‘Assassin’s Creed’ and ‘Splinter Cell’ are coming to Oculus

Facebook has snagged two made-for-VR Ubisoft titles. Virtual reality versions of Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell are coming to Oculus. Facebook made the announcement during its Connect event today.Ubisoft will develop the VR versions of both games...

The latest ‘Rainbow Six: Siege’ character is the hero of ‘Splinter Cell’

Ubisoft’s ongoing Splinter Cell revival is gathering momentum. After some teasing, the developer has confirmed that series hero Sam Fisher will be a playable character in the third season of Rainbow Six: Siege, Operation Shadow Legacy. True to his cl...

Microsoft’s Xbox, Xbox 360 backward compatibility list ends here

Now that Microsoft has unveiled its Project Scarlett Xbox gaming ambitions, there's some good news and some bad news about backward compatibility. The good news is that games from four generations of Xbox will be playable on the new hardware. Even be...

‘Elite Squad’ pulls together a Tom Clancy dream team on mobile

Ghost Recon: Breakpoint wasn't the only Tom Clancy-related game Ubisoft showcased at its E3 event. It revealed the trailer for Tom Clancy's Elite Squad, a mobile RPG that pulls together characters from Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, The Division and Splin...

Splinter Cell Blacklist Collector’s Edition Bundles an R/C Bomber

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Collector’s editions usually include some serious bonuses, but Ubisoft certainly raised the bar when it added a remote-controlled Paladin bomber to the special version of Splinter Cell Blacklist.

Ubisoft, the publisher of Splinter Cell Blacklist, named this special release the Paladin Multi-Mission Aircraft Edition. It will only be available for Xbox ...
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Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender to Star in Video Game Inspired Movies

Let’s be honest, Hollywood doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to adapting video game properties to movies. I’m looking directly at you Dwayne Johnson and that sorry excuse for a Doom movie. Now we have a couple more video game movies set to go into production starring some big names.

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Reports are indicating that Tom Hardy, the dude who played Bane in the The Dark Knight Rises, will play Sam Fisher, the trident-goggle-wearing protagonist from the Splinter Cell series of video games and books. While Splinter Cell is coming to movie theaters is cool enough, Michael Fassbender has reportedly signed up to star in a movie adaption of the Assassin’s Creed video game.

Fassbender will be best known by geeks all around the world for his turn as Magneto in X-Men: First Class. Fassbender also played a slightly insane, but awesome cyborg in Prometheus. Here’s hoping both of these video game movie adaptations turn out much better than Doom. Or Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Or Tomb Raider. Or Final Fantasy. Or Prince of Persia. Or Super Mario Bros.

[via E! Online]


10 Fan-Made Video Game Movie Posters

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Lets face it: Movies based on video games usually suck, no matter how good the games were. Something about the transfer from VG studios to film moguls just doesn’t work, ...
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