Robb Stark actor relieved after the Red Wedding
Spoiler alert - don't read ahead if you haven't seen the ninth Game of Thrones episode of the third season!
We have warned you... After "Rains of Castamere", the episode which hosted the infamous Red Wedding scene from Martin's books, Robb Stark actor Richard Madden talked a bit with HBO about the tragic turn of events for his character.
[Michelle Fairley and I] went into that scene [...]
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Matt Smith leaves Doctor Who
Just a few minutes ago, it was announced that shockingly enough, Matt Smith will leave Doctor Who at the end of this year. The announcement appeared on the official Doctor Who page on Facebook, where many fans are already expressing their regret at the news.
Apparently, the Doctor will regenerate on the next Christmas Special, which will also mark the 50th anniversary of the longest running [...]
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Hannibal renewed for a second season by NBC
NBC has just announced the renewal of their show Hannibal for a second season. The TV series has been one of the best new shows of this season, but it received low ratings which held off the network from the decision of renewing or canceling it until today.
NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Saalke praised the work of Bryan Fuller (Executive Producer), who adapted the Hannibal Lecter story [...]
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John Noble might be in Star Wars VII
Lately, some unrelenting rumors have linked John Noble to Star Wars VII, the anticipated next chapter of the Star Wars saga. Seemingly he would play the main villain, but whatever role he may take, everyone who appreciated his extraordinary performance as Walter Bishop in FOX's sci-fi drama Fringe will surely be happy to have him in the cast.
As a matter of fact, Noble's involvement with [...]
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A second season for The Fall
The drama/thriller Tv series The Fall, after a great (although short) 5 episode first season, has been renewed by BBC Two for another round of episodes. The series revolves around a serial killer that stalk sits victims and the talented female Detective that wants to catch him (Gillian Anderson),
Ben Stephenson and Janice Hadlow gave their official approval when the show proved [...]
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We're hiring staff writers!
That's right. Want to start writing about your favourite Home Entertainment area? This is the place to do it!
As part of our restructuring in going international, we're hiring staff writers for each one of our main areas: videogames, cinema, TV series and books. Obviously previous experience is a bonus, but it's not mandatory either.
You can contact us at info@worldsfactory.net . [...]
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Futurama closed!
The popular comic sci-fi cartoon Futurama risks to be closed, another time. Back in 2003, it was cancelled by Fox channel after only four seasons, but the journey eventually continued on Comedy Central after a stop of four years, signing a contract for another two seasons.
However, the animated series is once again in trouble.
Matt Groening, creator of the show (and author of [...]
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Boardwalk Empire Review (Seasons 1 - 3)
*Warning: This review contains slight spoilers*
In this Boardwalk Empire review, I'll explain what you get when you cross Steve Buscemi with Martin Scorsese and HBO.
You didn't figure it out yet? Why, small men with their large eyes set on the liquor trade, of course. Beginning its run in 2010, Boardwalk Empire follows the story of Enoch “Nucky” Thompson (played [...]
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Mad Men, a first explosive season!
In recent times tv series are getting an artistically value to offering to the audience a big number of thematic like movies or novels. Narrative genres treats are many, like the script and directing experimentalism, and all of them are constantly changing – I won remember to all that David Lynch too, the famous director, created tv series Twim Peaks and is yet thinking to return on the little [...]
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Vikings: discovering Norse history
The Vikings, fierce warrior people also known as Northmen, are historically infamous for their raids during the Dark Ages, when they used to pillage the coasts of British isles, France and other parts of Europe.
Strangely enough, movie directors never focused on them too much save for very few exceptions (I should mention Valhalla Rising by Nicolas Winding Refn and The 13th Warrior by John [...]
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Lo Sherlock Holmes del nuovo millennio
Di serie tv se ne vedono in numero sempre crescente, ma quante di queste sono veramente originali, intriganti, accattivanti e coinvolgenti? Ben poche, obiettivamente. Alcune proseguono per i loro dieci o dodici episodi, regalandoci qualche interessante sequenza e strappandoci qualche risata, ma senza entrare in maniera permanente nella nostra memoria. Sherlock, la creatura di Arthur Conan Doyle, [...]
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The Walking Dead – una terza stagione di alti e bassi
La terza stagione di “The Walking Dead”, che vede Glen Mazzara prendere il ruolo di principale showrunner, è caratterizzata da una prima parte dai ritmi veloci, per certi versi quasi forsennati, ed una seconda piuttosto lenta. Gli episodi totali sono sedici: il trend continua verso l'alto, quindi, dopo i tredici episodi della seconda e i soli sei della prima e anche gli ascolti hanno [...]
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The Walking Dead - Una seconda stagione solo discreta
The Walking Dead è una serie televisiva horror tratta dall’omonimo fumetto di Robert Kirkman e trasmessa dal canale via cavo AMC. Ormai arrivato alla terza stagione e rinnovato per una quarta, questo show vede lo sceriffo Rick Grimes capeggiare un manipolo di sopravvissuti a seguito ad un’apocalisse scatenata dal risveglio dei morti, qui chiamati walkers e mai zombie. Il viaggio di questi [...]
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The Walking Dead, l'inizio dell'incubo
The Walking Dead è una delle serie di maggior successo degli ultimi anni ed una delle certezze è che gli ascolti televisivi non mentono mai. La storia insegna che se una serie è seguita ed amata da milioni di persone in tutto il mondo, un motivo c’è. Cercherò ora di esporre tutti quegli elementi che hanno reso The Walking Dead un successo mondiale partendo dalle sue origini: come molti di [...]
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Il trono di spade continua ad essere conteso
Non c’è da stupirsi, dopo il successo di pubblico e critica della prima stagione, che l’emittente televisivo britannico HBO abbia deciso di far proseguire le gesta delle casate dei Sette Regni con una seconda stagione de Il trono di spade, che raccoglie gli avvenimenti narrati nel terzo e quarto volume dell’edizione italiana (rispettivamente: Il regno dei lupi e La regina dei draghi). La [...]
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Il trono di Spade - L'inverno è sempre di moda
HBO è un'emittente televisiva che ci ha abituati nel tempo a serie di grande successo (Sex and the City e I Soprano sono due esempi ampiamente noti, così come True Blood), contraddistinte dalla qualità degli interpreti e dalle brillanti sceneggiature. Nel caso di Game of Thrones (da noi Il Trono di Spade), naturalmente, c'era un vantaggio intrinseco costituito dalla straordinaria trama messa [...]
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Antiviral review - Brandon Cronenberg's first work
Let me begin this Antiviral review by stating that, whenever the son of an artist decides to make his first move into the media-world of his parent, many thorny issues may arise. Some critics claim the so called son art is a cancer for the art industry. They caution those who wish to follow their parent's footsteps make an effort to do so without using the advantage of their celebrity [...]
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LA Noire creators found the Intuitive Game Studios
A sad rumor about a month ago spread the announcement that the development studio behind the masterpiece LA Noire (formerly known as Team Bondi, do you remember the nice neon logo below?) ceased to exist because the studio was unable to find a publisher for their new project called Whore of the Orient.
Today, we bring you the news that two former members of Team Bondi, [...]
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Dying Light announcement - Survival horror by Techland
Clearly, E3 is very close. Warner Bros' Dying Light announcement was just issued: it will be a open world, first person survival horror (zombie themed) game developed by Techland. The Polish software house is well-known by zombie fans for their work on the Dead Island series, but we also have to remember that they worked on Call of Juarez as well, of which a new game, Gunslinger, is releasing [...]
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PS4 sharing called "Next Gen magic" by developer
An extremely interesting article about PS4 sharing was just spotted by a Neogaf user on Develop Online. The author is Claire Blackshaw, now working at Climax as senior technical designer.
She describes in detail what is possible with the PlayStation 4's sharing and what this means for both developers and users. As Sony already said during the PlayStation Meeting, at all times, [...]
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New details on The Witcher 3 from EDGE
The notorious magazine EDGE covered The Witcher 3 pretty extensively in their last edition. Apparently, CD Projekt RED aims for a 30fps experience on consoles, and will include a ‘Witcher sense’ that will be similar to Batman’s detective mode. The information leaked on Neogaf forums.
Some of the details:
There will be no overt tutorial instead mechanics will gradually [...]
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Stonehearth interview - Exclusive
Today we bring you another exclusive Worlds Factory talk with a developer. This time, it's a Stonehearth interview with Tom Cannon of Radiant Entertainment. Their game is currently enjoying an unexpected success on Kickstarter, where they just surpassed half a million dollars on their campaign. There are still four days to go however, and additional stretch goals to be reached.
Let me add, [...]
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Kiefer Sutherland is Snake in MGS 5
During Konami's pre-E3 conference, the Japanese software house revealed that Kiefer Sutherland is Snake, or rather, will be voicing him in Metal Gear Solid 5. As the game takes place in 1984, at that time Snake was 49 years old - as such, Kiefer Sutherland was a perfect match.
Sutherland expressed his great enthusiasm and commitment to act as this legendary videogame character. [...]
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TUG interview - Exclusive
We promised you we had more exclusive content on indie gaming, and we are delivering today. Please, enjoy our exclusive TUG interview with Peter Salinas, Research / Development Director at Nerd Kingdom. I'll leave you to the interview as there's a lot to be discovered about this very intriguing sandbox multiplayer game, but let me remind you that their Kickstarter campaign has only four days [...]
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Survarium interview - Exclusive
Our close relationship with game developers continues beyond indie gaming and Kickstarter. In fact, today we are publishing an interview with Vostok Games, former developers of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series, about their upcoming online FPS Survarium. Oleg Yavorsky, PR & Marketing Director, joined us for the conversation. Enjoy!
First of all, welcome to our network and please, [...]
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FFXIV A Realm Reborn Video is All About Eorzea
Square Enix recently released a Part 2 in their FFXIV A Realm Reborn video series, "A Tour of Eorzea". This sequel takes us through some brief clips of new regions in the newest game in the Final Fantasy series. The video contains clips from both PC and PS3 gameplay.
The areas shown in this latest video are: Hammerlea, Bronze Lake, Camp Bronze Lake, The Salt Strand, De Nevelle [...]
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Black Mesa: Half Life torna più splendente che mai
Da quando le riserve di potenza computazionale non rappresentano più un serio problema per i moderni personal computer, il rendering estremo ha forse involontariamente filtrato quel genere di emozioni che titoli come il primo Half-Life hanno saputo iniettarci in endovena? E' un tarlo del dubbio che si annida profondo, considerando quelli che, commercialmente parlando, sono gli esponenti moderni [...]
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Launch trailer for Injustice
Injustice: Gods among Us, the much hyped beat'em up game from NetherRealm Studios (who already developed the last games in the Mortal Kombat franchise) and published by Warner Bros Interactive, will release in stores on April 19 for Xbox360, WiiU and PlayStation 3 platforms. You can find the usual launch trailer just below, brought you by WorldsFactoryTV , where fighting scenes are [...]
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Torchlight II, la forza delle idee
Per creare qualcosa di grandioso, alle volte, bisogna prima distruggere qualcosa di simile maestosità: un ragionamento estremo che ritrova più volte riscontro nella quotidianità, anche se si parla di grandi colossi videoludici. Era il primo agosto del 2005 quando, tra lo sconforto generale dei fan, veniva annunciata la chiusura degli studi Blizzard North, noti tra le giovani fila di nerd per [...]
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The Walking Dead – una terza stagione di alti e bassi
La terza stagione di “The Walking Dead”, che vede Glen Mazzara prendere il ruolo di principale showrunner, è caratterizzata da una prima parte dai ritmi veloci, per certi versi quasi forsennati, ed una seconda piuttosto lenta. Gli episodi totali sono sedici: il trend continua verso l'alto, quindi, dopo i tredici episodi della seconda e i soli sei della prima e anche gli ascolti hanno [...]
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Kojima non vuole limitarsi ad una piattaforma
Questa è una di quelle notizie che potrebbero, a buon diritto, far palpitare il cuore di più di un appassionato di videogiochi. Il leggendario creatore di Metal Gear Solid ha infatti dichiarato al magazine inglese EDGE che in futuro non vuole più essere soggetto a limitazioni di piattaforma, per i suoi giochi; in altri termini, questo basta ed avanza a riaccendere le speranze nel cuore di [...]
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Injustice: Gods Among Us, botte da supereroi
Quando si parla di picchiaduro è facile concatenare a raffica discussioni su di uno StreetFighter, un Tekken, un Soul Calibur od un King of Fighter a caso. Negli ultimi anni, o anche decadi, se volete, certi titoli hanno dominato i cabinati ed i salotti infiammando le amicizie a suon di mezze lune più pugno. Ultimamente il mercato, grazie anche all’ormai immensa rete di giocatori che si [...]
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Neverwinter adapted to Italian language
Great news for the Italian fans of Neverwinter, Cryptic's MMORPG currently in Open Beta phase. The official website now features the Italian language as well, and soon the entire game will be translated.
For those players who are already playing the game, it will be very easy to install the translation patch when the time comes. As a reminder, Neverwinter is a MMORPG set in the [...]
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Il prezzo della PlayStation 4 dovrà attirare molto
Parlando con EDGE, il vicepresidente dei Sony Worldwide Studios Michael Denny ha rilasciato un commento criptico, ma interessante riguardo al prezzo della futura PlayStation 4, il cui lancio è previsto per fine anno.
Stando a Denny, Sony deve imparare dal proprio passato valutando sia i successi che gli errori commessi dai lanci precedenti. Il vicepresidente ha aggiunto poi che la [...]
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The Byzantium trailer gives hope to the vampire genre
In the post-Twilight era, vampires sparkle in sunlight, sadly enough. Hope comes from a Neil Jordan (director of Interview with the vampire) movie for people like me, horror fans that actually like vampires but that simply can't stand the ones portrayed on screens in the last 10 years. The movie i'm talking about is Byzantium, already appreciated by both critics and audience in lots of festivals, [...]
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Lo Sherlock Holmes del nuovo millennio
Di serie tv se ne vedono in numero sempre crescente, ma quante di queste sono veramente originali, intriganti, accattivanti e coinvolgenti? Ben poche, obiettivamente. Alcune proseguono per i loro dieci o dodici episodi, regalandoci qualche interessante sequenza e strappandoci qualche risata, ma senza entrare in maniera permanente nella nostra memoria. Sherlock, la creatura di Arthur Conan Doyle, [...]
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