Prince of Persia now the Highest-Grossing Video Game Movie Ever!
I can't express how excited I am to see Prince of Persia earning enough at the box-office to overtake Tomb Raider as the most succesful video game movie of all time. 
Despite mediocre performance at theaters here in the United States, Prince of Persia has dominated overseas and has accumulated nearly $300 million in worldwide ticket sales.
I'm not sure how it didn't take off more. I thought it was an incredibly exciting movie, even if you have no exposure to the videogames it is based on. I have played and thoroughly enjoy the games that have come out lately, so that only made the payoff on the bigscreen that much better. Also, Alfred Molina totally steals his scenes with some hilarious one-liners. I thought they totally nailed the look of the game (wall jumps!) and the effects when time is turned back looked great!
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and the man clearly knows what he's doing....I personally can't wait to see this one again on Blu-ray, and perhaps one day they'll actually try a sequel. There have been worse movies with sequels greenlit faster, so I can only hope Disney does the right thing.
Via /Film
PS3 Musing: Twisted Metal
If there's one major nostalgia-infused moment from E3 that didn't involve Nintendo, it has to be Sony's announcement that the Twisted Metal franchise is being relaunched on PS3.
I'm not sure how they made it this long without giving this franchise the HD update. I remember many nights of my childhood were spent having one-on-one showdowns between Spectre and Sweet Tooth in some Eiffel Tower level. I've never owned a Playstation, in any capacity, but I'm thinking this may finally force me to take the plunge.
Just the idea of the gameplay reminds me of all the potential this franchise will have in an HD capacity, and not to mention 16-player online support! Yikes!
I'm hoping to couple this purchase with a PS3 price cut, so perhaps I can pick this up next year when it releases. Until then, looking forward to more info and details!
Via Joystiq
Microsoft Eliminates the Red Ring of Death…Literally.
I found this little update about the new Xbox 360 redesign slightly humorous...
They mention the fact that the new consoles are "incapable" of getting red-ringed. It's slightly misleading in that now instead of a Red Ring of Death...you'll apparently get the Green Ring of Death.
Nice move Microsoft.
Via Joystiq
Goldeneye 64 Gets Rebooted
At the Nintendo E3 Media briefing earlier this morning, Nintendo announced they are officially releasing a new Goldeneye game this holiday.
While I'm excited by the news, I think it's a little odd to use Daniel Craig's persona instead of Pierce Brosnan's. I get that there are probably issues using Pierce's likeness since he's no longer officially Bond, but he was Bond in Goldeneye. I mean come on.
Looks like we'll get 8-player online, although I think for nostalgia's sake, many people will want to stick to local 4-player matches. It'll be interesting to see what tweaks they make to the story to get it to work in single player. I'm sensing many reminders of levels from the N64 version with tweaks along the way.
All I know is it should be a much more accurate and proper reboot than that failed attempt back in the day where they released a game called Goldeneye, but it was literally about a guy with a golden eye. That was just cruel.
Via Joystiq