Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Sons of Anarchy getting a 'real' console title, rather than browser-based multiplayer]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/11/sons-of-anarchy-getting-a-real-console-title-rather-than-brow/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/11/sons-of-anarchy-getting-a-real-console-title-rather-than-brow/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/11/sons-of-anarchy-getting-a-real-console-title-rather-than-brow/#comments ImageKurt Sutter, the creator of the FX TV series, Sons of Anarchy, said a little while back there was a game in progress, based on the series' rowdy biker family exploits. It was set to be "a high-end browser-based" title, but a recent tweet from Sutter says that's all changed. Instead, FX and Fox have agreed to "do a REAL game. Console based. Not some slapcrap browser [multiplayer] thing," according to Sutter. He admits it'll take a long time to put together, but since the browser game "felt rushed and unsatisfying," he wants the property treated right.

That's good news for Sons of Anarchy fans ready for a full console experience based on their show. As for us, as long as Ron Perlman's Clay Morrow is playable somehow, we're happy with whatever SAMCRO-based experience we can get.

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The official Max Payne 3 television commercial debuted last night during the Lakers v. Spurs game on ESPN last night, and it's chock full of all the Max Payne-y things you'd expect - slow motion bullets, slow motion jumping, slow motion ladies, etc.

It's a little sad that the game is billed as "from the makers of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption," considering that the original Max Payne predates both GTA3 and the entire Red Dead franchise. Then again, a modern 18 year old gamer would only have been seven years old when the series originally debuted in 2001, so we can't really blame Rockstar for playing to its target demographic's familiarities. Kids these days with their Macintosh computers and their Fiat 500s.

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But not all subscription-only functionality. Microsoft is touting it as a chance to "enjoy all of the customized entertainment app experiences featured on the Xbox LIVE service." It's all about the TV services, and unlike most XBL free weekends, "Multi-player gaming will not be unlocked in this promotion."

In addition to free access to apps like Crackle, Syfy, and Vudu, you can get a free trial of Hulu Plus, Netflix, or EPIX during this period (really, you can get a free trial of Hulu Plus or Netflix any time!). The full list of apps is posted on the promotion's site.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>entertainment-unlockedhulu-plusmicrosoftnetflixstreaming-videotvxboxxbox-liveTue, 17 Apr 2012 14:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Xbox 360 used more for video and music apps than for gaming]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/27/xbox-360-used-more-for-video-and-music-apps-than-for-gaming/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/27/xbox-360-used-more-for-video-and-music-apps-than-for-gaming/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/27/xbox-360-used-more-for-video-and-music-apps-than-for-gaming/#comments More than half of the time people spend on Xbox Live is devoted to watching videos and listening to music, Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi told the Los Angeles Times. "What we're seeing is that people are turning on the Xbox to play games and then keeping it on afterwards to get other types of entertainment," Mehdi said.

The Xbox 360 isn't a gaming console; it's now officially an entertainment center that includes games, and it's becoming more popular with this angle. Today households spend an average of 84 hours a month playing games and using other apps on Xbox Live, up 30 percent from a year prior. To compare, the average household watches 150 hours of TV each month.

Even before Kinect, a tool that has always made more sense as an entertainment control rather than a gaming one, Microsoft has wanted the Xbox 360 to be "the heart of connected digital entertainment," as HBO senior vice president of consumer technology Otto Berkes put it.

Today Microsoft added MLB.TV, HBO GO and Comcast Xfinity TV apps to its lineup, which already includes Hulu, Netflix, YouTube, Zune, Last.fm and others.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appshbo-gohulukinectmicrosoftmusicNetflixtvvideosxboxXbox-LivezuneTue, 27 Mar 2012 18:00:00 EST<![CDATA[The Walking Dead shambles into certification this week]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/12/the-walking-dead-shambles-into-certification-this-week/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/12/the-walking-dead-shambles-into-certification-this-week/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/12/the-walking-dead-shambles-into-certification-this-week/#comments The Walking Dead is getting closer -- grab the shotgun! -- and is expected to be submitted for certification on XBLA and PSN this week, with a release soon after, Telltale CEO Dan Connors told Digital Trend at GDC. Connors expects the certification process to take about six weeks, with the launch soon after, placing it in late April or May. He didn't specify the launch process for other platforms, including PC.

Telltale wants to capitalize on the "popularity" of the TV show, whose second season ends March 18, Digital Trend wrote. "Popularity" is of course a loaded term, but personally we've come to enjoy the show with a drinking game -- take a drink every time Lori is mad for a ridiculous reason; take two drinks every time an awkward silence lasts longer than four seconds; finish your drink every time someone shoots more bullets than their gun actually holds.

That said, we're looking forward to Telltale's adaptation; either we'll finally get to enjoy the comic in a new form, or we'll have to buy some more beer.

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Former baseball player turned 38 Studios founder Curt Schilling made a visit to Conan O'Brien's late night talk show this week. After discussing his beautiful with Tom Arnold and telling a story about some US soldiers playing Call of Duty while at war, he showed off a special "Irish American" version of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, featuring a virtual Schilling squaring off against "Gnomon O'Brien." You can watch the short interview and clip below.

It's cute, even if it's not a good representation of what the game is actually like. Then again, it is a late night talk show, so eliciting a chuckle and getting the name said a few times is probably worth it.

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When reality television made its first foray into prime time, it was fairly clear why networks jumped on the trend with such enthusiasm. "Do we want to pay paltry sums of money to film untrained, attention-hungry people doing strange things in equally cheap locations? Yes. One thousand times yes." And then they did it, more than 1,000 times.

The UK's Channel 4 has taken that one trend deeper, getting rid of the real people completely with "SuperMe," a TV show filmed entirely in The Sims 3. SuperMe follows four Sims living together and is completely unscripted, except for the narrator, who provides insight into what the Sims are thinking, feeling and doing. As producer Somethin' Else describes it, "It's like real life, but improvised by robots."

The first episode is available to watch above -- personally, we find it more entertaining with this commentary.

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Gaikai and LG have announced plans to place Gaikai's cloud-based game-streaming services inside of LG's upcoming 2012 line of Cinema 3D TVs. The service will use Gaikai's middleware to power an LG-branded gaming portal within the company's existing Smart TV app ecosystem. No information has yet been given regarding how these games will actually be played, but we're hopeful it will involve a controller of some kind, rather than creative use of the TV's remote.

OnLive has also announced further integration of its cloud-based game-streaming service into Google's GoogleTV platform, by way of Vizio's "next generation" of "Internet Apps Plus" devices. Vizio TVs equipped with Internet Apps Plus and GoogleTV 2.0 will allow users to connect their Universal Controller and stream games normally. This is a big leap from OnLive's current GoogleTV presence, which is currently limited to a "Player" app that allows GoogleTV users to spectate OnLive games happening on other devices. No word on whether full OnLive functionality will come to other devices running GoogleTV 2.0.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>CESCES-2012Cloud-gaminggaikaiGoogle-TVGoogleTVLGonliveSmart-TVstreamingTVvizioWed, 11 Jan 2012 17:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Neal Tiles steps down as president of G4, Adam Stotsky takes over]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/05/neal-tiles-steps-down-as-president-of-g4-adam-stotsky-takes-ove/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/05/neal-tiles-steps-down-as-president-of-g4-adam-stotsky-takes-ove/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/05/neal-tiles-steps-down-as-president-of-g4-adam-stotsky-takes-ove/#comments Neal Tiles, formerly president of the G4 television network, stepped down earlier today, and parent company NBCUniversal has announced that Adam Stotsky will take his place. Stotsky is a former president of marketing at NBC, but now will head up the entire G4 network, overseeing everything from programming to publicity and digital operations.

Stotsky is the first big appointment by recently appointed NBCU president Bonnie Hammer, who picked up oversight of G4 and E! last year when Comcast merged with NBC Universal. We don't know exactly what Stotsky plans to put on the schedule at G4 going forward, but if he's taking any cues from his predecessor, it's probably lots more Cheaters and Cops.

[Thanks, Ethan!]

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>adam-stotskybonnie-hammereg4nbc-universalnbcuneal-tilestelevisiontvtv-networkThu, 05 Jan 2012 21:45:00 EST<![CDATA[World of Warcraft offers new in-game item, new TV spot for seventh anniversary]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/19/world-of-warcraft-offers-new-in-game-item-new-tv-spot-for-seven/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/19/world-of-warcraft-offers-new-in-game-item-new-tv-spot-for-seven/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/19/world-of-warcraft-offers-new-in-game-item-new-tv-spot-for-seven/#comments World of Warcraft is about to celebrate its seventh anniversary on November 23 next week (which means that some of its players have been alive for less time than the game's servers have been up), and to celebrate, Blizzard is giving everyone who logs in between this Sunday and December 3 a Feat of Strength achievement (which means it's only available during this time) and a "celebration package" item. The item will fire off a virtual fireworks display, and gives players a spiffy new tabard, as well as a 7% experience point and reputation bonus when used.

The company will also introduce a brand new "What's your game?" celebrity TV commercial this weekend during the Bears/Chargers game on CBS. The star of the new commercial is set to be a surprise, so you can start guessing right now in the comments below. We have no idea who it might be, but considering all of the stars so far (William Shatner, Mr. T, Ozzy Osbourne, Jean Claude Van Damme, and Verne Troyer), a girl might be nice?

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The deal excludes France, where France Télévisions Distribution will offer DVD and Video on Demand of the show, alongside episodes broadcast on France 3. And now, because we haven't said it yet: daaaahhhhhh!

[Image: Raving Rabbids Alive and Kicking for Xbox 360]

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Microsoft's Major Nelson has revealed that 40 different partners have been confirmed for the expanded TV functionality coming to the Xbox 360. There's some surprising stuff in the list just past the jump, including HBO Go, Comcast, SyFy and Verizon. Turns out that report was correct!

Hit the jump for the full list of initial TV partners for the upcoming Fall Dashboard Update, which has a tentative launch date of "Holiday 2011." Update: Microsoft sent us some new images of the update. You can check them out in the gallery below.

Update 2: Comcast has published this blog post talking about its partnership with Microsoft to offer Xfinity content. There isn't anything really newsworthy in there, but there is an early glimpse at the UI you can expect from the Comcast Xfinity pane in the updated Xbox 360 Dashboard.

Gallery: Xbox 360 Fall 2011 Dashboard Update (NXE 2)

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Like it or not, the world's biggest technology companies are convinced that active 3D (the kind that uses powered, liquid crystal glasses) is the next big thing; so much so that they're willing to put all of their techno-eggs into the same business-basket in order to prevent cross-manufacturer incompatibility killing the cause.

One of the few universal truths of the technology world is that the key to a burgeoning format's success is unification and compatibility. Proprietary technologies breed platform fragmentation, and when products aren't compatible with each other, people don't use them, and the format dies. Take USB, for example: USB is successful as a standard because everyone uses the same connectors and licenses the same underlying technologies. You can take a USB keyboard made by one manufacturer and plug it into a motherboard built by another, and it works. The same cannot be said, however, for the majority of 3D glasses in the world, and that's a big problem for a lot of big companies.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3D3D-glasses3DTVactive-shutteractive-shutter-glassesFull-HD-3D-Glasses-Initiativeglassesliquid-crystal-shutter-glassespanasonicsamsungsonyTVXPAND-3DXPAND3DMon, 08 Aug 2011 23:30:00 EST<![CDATA[HBO Go coming to game consoles, bringing all-you-can-eat HBO to the TV]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/03/hbo-go-coming-to-game-consoles-bringing-all-you-can-eat-hbo-to/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/03/hbo-go-coming-to-game-consoles-bringing-all-you-can-eat-hbo-to/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/03/hbo-go-coming-to-game-consoles-bringing-all-you-can-eat-hbo-to/#comments While you may have been surprised to learn that the Wii was the most popular game console for Netflix users, you should not have been surprised to learn that over "half of all Netflix users connect via a game console," as reported last week. It's similarly unsurprising to learn that Time Warner is looking to expand the reach of its popular HBO Go service from the web and mobile to connected TVs and - cue drum roll, please - video game consoles.

With over 4 million downloads for the mobile apps, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes says, the HBO Go service is considered to be a hit. Subscribers of the premium cable channel can access every episode of HBO's many original series, from Deadwood to The Sopranos to Game of Thrones. Extending access to the television is an obvious next step; however, it's unclear if Time Warner would charge for TV access, like Hulu has with its Hulu Plus offering, or treat all screens the same, also known as The Netflix Strategy.

In addition to the price, we also don't know a date for availability of the service. Tell you what, HBO - let us subscribe to your fancy service and skip the onerous cable TV plan, and you've got yourself a deal!

JoystiqHBO Go coming to game consoles, bringing all-you-can-eat HBO to the TV originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>connectedhbohbo-gomicrosoftnintendoplaystationps3psntvwiixboxxbox-livexbox-live-tvWed, 03 Aug 2011 15:25:00 EST<![CDATA[Sideway preview: Spray-on can]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/25/sideway-preview-spray-on-can/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/25/sideway-preview-spray-on-can/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/25/sideway-preview-spray-on-can/#comments We already knew a little something about most of the games seen at Comic-Con this year, from the well-traveled Gears of War 3 to the just-announced Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, but Sideway stands alone as the only brand-new title playable on the show floor. It's a platformer coming to PSN with an interesting origin, and a premise that literally turns the genre on its side.

The game (which was referred to as Sideway: New York on promotional posters at the con) is part of a property developed by Fuel Entertainment, a creative house that's also working on a deal to turn the idea into a TV cartoon. They teamed up with fellow Ottawa, Ontario-based developers Playbrains to handle the development and Sony Online Entertainment to handle publishing; the PSN title will serve as an introduction to what the team hopes becomes a larger universe.

That universe centers around Nox, a graffiti tagger who himself is turned into art by a rival tagger named Spray. The game sends Nox around 15 different platforming levels, each one of which is painted on the side of a building, essentially placing his 2D action in a projection on a 3D world.

Gallery: Sideway (PSN/PC)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fuel-entertainmentlicensedpcplaybrainplaystationpropertyps3psnsidewaytvMon, 25 Jul 2011 22:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Microsoft's E3 2011 briefing will air live on Spike]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/16/microsofts-e3-2011-briefing-will-air-live-on-spike/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/16/microsofts-e3-2011-briefing-will-air-live-on-spike/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/16/microsofts-e3-2011-briefing-will-air-live-on-spike/#comments During every E3, the internet is thrown into a full-blown panic as it desperately searches for a stable livestream of the Big Three's press conferences. This year, Spike will make this task far less intimidating for those who want to watch Microsoft's briefing. Tthe network has announced that it will air the Xbox 360-centric show live at 12:30 pm PT on Monday, June 6.

Of course, we'll be breaking out the most important announcements of the show here on our humble gaming news blog -- but sometimes, our words can't capture the magic of the events that unfold on that stage. For instance: Kudo's Magic Foot Dance.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>e3-2011microsoftpress-conferencespiketelevisiontvxboxMon, 16 May 2011 17:30:00 EST<![CDATA[World's biggest HD screen? Let's play a game on it]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/12/worlds-biggest-hd-screen-lets-play-a-game-on-it/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/12/worlds-biggest-hd-screen-lets-play-a-game-on-it/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/12/worlds-biggest-hd-screen-lets-play-a-game-on-it/#comments What's the first thing you do after installing the world's largest HD screen, a 16,000-square-foot ocular wonder? Play video games on it! The Charlotte Motor Speedway recently celebrated the installation of a big ol' Panasonic TV by inviting NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. to take a couple of virtual laps on the thing in iRacing (not our first choice, but an apt one, we suppose).

The project took 57 workers four months to construct -- totaling more than 11,000 man hours. The structure weighs 332.5 tons and features 158 panels illuminated by 9,000,000 LED lamps. This ginormous 720p display will be pretty much wasted on track replays, standings and stats. So tragic.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Big-TVCharlotte-Motor-SpeedwayiRacingPanasonicTVThu, 12 May 2011 03:00:00 EST<![CDATA[SyFy prepares Red Faction: Origins movie for June 4 release]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/16/syfy-prepares-red-faction-origins-movie-for-june-4-release/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/16/syfy-prepares-red-faction-origins-movie-for-june-4-release/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/16/syfy-prepares-red-faction-origins-movie-for-june-4-release/#comments NBC Universal held a "Summer press day" last Friday in Pasadena, California, and among the various panels was one for the SyFy Channel's new Red Faction: Origins movie. In cooperation with THQ, SyFy is bringing out a two-hour movie on June 4 that covers the story of Jake Mason, son of Red Faction: Guerilla's Alec Mason and father of Red Faction: Armageddon main character Darius Mason. Alec (played by Robert Patrick) makes an appearance, though Brian J. Smith, who plays Jake, says "he's fallen off a little bit as a hero."

Given how closely related to the games the movie will be, you'd think director Michael Nankin (second from right, above) would want to get in and play Guerilla at least. But the director of a few Battlestar Galatica episodes has no interest in technology. "I have a book that's a calendar," he says, "and I take notes on index cards."

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>kinectkinect-hacksmicrosoftneed-to-knowpbstvxboxFri, 08 Apr 2011 18:30:00 EST<![CDATA[EA Sports expands its 'Virtual Playbook' to soccer broadcasts]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/04/ea-sports-expands-its-virtual-playbook-to-soccer-broadcasts/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/04/ea-sports-expands-its-virtual-playbook-to-soccer-broadcasts/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/04/ea-sports-expands-its-virtual-playbook-to-soccer-broadcasts/#comments When the EA Sports "Virtual Playbook" -- an augmented reality technology that allows sports analysts to run somewhat creepy simulations in their TV studios with life-sized virtual players from EA Sports games -- made its debut in September 2008 on ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown show, EA Sports hype man Peter Moore heralded it as a "paradigm shift in sports broadcast analysis." He then assured readers of his blog that Virtual Playbook would be "some day" applied to "a number of other sports, including soccer (of course)."

While the technology has failed to replace the good ol' talking (human) heads that continue to dominate sports broadcast analysis today, its use has expanded beyond football to include basketball (as pictured), with Virtual Playbook featured in 2009 and 2010 NBA Playoffs coverage (though integration this year would seem in doubt -- unless they use Jam characters). Today, Moore's promise has been fulfilled, with EA announcing that the technology will soon be available to soccer broadcasters.

Virtual Playbook will of course use FIFA assets -- orchestrated through (expensive-sounding) "advanced virtual studio and camera tracking systems" provided by German broadcasting company Orad -- that would seem to further EA Sports branding in "global markets" and solidify the publisher's stranglehold on virtual sports, blurring the line between what's real and what's in the game.

[Image source: Inside EA]

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dscommercialdslego-star-wars-3-the-clone-warsLucasArtsmicrosoftnintendopcplaystationps3pspsonyTravellers-TalestvwiixboxFri, 11 Mar 2011 23:59:00 EST<![CDATA[Conan O'Brien on Xbox Live was too big a 'leap of faith,' says show's producer]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/07/conan-obrien-on-xbox-live-was-too-big-a-leap-of-faith-says-s/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/07/conan-obrien-on-xbox-live-was-too-big-a-leap-of-faith-says-s/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/07/conan-obrien-on-xbox-live-was-too-big-a-leap-of-faith-says-s/#comments During the "Hollywood Creative Masters" session at CES last month, the executive producer of Conan O'Brien's show, Jeff Ross, spoke on last April's short-lived rumor of talks to relaunch the show on a proposed Xbox Live channel (before the deal was made to bring Conan to TBS), reports Gamasutra contributor Chris Morris (who moderated the CES session). While Ross said it was "interesting to sit and look at it," Microsoft's proposal lacked a clear vision, and he recalled that "a lot of the conversations were, 'Well, it's a show, but it's not a show and there are no breaks, but maybe there are breaks and it's not 60 minutes -- it's this,' and nobody really knew what it was."

"So it was really going to be a leap of faith to jump in with these guys and figure something out which we didn't know," Ross said, later reiterating that "we had some eventual television offers and we basically shied away from the [Xbox thing]."

Last November, Reuters reported that Microsoft's plans for an Xbox Live "television channel" had taken a more conventional shape, with the company looking to license existing TV programming to stream though an Xbox Dashboard application, with a potential for interactive elements.

"I think it's coming and it's big," Ross said of a TV-type feature on Xbox Live, before concluding, "It's just that we weren't in a position at that point to figure out what it was."

[Photo credit: Team Coco]

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ces-2011conanconan-o-brienconan-obrieniptvjeff-rossmicrosoftteam-cocotvxboxxbox-liveMon, 07 Feb 2011 20:40:00 EST<![CDATA[GT Academy competition to be featured in Speed Network reality show]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/18/gt-academy-competition-to-be-featured-in-speed-network-reality-s/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/18/gt-academy-competition-to-be-featured-in-speed-network-reality-s/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/18/gt-academy-competition-to-be-featured-in-speed-network-reality-s/#comments Not only are the best Gran Turismo 5 players getting a chance to be professional racecar drivers, but they're gonna be on the teevee, too! The competition, which started up this month, is turning into a reality show on the Speed Network next year. When the finals start up in March of 2011, the last 32 contestants and their travels and travails will be filmed for the show as they go through the last of the contest and the race training process.

It's not mentioned whether or not the contestants will have to perform stunts on a desert island, live in a house together while under the watch of cameras 24/7, or give roses to each other but we'll just assume, since it's a reality show, that all of those things will happen. We also wonder which contestant will be the plucky, charismatic racer that eventually becomes a D-level celebrity.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Gran-Turismo-5gt-academynissanplaystationps3reality-showsonyspeed-networktelevisiontvSat, 18 Dec 2010 21:00:00 EST<![CDATA[G4 signs three-year exclusive deal for E3 TV rights]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/29/g4-signs-three-year-exclusive-deal-for-e3-tv-rights/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/29/g4-signs-three-year-exclusive-deal-for-e3-tv-rights/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/29/g4-signs-three-year-exclusive-deal-for-e3-tv-rights/#comments Television network G4 announced today that it has signed a three-year deal to be the official broadcaster of E3. The partnership between the network and the mega-convention's organizer, the ESA, extends a relationship the two have renewed annually for the past several years, relieving G4 of having to ask the awkward "wanna go steady (again)" question for a time.

The Comcast-owned network's multi-year agreement gives G4 access to "uninterrupted press conference coverage" and all the other flare you'd expect from the moving-picture medium. All you DirecTV subscribers, of course, will have to head over to a friend's house to watch the coverage, since the satellite TV company recently dropped the network -- or you could just join on us these little ol' internets for our own extensive E3 coverage with written words.

JoystiqG4 signs three-year exclusive deal for E3 TV rights originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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These talks, according to the sources, have been productive (though the launch of an Xbox Live TV service could be as far as a year out) and have included the potential to add interactive elements into shows viewed through the console and a "content silos" option, so that users could select entire networks (e.g., HBO or Showtime) to subscribe to. We'd definitely want to see an AMC channel, so we could get our Breaking Bad Mad Men Walking Dead on. Oh! And TBS -- for Conan. In fact, we could totally get down with an "all the awesome shows that they don't have on Hulu for some reason" channel.

JoystiqReuters: Microsoft in talks to bring subscription TV, networks to Xbox Live originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>IPTVmicrosoftsubscriptiontelevisiontvxboxxbox-livexbox-live-tvMon, 29 Nov 2010 14:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Will Wright's 'Bar Karma' TV show formally announced]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/07/will-wright-bar-karma-tv-show-formally-announced/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/07/will-wright-bar-karma-tv-show-formally-announced/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/07/will-wright-bar-karma-tv-show-formally-announced/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Will Wright and ex-Nickelodeon president Albie Hecht have teamed up with Current TV to create a new show -- this much we knew. Now we know what it's called: Bar Karma.

According to the announcement, the series will put viewers "in control via an online application," which runs on technology created by Wright, called "Current TV's Creation Studios." Through this app, users (who register via the site) weigh in on "a rough outline" for the week's show and are able to contribute "storylines, plots and have direct communication with the production team." Viewers browse and merge ideas, voting on final proposals, before the production team turns the audience's vision into a 30-minute episode.

"We will be taking our cues from the viewers, working with them and then quickly producing high quality, original content," said Hecht. "This is truly a paradigm-changing project that will showcase the creativity of the general public in shaping a television series." Bar Karma is set to premiere sometime in early 2011.

JoystiqWill Wright's 'Bar Karma' TV show formally announced originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>albie-hechtbar-karmacurrent-tvcurrent-tvs-creation-studiostelevisionthe-creation-projecttvwill-wrightThu, 07 Oct 2010 17:20:00 EST<![CDATA[Rumor: Aardman Animation working on Raving Rabbids TV show]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/27/rumor-aardman-animation-working-on-raving-rabbids-tv-show/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/27/rumor-aardman-animation-working-on-raving-rabbids-tv-show/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/27/rumor-aardman-animation-working-on-raving-rabbids-tv-show/#comments Ubisoft's Raving Rabbids franchise is ready to jump from video games to television. A report from Bleeding Cool reveals that Aardman Animation -- best known for the Wallace & Gromit franchise -- is looking for animators to work on a TV adaptation of the Rayman spin-off. According to the job call, the show will offer a mixture of live-action footage and computer-generated animation.

Apparently, Aardman already has a working relationship with the Rabbids franchise, having already produced a number of CG shorts to promote the upcoming Raving Rabbids Travel in Time. Ubisoft has shared its video game properties with other mediums in the past, with the Assassin's Creed series recently spawning some short films and an upcoming line of comic books.

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Sega wants you to believe these three guys are tough. That's sort of a requirement for accepting them as protagonists of a new Yakuza TV series, based on the PSP's Black Panther: New Yakuza Chapter and bearing the same title. Japan's TBS and MBS stations will begin showing the live action adaptation, featuring an original story, every Tuesday night starting October 5. Later, the episodes will be available for rental on Japan's PlayStation Store.

In addition to the TV series, a Yakuza manga will be released, also starring the PSP game's protagonist, Tatsuya Ukyo. It'll be serialized in Weekly Young magazine. That's ... a lot of Yakuza. And that's not even taking the other upcoming Yakuza game into consideration.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>black-panther-new-yakuza-chapterJapanmangaplaystationpspSegasonytvYakuzaFri, 27 Aug 2010 20:30:00 EST<![CDATA[UK gets first all-gaming television channel, Ginx TV]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/27/uk-gets-first-all-gaming-television-channel-ginx-tv/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/27/uk-gets-first-all-gaming-television-channel-ginx-tv/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/27/uk-gets-first-all-gaming-television-channel-ginx-tv/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Ginx TV, a media company responsible for the production of the casual-oriented Gameface program, announced earlier today that it would soon have its own video game-centric television station in the UK. Ginx CEO Michiel Bakker explained during the Edinburgh Interactive conference, "video gaming is the only massively mainstream entertainment genre without a dedicated channel. My ambition here, is to do for gaming what MTV did for music."

If we understand Bakker's sentiment correctly, then that means we can look forward to a few good years of video game coverage, and then an endless parade of terrible reality shows starring terrible people doing terrible things. Wonderful!

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>europegamefaceginx-tvtelevisiontvukFri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Metroid: Other M ads focus on nostalgia, overacting]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/20/metroid-other-m-ads-focus-on-nostalgia-overacting/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/20/metroid-other-m-ads-focus-on-nostalgia-overacting/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/20/metroid-other-m-ads-focus-on-nostalgia-overacting/#commentsA recent Metroid: Other M trailer promoted the game by taking us through the series' history. A Japanese TV commercial ties the game to the past even more directly, showing the original NES game morphing into Other M gameplay footage. The ad even goes so far as to declare this "a Famicom game with the latest technology," a tagline that also came up several times in the last Iwata Asks interview.

Meanwhile, the American commercial focuses on the "other M," as in: melodrama -- total melodrama. See the beautiful slow-motion, live-action TV spot unfold just below the Japanese ad after the break.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>adscommercialJapanMetroidMetroid-Other-MnintendoTeam-NinjaTecmotelevisionTVwiiFri, 20 Aug 2010 10:54:00 EST<![CDATA[Will Wright's Current TV show shooting pilot this week]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/20/will-wright-current-tv-show-shooting-pilot-this-week/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/20/will-wright-current-tv-show-shooting-pilot-this-week/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/20/will-wright-current-tv-show-shooting-pilot-this-week/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Will Wright and his Stupid Fun Club have a handful of projects in the works -- this much we know. And today, one of those projects became a bit more official: a television show for Current TV. According to a Current TV representative, Wright is working on "an original show" for the network. The pilot is being filmed this week just across the East River in Brooklyn (if you also happen to be in Manhattan).

The show is presumably the not so well-guarded project that was detailed earlier this year, "The Creation Project," which reportedly relies on user-created storylines. (Wright has at least one more TV project in the pipeline.) We invite you to tell your own stories from the set photos seen in the gallery below.

Gallery: Will Wright's Current TV project (on set)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>brooklyncurrent-tvstupid-fun-clubtelevisiontvwill-wrightFri, 20 Aug 2010 10:20:00 EST<![CDATA[NBC working on video game show pilot for primetime]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/30/nbc-working-on-video-game-show-pilot-for-primetime/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/30/nbc-working-on-video-game-show-pilot-for-primetime/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/30/nbc-working-on-video-game-show-pilot-for-primetime/#commentsAccording to a Joystiq source, NBC is developing a pilot for a show about gaming, focusing on gamer culture and the people who make games. According to the source, the project is being helmed by TJ "Ocman" Allard, a former Ubisoft designer. His co-host is Audrey Cleo, who currently works on Qore. The team is currently editing footage recorded at E3 for the pilot, including interviews with Kinect's Kudo Tsunoda and Mortal Kombat's Ed Boon.

Specific details, like a show name and distribution, have yet to be settled upon. However, our source says that the working title is currently "Game On." The pilot -- planned for primetime -- may even premiere as early as next month. If you happen to know more about this project, feel free to send us a tip. We will keep you anonymous!

JoystiqNBC working on video game show pilot for primetime originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>audrey-kleogame-onnbcpilottj-allardtvtv-showWed, 30 Jun 2010 18:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Hulu Plus launching on PS3 in July, Xbox 360 in 'early 2011']]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/29/hulu-plus-launching-on-ps3-soon-xbox-360-in-early-2011/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/29/hulu-plus-launching-on-ps3-soon-xbox-360-in-early-2011/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/29/hulu-plus-launching-on-ps3-soon-xbox-360-in-early-2011/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Finally. FINALLY. Hulu comes to game consoles. Hulu's just-announced $9.99/month Hulu Plus service, available now on PC, iPhone, and other devices, will be visible on PlayStation 3 systems "soon" -- July, according to the Hulu Plus guided tour. In addition, it'll launch on Xbox 360 sometime in early 2011. The company has yet to announce a release date for the service, although if it'll be available on PS3 in July, that provides a pretty good clue. In the meantime, you can request an invitation to an early preview here.

In addition to enabling playback on various boxes, Hulu Plus features full seasons of current ABC, NBC, and Fox television shows, in HD -- none of that "five trailing episodes" business. Learn more about the new Hulu Plus service here. If you need us, we'll be gathering more information about this service, and also canceling our cable TV.

[Update: Microsoft has shared some details on the Xbox 360 implementation of Hulu Plus, including "controller-free navigation" and support for Xbox Live Parties. Read the statement here.]

[Thanks, Morey!]

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>huluhulu-plusmicrosoftmobileplaystationps3tvxboxTue, 29 Jun 2010 13:46:00 EST<![CDATA[StarCraft 2 TV spot wants you to know 'war is coming']]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/11/starcraft-2-tv-spot-wants-you-to-know-war-is-coming/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/11/starcraft-2-tv-spot-wants-you-to-know-war-is-coming/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/11/starcraft-2-tv-spot-wants-you-to-know-war-is-coming/#comments Blizzard wants the masses to know that something big is on the horizon -- even if this extremely pretty CGI teaser airing on TV might have people thinking StarCraft 2 is really a sci-fi movie. For the rest of us, it's a taste of the epic cinematics we'll be treated to when the game ships July 27.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Activision-BlizzardBlizzardCommercialpcStarCraftStarCraft-2Starcraft-2-Wings-of-LibertyTVFri, 11 Jun 2010 21:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Red Dead Redemption machinima film airing on Fox this Saturday]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/26/red-dead-redemption-machinima-film/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/26/red-dead-redemption-machinima-film/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/26/red-dead-redemption-machinima-film/#comments This Saturday at midnight (ET), Fox will air a 30-minute short film made from Red Dead Redemption. That's right -- this film was created using in-game assets. And it's not just any old basement machinima -- it's been directed by John Hillcoat (The Road) and, according to Rockstar's description, "reimagines" protagonist John Marston's, uh, redemption, as he pursues that prickly Bill Williamson.

Sounds interesting enough -- just so long as it doesn't interrupt MADtv. That's still on, right?

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>foxmachinimaMicrosoftred-dead-redemptionrockstartelevisiontvXbox-360Wed, 26 May 2010 07:00:00 EST<![CDATA[There's an official Super Street Fighter IV HDTV now]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/24/theres-an-official-super-street-fighter-iv-hdtv-now/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/24/theres-an-official-super-street-fighter-iv-hdtv-now/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/24/theres-an-official-super-street-fighter-iv-hdtv-now/#commentsIf you were looking for a way to make a $150 arcade stick for Super Street Fighter IV seem like a reasonable and sensible expense, here it is: the Super Street Fighter IV HDTV. Roundtable Concepts is introducing a line of LED televisions featuring Super Street Fighter IV logos and imagery on the casing -- as well as a "Street Fighter image" that will "appear on the screen for 8 seconds when you power it on." This is absolutely the TV for people who love Street Fighter to the exclusion of all else, including money and common sense.

The TVs will be available "in the upcoming weeks" in 32", 40", 42", and 46" sizes, for as-yet unannounced prices. The company also produces Marvel-branded TVs, as well as TVs bearing college logos.

[Via Technabob]

JoystiqThere's an official Super Street Fighter IV HDTV now originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 24 May 2010 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Foxtel agreement marks the latest in a recent string of similar arrangements around the world. Last year, Microsoft struck deals with Canal+ in France and Sky in the UK to offer streaming television and video on demand services. North American users have also had the ability to stream Netflix movies since 2008.

JoystiqXbox 360 gets streaming TV in Australia via Foxtel originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 20 May 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>australiafoxtelmicrosofttvvideovideo-on-demandXbox-360xbox-livexbox-live-tvThu, 20 May 2010 15:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Bright Falls director Phillip Van explains how to create a fictional town]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/03/bright-falls-director-phillip-van-explains-how-to-create-a-fiction/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/03/bright-falls-director-phillip-van-explains-how-to-create-a-fiction/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/03/bright-falls-director-phillip-van-explains-how-to-create-a-fiction/#comments Since last week's release of the first two episodes of "Bright Falls," the six-part prequel to Alan Wake, we've been feverishly wondering how a live action video game tie-in could be so ... non-abysmal. To find the cause of this phenomenon, we went straight to the source: the series' co-writer and director, Phillip Van.

Check out our interview with Van just past the jump to learn about the thematic inspirations and environmental tribulations that went into the creation of "Bright Falls."

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JoystiqBright Falls director Phillip Van explains how to create a fictional town originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 03 May 2010 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>alan-wakebright-fallsinterviewlive-actionmicrosoftminiseriesmysteryphillip-vanremedyremedy-entertainmenttvMon, 03 May 2010 15:15:00 EST<![CDATA[Nintendo's Tomodachi Collection now a TV show]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/28/nintendos-tomodachi-collection-now-a-tv-show/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/28/nintendos-tomodachi-collection-now-a-tv-show/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/28/nintendos-tomodachi-collection-now-a-tv-show/#commentsThere's no indication of Nintendo localizing its DS hit Tomodachi Collection, in which you interact with a house full of your Miis as well as celebrity guest Miis. But its dominance in the Japanese market has reached a ridiculous high: it's being spun off into a TV show.

"Koi no Kaitou?! Tomokore no Ni-se" (Love's Answer?! Tomodachi Collection Second Generation) stars three young girls with famous parents, who talk about relationships with a guest "second generation talent." They also make a Mii for the guest and have their Miis take part in Tomodachi Collection-related activities like singing together in-game.

This scintillating programming will be on Japan's Tokyo MX channel starting May 6.

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JoystiqNintendo's Tomodachi Collection now a TV show originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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