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Alice Braga Talks Predators
Predators News | Posted by Darkness on 10 Mar 2010 18:28 GMT

There’s a new interview over on MTV Movies Blog with actress Alice Braga who will be playing Isabelle in Predators. She talks about the cast, particularly Adrian Brody and director Nimród Antal. She was also asked about an Arnie cameo but didn’t give anything away.

MTV News: So some footage is about to debut in Austin. Have you seen any of it yet?

Alice Braga: I haven’t seen. I saw it on set, some of the things. I’m really excited because it was a really cool project. We had a lot of fun on set. By what I’ve seen, the photography is beautiful. Gyula Pados is the [director of photography]. And Nimrod Antal is the director. But the predators, fans, they look really cool! I was really scared. The guys that play them, they’re really tall.

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Walton Goggins Battles Predators
Predators News | Posted by Darkness on 09 Mar 2010 18:07 GMT

MovieWeb managed to interview actor Walton Goggins about his part in the upcoming Predators movie. There’s no new information really, just why the audience will like the movie when they see it.

We went on to ask the actor just what fans of the original movie can expect and why he thinks they will love this new version. “I think that you’re going to get to see a combination of classic Predators with a modern twist told by very, very competent filmmakers,” the actor stated. “I think that the images in this movie are going to rival any other movie in its genre for quite some time,” he proclaimed.

While those are pretty high expectations for the film, Goggins did agree that the movie features a very talented group of accomplished actors and filmmakers. “Absolutely, it was extraordinary. It really was extraordinary. I think the thing that I’m most excited about is our lack of someone that is really big,” explained Goggins. “We’re all regular guys. Except … we do have Oleg Taktarov (Righteous Kill) and he will tell you how big he is, multiple times,” joked the actor. “But for the most part we are all average builds and I think that gives people an opportunity to see themselves in this movie. At the end of the day I think the thing that I’m most excited about is it’s not just an action movie but it’s a movie about these characters that hopefully you will grow to love over the course of the story.”

Thanks to Maxwell for the news.

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First AvP DLC Pack Out Soon
AvP Game News | Posted by Corporal Hicks on 08 Mar 2010 18:05 GMT

Sega has just announced details of their first DLC pack out for AvP:

“Two new Multiplayer maps for six different online modes (Deathmatch, Predator Hunt, Infestation, Species Deathmatch, Mixed Species Deathmatch and Domination):

• Docks: The caustic alkali waters of BG-386 put an end to Weyland-Yutani’s planned shipping activities.
• Machine: As well as processing exotic ores, the BG-386 Refinery provided electrical power to the colonists at Freya’s Prospect.

Two new Survivor maps in which up to four Marines battle to stay alive against increasing swarms of Aliens:

• Outpost: The site of the original Weyland-Yutani colony on BG-386 was abandoned, and soon reclaimed by the planet’s voracious jungle plant life.

• Hive: Deep in the heart of the Freya’s Prospect Refinery lays the Xenomorph Hive.

The “Swarm Map Pack” will be available on 18 March for €5.99/ £4.79/ 560 Microsoft Points.”

The pack, called Swam Map Pack, are the four levels released with the Survivor and Hunter editions of the game.

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Alien Prequel To Be 3D?
Alien 5 News | Posted by Corporal Hicks on 05 Mar 2010 07:44 GMT

There is an article up at Shadowlocked confirming Ridley’s new Alien prequel will be shot in 3D:

“Ridley told me some of his ideas when we were here in Toronto. He has a very clear understanding of where this should go. They kind of stopped dead one of the greatest horror franchises there’s ever been, and it had legs to go on. So I’m hoping he’ll revive another three. The world certainly wants it, and the fans want it – everybody.”

The article only says briefly that Ridley confirmed it to Roger Christian and talks a fair bit about Christian. With Avatar having recently brought 3D into the mainstream, it may not be such a bad thing. I’ll let you guys decide. Thanks to Darkoo for the heads up.

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AvP Costumes on PSN
AvP Game News | Posted by Corporal Hicks on 03 Mar 2010 18:34 GMT

Sega have just announced the release of some custom AvP avatars for the PlayStation gamers:

“I’m very pleased to announce that from tomorrow, and for a limited time only, full outfits from Aliens vs Predator will be available in the European PlayStation Home Thread Store on the PlayStation 3. These costumes, a male and female version for each species in the game, are offered as complete packages, but also available to download separately. These downloads are accessible for a limited time, and will be taken out of the Thread Store on the 31st of March.”

Thanks to Sega for letting us know. I’m currently awaiting information on whether any similar costumes will be released for the Xbox 360. Check out Sega’s Flickr for more pictures.

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First Look at Predators Concept Art
Predators News | Posted by Corporal Hicks on 03 Mar 2010 17:56 GMT

In the latest issue of Empire, they’ve done a feature on Robert Rodriguez’s production company, Trouble Maker Studios. In that article was a little picture of a Trouble Maker employee behind a wall of Predators concept art:

I was able to get my hands on a copy to scan for you. Click on the picture for a bigger copy. Thanks to jaztermareal for the heads up.

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Predators Footage at SXSW
Predators News | Posted by Corporal Hicks on 03 Mar 2010 15:40 GMT

Those following the forum will have known we suspected something regarding Predators showing up at the Texian film festival SXSW. Well they just announced that Rodriguez and Antal will be releasing some footage from the movie:

“Hometown hero Robert Rodriguez (“Planet Terror”) and director Nimrod Antal (“Armored”) will treat SXSW film festival attendees in Austin next week to a sneak peek at footage from their upcoming actioner “Predators.” The event will take place at the Alamo Ritz Theater during the kick-off of the 2010 fest, March 12.”

Thanks to Darkoo, Fox PR and SXSW for keeping us in the loop. Check out the announcement.

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AvP PC Patch #2 & Dedicated Servers Released
AvP Game News | Posted by ikarop on 01 Mar 2010 22:17 GMT

Update (03/02/2010): The first dedicated server update has been released today, you can check the changelog here.

As promised by SEGA, the PC Patch #2 has been released today. There have been some additional changes to the PC changelog, which you can find listed here. The update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted.

In addition to the PC Patch, Rebellion have now released their dedicated server beta software for their multiplayer shooter, allowing PC gamers to choose how they want to play and giving them control over some of the game’s settings. Check out the details below:

“Due to the demand from the community and better than anticipated progress on the server software, we have decided to release the dedicated server as an Open Beta rather than a Closed Beta, and make it available to all. To access the Dedicated Servers from the PC client, go to Player Match > Browse > change the “server type” filter to “Dedicated (Internet)” and then click browse. Please note that the initial availability of servers may be limited. (…)

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John Debney to Score Predators
Predators News | Posted by Corporal Hicks on 26 Feb 2010 18:18 GMT

Composer John Debney has just been announced as the man behind the score of Predators:

“The movie is set to open this July and follows Iron Man 2 as another high profile summer movie for the busy composer. The announcement ends speculation that Alan Silvestri might return to the franchise, as the movie is a direct sequel to the orginal Predator movie that Silvestri has scored in 1987.”

He has done quite a bit of work and has a vast list of movies behind him, including the Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City. You can check out his IMDB profile. Thanks Johnny Handsome for the news.

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AvP PC Patch #2 Coming Monday
AvP Game News | Posted by ikarop on 25 Feb 2010 17:55 GMT

Sega have just released the changelog for the AvP PC patch #2, which is due to come Monday, March 1st. The patch fixes a multitude of problems recently plaguing the online multiplayer and single player experience. Further information regarding the dedicated servers closed beta will be announced on the 1st of March as well. Check out the notes below.

General:

Stability improvements to address rare and infrequent hangs
Implemented a workaround for missing audio issues with certain hardware (SoundBlaster X-Fi, Realtek onboard, etc.)
Fixed save games being lost or corrupted if connection to Steam is lost or if user switches to offline play

Multiplayer:

Fixed XP being incorrectly affected by offline play (though only in the local stats; this will be corrected next time you connect to multiplayer)
Fixed other players sometimes appearing to have the wrong weapon or continuing to fire indefinitely after dying
Fixed rare issue where players would be temporarily invisible
Fixed some selection of servers and players in menus sometimes being incorrect

On a related note, you can check the changelog for the AvP PC patch #1 (16/02/2010) here.

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