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News Blips: BioShock Movie Update, Final Fantasy 14 Beta Delayed, Split/Second DLC, and More
Mikeminotti-biopic
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Would a BioShock movie be anything but a letdown? It'd be no different than BioShock 2; you can't really wow us with Rapture the same way you did the first time.

News Blips:

The BioShock movie is still coming. We haven't heard much about the film adaptation of Ken Levine's blockbuster game since we were told that production was halted due to budgetary concerns. I guess filming an entire movie in an underwater city is kind of expensive. Ken Levine recently told a DC radio station that the project is, "...something we are actively discussing, quite actively, and actively working on." [Kotaku]

This collector's edition turns me Tron. See what I did there? It's a play on words...like, turn me on, but with Tron. Ahem. The collector's edition for Disney Interactive's Tron: Evolution comes with a miniature light cycle, plus a case to store it and the game in. This title really surprised me at E3. I might be all over this. It gives me a hard Tron. [1UP]

Final Fantasy 14 beta is late to its own adventuring party. The open beta for Final Fantasy 14 was supposed to start today. Apparently, some last-minute critical bugs have prevented that. This is worrying for a game that's supposed to launch later this month. [Kotaku]

Split/Second gets two DLC packs, one for each piece of that previously whole second. The Elite Vehicle Livery Pack is free and includes liveries for three of the game's old cars. The High Octane Supercar Pack gives you three new vehicles for 160 Microsoft Points ($2). I loved Split/Second, but I think I'm going to wait for the new track before I spend any money on DLC. [Joystiq]


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Comments (5)
5211_100857553261324_100000112393199_12455_5449490_n
August 31, 2010


I'm not heartbroken about FF14's delay.  Got the mail this morning and their site was getting pounded so hard that I barely even got to download the client.  Once it DID start downloading, their P2P distribution was so ...deficient... that five hours into the download, I had 7% finished and had the BitTorrent share equivelant of something like. 4.5:1.  It's frustrating having to be the one to service the community their client; I had so much data going upstream that I'd be uploading 80KBPS and often downloading less than 1KBPS.



Hopefully that'll be fixed along with the client errors reported.


Nick_hair
August 31, 2010


I weep ever so slightly whenever someone bad-mouths BioShock 2. Which means I weep a lot.


Mikeminotti-biopic
August 31, 2010


@Nick I still liked Bioshock 2, if that makes you feel better :)


5211_100857553261324_100000112393199_12455_5449490_n
September 01, 2010


For the record, FF14's beta's scheduled to restart today at 19:00PDT.  So by the time the game launches, I should have the beta client finished! 



http://entry.ffxiv.com/na/index.html



I'm getting a raging Tron.


Robsavillo
September 01, 2010


Ken Levine sure is active! Does anyone else think that quote is utterly ridiculous?


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