Michael Bay may be knee deep in directing the third act of the live action Transformers, but his production company Platinum Dunes is moving forward with the reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Platinum Dunes thus far has stuck to horror remakes of Friday The 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and the recent Nightmare On Elm Street.

Nickelodeon bought TMNT for $60 Million last year, and they’ve been eager to get a new series on the air and a new movie in theaters. A script for a new TMNT movie by John Fusco has been bouncing around Hollywood for a year or so, but it will be scrapped for a fresh look at the team.

Platnium Dunes has been pretty hit or miss (mostly miss) with the horror remakes, but delving into the all-ages world of TMNT could be very profitable. Its obvious Nickelodeon wants to capitalize on Bay’s huge Transformers franchise.

What do you think? Would you like to see a lower budget but action packed new live action TMNT?

Source: Deadline

Today marks the kick off of New York Toy Fair 2010 and I am just as eager as everyone else to talk about what is being revealed at the show.

Press releases and sneak peak photos were all over the web starting last night. All the info is after the break.
This post will be kept at the top of the page today since I will be adding updates and news as I find it throughout the day.

Warning: This post may get image heavy as updates continue to come in.
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Youtube user withonea has some pretty inspired edits on his account, but the lip syncs and the actions for this one in particular are pretty great. Take a look at some of his other work after the jump.
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Since the alphabet is the building block of our language, the Powet Alphabet is the building block of what makes us geeks.

This column poses the question, “What makes us geeks?” To that, I say obscurity. As geeks we thrive in the obscure. Be it obscure objects, information or experiences involving our niche interests, we Obsess Over Obscurity.
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In addition to being the 25th anniversary of Transformers, Ghostbusters, and Terminator; 2009 is also the 25th anniversary of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Wow, 1984 was awesome.

In celebration of TMNT’s continued success, Mirage Studios wanted to do something to please both old fans and new, by producing a new animated movie. And when I say please fans, I mean they’re going to include characters from every TMNT continuity. 1987 series Turtles get caught in an interdemensional warp in the Technodrome and must team up with the comics Turtles and the 2003 series Turtles! Yes, Crisis of Infinite Turtles.

This new movie will be released to theaters for one night only on October 25, and will air on CW on November 15. A DVD release is of course expected, but I couldn’t find a date for it yet. No trailer online either. We do however have an awesome poster…
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Whenever a lot of people often talk about how cool the old-school Ninja Turtles games were, they usually talk about the first arcade game and Turtles in Time. How come no one hardly ever mentions this game though? It’s just as cool as its arcade counterparts, even if its graphics aren’t as nice as they are. TMNT 3 was the third NES game based on the TMNT franchise (with the first being a horrid platforming game and the second being an NES port of the arcade game). Although it wasn’t based on any arcade game, it took it’s basic gameplay from the arcade titles while presenting all-new bosses and areas. Like the arcade games, the game did a good job of showcasing what people loved about the franchise at the time while providing fun cooperative gameplay.
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Not all games based on movies or cartoons are bad, and when the licenses expire the games disappear too! This is the Powet Top 5 Lost Licensed Games, presented by Keep Playing!

Think I missed a game? Leave a comment and let me know!

You put a “2” behind a game title and you’ve got a safe bet: more of the same. Its makes it easier for developers to release another game, and players get what essentially amounts to more levels of a game they already like.

But there are some that dare to be different, and turn the entire idea of franchise gaming on the ear. For the purposes of this list, games that jump between generations are omitted as upgrades and changes are expected on new hardware.

Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES)

The first in the series is a great linear dungeon crawler. Its proven the test of time, and started a series still going very strong today (in 2D no less!). But wow, Simon’s Quest was really different. Its much more of an open world, introduces RPG elements, and even adds a night & day passage of time. Modern Castlevania games balance elements of exploration and action well, but this was uncharted territory at the time. Castlevania III, while a fantastic refinement of the game play of the first, misses out on the stuff in Simon’s Quest.

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