Sat, 13 January 2007
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HHH tears quad @ NYR out 4-6 mo.
Kali is now on RAW
Trish Stratus to appear in Reality Show : Armed & Famous
Konnan undergoes hip replacement and will need a kidney replacement : Email GetWellKonnan@aol.com
WWE developmental tag team Deuce and Domino are on the road for the current Smackdown/ECW tour. There is talk of bringing them up to Smackdown. Deuce is the son of Jimmy Snuka.
2. MMA-Credit 411Mania.com & Sherdog
Randy Couture was getting ready for a fight. However, we didn't know whether it meant another tournament or if he would come out of retirement to fight in a mixed martial arts bout. Well, Couture confirmed on Wednesday via the Brawl Sports blog at the Houston Chronicle web site that he's indeed coming out of retirement. According to Couture, a match for the Heavyweight Title against Tim Sylvia will officially be made in the coming days. The match is expected to take place at UFC 68 on March 3 in Columbus, Ohio.
The PRIDE Fighting Championships announced on its web site Monday that Fedor Emelianenko has signed a long-term extension with the company. The announcement puts to rest any rumors that Fedor might sign with the UFC.
Boxing writer Thomas Hauser of SecondsOut.com reported late Monday that HBO will televise at least three UFC cards in 2007. It's believed HBO has the option for at least three more additional telecasts.
According to the Houston Chronicle, UFC Lightweight Champion Sean Sherk believes he'll be able to return from surgery to his right shoulder in time to defend his title in June. Sherk indicated he's anticipating fighting either Joe Stevenson or Spencer Fisher.
The full debut card for EliteXC and their initial broadcast on Showtime on February 3 was officially announced last week. Frank Shamrock vs. Renzo Gracie is still scheduled. Other notable fights include David Loiseau vs. Joey Villasenor, Charles Bennett vs. K.J. Noons, and Wesley "Cabbage" Correia vs. Antonio Silva. Female fighter Gina Carano has been booked for the main card against an opponent that has yet to be determined. Meanwhile, Javier "Showtime" Vazquez is scheduled to appear on the undercard in his first MMA fight in three years.
Paul Buentello recently revealed on MMAWeekly.com's "SoundOff Radio" that a fight with notorious street fighter Kimbo Slice is in the works. The fight, which started out as an online joke, has a 60 percent chance of taking place, according to Buentello. The "Headhunter" also said he'd like return to the UFC once his Strikeforce contract is up and expressed a desire to fight Mirko Cro Cop.
Video Games
In an interview with Tokyo, Bill Gates said that he considers Nintendo to be toughest competitor in the console wars.
"The strength of Nintendo has been very impressive and surprised a lot of people. And [considering] the strength of the - we see Nintendo as our toughest competition", says Gates.
Obviously this is a bit surprising since is widely considered to be Microsoft's main competitor in the market. But with the success of the DS and now the Wii, Nintendo is certainly the strongest its been in awhile.
Microsoft announced at the 2007 International Show in Las Vegas that they have sold 10.4 million units worldwide.
"We have sold through December 31st 10.4 million consoles across 37 countries around the world," said and devices president Robbie , noting that that's "half a million units ahead" of projection.
Despite tons of manufacturing problems, has announced that they have shipped one million PS3 units to North America in the first six weeks of sales.
Jack Tretton, chief executive of Entertainment, confirmed the figures at the Show in Las Vegas yesterday, commenting: "SCEA went to great lengths to help meet demand for PS3 including airlifting systems into North America on a weekly basis. The fact that we were able to reach the one-million mark faster than our top-selling platform, the PS2, further validates the strength of the PlayStation brand and our belief that consumers are ready to experience true high-definition gaming."
In comparison, the sold 1.8 million units in the same timeframe, while the sold 600,000 units.
According to website www.MYGEN.com.au, Epic will be releasing 2 new multiplayer maps later this week on . One level looks to be a downed helicopter level, much like . The other seems to be a museum
Microsoft announced that gamers will have more chances to take part in the public multi-player demo of Halo 3 this spring. According to Microsoft, gamers can get a slot on the demo testing by buying the upcoming Crackdown, which will ensure them a slot. For those not wanting to purchase a simply for a demo, there's an alternate method. Halo 2 players can get into the demo by playing for a total of 3 hours from Feb. 1, 2007 at 12:01 ESY until Feb. 3, 2007 at 11:59 PM. After playing for 3 hours, they are then advised to go to www.halo3.com to register their gamertag. The first 13,333 players will get the slots. Interesting, but why expect anything less from Bungie.
Rumors are flying that Namco is developing an 360 version of Tekken 6 along with the PS3 version. Several titles originally announced as PS3 exclusives have made the switch to multi-platform and even 4 is rumored to be headed to the Xbox 360 as well. No official word yet on Tekken 6 though.
Credit: IGN.com
"Champagne Gold" wasn't exactly our first choice for a new PSP color -- it's a little nouveau riche for our blood -- but Sony will be rolling it out in Japan on February 22nd, adding it to their current line up of black, white, pink, silver & blue models. No word on if, or when, it might be released here in the States, but Sony hasn't been very good about introducing new PSP colors over here.
You guys remember Killer Instinct, right? You know, Cinder? Glacius? Well it looks like Rare might be coming out of the dark with an Xbox 360 edition. At least that's what the UK gaming magazine Games TM is saying. If this happens to be true, this could be a great move for Rare.
Rare hasn't exactly had the best lineup so far, starting the 360 out with Kameo: Elements of Power and Perfect Dark Zero. They have been getting better though with the newly released Viva Pinata and a new Killer Instinct game can only help them that much more. The premise of a next-gen Killer Instinct is very tempting and the "wow factor" alone would sell a great deal of copies. This is going to stay in the rumor stage until we hear something concrete from Rare. Also, Orchid is hot.
Gadgets & Tech -Engadget.com
ITB Harddrive News - There are many things in life you can't ever have enough of; money, gadgets and of course hard drive space. In the ever going space race Hitachi dropped the next big step in storage capacity last month. With this much storage space you can store 250,000 songs or 1,000 hours of SDTV or 250 hours of HDTV or 333,300 photos or even 520 iTunes music store movies, of course they don't have that many and if they did who could afford all of them? More pics after the jump
Iphone News -At a press conference at CES today we learned that Cingular intends to initiate its rebranding to AT&T (not AT&T Wireless) by mid-year -- in time for the iPhone launch. While they weren't entirely certain of an exact date, they definitely seemed determined to make sure the AT&T branding was firmly in place by the time the industry-changing device was announced. Cingular couldn't officially confirm whether Apple could or couldn't make an identical device without a cell radio (i.e. the "true" video / widescreen / WiFi iPod), but they stated "Apple can build [their] devices." Other interesting Cingular / Apple bits:
It was again confirmed that customers must agree to a two year contract, even if that requires customers to renew their current service.
There is no iTunes revenue sharing.
There will be no physical branding on the iPhone but Apple branding. The only AT&T / Cingular branding will be on-screen where the carrier readout is shown.
Although nothing was confirmed, Cingular made it sound as though users might be able to expect a specially bundled data plan for the iPhone.
Capping literally years of speculation on perhaps the most intensely followed unconfirmed product in Apple's history -- and that's saying a lot -- the iPhone has been announced today. Yeah, we said it: "iPhone," the name the entire free world had all but unanimously christened it from the time it'd been nothing more than a twinkle in Stevie J's eye (comments, Cisco?). Sweet, glorious specs of the 11.6 millimeter device (that's frickin' thin, by the way) include a 3.5-inch 480 x 320 touchscreen display with multi-touch support and a proximity sensor to turn off the screen when it's close to your face, 2 megapixel cam, 4GB or 8 GB of storage, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and A2DP, WiFi that automatically engages when in range, and quad-band GSM radio with EDGE. Perhaps most amazingly, though, it somehow runs OS X with support for Widgets, Google Maps, and Safari, and iTunes (of course) with CoverFlow out of the gate. A partnership with Yahoo will allow all iPhone customers to hook up with free push IMAP email. Apple quotes 5 hours of battery life for talk or video, with a full 16 hours in music mode -- no word on standby time yet. In a twisted way, this is one rumor mill we're almost sad to see grind to a halt; after all, when is the next time we're going to have an opportunity to run this picture? The 4GB iPhone will go out the door in the US as a Cingular exclusive for $499 on a two-year contract, 8GB for $599. Ships Stateside in June, Europe in fourth quarter, Asia in 2008.
Total HD Disc from Warner - Warner Home Video's press conference concerning the Total Hi Def disc that has HD DVD and Blu-ray all on one disc is currently ongoing, and it stated that the discs are able to contain dual layers of both HD DVD and Blu-ray on one disc. The first Total Hi Def releases will hit in the second half of this year, but no specific titles have yet been announced. At the conference, Warner used a copy of Superman to show off how it worked in an HD DVD player, Blu-ray player, and the recently announced LG Super Multi player that plays either. Finally, Warner claims it will not cost "materially" more than a regular disc. At the conference, already an exec from Best Buy has come out in support of the format, but whether or not other studios would ever pick up on Total HD releases is still unknown, although Warner claims they would not have to pay any licensing fees to Warner for using it.
Movies & DVD -Filmwad.com
Friday The 13th Remake -It looks as though everyone's favorite hockey masked psycho may be coming back from the dead. For a long time there have been rumors of a remake or "re-imagining" of that unlucky day for Crystal Lake counselors, but for awhile it seems the project had been stalled. Not so, according to the producing partners over at Platinum Dunes, as Andrew Form and Brad Fuller gave word at the press conference for their latest "re-working" of THE HITCHER which I attended. When asked about the project, Form gave us this little bit of info, "Well, we're working on a script right now. Not in the first two quarters for that movie; maybe at the end of next year. But right now we're just working on a screenplay." When asked about possible directors, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING, Jonathan Liebesman's name came up.
"It all depends on his schedule. He's got a lot of things rolling around right now, so if he's available and we have a script… We'd love to work with him again; we had a great experience with him." So it seems that Jason and his crew of teenage fodder may be coming back to a theatre near you sooner than you can say we thought
Aqua Teen Hunger Force The Movie ? -Adult Swim's highly anticipated theatrical film Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters is scheduled to hit movie theaters in March 2007. Written, produced and directed by Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis, the movie will be distributed by First Look Pictures and marks the studio's initial theatrical foray into animation, as well as Adult Swim's first feature under the Williams Street banner.
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters is an action-adventure epic that reveals the mysterious origins of Meatwad, Frylock and Master Shake. When an immortal piece of exercise equipment threatens the balance of galactic peace, it is up to the Aqua Teen Hunger Force to run away from it. Peril escalates when the Plutonians team up with the Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past to strive for ultimate control of the sinister deadly device.
Hostel 2 – June 8th
and MICHAEL MYERS IS….
Here's more exciting news for the holiday break. Adult Michael Myers will be played by TYLER MANE.
I'm sure you all remeber Tyler as Rufus from The Devil's Rejects, Sabretooth in the X-Men and the unstoppable Ajax in Troy.
Tyler is mean, lean and ready to bring you the most psychotic Michael Myers yet.
Well, here is the news you've all been waiting for. Who is Dr. Loomis? Well, the answer is….. the one and only MALCOLM McDOWELL ! Yes, lengendary actor Malcolm McDowell will be the new Dr. Loomis.
As many of you know A Clockwork Orange is my favorite film and I am a huge, huge fan of Malcolm. I know Malcolm will kick ass as Dr. Loomis. He is thrilled to be part of HALLOWEEN and is ready to make a new classic.
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