Comic-Con 2010

Earlier this week, Adam Sessler told me "Next year, let's declare a boycott on all colons. No more colons in game titles!" I'm starting to agree with him. Although I'm sure that as soon as that grassroots moment gets going, : the Game will be released. Then you'll have to prepare yourself for : : the Uprising sequel and so on. 

Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning is right in the middle of colontown, and this is just their first foray into the realm. 38 Studios is going to follow the Torchlight model, and introduce this game as their single-player console and PC version before the MMO comes out sometime later. We have to imagine that's a cost-saving measure as well, so they can see how much interest there is in this title before spending a bundle on a massive multiplayer experience.

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Darth Vader may be on the run for now, but find out what the Sith Lord was doing before in this trailer for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II from Comic-Con 2010. Learn about the game's premise from the producers themselves, as well as the gameplay mechanics and development. Who's excited to wield their lightsaber for this sequel?

If you're dying to know more about Marvel's line-up of video games, you'll want to check out the Marvel Interactive: A Look at Marvel Video Games panel from Comic-Con 2010.  As described by Comic-Con proper:

Learn all about Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Super Hero Squad Online, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Thor and and other new games via exclusive trailers, surprise reveals, and Q&A with the game creators, as well as the Marvel writers working on the next wave of Marvel Games from some of the industry's top publishers.

Jump in to learn about new features, exclusive bonuses, and more on your favorite Marvel games from the developers themselves.  Hit the Read More to participate!

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Leave it up to Stephen “Love Me Some Weirdness” Johnson to track down and bring you a Comi-Con 2010 preview of Sony’s upcoming downloadable title Kung Fu Rider. Not only does the game apparently have little to nothing to do with kung fu fighting, but it also appears to encourage hurdling down city streets on office chairs. Throw in PlayStation Move support, and you have one odd concoction. Isn’t that right, Steve?

“Yes, that's a totally preposterous idea for a game, but it's got a loopy charm that cannot be denied. The action and characters are so cartoonish and silly, if it doesn't make you laugh and/or shake your head and say 'What the hell?' you don't have a soul.”

Read Steve’s full Kung Fu Rider Comic-Con 2010 preview to see what else makes this downloadable title has going for it.

You can usually find cosplayers at big conventions like Comic-Con or, if you've got that weird fetish thing, in the bedroom. But sometimes you'll find people dressing up as their favorite nerd characters for every day activities, like picking up the drycleaning, walking the dog or...robbing banks?

News outlets are reporting that yesterday, a 6' tall man wearing a Darth Vader mask and cape robbed a Chase bank at gunpoint in Long Island. The scene was comic enough that customers and staff thought it was a big joke.

But they soon realised how serious the man was when he produced a handgun and demanded cash. Police in New York are now trying to trace the phantom menace, who stuffed cash into a bag and disappeared.

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Lovers of super powered jewelry and interstellar heroics will be pleased to hear that Warner Bros. Interactive is hard at work on Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters, a new game based on the upcoming Green Lantern film, and set for release next summer.

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It’s no surprise that the utterly beloved comic series Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is among the most talked about properties of this year’s Comic-Con. Between the final book just being released, the Edgar Wright movie, and, most importantly to us, the Ubisoft beat’em up game coming to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade, this year’s show clearly has extra layers of epicness going on, and we couldn’t be happier. As such, we had Jason Engel check out Ubisoft’s upcoming game during a Sony event yesterday, and here’s a little of what Jason had to say about it:

"Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game is a classic 2D side-scrolling fighter. Both the gameplay and the graphics are reminiscent of the kick-and-punch games kids spent weeks' worth of allowance on -- one quarter at a time -- trying to beat back in the halcyon days of the arcade."

Check out Josh's full Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game Comic-Con preview for more details.

Activision announced today during Comic-Con that “legendary” actor Neil Patrick Harris will once again don his finest Spidey suit for the stylish Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.

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The cosplayers of Comic-Con are among the most fun things to see at the convention, and there are so many of them, from painstakingly handmade to costumes that advertise. Check out these amazing, fun and in one case, funny, cosplayers we saw yesterday. For more Comic-Con 2010 cosplay photos you can easily click here or if you want to see sexy, cute, and weird women cosplaying you can click here.

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Greetings late night Feed readers. I have literally just made it back from the Tron Legacy Comic-Con party. If you follow Attack of the Show on Twitter, you might have been reading my live blog updates from there. This was the destination for Tron fans, who have been playing the upcoming sequel's ARG since Comic-Con of last year! This was their endgame so to speak. Derez yourselves and come check out our pictures from the party.

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In addition to announcing a new limited edition Halo: Reach Xbox 360 bundle Bungie revealed new details about Reach’s next iteration of its in-game editing toolset, Forge 2.0, some newly announced Firefight modes, armor abilities, and more during their Comic-Con 2010 panel.

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Bungie officially unveiled a limited edition Halo: Reach Xbox 360 console bundle during their Comic-Con 2010 panel today.

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Anyone who knows anything about Templars, assassins and genetic memory is probably familiar with Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise. Jeffrey Yohalem, the head writer of the upcoming third installment in the series, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, was featured at the "Assassin’s Creed: Behind and Beyond the Brotherhood" panel at Comic-Con 2010.

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