'Street Fighter' returns to theaters, 'Halo' on hold
A new film based on Capcom's classic "Street Fighter" series is in the works, reports Variety magazine. College students may remember the last "Street Fighter" movie, which starred Jean-Claude Van Damme as American fighter Guile and Raul Julia as M. Bison. Those who don't remember that movie should consider themselves lucky.
Hyde Park Entertainment will produce the "Street Fighter" movie and Justin Marks, currently working on an adaptation of "Voltron," will write the screenplay.
Meanwhile, a more eagerly anticipated video game movie named "Halo" has been placed on hold. Peter Jackson's production company, WingNut Films, sent out this statement: "At this time Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, along with Microsoft, have mutually agreed to postpone making a feature film based on the Halo video game universe until we can fulfill the promise we made to millions of Halo fans ... of bringing a first class film to the big screen." Considering how lame video game movies have been in the past, this may take a while.
Sony feels the debt
Sony Computer Entertainment, the video game division of Sony, doubled loss estimates for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2007. Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer predicted losses at $1.71 billion.
"Considering some of the additional costs of PlayStation 3, we have to generate some excitement and profits from elsewhere in the company," Stringer told Reuters news service.
Sony is not worried about being in the red, however, Stringer said.
"The point really is that PlayStation 3 is already finished and has been tested in America and has been deemed a creative success," he said. "In the end that is what counts."
Wii will have 30 downloadable games in 2006
When the Nintendo Wii launches later this month, gamers will have more than just the titles at the store to choose from. As previously reported, Nintendo will be making available classic games from all its old systems, plus Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx-16. Last week, the company announced that 30 games will be available by the end of 2006.
Highlights include "Mario Bros.," "Legend of Zelda" and "Donkey Kong" from the original Nintendo Entertainment System; "F-Zero" and "Sim City" from Super Nintendo; "Super Mario 64" from Nintendo 64; "Sonic the Hedgehog" and "Ecco the Dolphin" from Sega Genesis; and "Bonk's Adventure" and "Bomberman '93" from TurboGrafx-16.
