News Bytes: Jay Mohr Edition
Today we have a bizzaro Bytes: Jay Mohr is in the spotlight, Bollywood video games, peculiar Dungeon Runners advertising, and more.
Today is bizzaro Bytes day: Jay Mohr in the spotlight, Bollywood video games on the rise, and some peculiar Dungeon Runners advertising.
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Jay Mohr hosting BlizzCon
[pc]Blizzard today revealed that comedian and actor Jay Mohr (The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue, Go) will be hosting the opening and closing night festivities at next weekend's BlizzCon in Anaheim, California. I can only hope he brings a better set than Jamie Kennedy.
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Final Fantasy XI has a festival too
[pc]Square Enix has announced Fan Festival 2007, a three day convention to be held in Anaheim, California from November 15-17. Attendees will be the first to play Winges of the Goddess, the fourth FFXI expansion. 1500 tickets will be made available, each costing $85. More details on the official site.
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QuakeCon schedule posted, World in Conflict making an appearance
[pc] [xbox360]The official QuakeCon website has been updated with a schedule of the proceedings. Additionally, Massive Entertainment has announced that its fast-paced RTS World in Conflict will be making an appearance at the show.
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Midway locks down Stranglehold
[pc] [ps3] [xbox360]Midway Chicago's actioner Stranglehold has been set for release on August 27, for the PC and Xbox 360. The PlayStation 3 version will follow up on September 17, although owners of that version will pick up a free copy of the classic John Woo film Hard Boiled, featuring the star of Stranglehold, Chow Yun-Fat.
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Bollywood turns games into ads
ZDNet brings us the story of how one company is creating 3D games based on Indian movies for the purposes of marketing. The popular Burger King Xbox 360 "Advergames" are cited as examples of successful promotional games. The three $3.99 games--Sneak King, Pocketbike Racer, and Big Bumpin'--eventually sold over 3.2 million copies combined. What.
NCsoft releases sketchy Dungeon Runners ad
Finally, we end this ridiculous issue of News Bytes with a fitting brochure from Dungeon Runners developer NCsoft.
Like a dead body in the room nextdoor, I really have nothing to say about it. You all have to look for yourselves.
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