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Iron Man 2 To Go Beyond New Movie, Comics, Includes Crimson Dynamo

Brian Crecente — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:20:00 +0000

Iron Man 2 will feature an original story by comic book author Matt Fraction which will include elements from both the movie and comic books, Sega announced.

The game, debuting at San Diego Comic-Con in the Sega and Marvel booths, will include enemies not seen in the movie, like Crimson Dynamo, and have a greater focus on hand-to-hand combat as well as a redesigned control scheme.

“Iron Man has an undeniably huge fan base, and we really wanted to give them the game they have been waiting for. We spent a lot of time incorporating their concerns and feedback from the first game, as well as coming up with new ideas to take this game to a whole new level,” said Sean Ratcliffe, Vice President of Marketing, SEGA of America. “Creating a new story with renowned comic book writer Matt Fraction is a huge part of making that happen, and we are incredibly excited to bring fans the game we know they want with Iron Man 2.”

Fraction, whose work at Marvel includes The Invincible Iron Man, The Uncanny X-Men and The Immortal Iron Fist, will be on hand to sign stuff at Comic-Con this week.

Sega Debuting Iron Man II Game, More At Comic-Con

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:20:18 +0000

The video game presence at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con is quickly expanding, as Sega has revealed what it’s bringing to the pop culture convention. That list includes Iron Man 2, which the publisher will debut at the show.

We will, of course, be making our way over to Sega’s booth to check out the Iron Man sequel, but that’s not all Sega has to offer. The PlatinumGames developed Bayonetta will also be showcased prominently, with a Sega sponsored shindig—invite only, though, sorry!—and a panel featuring creator Hideki Kamiya.

Also attending will be Bleach: The 3rd Phantom, SEGA & Sonic All Stars Racing, Planet 51 and, at the Funimation Booth, role-playing game Sands of Destruction.

Summer Blockbuster Maximise Licenced Crap Profit

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:40:33 +0000

Summer blockbusters don’t just line the pockets of film studio executives and actors working on a percentage of the gross, it looks like they help resellers of licenced games too. According to a bit of research from the Video Game Price Charts blog—I’ve used them in the past when selling my unwanted games via eBay—the time to strike when selling your copy of Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine or Iron Man / X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal is when the movie adaptations hit theatres.

Yes, there’s even a market for the terrible PlayStation Speed Racer game! Plenty of interesting charts and graphs await hopeful auctioneers at VGPC. I’m off to put a spit shine on my copy of The X-Files for PSone in anticipation!

Summer Movies Increase Game Prices. Go Speed Racer! [VGPC]

Iron Man Game Rentals Beat Out GTA IV (Sorta)

Brian Crecente — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:00:00 +0000

Iron Man the movie wasn’t the only Marvel enterprise to do well against GTA IV over the weekend, it looks like Iron Man the video game also held it’s own, at least for rentals.

In GameFly’s weekly run down of top releases they show that while Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360 took the top spot and Grand Theft Auto IV for the PS3 took the number three spot, Iron Man managed to wedge itself between the two, creating a crunchy GTA sandwich. The game based on the movie was also the top PSP and PS2 rental last week.

Not bad. Hit the jump to see the full list of cross-platform rentals for the week of GTA.

1 Grand Theft Auto IV Xbox 360 Action Adventure Take Two
2 Iron Man Xbox 360 Action Adventure Sega
3 Grand Theft Auto IV PlayStation 3 Action Adventure Take Two
4 Mario Kart Wii Wii Racing Nintendo
5 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Xbox 360 Shooter Ubisoft
6 Dark Sector Xbox 360 Shooter D3P
7 Iron Man PlayStation 3 Action Adventure Sega
8 Army of Two Xbox 360 Shooter Electronic Arts
9 Viking: Battle for Asgard Xbox 360 Action Adventure Sega
10 Ninja Gaiden 2 Xbox 360 Action Adventure Microsoft

Marvel Plans Iron Man Sequel After Big First-Quarter Cash-In

Kotaku US Edition — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:40:00 +0000

$US 100.75 million opening day results for the Iron Man flick helped boost Marvel’s sales for the first fiscal quarter to $US 112.6 million, the company announced today. While sales are down over the same period last year when the company raked in $US 151.4 million, Marvel said Iron Man was the 10th best opening weekend ever and the second-best non-sequel film debut ever, second only to Marvel’s Spider Man. In total, Iron Man has generated about $US 201 million globally to date.

Marvel will no longer be involved in direct toy operations, it said, to increase its focus on entertainment and licensing opportunities. The company is also looking ahead to its next three years of character franchises — including an Iron Man 2 film to be released on April 30th, 2010.

Following the Iron Man sequel in April, Marvel will follow up with Thor on June 4th, 2010. Also up ahead? An “Avengers-themed summer,” with two Avengers movies planned for May (The First Avenger: Captain America) and July of 2011 (The Avengers). The results announcement didn’t reveal whether video game tie-ins were planned for the upcoming films — but it did show that they’re working on a Spider-Man musical with music and lyrics by U2’s Bono and The Edge.

Marvel chairman Morton Handel said, “Marvel’s self-produced feature film slate launched this past weekend with a performance that firmly establishes Iron Man as a major new film franchise, and the Company eagerly awaits the June premiere of The Incredible Hulk, Marvel’s second self-produced film. In addition, Marvel has been investing in other important areas of growth such as the Internet where, to lead the Company’s newly formed Global Digital Media Group, Marvel recently announced the hiring of Ira Rubenstein. Marvel has a strong foundation to build from, and the Company is adding infrastructure to maximize these opportunities.”

Iron Man Movie Does Fine Despite GTA Release

Mike Fahey — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:20:00 +0000

Following the poor box office performance for movies released around the time Halo 3 came out, the film industry began to blame the major game release for causing the poor attendance rather than the poor quality of their films. Insiders began to speculate that the release of Grand Theft Auto IV would have significant impact on this last weekend’s big movie release, Marvel’s Iron Man. Well consider the whole video game versus movies theory shot down, as Iron Man earned an estimated $US 104.3 million this weekend including preview showings on Thursday, the second-highest grossing opening weekend ever for a non-sequel behind Spider-Man. I did my part, seeing the film twice over the weekend, and enjoying it immensely both times. Considering the fact that Iron Man is much lower on the public’s radar than Spider-Man and the fact that GTA was a multi-platform release compared to the 360-exclusive Halo 3, we can safely assume that poor movie performance can still be blamed on poor movies.

‘Iron Man’ Blasts Off [Box Office Mojo]

Iron Man Lives Again

Mike Fahey — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:00:00 +0000

In case you haven’t been paying attention, both the Iron Man movie and the game of the Iron Man movie are coming out tomorrow (or tonight at midnight), so you only have a few hours to complete your homemade suit of armour before heading out to the stores. Andrew Le already has his done, having painstakingly crafted this suit of armour in just six days.

Iron Man: One Man Army

Mike Fahey — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:20:00 +0000

The star-studded behind the scenes Iron Man action continues as Sega gathers Stan “The Man” Lee, John Favreau, Robert Downey Jr., and a cast of thousands sing the praises of the upcoming game, due out at the end of this week. There really isn’t all that much more they can say at this point. Stan likes it. John likes it. I myself am mildly fond of what I’ve seen so far, while awaiting having the full game in my hands before I pass any sort of final judgment. I think we’ve seen just about everything we’re going to see before the movie and game come out, so now we wait.

And play GTA IV.

Behind The Iron Man – The Armour

Mike Fahey — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:00:00 +0000

Personally I don’t know why Sega and Secret Level keep putting these things out, seeing as we already posted the definitive Iron Man video on Friday, but at least this behind the scenes look at the making of the game deals with what we can probably all agree is the best-looking part of it – the armour itself. Having played the demo some 20 times more over the weekend after my initial impressions, I can say that I am a good bit excited by the potential of the title again. I think I could find a great deal of fun in upgrading the armours and customising the suit to my liking. I would have liked some cosmetic customisation, but that wasn’t going to happen. The game is due out May 2nd with the movie, and with my birthday May 1st, I shall procure it as a present for myself. That way if it isn’t as good as I hope it’ll hurt that much more. Woot!

Iron Man Weekend Party Fun Time!

Mike Fahey — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:30:00 +0000

The weekend is finally here! After a long week of helping fill in for the mysteriously absent McWhertor and Crecente, it’s time to kick back and have some fun, and I’m bringing Iron Man with me, because that guy knows how to party. Shoot at him and he only dances harder! Hell yeah!