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Batman: Arkham City Skins Pack DLC Now Available

December 6, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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Play as your favorite Caped Crusader with new downloadable content for Batman: Arkham City!

Download the Batman: Arkham City Skins Pack to access all seven Batman costumes:

  • 1970’s Batman
  • Animated Series Batman
  • Year One Batman
  • The Dark Knight Returns
  • Earth One Batman
  • Sinsestro Crops Batman
  • Batman Beyond

The Skin Pack is available for download from the PlayStation Network for $4.99 or on Xbox LIVE for 400 Microsoft Points.

 

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The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Official iPhone/iPad Map App – Dragon Shout

November 29, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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Anyone who’s played The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim knows just how intimidatingly large the world map can be. Fast travel markers make it possible to keep track of most of the places you’ve visited, but not all. So, what happens when you find an awesome location that you want to revisit later? Well, you need to either write it down somewhere or mark up a physical map of the world. The game itself has no feature for keeping track of these places.

Enter, Dragon Shout. A free iOS app designed help players keep track of the areas they’ve traveled in Skyrim. The app features an interactive map of the world for players to mark and annotate as they see fit. Eventually, the app will also allow players to share their markers and journal entries with others around the world. Dragon Shout has no official release date, but sources indicate that the app should be available within the next few days. An Andriod app is also rumored to be in production, although there have been no official comments on the subject.

Check out the official Dragon Shout website for more information.

 

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How to Get a High Kill/Death Ratio (K/D ratio) in Uncharted 3 Multiplayer

November 23, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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In a game like Uncharted 3, kill/death ratio is often a very overrated statistic. Sure, great players have many more kills than deaths, but sometimes in a match you need to make personal sacrifices to cement the win for your team. Nevertheless, players want to know how achieve a higher ranking and become the big man on campus.

If you ask how to improve your K/D ratio on the internet you’ll usually get one of the following sarcastic responses:

  • Play with a large party, so you can gang up on the less organized players!
  • Rage quit any time you’re having a bad game, so the stats won’t count!
  • Equip the KAL 7 w/ Blindfire Accuracy and forget your L1 button exists!
  • Camp constantly and kill steal from your teammates!
  • Learn to exploit overpowered kickbacks like Quickboom!
  • Make sure you’re lagging so you’ll appear invincible to the other team!

Honestly, since Naughty Dog is still ironing out the bugs in the game there is a lot of truth to these comments. To combat all the trolling, however, I thought I’d suggest seven legitimate ways to help improve your K/D ratio.
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Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Best Multiplayer Weapon (Long-Range)

November 15, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception has been out for a few weeks and by now everyone as played around with the different available weapons. A commonly asked question is which weapon is the best for multiplayer? This is almost impossible to answer because it really comes down to your own style of play and what you’re most comfortable with. Really, the best weapon is the one you get the most kills with.

To help you guys out I am going to break down the guns into long-range, medium- range, and close-range. Hopefully this will give you an idea of the strengths and weaknesses of each weapon. I am excluding power weapons for obvious reasons. Below is a summary of the weapons at long-range.
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Batman Beyond Skin for Batman: Arkham City Giveaway XBOX / PS3

November 3, 2011 in Giveaways, Movie Blog, Video Game News

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Enter Movie Mavericks Batman Beyond Skin for Batman: Arkham City Giveaway Sweepstakes and You Could Win an Unlock Code for Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3!

Play as the Dark Knight of the future with this code to unlock the Batman Beyond skin for PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360, your choice. This skin can be worn in the story campaign upon completion of main story and in the challenge maps.

Entry Rules: This giveaway is open to residents of the US and Canada (Must be 18 and older). Entry is free and you can enter up to 6 times by following the entry guidelines below. Giveaway will close on Monday November 7, 2011 at 11:59PM PST. TWO winners will be drawn at random, one for PS3 and one for Xbox, and notified via e-mail on November 8th, 2011. Please include your e-mail address with your entry registration (in the box specified when making the comment) in order to be contacted if you win. E-mail addresses will never be shared or used for any other purpose than to notify the winner. Codes will be delivered by e-mail. Movie Mavericks cannot be responsible for lost, stolen or otherwise unreceived prizes. Winners will be listed on this post.
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Interview: Reef Entertainment on the Upcoming Rambo Video Game

November 1, 2011 in Interviews, Movie Blog, Video Game News

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Nurtured in the mind since the 90′s and born into reality in early 2005, Reef Entertainment is based in new offices near the city of Milton Keynes. Established as a UK based computer games publishing company, Reef has been set up as a UK based independent studio-style organization, not owned by or connected to any other major entertainment group, to provide developers and content owners with a distinct and alternate route to markets worldwide. We had the opportunity to speak with Craig Lewis, Reef Entertainment’s Commercial Director (UK) and discuss the development and release of the new Rambo video game.

Kevin: What inspired your company to get involved with a project like Rambo? Was it inspired by the release of the recent Rambo film in 2008 or was it inspired by the overall nostalgia for the franchise as a whole?

Craig Lewis: There are many people here at Reef including Peter and myself who love the Rambo movies. The power of the brand was clear when we gave our first press release on this title, it simply went mad. Since new investment has been placed in Reef, we have been keen to grow both the company and also the size of the projects we are doing, and Rambo will clearly put us on the map!
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Preorder Bonus List

October 28, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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Are you a fan of massive fantasy worlds with beautiful detail? How about awesome 1st person RPG-style action? If you said yes to either of these questions, or if you just love good games, then The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is just what you’re looking for. Bethesda’s latest fantasy adventure is sure to be an incredibly deep gaming experience.

With the long anticipated release just around the corner, we’ve once again compiled a list of preorder bonuses available from various retailers. This time around it looks like Australian outlets are packing the biggest punch when it comes to preorder incentives.
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Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Preorder Bonus List

October 26, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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The highly anticipated and highly reviewed 3rd person shooter Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (2011) developed by Naughty Dog Software, will be released next week on November 1st, 2011. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (released in 2009) was one of the greatest games of all time, and I highly suggest anyone who has not played the franchise to pick up the new release.

For those of you who have not pulled the trigger on preordering Uncharted 3, we’ve compiled a list of preorder bonuses for United States and United Kingdom retailers.
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First Gameplay Footage of Nightwing in Batman: Arkham City

October 26, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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Nightwing is here! The first video footage showing the hero Dick Grayson in Arkham City action has been released. This is the promotional video for the downloadable content package available next week. Check it out.

As previously reported, the Nightwing character will feature unique gadgets and special moves. The escrima stick wielding vigilante will be playable in all challenge maps throughout the game.

The Nightwing Bundle Pack for Batman: Arkham City will be available on November 1st, 2011 for $6.99 on the PlayStation Network and for 560 Microsoft Points on the Xbox LIVE® Marketplace.

 

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Sony Eyes Assassin’s Creed 3D Film Rights

October 20, 2011 in Movie Blog, Movie News, Video Game News

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Sony Pictures, the studio behind the Spider-Man films, is hoping to acquire the rights to produce a new 3D film based on the popular video game Assassin’s Creed. Varity reports that negotiations between Sony and Ubisoft (the publisher/developer of the game) are nearing completion. Ubisoft has been shopping the project to studios over the past several months.

Sony apparently sees potential in converting popular video game franchises into blockbuster movies. The studio has already obtained the rights to Naughty Dog’s Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and Sucker Punch’s InFamous series.

Ubisoft hopes all its popular titles can one day become popular films.

“As we’ve stated before, Ubisoft is actively looking for film opportunities for our top brands,” the Ubisoft spokeswoman said. “There is high interest from top Hollywood studios to collaborate on these brands.”

The Assassin’s Creed series which has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, takes place throughout various historical periods including the Renaissance and the Crusades. The series is usually recognized by its famous hooded hero pictured above.

 

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Best Buy Batman: Arkham City Commerical Featuring Robin

October 14, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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With only a few days left till the release of Batman: Arkham City, Best Buy is hoping to capitalize on the hype with a new commercial promoting their exclusive Robin character. People that preorder through Best Buy will be able to play as the Boy Wonder himself. It’s exciting to see other playable characters in addition to Batman. The original Batman: Arkham Asylum made kicking ass so entertaining that I would have loved to play as Robin, Nightwing, Catwoman or anyone else from Gotham City.
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Official Batman: Arkham City Nightwing Character Design

October 12, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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The official in-game design for Batman: Arkham City’s Nightwing character was released today by Warner Bros. Interactive and DC Entertainment. Originally just a rumor, Nightwing is now confirmed to be a playable character in Batman: Arkham City’s Challenge Mode.

“The Nightwing Bundle Pack for Batman: Arkham City will be available November 1. Nightwing comes complete with his own unique gadgets and special moves, and is playable in all challenge maps in the game, as well as two additional challenge maps that are included with the pack: Wayne Manor and Main Hall. The pack also contains a bonus Animated Series Nightwing character skin.”
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First Look at Chucky Video Game

October 6, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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In May, TikGames announced they were working on an upcoming Chucky video game. We now have the first pictures of Chucky in digital form. Digital Chucky is looking pretty damn awesome if I do say so myself. It will be interesting to see what the gameplay is like. Will you run around on a giant murdering spree, or will there be more finesse to it than that?
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Interesting Sony ‘Long Live Play’ PS3 Commercial

October 5, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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Last week there was some buzz surrounding the development of a new Sony PlayStation commercial. The teaser featured actors playing the role of game characters such as Kratos from God of War. Today, the full commercial was put on display, and I must say I’m pretty impressed. In the commercial we get to see what our game characters do while we are not playing games (apparently they all hang out at a bar together).


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Batman: Arkham City Preorder Bonus List

October 5, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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Many retailers are offering exclusive bonuses for preordering Batman: Arkham City. The exclusives range from playable Robin characters to Batman: Arkham City t-shirts. Best Buy is even running a Batman: Arkham City commercial right now in hopes of enticing gamers to preorder through them. To help you decide where to preorder, we’ve compiled a list of bonuses for the United States and United Kingdom retailers.
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Play as Nightwing & Catwoman in Batman: Arkham City

October 4, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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With Batman: Arkham City only a few weeks away fans should expect to see almost daily updates on the title. PS3Trophies.org recently posted the Arkham City Trophy list. The downloadable content portion of that list revealed that players would be able to play as other characters in addition to Batman during Challenge Mode.

The trophies confirmed that both Nightwing and Catwoman would be playable characters in challenge maps. For those that are unfamiliar, the original Robin aka Dick Grayson is now the hero Nightwing. Details are still unknown but its seems that those wanting to play as Catwoman will have to pay extra for the Downloadable content.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – List of Achievements

September 26, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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For many people the world of Xbox360 gaming revolves around unlocking achievements. Achievements are a way for players to show off their in-game prowess to the rest of the online world. With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 set to be released on November 8th of this year, Activision and Infinity Ward have revealed the complete list of available achievements. As with pervious Modern Warfare titles, the achievements focus on the game’s Campaign and Spec Ops modes, not the highly popular multiplayer aspect of the game. Check out the complete list of achievements below.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Perks & Weapons List

September 20, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is without a doubt one of the most anticipated games of the year. Gamers around the world are chomping at the bit looking for any information they can find on the title. A few readers have contacted me asking if some of their favorite weapons and perks will be returning in part 3. To help answer these questions and to simplify your online searches, I’ve created a no-frills list for each. Enjoy.
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Deadshot Added to List of Arkham City Villains

September 19, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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With the release of the Batman: Arkham City video game just around the corner, developers have once again added another villain from the DC Universe to the already large cast. The sharpshooting villain Deadshot will now set his sights on Batman in the highly anticipated upcoming title. Although little known to the general public, Floyd Lawton AKA. Deadshot is an interesting character who matches up nicely with The Caped Crusader. Deadshot an expert marksman who claims to have never missesd a shot (hence the name, Deadshot), will certainly be an interesting foe for Batman to tango with in Arkham City. Deadshot is normally recognized by the gleaming mask of steel that covers his entire face. For the game, however, the design team has opted to build on the gritty feel they have already developed, substituting the metal mask for a more workmanlike leather mask.
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Batman: Arkham City – Confirmed Villain List

August 15, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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Updated 10/4/11: Added – Abramovici Twins, Bane, Black Mask, Killer Croc, Quincy Sharp, Solomon Grundy, and The Ratcatcher to the list.

Updated 9/17/11: Deadshot has been added to the list of confirmed villains, read the full article here.

Another villain has been added to the long list of characters confirmed for the upcoming video game Batman: Arkham City. Today the official trailer for Mr. Freeze was released by Warner Bros. Interactive. The video depicts Batman in full Arkham City glory confronting the frozen fugitive inside his lab. The trailer is very well done for a video that features both cut-scenes and actual gameplay. Those of you looking forward to the second installment of this series should be pleasantly surprised with the progress thus far. The game seems to have an even more gritty and ruthless feel than the original Arkham Asylum.
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Rambo Video Games Coming to PC, Xbox 360, PS3 & Wii

August 8, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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Never fear Rambo fans! Those of you looking for your next Rambo fix will soon be able to experience the chiseled war hero on your PC, Xbox 360, PS3, or Wii. UK based video game publisher, Reef Entertainment has secured the rights to develop multiple titles based on the popular movie franchise. This will mark the first time a Rambo video game will be produced for one of the next gen consoles.
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Freddy Krueger is Mortal Kombat’s New Nightmare

July 21, 2011 in Movie Blog, Video Game News

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Today at Comic-Con the final downloadable character for Mortal Kombat was announced. The new fighter will be none other than the master of nightmares himself FREDDY KRUEGER! This is more than a pleasant surprise for most fans of the franchise. The current game lineup consists only of traditional MK fighters. With the addition of Freddy, Warner Bros. Interactive and NetherRealm Studios are hoping to add some extra flavor to the game and few dollars in their pockets as well. If early buzz is any indication this downloadable character should help add quite a few sales to the title. Read the rest of this entry →

 

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Captain America: Super Soldier (2011) – Video Game – Trailer

July 11, 2011 in Movie Blog, Trailers, Video Game News, Videos

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Captain America: Super Soldier video game is set to be released Tuesday, July 19. Although early buzz for the game seemed promising, the clips released in March told a different story. The gameplay video featured a bland environment, coupled by tons of similar looking bad guys. Unfortunately, reports from E3 did little to change that opinion. Still, despite all this I’m hoping the developers are saving some surprises for the official release. As of now, however, Captain America: Super Soldier looks to recreate the same dull third person action that we’d expect from a movie tie-in. This is unfortunate because America’s hero deserves so much more.

Personally I’d like to see something more than just upgradable powers and beat ‘em up action. Really, anything unique that could set this game apart from other comic book/movie tie-ins would be a breath of fresh air. As far as I can tell the combat looks like a knock-off of Batman: Arkham Asylum, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing as long as the game has its own identity. For now we can only cross our fingers and hope for a pleasant surprise.

Check out the trailer below while you wait for the official release next week.

 

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