Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has ruled against ITV after it featured footage from ArmA II in a documentary last year, claiming that the film showed IRA guerrillas attempting to shoot down a British Army helicopter.
Footage included in the documentary, Exposure: Gaddafi and the IRA, last September was labelled as “IRA video 1988″ but was actually a video of gameplay from the Bohemia Interactive title.
After viewers alerted Ofcom at the time of transmission, the broadcaster said that “this was an unfortunate case of human error for which we apologise.”
We’ve seen a number of Half-Life fan films in our time, but the one I’m about to show you, Half-Life: Origins, is probably one of the best, if not the best. It’s good because it has solid production values and a real, legit style, and it’s not so long that it gets old. Seriously, it’s pretty short. Watch it.
This film comes from someone named Infectious Designer.
I was outside the Anaheim Convention Center after the Blizzcon 2011 closing ceremonies when I spotted this epic beast. Straight out of Warcraft 3, the Frost Wyrm never fails to inspire fear in the hearts of its enemies. With two people inside the body and one guy operating the head, this three man team really made the Frost Wyrm come to life.
The Texas Film Commission has made changes to its incentive scheme for video game companies, bringing the industry in to line with film and television.
From August 28 developers and publishers will be eligible to apply for 15 per cent “of eligible in-state spending paid to Texas residents”. Previously video game business could only claim 5 per cent.
Evan Fitzmaurice, film commission director, told Statesman the move reflected the positive impact that the industry had had on the state.
A feature film adaptation of Capcom’s humorous lawyer-themed adventure game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is in the works by a well known Japanese director, the company announced Friday. According to comments on Capcom-Unity.com, the film is being directed by Takashi Miike, a controversial filmmaker perhaps best known for comic book adaptation Ichi the Killer and horror film Audition. Phoenix Wright himself will be played by Hiroki Narimiya, with Takumi Saito in the role of prosecuting …
Takashi Miike has dropped some pretty heavy hints suggesting he’s working on a Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney film. Yes. Please.
“It is a very light comedy that I am filming now, a court drama, based on a video game, the Nintendo game DS,” Miike said, speaking to the Huffington Post of his current project.
The director was attending the 2011 Cannes film festival to promote his latest film, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai.
His long and prolific career includes many cult favourites, including Thirteen Assassins, Zatoichi, Zebraman and – waitforitwaitforit – Dead or Alive and its sequel.
There’s plenty of material in the Ace Attorney series – six core entries at present – although notably little of it includes fight scenes. Pity.
You have to hand it to Studio FX Films. Its “Live Action Nazi Zombies” short film does a great job of recreating the Call of Duty Zombies mode. The video even throws in weapon purchasing and awkward spawn animations. There are plenty of zombies, too — far too many for our protagonists, as it turns out.
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To hear Take-Two describe it — “L.A. Noire has been honored as an Official Selection at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival [...] the first time ever that a video game has been recognized by the festival” — you’d think that Rockstar’s latest production was a small-budget longshot, competing for necessary distinction amid the eclectic slate of films that will be screened during De Niro and company’s annual gathering of international movie makers and moviegoers in the lower Manhattan neighborhood.
Instead, the Team Bondi-developed “cinema-videogame hybrid,” as Tribeca Film puts it, will be more of a sideshow — though no less prestigious. As part of the “Tribeca Talks” special events series, L.A. Noire will be the subject of a one-night-only gameplay demonstration and discussion, featuring Rockstar representatives.
The event will be moderated by Tribeca Enterprises COO Geoff Gilmore, who sounds particularly excited about the film festival’s latest discovery. “It’s an invention of a new realm of storytelling that is part cinema, part gaming, and a whole new realm of narrative expression, interactivity, and immersion,” he heralded in an announcement. “We are poised on the edge of a new frontier.” Don’t worry, Gilmore, it’s safe to step on in — the games industry has actually been settling this very frontier for decades.
The L.A. Noire event is scheduled for 5:30PM on Monday, April 25 at one of the School of Visual Arts theaters (an official festival venue; though not located in Tribeca). An hour has been set aside for the “live interactive screening” of one of the game’s detective cases, plus an additional 45 minutes or so for the Q&A conversation. Tickets will be priced at $ 25 per attendee (some discounts available) and go on sale to the general public on April 18.
L.A. Noire subject of Tribeca Film Festival special event originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
A feature film adaptation of Capcom’s humorous lawyer-themed adventure game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is in the works by a well known Japanese director, the company announced Friday. According to comments on Capcom-Unity.com, the film is being directed by Takashi Miike, a controversial filmmaker perhaps best known for comic book adaptation Ichi the Killer and horror film Audition. Phoenix Wright himself will be played by Hiroki Narimiya, with Takumi Saito in the role of prosecuting …
Call of Duty fan film brings ‘Zombies’ mode to life originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 10 May 2011 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
