Sideshow just keeps the incredible sculpts coming. No one gets faces better than these guys - just check out Cordelia Chase, the latest in the Buffy line-up for confirmation of that. Click the image to buy or get a better look.
Upcoming Vertigo Series from X-Men's Mike Carey
IGN reports that X-Men writer Mike Carey will be bringing three new books to the DC Comics imprint Vertigo over the next year. Details below:
Crossing Midnight Coming in November, Mike Carey and Jim Fern team up for a unique, modern Japanese horror tale. Set in Nagasaki, the series stars fraternal twins, each born on either side of midnight. When one of the twins is claimed by dark forces, the other must come to the rescue. The art promises to be Japanese influenced, but in the more classical sense as opposed to manga.
Faker Carey hooks up with The Losers' Jock for a six-issue miniseries coming in December. Four college kids from school in Minnesota decide to party hard to close out the second semester. When they wake up the next morning, there are five of them. This series is expected to appeal to Buffy fans and those who dig modern horror flicks. Editor Shelly Bond called it "beyond creepy." And Jock is also doing the covers. Sweet.
God Save the Queen Lastly, in January 2007, Carey teams with legendary painter John Bolton for an original hardcover. The story brings back Queen Titania from The Sandman as she battles over the fate of a young girl coming of age. Bolton is also providing the cover.
November 30, 2005
King Kong Stop Motion Armature Recreation
Sideshow Collectibles announced that super-collector Bob Burns has allowed them to reproduce one of the most historic props from his infamous Basement: the original 1933 King Kong Stop Motion Armature. Each element of Kong's original metal skeleton has been replicated to exacting standards, from flexible fingers to powerful jaws. This limited-edition prop replica will come complete with a high quality, Kong-inspired display base. To read the full announcement and see a preview of this new collectible from The Bob Burns Collection, click the image.
September 5, 2005
Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green Vid Game
Groove Games today announced its agreement with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group to publish an interactive game based on George A. Romero's Land of the Dead.
The full-featured, first-person shooter video game sets players in the midst of a gruesome adventure in which they battle to save themselves – and a quickly-diminishing living population - from an army of the dead bent on spreading a zombie plague. Developed by Brainbox Games, a Digital Extremes Studio, and using the Unreal Engine, the game features terrifying zombies, frightening effects, an immersive storyline and key environments seen in the film. Gamers can also join intense, bone-chilling multiplayer battles against the dead on Xbox Live.
"George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead is a new classic in the zombie film genre and Groove Games is excited to bring games based on the film to the PC and Xbox," said Jon Walsh, CEO of Groove Games. "The game features intense action that horror fans will love, and the ability to play head to head against other players in zombie-infested levels is an absolute blast."
In the game, a horrific plague has broken out and mobs of zombies are roaming throughout the tri-state area, killing people at random. Gamers must quickly arm themselves and destroy these horrible creatures by any means necessary. Gamers will learn of a fortified city, Fiddler’s Green, which is the last bastion of safety for the living. They will need to survive a harrowing journey to the city, and if they do, will discover the frightening lengths to which the living will go in order to save themselves.
Gamers can wage war against the dead with a variety of melee weapons and ranged weapons, including Sniper Rifles, Baseball Bats, M16s, Fire Axes and even shovels. The unique multiplayer modes allow players to work with or against other humans while eradicating the Zombie-infested wasteland.
The Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler’s Green video game will be released in October 2005. For more information about Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler’s Green, visit www.groovegames.com.
August 9, 2005
Screen Shots for PC Game Prey
Here are a couple of preview shots for the video game Prey courtesy of Game Press.
Synopsis: Prey tells the story of Tommy, a Cherokee garage mechanic stuck on a reservation going nowhere. His life changes when an otherworldly crisis forces him to awaken spiritual powers from his long-forgotten birthright. Abducted along with his people to a menacing mothership orbiting Earth, he sets out to save himself and his girlfriend and eventually his planet.
Key Features
Built on an enhanced Doom 3 engine.
Portal technology adds a new dimension to gameplay, allowing enemies to appear out of thin air and create new and completely original puzzles and gameplay styles.
Several gameplay elements such as Spirit Walking, Wall Walking, and Deathwalk.
Organic, living environment that itself can attack Tommy.
Tommy has a sidekick, a spiritual hawk that can help him fight enemies and decipher the alien language of the living ship.
Multiplayer game support that takes advantage of the unique gameplay styles in Prey,
Published by 2K Games Developed by Human Head Studios, Inc. Presented by 3D Realms Platforms: PC, Xbox 360
July 14, 2005
Sneak Peek at Possession for X360 & PS3
Here are the latest released screen shots from Blitz Games upcoming horror video game Possession. The game is set for release on PS3 and X360.
June 17, 2005
San Diego Comic Con Swag
There are a slew of exclusives we're currently drooling over that are getting their release at July's San Diego Comic Con. If you're in the neighborhood, then be on the lookout for an exclusive Oz from Sideshow Collectibles (pictured here}.
Sideshow continues to hit 'em outta the park with a sweet, sweet Ultimate Hellboy figure with removable horns. Click the image to the right to see all of their con exclusives.
Some of the others worth the duckets look to be the Thanos and Silver Surfer Minimates two-pack, the Hellboy Jr. maquette, When Zombies Attack comic book from Grimm Grotto, and what self-respecting convention doesn't have a teddy bear with a burlap sack on its head carrying a bloody hatchet.
