me catch you up. Claymore is set in a time where monsters run rampant and, for a time, have overtaken the human population. When the humans finally get fed up with getting eaten/killed (is there a ...[Read More]
Skip Beat Volume 13
Oh, wow. Normally when I read manga, because I do it so often, I can get into characters pretty darn well. With Skip Beat, it was like pulling teeth. In volume 13 of Skip Beat we are smack in the middle of an acting war between Itsumi and her testing partner Ren. They're deadlocked in a struggle to get through a test scene. Itsumi is mad at Ren for saying that he was going to make her act. Wit...[Read More]
Naruto Volume 30
Naruto and team are back. This time they've found Sasori, but certainly it's at a cost. A puppet master, with Sasori inside, is ready to fight and kill Granny Chiyo and Sakura if they attempt to stop Naruto from dying. If you haven't seen the mean side of Chiyo yet, you're certainly in for a treat. Naruto Volume 30 helps pull along a deeper story than a normal Naruto we're all use to. What I ...[Read More]
Frank Caliendo and Jay Mohr join the Blitz: The League II roster from Midway
CHICAGO, AUGUST 6, 2008 – Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment industry publisher and developer, today announced that top talent including, Frank Caliendo, host ofFrank TV and known for his impressions of legendary football broadcaster John Madden, President George W. Bush and Al Pacino, and Hollywood A-lister and former host of Last Comic Standing, Jay Mohr, have be...[Read More]
EA preparing for War….
Hot on the heels of spectacular showings at E3 and Comic-Con, Mythic Entertainment, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced that fans will be able to enter the gritty fantasy world ofWarhammer® Online: Age of Reckoning™ (WAR) on September 18th, 2008 when the highly-anticipated MMORPG goes live. After three years in development by Virginia-based Mythic Entertainment, WAR will...[Read More]
Woodstock coming to Blu-ray from Warner Brothers
Burbank, Calif., August 6, 2008 – On August 15, it will be thirty-nine years ago to the day that some half-million people gathered in upstate New York for a three-day festival featuring some of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll performers of all time. Warner Home Video has announced its plans to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the music history milestone July 28, 2009 by releasing a spectacular. Ultima...[Read More]
POW! announces North American debut of the exciting Prologue Chapter of ULTIMO
San Francisco, CA, August 5, 2008 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, in conjunction with Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment (PK:POWN) has announced the North American debut of the exciting Prologue Chapter of ULTIMO in the September 2008 issue of SHONEN JUMP magazine, which hits retail outle...[Read More]
Smart People
If you have ever seen or been around academia type, this is a perfect representation of their life. I wish I was joking. Smarter than you think Lawrence Wetherhold is floating through life. Since the passing of his wife, he hasn’t been the same. He has raised a disconnected daughter named Vanessa, who mimics his life perfectly. He has a son in college who wants nothing to do with him. He has...[Read More]