Crowd-funded racer Project Cars has been granted a release date for the United Kingdom, with Slightly Mad Studios’ über-realistic simulator scheduled for November 21st in the country. And while Bandai Namco is yet to confirm a launch date for those in the States, it’s understood that the title will debut on November 18th.
Following his work on 2012’s action flick Jack Reacher, celebrated director/writer Christopher McQuarrie has graduated to the big leagues and is currently attached to direct Mission: Impossible 5. And today, Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions have a potential villain between their crosshairs.
Ahead of the film’s highly anticipated debut at the New York Film Festival at the end of this month, New York Times writer Cara Turner has seen the feature ahead of time and stated that it hews quite closely to Gillian Flynn’s eponymous novel.
There’s a rather pungent aroma in the air in the Microsoft offices, it seems. A dashing of burnt alien corpses with a hint of musky moon dust. That Destiny fragrance, dear readers, is a coy and rather brilliant advertising campaign by Microsoft ahead of the game’s release next Tuesday, September 9th.
Developer NetherRealm and Warner Bros. Interactive announced today that their upcoming brawler Mortal Kombat X will launch globally across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC on April 14th, 2015.
Hammer Films’ gothic scarefest The Woman in Black was an undeniable hit back in 2012. The big screen adaptation of Susan Hill’s eerie novel pulled in close to $130 million at the international box office and managed to strike a chord with its native audience in the UK. Moreover, it comfortably shepherded Daniel Radcliffe away from the shackles of a certain boy wizard and allowed him to stretch his acting muscles as a competent leading man. (The latter point is debatable, but we digress.)
2014 is a very peculiar year for Need For Speed fans. For one, it marks the first time in over a decade that EA hasn’t launched at least one new high-octane entry in the franchise — in fact, 2011 served up two new iterations in Shift 2 and the rather underwhelming NFS: The Run. So, to appease the racing community, the publisher has announced plans to add the latest title, Need for Speed Rivals, onto its subscription-based Access service.
As promised, Nintendo hosted a dedicated presentation last night to showcase its upcoming Wii U exclusive, Bayonetta 2, where the company revealed that the anticipated hack ’n’ slash title will hit UK shores on October 24th coinciding with its release in the States.
Musician-cum-director Dito Montiel has rounded up Shia LaBeouf, House of Cards’ Kata Mara and Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman for his latest project, a post-apocalyptic thriller called Man Down.