DiCaprio wants to play with “Atari”
Variety is reporting that Paramount Pictures has acquired to writes to Leonardo DiCaprio’s
“Atari” (This is a pitch title) - A movie based on the life of Atari founder Nolan Bushnell.
Many companies over the years have tried to acquire the life rights of Nolan Bushnell, but
apparently Leonardo and his company have finally convinced Nolan that they can do his
story justice. No clue as to when this will be released. But we will keep an eye out for it.
[You can read the full story here:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117987072.html?
categoryid=13&cs=1]
Kid Icarus FINALLY coming to the Wii?
Earlier this year Good Deal Games DiCaprio
(www.GoodDealGames.com) reported that Kid Icarus was being developed for
the Wii. We decided to do some checking and we found some real good news
and some not so good news. The good news is that we found some really cool-
concept artwork that
Kombo.com dug up. The bad news? Even though this game
is being developed by a company called Factor 5, Nintendo has apparently not
picked it up yet. When asked, Nintendo states that it wont respond to rumors.
We certainly love the Kid Icarus franchise and hope that Nintendo green-lights
this project
[You can see more than 30 concept pictures of Pit and his weapons here: http://
wii.kombo.com/article.php?artid=11895]
Funspot X sets
a New Mark for
"Most Records
During A Single
Event"
Twin Galaxies has informed Guinness World Records that the 48 World Records
verified during this 4-day event are the most world records ever logged at a
single video game championship. Some of the Notable New records are: Contra -
- 443,400 -- Isaiah "TriForce" Johnson; Donkey Kong II -- 286,300 -- Scott
Kessler; Frogger -- 599,110 -- Pat Laffaye;Super Mario Brothers -- 1,974,700 --
Isaiah "TriForce" Johnson.
Is this the new Pit? [You can read the entire story and see all of the new records here: http://
www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=19&id=1629]
Myst Online to make a comeback?
Earlier this April, GameTap shut down the Myst
Online Servers. Well, according to Tom’s
Games, it appears that Myst Online: Uru Live is
making a comeback. They are reporting that
GameTap and Myst developer Cyan Worlds
reached an agreement early July to return the
rights to the game to Cyan. Now Cyan has
unveiled a new plan for the game called Myst
Online: Restoration Experiment (or MORE). The
MORE team introduced its plan via a post on
the Myst Online Web site. In it, the team is
careful to explain that Cyan has a "tentative
roadmap" for the restoration but that "there
are some hurdles to overcome." Although bro-
ken away from GameTap's clutches, the MMOG
would still cost players a fee to play: a minimal
sum of $25 for six months to cover server ex-
penses, according to the MORE team. The first
part of the roadmap deals with restarting the servers, which will be operated and either owned or leased by Cyan. Un-
fortunately, the team explains that all avatars and account information from the GameTap servers have been lost and
therefore players must start all over again.
In addition, there's no commitment on behalf of Cyan to continue development of Myst Online even though the com-
pany reclaimed the publishing rights
[You can read the entire story here: http://www.tomsgames.com/us/2008/07/03/mystonline_restoration/]
5 | Video Game Trader Magazine | July 2008 |
www.VideoGameTrader.com
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49