The RUSE beta was available through Steam on the 9th of March and, seeing as I preloaded it, I’ve been able to spend a bit of time with the open beta for Ubisoft’s unique twist on the World War II real-time strategy genre.

The sneak peak of Predators, which debuted at the South by Southwest Film Festival Friday night, has hit the web. The video is introduced and narrated by producer Robert Rodriguez, and combines behind-the-scenes footage with actual footage from the finished film. There is also some cool concept art thrown in for good measure.

Crysis 2 looks amazing. That is a inarguable fact, and by extension, CryEngine3 is quickly setting itself up to become the next big thing in PC gaming. This tech demo, featured at this year's Game Developer Conference, may not be explosion-filled and action-packed, but by God does it look good. Unfourtunately, this footage was recorded off a screen, and probably doesn't do the graphics justice. But really, that's just further testament to how really incredible Crysis 2 is starting to look.

A new spin on an old idea.
 
Pokemon is the series that defines "over night" success in video gaming. It rose from obscurity in the 90's to be one of the top selling franchises across all fields, not just gaming. With a long running television series, toys, and cards galore, even a jumbo jet, it is no wonder Pokemon kept its business model (and RPG play) extremely consistent over the years. However, they finally decided to shift things around, giving Pokemaniacs what they wanted - a real time action game (with an E10+ rating to boot). Did Ambrella succeed, or did they drop the Pokeball?

... And it's Hugo Weaving. The Hollywood Reporter got the exclusive scoop that Weaving is currently in talks to play the villain in the Joe Johnston directed film. And while the deal is in a 'delicate' place, there should be some sort of announcement in the next few days.

It's a game where you fight dinosaurs. Dinosaurs! That alone would have sold me, but it's more than that. It's a multiplayer experience that pits a team of said dinosaurs against a team of humans. Holy crap that sounds awesome. Unfortunately, only a tech demo has been released so far, so it's basically four minutes of dinosaurs walking around. But my god, look at their *majesty*. Check out the trailer, straight out of this year's GDC, below. Primal Carnage is set for a tentative 2010 release window.

Being both a gamer and a Mac user has never been an easy path to walk.  For several years, this has meant one of two things: you’re rich enough to own multiple computers, or you’re a very, very broke film student who spent all their savings on a solid Apple editing suite and now must spend their free time revisiting some old favorites on an illegal NES emulator. 

While I have some reservations about making a story "gritty" for gritty's sake, I have to admit, this film actually looks pretty awesome. And by awesome, I mean ridiculously epic. If you weren't convinced about this project before, maybe you will be after this trailer. Plus, it's Ridley Scott. Robin Hood will go wide on May 14th, 2010.

Okay this is pretty cool for two reasons. First off, this box set is a Comic Con Exclusive, meaning not only is it a limited edition, but it's not especially easy to find offline. Secondly, it's all four volumes of Futurama, as well as the four movies (Bender´s Big Score, The Beast With A Billion Backs, Bender´s Game, Into the Wild Green Yonde) on 19 freaking discs. All of that for 58% off, a very reasonable $84.99.

The Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" may have risen (further) in Geekdom thanks in large part to J.J. Abrams Star Trek. Well now we have even more reason to dust off those old CDs (I know you have them) after watching youtube's katamaran78 “Galactica: Sabotage.” The video is a nearly shot-for-shot recreation of the original video for "Sabotage" using footage from the reimagined BSG. Check out the music video, and a side-by-side comparison, below:

Codex Pictures adaptation of the popular tabletop game, Warhammer 40,000, was first announced back in September. They told us it would be focused on the Ultramarines and would be an animated affair, using state-of-the-art production techniques and CGI to bring the Warhammer 40K world to life.

Good news Apple enthusiasts (I'm suret there are at least a few of you out there), as Valve recently announced that they'll have their massivley popular Steam gaming service available for Mac computers. If you don't know what Steam is, then shame on you.

Creepy, funny, awesome costumes, this is one brilliant fan video. I'm not even really sure how to describe this video, other than a very odd, but very well written, rap performed by Alice in Wonderland's the Mad Hatter. It's not LOL hilarious, but it's definitely worth it just for the crazy lyrical stylings of a very accurate looking Mad Hatter.

Inception, Chris Nolan's next, is way up on my list of movies I can't wait to blow my mind this year. We've recieved two small bits of info, mainly some confirmed plot details and a running time.