The epic Dungeon Defenders quest continues with The Quest for the Lost Eternia Shards Part III: Aquanos DLC, available now on Xbox LIVE Arcade, PlayStation Network and Steam. Set in the submerged ruins of Aquanos, a fallen metropolis deep underwater, you must defeat the Sharken, who’ll barrel through your defenses, Fish Wyvern, the Kraken and more, to find the yellow shard and get one step closer to rescuing your parents.
Dungeon Defenders is one of the fastest selling downloadable games of all time. Bringing together the best elements of tower defense and action-RPG progression, it allows players to team up and fight across 15 unique maps, 30 challenges and four difficulty settings in all of the game’s loot-raiding, spell-casting, level-up stacking glory. Players control one of four distinct heroes in an epic bid to fight back an ancient evil. Each character comes with special functions, and players can create and customize/upgrade an armory of weapons and equipment.
Check out the launch trailer for Dungeon Defenders, below.
With overwhelming fan support, Tony Puryear’s Concrete Park is slated for a new story arc in Dark Horse Presents #14–#17. Concrete Park’s return in Dark Horse Presents #14 brings us dark visions for Isaac and an event that will rock all the inhabitants of Scare City, human and non-human. This ongoing sci-fi series, written and drawn by screenwriter Tony Puryear (Eraser) takes you to a far-off planet where Earth’s poor youth have been exiled, and where they now must make a new world.
“Working with Dark Horse, getting to appear in DHP alongside great new work by Mike Mignola and Neal Adams is a terrific honor,” Puryear says. “I’m gratified that the reviews have been so positive, and more importantly, that the fans are finding and following Concrete Park. And on a personal note—we got the cover!”
Dark Horse Presents #14 hits comic stands on July 18, 2012.
Tony Puryear is the first African American screenwriter to write a $100 million summer movie blockbuster. His 1996 hit Eraser catapulted him into a career writing pictures for A listers Jerry Bruckheimer (Buck Rogers), Will Smith, and Oliver Stone. Puryear’s adaptation of the Ray Bradbury classic Fahrenheit 451 for Oscar-winning director Mel Gibson has circulated in Hollywood for years as a legendary unproduced script. His latest script is Lady Scarface for the new RKO Pictures. A talented artist and designer, Puryear was recently honored when his official campaign poster for Hillary Clinton’s historic 2008 presidential run was added to the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress and Concrete Park cocreator Erika Alexander.
Disney/Pixar has released additional concept and background art for the upcoming animated film Brave, which hits theaters on June 22, 2012. Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman co-directed Brave, and Katherine Sarafian is producing the film. The movie features the voice talents of Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson, Billy Connolly, Julie Walters, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson and Robbie Coltrane.
In Brave, young Princess Merida, determined to make her own path in life, defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and archery skills to undo a beastly curse.
A predator’s thirst for prey cannot be satiated by anything other than a perfect kill, and soon players will be wielding the blood-parched, unrelenting force of history’s greatest generation of hunters – the dinosaurs. Delivered with immense pride by developer Lukewarm Media and publisher Reverb Publishing, Primal Carnage sets players in a man versus pre-historic beast online deathmatch as savvy survivalists collide with foes of brute force, allowing players to choose a side. A new video of alpha footage showcasing the FPS/third-person blend has been unveiled, and it packs a ton of primitive fury and human finesse.
The new alpha footage joins ranks with gameplay videos that have gotten hundreds of thousands of views. The all-alpha, all-gameplay capture sheds brilliant light for the few gamers who’ve yet to see Primal Carnage awesomeness strewn about the Web. Many gamers also got to get their lucky paws on the game at the recent PAX East show in Boston – those that got their hands on it had an instantaneous attraction to the sinew and flesh fest.
Check out a new clip and screenshots from Primal Carnage, below.
As announced through Best Buy, fans awaiting Darksiders II can get an exclusive Darksiders prequel comic from Dark Horse Comics when they preorder the Best Buy exclusive Darksiders II: Angel of Death edition for Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. With a cover from game creator Joe Madureira, this Best Buy exclusive print issue takes place before the events of Darksiders II, as Death travels to Earth to hunt down and confront a rogue demon.
Written by Andrew Kreisberg (Batman Confidential, Green Arrow and Black Canary, FOX’s Fringe) and drawn by Roger Robinson (Batman: Arkham City, Azrael), Darksiders II: Death’s Door reveals essential secrets from the world of the upcoming game.
In Darksiders II, Death is awakened by the End of Days, leading the most feared of the legendary Four Horsemen to embark on a quest to redeem his brother’s name. In the game, you become the terrifying force which everything fears but nothing can escape. The original Darksiders, released in January 2010, received critical acclaim including the Best Fantasy Game 2010 award from IGN. Darksiders followed the story of War, wrongly accused of starting the apocalypse, on a quest to reclaim lost honor and take revenge on those who wronged him.
Check out preview images from the Darksiders II prequel comic, below.
Last week at Namco’s Gamer’s Day, Paramount Pictures showed off a brand new trailer of the upcoming Star Trek video game and Reverb Games has decided to share it with the world. Check out the explosive trailer for Star Trek, which hits store shelves in early 2013 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
The Star Trek game is based in the continuity set up in the 2009 reboot of Gene Roddenberry’s classic series by J.J. Abrams. The Star Trek video game offers a sweeping journey of epic proportions across unexplored planets and enemy battleships with the latest 23rd century weapons and gear. It boasts a story filled with action-packed combat as Kirk and Spock work together to stop a legendary enemy race bent on conquering the galaxy. And for the first time ever, players are cast as Captain James T. Kirk and Spock in an unprecedented co-op experience, where the complementary personalities of these iconic characters push players to make strategic use of their alliance.
Reverb has also revealed 3 pieces of concept art providing a look at what is building up to be a top game in 2013.
Today Shout Factory released Season One of Transformers Prime on Blu-ray and DVD, featuring hours of special bonus content, plus additional material. To celebrate the release, we have a batch of images from the show, along with multiple clips.
Prepare to experience the world of Transformers Prime like never before with perfect picture visuals and the purest digital sound available when the entire first season of the award-winning CGI animated series Transformers Prime arrives in stores everywhere in North America on March 6, 2012 in a deluxe 4-DVD set and a Limited Edition 4-Disc Blu-ray™ collection from Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios.
Both the DVD and Blu-ray collections of Transformers Prime: The Complete First Season boast all 26 action-packed episodes (including the 5-part miniseries Darkness Rising) and special bonus content. For a limited time only, Transformers Prime: The Complete First Season Limited Edition 4-Disc Blu-ray contains a 96-page IDW graphic novel based on this hit series.
The Transformers saga starts a new chapter as old foes return, legendary heroes rise, and new ones are found in unlikely places. The new EMMY Award winning series Transformers Prime, A Hasbro Studios production, currently airs on The HUB television network in the U.S. and Teletoons in Canada, deepens the epic mythology of both the Autobots and Decepticons, while starting a new chapter for a new generation of fans.
In early 2011, loyal Transformers fans, as well as families and kids, were introduced to this visually stunning five-part miniseries on The HUB. Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, Auotbot Ratchet, Bulkhead, and many others are back to “roll out” against Megatron’s latest attempt to conquer Earth. And Megatron proves to be more powerful than ever, having acquired a rare element that allows him mastery over life itself. Optimus Prime and the Autobots may be few against the Decepticon hordes, but they find increased strength through bonds forged with three human teenagers.
Season One of Transformers Prime boasts an all-star voice cast, including Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Steve Blum, Jeffrey Combs, Adam Baldwin, Markie Post, Ernie Hudson, among other notables. Transformers Prime is produced by Hasbro Studios, with Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Kline serving as executive producers. Kurtzman and Orci served as writers for the feature films Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
Transformers Prime recently garnered two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation and six Emmy nominations.
Transformers Prime: The Complete First Season Bonus Content
Original Making of Special
15 Audio Commentaries with the Creative Team and Voice Cast
Toy Featurette
Season Two Teaser Debuted at New York Comic-Con 2011
Technical Information
Transformers Prime: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Collection
Limited Edition 4-Disc Blu-ray is packed with Transformers Prime graphic novel and bonus content
Street Date: March 6, 2012
Running Time: about 10 hours
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic widescreen
Audio: English, Audio 5.1 Surround
Transformers Prime: The Complete First Season DVD Set
4-DVD Set and bonus content
Street Date: March 6, 2012
Running Time: about 10 hours
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic widescreen
Audio: English, Audio 5.1 Surround
Check out clips from Transformers Prime: Season One, along with screenshots and box art from the home entertainment release, below.
Transformers Prime: Season One – Episode Clip: “Con Job, Clip 2″
Transformers Prime: Season One – Episode Clip: “Sick Mino”
Transformers Prime: Season One – Episode Clip: “One Shall Rise, Part 1″
Transformers Prime: Season One – Episode Clip: “Con Job”
Transformers Prime: Season One – Episode Clip: “Partners”
Transformers Prime: Season One – Episode Clip: “Show Intro”
SEGA recently announced that their highly anticipated third-person squad-based shooter, Binary Domain, is now available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation3.
Created by Yakuza series mastermind Toshihiro Nagoshi, the man behind some of SEGA’s most well-known franchises, Binary Domain puts players in the middle of a fast paced and intense battle against an army of robots that threaten the future of mankind. Set in Tokyo 2080AD, a city polarized by poverty and the increasing use of technology, a battle for resources persists against the backdrop of a world that has been ravaged by extreme climate changes. When an illegal robot-human hybrid known as a ‘hollow child’ attacks an American robotics corporation, the world as humanity knows it changes forever. Players control Dan Marshall, part of the covert operations R.U.S.T. crew, on a vital mission that sees them fighting through both the slums of the derelict lower city and picturesque upper city environments to discover who is creating these hollow children.
Binary Domain’s ground-breaking voice-controlled Consequences System focuses on the player’s interaction with his or her squad mates, with conversational decisions directly influencing the trust levels between you and your teammates. Binary Domain also features a mix of competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes, spread across seven different game types including Free for All, Deathmatch, Domain Control and Operation, as well as five different player classes to choose from. With a central branching storyline, voice recognition in combat and conversation and AAA shooter mechanics, Binary Domain offers something genuinely distinctive to the genre.
Check out the new screenshots from Binary Domain, below.
Walt Disney Studios has revealed new images from Tim Burton’s upcoming black and white stop-motion animated film, which hits theaters and IMAX on October 5th, 2012.
Frankenweenie features the voices of Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short and Winona Ryder. The film is a remake of the live-action short Tim Burton directed in 1984.
Click on any of the images below to see large versions of the entire image set over at FilmFetish.com.
Coming soon from 345 Games and Spike TV is Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat. Based on the hit show, Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat combines 2010′s Deadliest Warrior: The Game and last year’s Deadliest Warrior: Legends into one game. According to Reverb Games, Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat is the fighter that begs the question, “Does your opponent really need his limbs, anyway?”
In addition to bringing brutal combat, graphic slaughter, and a veritable “who’s who” of the most famous soldiers and fighters across history, Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat brings never before released episodes of the show to players, the new Graveyard level, and 30 new weapons. Why your friends would choose to miss out on this package is beyond us, but just in case, rest assured that you’ll be able to play with gamers who have the digital versions of either previous iteration.
Check out screenshots of some of history’s greatest fighters in the Graveyard, the brand new level in Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat, below.
Kung Fu Factory and Microprose today revealed the first character in their upcoming all-female digital fighting game, Girl Fight, launching soon for both Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation Network. As the first of several, this reveal goes into the back story of the strong, intelligent and supremely powerful Wrench, Girl Fight’s “tank” class – deliberate move-sets that deal devastating damage.
Wrench is the most brilliant mind the world has ever seen. She entered MIT at the age of 15 and graduated at 19 with a triple major in electrical engineering, computer science, and physics. She changed the world by developing a method for safely fusing atomic nuclei and has advanced almost every field of medicine with advanced surgical inventions.
In 2012, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for her multitude of contributions to the fields of science, energy, medicine, and military transport. However, in order to accomplish so many things by the age of 26, she has sacrificed every other aspect of her life – a decision that she will soon come to regret.
She is entirely unaware that an organization operating from the shadows plans to use one of her own inventions against her…
As with each character in Girl Fight, Wrench has her own “home” arena in which to decimate her opponents. Mech Battle is like a cross between the ultimate gear head garage and a post-apocalyptic mech battle zone and features an intricately detailed, dynamic metallic background.
An arcade-style 3D fighting game in which players battle physically and metaphysically, Girl Fight allows players to choose from an array of sexy fighters to battle their way out of The Foundation, a shadowy, scientific organization looking to weaponize the psionic fighting abilities of the cast of gorgeous, all-female fighters. With a wide range of fighters and styles to choose from, arenas from across the world to fight in and tons of unlockables and customization options, Girl Fight offers retail-level bang for digital download bucks.
Check out the character and environment screenshots for Girl Fight, below.
Retro was in fashion at this year’s Toy Fair, which took place at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The Six Million Dollar Man, The Original Star Trek, and classic Star Wars figures filled the convention floor, leaving fanboys drooling with anticipation, since many of the samples on display won’t be available for months.
Check out our 2-part gallery celebrating the best of Toy Fair 2012, starting below, and continued RIGHT HERE.
CLICK HERE for part two of the Toy Fair 2012 gallery.
Walt Disney Pictures has released new images from La Luna, the timeless fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances.
In La Luna, tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In an old wooden boat they row far out to sea, and with no land in sight, they stop and wait. A big surprise awaits the little boy as he discovers his family’s most unusual line of work. Should he follow the example of his Papa, or his Grandpa? Will he be able to find his own way in the midst of their conflicting opinions and timeworn traditions?
The 7 minute short film was directed by Enrico Casarosa, and will be released on June 22, 2012.
Telltale Games and Eisner Award-winning writer & creator of The Walking Dead Robert Kirkman, announced that the first episode of Playing Dead, a new online talk show discussing the upcoming Walking Dead Game, is now live and available to view on the games’ official website, which also debuted today at telltalegames.com/walkingdead.
Based on Robert Kirkman’s groundbreaking comic book series, The Walking Dead Game is an episodic Adventure Horror game series set during the same apocalyptic period witnessed by Sheriff Rick Grimes. Telling the story of a new group of survivors as they struggle to flee the horror of Atlanta and the surrounding communities consumed by the undead, The Walking Dead offers players the chance to experience the very first days of the apocalypse, meeting people and participating in events that intersect with the story seen in the comic books.
Playing Dead is an online talk show that takes fans behind the scenes to reveal what has gone into making the game. Hosted by AJ LoCascio (the voice of Marty McFly in Telltale’s Back to the Future: The Game series), the nine-part show will feature guests including The Walking Dead creator/writer Robert Kirkman and The Book of Eli screenwriter Gary Whitta, consultant for the game.
After a 24-hour period of exclusivity on the official website, Playing Dead will also be available to watch on YouTube, iTunes and soon after, other online outlets including Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network.
“Collaborating with Telltale on The Walking Dead continues to be a fantastic process. They understand the world and the characters that I created and what it takes to make a game out of them. What’s really exciting is that they’re telling a new story with new characters, so you’ll get to see the same world Rick Grimes did, but now from a different point of view,” said The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman. “Playing Dead is going to be an awesome way for fans to learn about the game and how it was made. It makes sense that Telltale are talking to people in this unique way because The Walking Dead is going to be a unique zombie game.”
The Walking Dead is a five part episodic Adventure Horror game that will be available for digital download beginning in spring of 2012 for all major gaming platforms.
Telltale also released 3 new screenshots from the game, which you can view below, highlighting the game’s distinctive visuals, inspired by the work of The Walking Dead comic book artist Charlie Adlard. I’ve also included concept art and screenshots that were released at San Diego Comic-Con 2011.
In September 2011, acclaimed artist Molly Crabapple embarked on a truly unique and captivating endeavor: one hotel room, 270 square feet of blank paper, and five days to cover it all in art. Backed by her dedicated fans and armed with caffeine, champagne, and a lot of ink, she set about transforming the room with her engrossing and dynamic work; creating vast, imaginative pieces that would turn an ordinary hotel room into an otherworldly wonderland.
“I conceived of Week in Hell as a way to break on through to the other (artistic) side by drawing beyond the limits of endurance,” said Crabapple. “I never imagined that so many people would want to help me do it. While covering the room in drawings, I thought I was pro until I collapsed at the end of one 20-foot wall. The room killed me a bit, but I killed it a bit, too.”
Also featuring a foreword by Warren Ellis, photography by Steve Prue, and a cover by fashion photographer Clayton Cubitt, this is an art book unlike any other.
The Art of Molly Crabapple: Week in Hell is the first volume of a three-volume art-book series that IDW will be producing with Crabapple in 2012. It will be available in stores on March 14, 2012.
In conjunction with BBC Worldwide and CBS Consumer Products, IDW Publishing will make history when two of the greatest science-fiction properties of all time come together in a comic book for the first time. The world’s most popular time traveler teams up with the U.S.S. Enterprise crew in Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation 2, taking fans on an adventure where no man has gone before.
Launching in May, Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation 2 will feature fan-favorite villains the Borg and the Cybermen as they create an unholy alliance resulting in potential disaster for all humanity. Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise find themselves joining forces with the Doctor and his companions, with the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance.
“We are excited about this new adventure for the Doctor and the fact that he will be travelling with Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his iconic crew. This is a perfect partnership for not only Doctor Who’s incredible fans, but also for the brand. We have just celebrated our most successful year yet. Doctor Who’s latest season delivered record ratings for BBC America and it was most downloaded full TV seasons of 2011 in the U.S. on the iTunes Store,” says Soumya Sriraman, executive vice president Home Entertainment and Licensing.
The Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation 2 eight-issue series will be written by Scott and David Tipton, the authors of critically acclaimed Star Trek: Infestation, with a helping hand from longtime Doctor Who writer Tony Lee, and will feature fully painted artwork by MYFantasyArt.com member J.K. Woodward (Fallen Angel).
Fans are encouraged to ask their retailers about the rare wraparound photo cover. Plus, artist Joe Corroney (Star Trek Ongoing) will provide a variant cover featuring the Doctor and friends aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Doctor Who and Star Trek are two hugely successful franchises that began as television series, and have expanded into a number of other media, including comic books, which continue to captivate fans all over the world. Nearly five decades and 1,500 episodes in the making, this is the moment that both Trekkers and Whovians have waited for all their lives.
Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation 2 will be available in stores in May 2012.
Disney has released a fresh batch of set images, BTS images and VFX progressions from Academy Award-winner Andrew Stanton’s upcoming epic action-adventure John Carter.
John Carter is set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). The film is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose highly imaginative adventures served as inspiration for many filmmakers, both past and present. John Carter tells the story of war-weary, former military captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
John Carter stars Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Bryan Cranston, Polly Walker, Daryl Sabara, with Thomas Haden Church and Willem Dafoe. The film is produced by Jim Morris, Lindsey Collins and Colin Wilson, from a script by Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews and Michael Chabon, based on the story A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
John Carter hits theaters on March 9th, 2012.
Check out the entire gallery of images below, or CLICK HERE to visit the MYFantasyArt.com fan page for fantasy art legend Frank Frazetta, who illustrated a number of paperback novel covers for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ work.
Check out a brand new clip from John Carter RIGHT HERE.
John Carter-related trivia:
Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Chicago and is best known for writing and creating Tarzan—still one of the most successful and iconic fictional creations of all time. John Carter is based on Burroughs’ first novel, A Princess of Mars.
Academy Award–winning director/writer Andrew Stanton directed and co-wrote the screenplay for WALL•E, which earned the Academy Award® and Golden Globe Award® for Best Animated Feature of 2008. He was Oscar nominated for the screenplay. He made his directorial debut with Finding Nemo, garnering an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay and winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film of 2003. He was one of the four screenwriters to receive an Oscar nomination in 1996 for his contribution to Toy Story, and went on to receive credit as a screenwriter on subsequent Pixar films A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and WALL•E.
The award-winning below-the-line team includes Production Designer Nathan Crowley, Oscar®- nominated for both “Dark Knight” and “The Prestige,” and Costume Designer Mayes Rubeo, whose work is showcased in “Avatar” and “Apocalypto.”
Michael Chabon, who won the Pulitzer Prize in Literature for his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, is a co-writer on the screenplay.
Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino has received numerous accolades for his work on previous Disney•Pixar films Up (Oscar winner, Best Original Score; BAFTA winner, Best Music; Golden Globe winner, Best Original Score for a Motion Picture; GRAMMY Award winner, Best Score Soundtrack Album), Ratatouille (GRAMMY Award winner, Best Score Soundtrack Album; Annie Award winner, Best Music in an Animated Feature Production; Oscar nomination, Best Original Score) and The Incredibles (Annie Award winner, Best Music in an Animated Feature Production; GRAMMY nomination, Best Score Soundtrack Album).
There’s no better date than a 4-player co-op frenzy with your significant other and a fellow couple. Dungeon Defenders is just the co-op experience you’ll love with a brand new DLC on Steam. Team up to play the “Sky O’ Love” Challenge Mission, and become matchmaker by pairing “Boy” mobs with their same-species, significant, “Girl” mob others.
Mega Cupid isn’t too happy about you doing his work for him. This event also includes a redesigned tavern, four new Hero outfits, and a unique cupid pet.
To celebrate (a million PC/console downloads, not the pants), Trendy Entertainment will also be putting the iPhone/iPad version of Dungeon Defenders, Dungeon Defenders: Second Wave, on a week-long sale for $0.99.
Dungeon Defenders is one of the fastest selling downloadable games of all time, selling over 1 million units across all three platforms since its launch in mid-October. Bringing together the best elements of tower defense and action-RPG progression, it allows players to team up and fight across 15 unique maps, 30 challenges and four difficulty settings in all of the game’s loot-raiding, spell-casting, level-up stacking glory. Players control one of four distinct heroes in an epic bid to fight back an ancient evil. Each character comes with special functions, and players can create and customize/upgrade an armory of weapons and equipment.
Check out screenshots from Dungeon Defenders, below.
Artist and designer Camilla d’Errico’s paintings, comics, apparel, toys, and licensed merchandise items are found in trendsetting venues worldwide, and her unique art style sets these items apart from the crowd. Dark Horse Deluxe, a division of Dark Horse Comics, announces the latest step forward for d’Errico, a limited-edition sculptural bust inspired by her painting No Ordinary Love.
Slated for release in late June of this year, the meticulously painted sculpture measures approximately 8 inches tall and 5 inches in width. It is strictly limited to only 950 hand-numbered copies for worldwide distribution. It will be packaged in a full-color collectible box, with a certificate of authenticity inserted to certify it for collectors.
According to Dark Horse Deluxe, Camilla d’Errico supervised every aspect of the sculpting and paint application as the piece took shape, providing additional reference, commentary, and color notes throughout the prototyping process.
The painting No Ordinary Love was included in the Dark Horse art book of d’Errico’s work, Femina and Fauna, which has gone into multiple printings and can be found in a diverse array of retail venues, such as bookstores, art galleries, pop-culture and designer-toy emporiums, and comic shops. A second hardcover collection of Camilla d’Errico’s paintings, titled Helmetgirls, is scheduled for publication by Dark Horse this July.
Dark Horse will display No Ordinary Love to the trade for the first time at its booth during International Toy Fair, at Jacob Javits Center in New York, from February 12–15, 2012.
It was 1992 when Todd McFarlane and newly-formed Image Comics released their most popular and successful comic book – Spawn – into the world and never looked back. McFarlane Toys is commemorating this milestone with a 20th Anniversary Spawn resin statue, offered exclusively through the McFarlane Toys online store. Preordering for the resin statue starts at Noon (Eastern Standard Time) this Saturday, February 11th.
Each statue is signed by Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, and will be based on classic artwork from Spawn comic issue #1. This Spawn statue is limited to 600 pieces and each is individually numbered. As an added bonus, every statue also includes a free Lithograph of the artwork the statue was based on.
This limited-edition Statue stands 13.5 inches tall and will sell for $185 with free Shipping. The Spawn: 20th Anniversary is planned to ship July 2012.
Check out images of the 20th Anniversary Spawn resin statue, along with the free Lithograph of the artwork the statue was based on, below.
New sci-fi epic Concrete Park, written and drawn by Hollywood screenwriter, to appear in legendary anthology magazine Dark Horse Presents.
Tony Puryear wrote the 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger smash hit Eraser, becoming the first African American screenwriter to pen a $100 million summer blockbuster. Since that time, he’s written action and sci-fi scripts for a who’s who of Hollywood A listers, from Will Smith to Mel Gibson to Jerry Bruckheimer, and adapted storied sci-fi properties like Fahrenheit 451 and Buck Rogers for the big screen. Now Puryear brings his writing and art talents to the world of graphic novels, with Concrete Park for Dark Horse Presents. Concrete Park, Tony Puryear’s first comics project, appears in Dark Horse Presents #8 from Dark Horse Comics.
“Concrete Park is a sprawling epic,” Puryear says. “It’s the sci-fi story I’ve been waiting to tell. It’s a perfect fit with Dark Horse Presents, the legendary anthology comic that served as a launch pad for innovative work by the biggest names in comics, including Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) and Mike Mignola (Hellboy). I’m honored to be in the company of these amazing world builders, and happy Mike Richardson of Dark Horse believes Concrete Park belongs with them.”
Concrete Park is a dark and provocative near-future story. It takes place in a turbulent mega-city on a distant desert planet (think Cairo or Rio in space). Young human exiles from Earth must fight to make a new world there. They are young, violent and ten billion miles from home. In its ambitious scope, it resembles nothing so much as George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, but with favelas and aliens, cops and cyborgs, ghettos and gangs, instead of castles and armies.
Concrete Park was co-created by Puryear and his wife, actress Erika Alexander (Living Single, Déjà Vu), and her brother, writer Robert Alexander, with Puryear also handling the art chores on the book.
Tony Puryear is the first African American screenwriter to write a $100 million summer movie blockbuster. His 1996 hit Eraser catapulted him into a career writing pictures for A listers Jerry Bruckheimer (Buck Rogers), Will Smith, and Oliver Stone. Puryear’s adaptation of the Ray Bradbury classic Fahrenheit 451 for Oscar-winning director Mel Gibson has circulated in Hollywood for years as a legendary unproduced script. His latest script is Lady Scarface for the new RKO Pictures.
A talented artist and designer, Puryear was recently honored when his official campaign poster for Hillary Clinton’s historic 2008 presidential run was added to the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery.
Along with Tony Puryear, other writers and artists featured in Dark Horse Presents #8 include John Arcudi, Brian Wood, Howard Chaykin, Neal Adams, Andi Watson, Al Gordon, MJ Butler and Beau Smith, along with artists Duncan Fegredo (who drew the cover), Geof Darrow, Kristian Donaldson, Thomas Yeates, Mark Wheatley and Eduardo Barreto.
Walt Disney Studios Animation has revealed a first look at Concept Art for their upcoming animated film Wreck-It Ralph. The pieces of artwork introduce some of the different “video game worlds” within the film.
Walt Disney Studios’ Wreck-It Ralph, directed by Rich Moore (episodes of Futurama and The Simpsons), centers on the bad guy character in a classic game who longs to be a hero. The character brings trouble to his entire arcade after sneaking into a new first-person shooter game and unleashing a deadly enemy.
The film hits theaters on November 12, 2012, featuring the voices of John C. Reilly, Jane Lynch, Jack McBrayer, Sarah Silverman and Jamie Elman.
Walt Disney Animation Studios' “Wreck-It Ralph” takes place in the world of arcade video games and features “Hero’s Duty,” a sci-fi, first-person shooter in which a platoon of soldi
Walt Disney Animation Studios' Wreck-It Ralph takes place in the world of arcade video games and features the brightly colored, deceptively sweet game of "Sugar Rush," in which competitors race candy go-karts around a world make entirely of edible sweets.
I came across these screenshots from SEGA’s upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines, at the company’s website. Some of screenshots have been online, but some are brand new.
Aliens: Colonial Marines will be in stores this Fall for PlayStation, XBox 360 and PC.
Check out some new screenshots from Aliens: Colonial Marines, below.
The net is already lit up with news surrounding DC Comics’ upcoming Before Watchmen comic series. DC Entertainment’s official blog lists the writers and artists on the series as Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets), Lee Bermejo (Joker), Amanda Conner (Power Girl), Darwyn Cooke (Justice League: New Frontier), John Higgins (Watchmen), Adam Hughes (Catwoman), J.G. Jones (Final Crisis), Andy Kubert (Flashpoint), Joe Kubert (SGT. ROCK), Jae Lee (Batman: Jekyll and Hyde), J. Michael Straczynski (Superman: Earth One) and Len Wein (Swamp Thing).
DC Comics’ Before Watchmen includes:
RORSCHACH (4 issues) – Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: Lee Bermejo
Each week, a new issue will be released, and will feature a two-page back-up story called CURSE OF THE CRIMSON CORSAIR, written by original series editor Len Wein and with art by original series colorist John Higgins. There will also be a single issue, BEFORE WATCHMEN: EPILOGUE, featuring the work of various writers and artists, and a CRIMSON CORSAIR story by Wein and Higgins.
Below is a gallery of additional covers I found from around the net from Before Watchmen.
Additional Sources: USA Today: RORSCHACH – Interview with writer Brian Azzarello LA Times Hero Complex: MINUTEMEN – Interview with writer/artist Darwyn Cooke The New York Times: THE COMEDIAN – Interview with writer Brian Azzarello Entertainment Weekly: SILK SPECTRE – Interview with writer Darwyn Cooke The Hollywood Reporter: NITE OWL – Interview with writer J. Michael Straczynski Wired: OZYMANDIAS – Interview with writer Len Wein Comic Book Resources: DR. MANHATTAN – Interview with writer J. Michael Straczynski Associated Press: CURSE OF THE CRIMSON CORSAIR – Interview with writer Len Wein and artist John Higgins
The epic Dungeon Defenders quest continues with The Quest for the Lost Eternia Shards Part III: Aquanos DLC, available now on Xbox LIVE Arcade, PlayStation Network and Steam. Set in the submerged ruins of Aquanos, a fallen metropolis deep underwater, you must defeat the Sharken, who’ll barrel through your defenses, Fish Wyvern, the Kraken and more, to find the yellow shard and get one step closer to rescuing your parents.
