No DARK KNIGHT video game?
An LA Times wire story wonders why a DARK KNIGHT video game has failed to appear:
It's not as if an interactive "Dark Knight" wasn't gearing up before the film's release. Game publisher Electronic Arts...
PAX comes to the East Coast
ICV2 reports that PAX, the video game confab put on by the Penny Arcade folks, is coming to the East Coast in conjunction with the Reed Expo people:
The Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) will be...
WATCHMEN — the games
Variety reports that WATCHMEN will be adapted as a series of downlaodable games . Two are planned with one coming out when the movie does and the other with the DVD release. The games...
Wonderful World of LEGO
If you missed the article in Gamepro this month spotlighting the new LEGO Batman game, why not take a look at this clip featuring LEGO Two-Face and LEGO Scarecrow?
And before we get LEGO Batman,...
GTA IV end of life as we know it
The Beat's temporary slowdown on blogging is not, as might be expected, because of the arrival of Grand Theft Auto IV, which will probably be the biggest grosser of the year, movie, book...
Marvel MMO bites the dust
The long in development Marvel MMO (massive multiplayer online game) which was being made by Marvel and Cryptic Studios (Dity of Heroes) will never be. Shane Kim, head of Microsoft Games Studios, explains why:
“I...
Is the LEGO BATMAN video game the greatest thing in human history?
Or only the second greatest?
Time killer/’90s nostalgia
Tyrian for Mac!
In related news, we are old and busted and need some time in the shop. It's the quiet time of year anyway, and everyone has better things to do than sit in...
Marvel MMO mysteries
Much online chatter that the long-planned Marvel online role playing game has foundered on rocky shoals. This follows a bunch of moves involving City of Heroes:
Last week, NCSoft announced it had acquired the City...
Useful Information
HOW TO CONNECT A RAZR V3xx TO ISYNC: It was high time for a cell phone, and because we refuse to buy a 1st Gen iPhone, we got something to hold us for a...
To Do NYC: Heroes video game event
There's a whoopie-do tonight at the Nokia store for the new Heroes game -- which ends in time for the season premiere tonight.