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The numbers of blu-ray copies avatar sold on its launch day – eclipsing the previous record held by the dark knight. The disc contains the 2D version – a 3D version will be released next year.
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dark horse hammered Cult meets cult as Dark Horse Comics joins forces with Hammer Films. Dark Horse will be producing comics and graphic novels based on both Hammer’s classic horrors as well as its latest releases. The first will be based on Let Me In, Hammer’s english remake of the Swedish vampire horror Let The Right One In.
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The turn-base massively multiplayer game Dofus’ current registered users. The game hosts around 1 million players a day and peaked with 250,000 simultaneous connections.
Source: FOX We are still waiting for the next Gran Turismo game to leave the pits, but its godfather, Kazunori Yamauchi, already has his next game planned: the first game he made, Motor Toon Grand Prix. “Who could look at fender renders for over a decade, and not yearn to be the man they once were?” he explained.
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activision’s doubts Pop band No Doubt is suing Activision for the use of their likenesses in the game Band Hero. No Doubt says it did not sign up to be used as “karaoke characters” for other songs. A judge agrees and has let the case go forward. Previously a similar case appeared around the use of Kurt Cobain’s likeness in Guitar Hero.
Source: ankama games
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The hubble telescope’s age. It was first launched in April 1990, but only became fully operational after a faulty mirror was replaced in 1993. It will be retired in 2014 by the JAmes Webb Telescope.
1 Billion
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the cumulative views of Lady gaga videos online, making her the first artist to pass this number. She reached the number by combining the views of three of her videos: poker face, bad romance and just dance (telephone had just been released at the time of this announcement).
whedon’s avengers With Thor and Captain America movies in production, a film around the Marvel Comics supergroup, The Avengers, was inevitable. Now it looks like Josh Whedon, the man behind Buffy, Firefly and Dollhouse and a much-adored auteur of sci-fi and geek entertainment, will be the director of the massive movie event.
Dr. Who game for free! The BBC has announced several new Dr. Who video games, all of which will be released for free. The first game, the opening chapter in a larger story, is due in July. The games celebrate the legacy of this Sci-Fi icon.
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first underwater tweet
“In my head I’m still living and working as if there is no Internet, and treat it as a nuisance.” Prolific musician Jack White from The White Strips tells NME.com he’s not a big fan of the World Wide Web.
Julia Gorodetskaya, a Ukrainian journalist, has sent the first Twitter message from underwater, using a phone sealed in a plastic bag while diving in a dolphinarium. In January an astronaut tweeted from the ISS.
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