Source: Scifi.com
The upcoming video game based on The Incredible Hulk will feature the voices and likenesses of the film’s major cast members, including Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, Tim Blake Nelson and William Hurt , Marvel and Sega announced.
The game–which is due in June, timed to the movie’s release–is being developed by Edge of Reality and published by Sega for next-generation consoles and the PC.
Norton will voice the character of Bruce Banner; Tyler is Dr. Betty Ross; Roth voices Emil Blonsky; Nelson portrays Dr. Samuel Sterns; and Hurt plays Gen. Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross.
The Hulk video game is a third-person action title in which gamers can demolish anything in their path, including lampposts, passing cars and even buildings. The game also features key moments from the film, as well as additional storylines and characters from the Hulk universe.
The Incredible Hulk movie opens June 13.
Source: ShackNews.com
Quake Live, formerly known as Quake Zero, has found an advertising sponsor. IGA Worldwide is now signed on to be the exclusive ad broker for id Software’s upcoming web based Quake 3 rebirth. 
“IGA understands game developers and game players which makes them the perfect partner for Quake Live,” commented Todd Hollenshead, CEO of id Software.
Quake Live will be a free-to-play version of Quake 3, with the intent of being easy to pick up and play, much like other upcoming titles such as Battlefield Heroes from EA and the GarageGames TRIBES spiritual successor Fallen Empires: Legion.
The PR continues: “Created by id Software as an all-new way to deliver the excitement and energy of first-person multiplayer action to a broader audience than ever before, QUAKE LIVE offers game players of all skill levels a totally free and easily accessible multiplayer gaming experience and community through a single website at quakelive.com.
“Every element of the experience, including friends lists and communication, sponsored events and tournaments, matchmaking, stats tracking, and even the game itself is accessed and delivered free of charge through the web browser.”
Source: Scifi.com
Sega, publisher of the first-person-shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines, revealed details about the upcoming game based on the popular film franchise. The game will be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Window-based PC platforms in late 2008.
In Aliens: Colonial Marines, players are part of a United States Colonial Marine squad and must prepare to face an alien assault more intense and horrific than ever before. Driven by an original story penned by writers Bradley Thompson and David Weddle, Aliens: Colonial Marines will retain the atmospheric look and feel of the original films, while leveraging next-generation technology to create a new interactive Aliens experience.
As an elite member of the Colonial Marines, players will have access to a range of weaponry, including pulse rifles and flamethrowers, based on the technology seen in the Alien films. The game also features claustrophobic environments, a brooding soundtrack and a multitude of surprises and shocks. Players will battle against menacing alien hordes in detailed levels that include the stark interiors of the abandoned Sulaco ship and unique environments created specifically for the game.
Aliens: Colonial Marines will feature a story-driven single-player mode and a new four player co-op mode allowing players to share the chilling experience with three friends. In co-op mode, each player will assume the persona of a United States Colonial Marine and have a distinct role to play in the completion of every mission. Additionally, more multiplayer modes will be revealed later in the year that will complete the Aliens video game experience.
Source: Gamasutra
Microsoft Games Studio head Shane Kim has confirmed that the long-uncertain Cryptic Studios MMO based on the Marvel Comics universe is canceled.
As part of an extensive interview with MTV Multiplayer, Kim said, “I’ll confirm. Marvel and we have agreed to end development on the MMO. It was an amicable decision… It’s just something that we felt that, for us and for them, it would be better if we ended development. Which is disappointing, because that had a lot of promise. But sometimes you have to make these decisions.”
The licensing agreement between Marvel and Microsoft was announced in 2005, and since then, the ultimate fate of the MMO has remained uncertain.
Kim told MTV that numerous factors contributed to the cancellation, including competition in the MMO market and competing in the arena of monthly subscriptions with “the one [subscription-based] MMO that’s successful,” and the challenges of new business models.
Said Kim, “Clearly there are emerging models that have come about. At the end of the day, all of those combined for us to say, ‘look, it’s probably in the interest of both parties for us not to continue.’”
Source: Scifi.com
Turok, an SF first-person-shooter video game, is now available in North America for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game is published by Touchstone and was developed by Propaganda Games.
Turok transports players to a dark, mysterious planet in the future, where they take on the role of Joseph Turok, a former black-ops commando who is now part of an elite special forces squad known as Whiskey Company. It embarks on a mission to confront a war criminal–Turok’s former mentor, Roland Kane.
When their ship is shot down on the planet inhabited by Kane and his Mendel-Gruman Corp. soldiers, Turok and his team must use their elite military training to elude Kane’s well-trained army and the ravenous dinosaurs, huge insects and other creatures that populate the planet.
The game features the voices of Timothy Olyphant, Powers Boothe, Ron Perlman, William Fichtner, Donnie Wahlberg and Gregory Norman Cruz as Joseph Turok.
Turok carries a suggested retail price of $59.99. A PC version of the game is scheduled for release in the spring.
