Filming on World of Warcraft movie planned for 2014

The World of Warcraft movie will begin filming in early 2014, the film's producer told Slashfilm last week. The motion picture adaptation of Blizzard's MMORPG was first announced in 2006.

It has shifted talent multiple times since its early reveal; an extended silence ended in January when Legendary Pictures announced Duncan Jones, director of Moon and Source Code, will direct the film.

Filming was originally hoped to begin in 2013 in time for a 2015 release. Even if that timetable slips, this is easily the closest the long-delayed film project has come to reality.

Hopefully World of Warcraft doesn't lose too many more millions of subscribers by the time it hits theaters.

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Injustice: Gods Among Us DLC will add Scorpion

Fighting game fans will recognize a familiar undead face thrown into Injustice: Gods Among Us’ superpowered roster. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced that Mortal Kombat series’ regular Scorpion will be the next character added to the game.

The download will be available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game and will cost 400 Microsoft Points, or $4.99. A release date has yet to be announced, as have any plans to bring the DLC to the Wii U version.

The undead ninja will also be sporting a new redesign from DC artist and publisher Jim Lee. The redesign, as well as Scorpion’s updated move set, can be seen in the trailer, above.

NetherRealm Studios is also responsible for the successful 2011 reboot of Scorpion’s home series, Mortal Kombat. He will be the first character in Injustice to come from outside of the DC Universe.

For more information about Injustice: Gods Among us, check out our review.

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Fable Anniversary confirmed for Xbox 360

Update: Lionhead has confirmed plans to release Fable Anniversary, a remastered version of Fable: The Lost Chapters, on Xbox 360 later this year. The game promises to offer an HD graphical overhaul and achievements for the first time. Lead designer Ted Timmins said: “We’re really excited to be bringing a remastered version of Fable: The Lost Chapters to the Xbox 360. It’s been one of the biggest community requests as we know how much the fans love the original game.”

Original story: Lionhead has released a teaser trailer for a HD remake of Fable. Shortly after launching new Fable forums and less than a week before parent company Microsoft's E3 conference on June 10, the English studio wrote on Twitter today: "Now wouldn't it be silly to have a new forum but nothing new to talk about? Would a new teaser help?"

The tweet provided a link to the Fable teaser trailer above, which kicks off by showing numerous tweets sent to the studio calling for a HD remake of the first entry in the RPG series, which released in 2004, or the following year's Fable: The Lost Chapters, which included additional content. Fable’s chief antagonist, Jack of Blades, then appears to say: "I have returned after an eternity away from you all. Jack of Blades is back."

We said in our original Fable review: “It's easy to undermine Fable for all the things it hasn't delivered, but isn't it better for a developer to set its sights high and fall a little short than be satisfied with mediocre ambitions? Sure, the original design has been scaled back but the love and attention lavished on every tree and sunlight-dappled glade is extraordinary. Even if you took away the interaction with villagers, the marriage and the home-building, Fable would still emerge as a robust and absorbing RPG.”

Following the completion of Lionhead’s last release, October 2012’s Kinect game Fable: The Journey, Microsoft cut "less than ten per cent" of staff at studio. The platform holder also confirmed that production on Lionhead’s next projects had begun, and over the past year it has been speculated that the firm’s working on an RPG with MMO elements.

In April, Microsoft appointed ex-Cryptic Studios and Gazillion Entertainment CEO John Needham as boss of Lionhead, assuming the role studio founder Peter Molyneux left last year.

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Using Windows Systeminfo Command

If you are like myself, and sometimes want to know how long a particular computer has been running it’s operating system since the last installation, what Microsoft hot fixes have been applied, or other general system information, the Windows “systeminfo” command may be a good tool to use.

Since I work on quite a few computers that often need to be cleaned up or have problems with excessive malware or rootkits installed, which are nearly impossible to remove, the systeminfo command is frequently used in my business. Many times it is also a good indication that someone else has previously worked on the computer besides me and did not do things properly. For example, if the computer is a three year old system, and Windows was just installed about one month ago, it is pretty safe to assume it was brought to someone else about a month ago.

I also tend to check out the information for my own personal computers as well. I typically redo my entire system at least once a year, sometimes more often if I noticed things start to slow down. Sometimes spending hours cleaning up a system is just not worth it when I can freshly redo the computer in less time, and it will almost always perform best this way.

Systeminfo is very simple, and easy to use. Simply open up a command prompt and type in “systeminfo” without the quotes of course. If you do not know how to open up a command prompt, there are a few ways to do it. One of the easiest ways being the “Windows Key” + “X Key”. That will bring up a menu containing two version of Command Prompt, one being a regular user level, and one granting administrative privileges. For the systeminfo utility either one will work as administrative privileges are not needed.

Command Prompt

One you have the command prompt open and have entered in systeminfo, the system will gather information for a second or two and then display it on the screen for you to see. Some basic information such as Windows name and version numbers, build numbers, system manufacturers, product ID, BIOS information, hot fixes installed, networking adapters, system memory usage, last boot up time, as well as the date and time of the last Windows installation. In the case of my main system, I last installed Windows 8 March 26, 2013 at 7:13PM. System manufacturer information is showing a “default” as it is a custom built machine, rather then an HP, Toshiba, Dell or the likes.

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Zynga lays off 520 employees

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Zynga laid off about 520 employees across its worldwide operations today, cutting its workforce by 18 percent. The largest yet in a string of layoffs will reduce the company's annual expenses by $70 to $80 million as it scrambles to move from flagging browser-based social games to mobile projects.

"None of us ever expected to face a day like today, especially when so much of our culture has been about growth," Zynga CEO Mark Pincus wrote to employees in an internal memo, also published to Zynga's blog. "But I think we all know this is necessary to move forward. The scale that served us so well in building and delivering the leading social gaming service on the Web is now making it hard to successfully lead across mobile and multiplatform, which is where social games are going to be played."

Pincus' memo and Zynga's press release did not address specific studio closures, but sources who spoke to Polygon and AllThingsD confirmed that its New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas locations have all been shut down.

Zynga expects to lose $39 million to $28.5 million in the second quarter of 2013.

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Redeater - 9 hours, 3 minutes ago

"Expected to lose $39 million in the second quarter"That figure would still be astonishing even if it were annual when you take into account the fact that this is a company who makes "browser based social games"It's almost like people were getting bored with those repetitive games with no longevity. Reply Report

GamesRadarCollanderCooper - 16 hours, 33 minutes ago

Of course they do. Zynga was just another overhyped IPO like Facebook. What happened to all the charlatans like Michael Pachter who said mobile was the future of gaming Reply Report

jduanej - 16 hours, 2 minutes ago

I disagree that Zynga was "just another overhyped IPO". They dominated the market and had the traffic to show for it. I personally don't like how they do business, all they do is copy games IMHO. But in this day in age, a company either adapts or dies off. With regard to Facebook, it's really hard to judge a company so young with such a strong market share. I mean almost 1 billion monthly actives?? (at least as of July 2012)...they're at a pivotal point in their life, but the same goes for them, when you operate in a world that's evolving faster and faster, you either adapt/change or die. Reply Report

tichtat - 17 hours, 43 minutes ago

I should feel sad, that over 500 people just lost their jobs. But all I feel is a perverse glee at Zynga HURTING. Reply Report

Errrrbo - 19 hours, 50 minutes ago

People losing their jobs is bad news, and I hope they find new jobs... but honestly, I'd like to see Zynga disappear. I hate how they operate. It's such a soulless company that provides nobody with anything. Their games are designed only to get people addicted to them. That's my opinion on Zynga. Again, I hope those laid off can find other employment. Reply Report

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Deus Ex: The Fall to be revealed tomorrow

Square Enix looks set to reveal Deus Ex: The Fall tomorrow, June 5, according to the newly released teaser trailer above. While it’s unclear which platforms The Fall is targeting, or even if it's a definitely a video game, the project has been teased by Deus Ex: Human Revolution studio Eidos Montreal over the past few days, raising hopes that a sequel could be in the works. Its most recent tweet on the subject, “Where will YOU take The Fall?” could hint at a game designed for portable systems.

In early March, Square Enix registered several domains including 'deusexthefall.com', 'deusexthefall.net' and several regional variations including '.co.uk'. As much as we enjoyed Human Revolution, there can always be augmentations. Here are 10 things that the next Deus Ex game should include.

A Wii U version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution is currently in the works. It promises to offer “overhauled boss fights, refined game balance and combat, improved AI, and striking visual improvements which make this edition the best looking and most immersive Deus Ex experience available”.

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