AMC shattered the ratings record for basic cable with the premiere of the second season of “The Walking Dead.” shattered basic cable ratings records. Based on the comic book series, the 90-minute episode of the zombiefest was watched by 7.3 million total viewers, making it the most watched show in …
Read More »DC and General Mills Team To Promote Literacy
DC Entertainment and General Mills have joined forces to create comic books featuring DC Comics’ Super Heroes available exclusively inside specially-marked Big G cereal boxes. With the “Justice League” Super Heroes and their epic stories, Big G and DC Comics combined powers in their dedicated efforts to promote reading among …
Read More »BlizzCon Readies For Kick Off
Blizzard Entertainment’s two-day festival celebrating the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo game universes and their global player communities, begins on Friday, October 21, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. The sold-out show features a wide range of events and activities, including discussion panels with developers of Blizzard Entertainment games; …
Read More »Dark Horse and Gamers Digital Resurrect Ghost
Dark Horse Comics, in collaboration with Gamers Digital, is proud to revive the popular paranormal intellectual property Ghost, the comic book series that centers on Elisa Cameron who must solve her own murder. Ghost is a digitally downloadable first person mystery (FPM) game that will be available early 2012 for PC, Mac and iOS …
Read More »‘Reel Steel’ Pulls A Surprise Repeat
DreamWorks’ “Real Steel” won for second weekend at the box office with $16.3 million, edging out the remake of the 80s hit “Footloose”, which garnered $16.1 million. “Real Steel” finished Sunday with an estimated domestic total of $56.6 million and passed the $100 million mark internationally. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for …
Read More »Redline and First Squad Hit DVD in January
In celebration of its 20th Anniversary, Anchor Bay Entertainment’s Manga brand is set to release two of the most highly anticipated animated films. On January 17, 2012, Katsuhito Ishii’s REDLINE and award-winner FIRST SQUAD: THE MOMENT OF TRUTH will be released on Blu-ray and DVD. REDLINE will also be released in theatres prior to January 17th. Ranging in themes …
Read More »Dark Horse Unveils 2012 Star Wars Plans
Direct from New York Comic Con, Dark Horse Comics announced its most exciting Star Wars titles, set for release in for 2012. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic . . .War The Knights of the Old Republic video games and comics chronicle one of the most popular eras in Star Wars, making Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic—War the …
Read More »Square Enix Announces Army Corps of Hell
Square Enix announced Army Corps of Hell as an exclusive launch title for the PlayStation Vita system. Developed by Entersphere, Army Corps of Hell brings a new level of vicious combat, dark humor and lightning-quick action to the PS Vita system. Players control an army of a hundred goblin soldiers with …
Read More »DC Comics Sells Over 5 Million Comic Books in Six Weeks
DC Comics – the home of Superman, Batman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman – is experiencing its best comic books sales in more than 20 years, following a historic renumbering of all DC Comics titles with 52 all-new first issues. With sales of more than 5 million copies in only …
Read More »Transformers Universe Debuts at New York Comic Con
Jagex Games Studio, makers of the upcoming TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE MMO, announced their exciting plans for New York’s Comic-Con; which runs from Thursday October 13 to Sunday October 16 The Jagex game development and marketing team will be on hand at the convention to speak to visitors about the new MMO, slated …
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