This time, a post gathering several news items regarding gaming:
Lets start with the bad news first: Its been over a week now since actor Don S. Davis passed away, to the sorrow and grief of many, many fans. His art and different roles in films he played in (mainly known as General Hammond of Stargate SG-1) are remarkable, and I would like to stop and offer my condolences to his family.
As I looked up his IMDB page, I found he had a role in a movie not yet released, named Far Cry. By Uwe Boll. It made me think of all the previous game-based movies Boll directed before, and I couldn’t understand why he’s so persistent. Every game-based movie he ever made was a total failure. I truly appreciate the attempts to bring our favourite pixelish heroes to the big screen, but it all turns out crap. Of course, I’m still going to see it, because it has Davis in it, and its based off FarCry. Maybe this is what he wants?
Anyway, here’s the trailer to your delight:
So that’s that with FarCry. But that’s not the end of it: it seems Max Payne will appear in his very own movie! Now, I’ve always said Max Payne had a great storyline, but it has me concerned: It might not be Uwe Boll, but overall, it’s still a game-based movie. Fun fact: Beau Bridges will play in the Max Payne movie. He also was a General in Stargate.
A slightly more cheering topic: It seems that for the very first time, us gamers can rejoice in something that has to do with lawyer Jack Thomson: Florida’s supreme court will have Thomson face a disciplinary hearing following the recommendation of the Florida Bar. Thomson is accused of, among other things, dishonoring the court of law. The final decision will be made and brought to public in September, but there is little chance for him to keep his lawyer’s license. Thomson says he may not fight video gaming in court, but his voice will be heard. Probably mostly by his neighbours. And so, at the end of this long running joke, I say: So long, and never come back!
And finally, last but not least, this is a day to be remembered in the history of gaming: Activision and Blizzard finally join arms into one corporation: Activision Blizzard corp. It may not be fancy, but they sure do take EA’s place as the largest game developing and publishing company out there. 93% of the shareholders gave their approval to this deal which makes Activision-Blizzard (lets call the Actizzard for now, shall we?) worth $18.9 billion, while EA is worth a mere $14.1 billion. So as much as I’d hate to see less and less independent companies, it might actually benefit gamers. Cheers, Actizzard!
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