Over the past year we have been inundated with everything Need for Speed: The Run. From trailers directed by Michael Bay to press releases about branded trainers and Sports Illustrated models and with other developers such as Polyphony Digital (Gran Turismo) and Turn 10 Studios (Forza) releasing some of the most notable and popular racing games in the world, EA Black Box was undoubtedly attempting to stand out and provide something new and unique. While we were initially excited about the brand new concept and new ideas being flung at us, did the game truly live up to the hype?
For the first time, the annual EA racing series has brought something different to the table – a solid concept. The game focuses on main character Jackson “Jack” Rourke who is on the run from mobsters for reasons that aren’t 100% detailed or explained to you. In an attempt to pay his way out of his debt,...
For the first time, the annual EA racing series has brought something different to the table – a solid concept. The game focuses on main character Jackson “Jack” Rourke who is on the run from mobsters for reasons that aren’t 100% detailed or explained to you. In an attempt to pay his way out of his debt,...
- 12/13/2011
- by Emily Kay
- Obsessed with Film
Need for Speed: The Run is a game made with the best of intentions. Black Box wanted to take the gameplay back to basics, giving gamers that fast and frantic arcade action with all the Nitrous Oxide you can handle. The adrenaline filled, cross-country races are enough to make Fast Five actors Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson giddy with delight. Of course, good intentions are only that – intentions. The game has a stripped down, tacked on story that feels like it was robbed from a Fast and the Furious movie. The only problem is that Black Box forgot to include the paper thin, cohesive plot. Although the dismissive cut scenes are throwaways, there is a lot of great racing to be found in The Run. I only wish the loading screens didn’t compel me to take a nap so often. The game begins with Jack Rourke waking up in a car,...
- 12/10/2011
- by Bags H.
- BuzzFocus.com
The objective of Need For Speed: The Run is compelling: Finish first in a 200-driver, 3,000-mile road trip from San Francisco to New York City, à la the 1981 movie The Cannonball Run. The game opens with the star, Jack Rourke, trapped inside a vehicle as it’s being lowered into a junkyard crusher, his hands duct-taped to the steering wheel. After a series of frantic button-presses, Rourke wriggles free of the deathtrap and sprints for his life. The Run doesn’t permit him to run very far. This novel moment of freedom—players are rarely allowed outside their cars ...
- 11/28/2011
- avclub.com
The venerable Need for Speed franchise is getting some new blood in its upcoming 18th installment. EW can exclusively report that through the magic of motion-capture technology, Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks will play a leading role in the upcoming Need for Speed: The Run. She plays Sam Harper, a presumably badass big wheel in the exciting world of outlaw street racing, who serves as the player’s eyes and ears on the course.
“She’s got a relationship with the main driver player,” explains Hendricks, referring to the game’s protagonist Jack Rourke (played by Sean Faris who, in...
“She’s got a relationship with the main driver player,” explains Hendricks, referring to the game’s protagonist Jack Rourke (played by Sean Faris who, in...
- 10/17/2011
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
In this incarnation of our Videolog column (which began in 1982 with VHS and Betamax and later laserdisc), Starlog posts information (usually on Tuesdays) on selected genre titles being released (or re-released) on DVD and Blu-ray. Here’s what’s new (not much this week).
DVD Releases for July 14, 2009:
Bewitched: The Comple Eighth Season (Sony, $39.95): The magic of Elizabeth Montgomery’s sitcom ends in this eighth and final year, which consists of 26 episodes on four discs. The guest stars this season include Peter Lawford, Julie Newmar, Bernie Kopell and Witchiepoo herself, Billie Hayes.
The Haunting In Connecticut (Lionsgate, single disc, $29.95; Unrated Special Edition, $34.98; Blu-ray, $39.99): You have three choices when it comes to buying this DVD of the Virginia Madsen-starring supernatural thriller supposedly based on a true story. If you want to see the longer version of the film, go for the “Unrated Special Edition” or Blu-ray,...
DVD Releases for July 14, 2009:
Bewitched: The Comple Eighth Season (Sony, $39.95): The magic of Elizabeth Montgomery’s sitcom ends in this eighth and final year, which consists of 26 episodes on four discs. The guest stars this season include Peter Lawford, Julie Newmar, Bernie Kopell and Witchiepoo herself, Billie Hayes.
The Haunting In Connecticut (Lionsgate, single disc, $29.95; Unrated Special Edition, $34.98; Blu-ray, $39.99): You have three choices when it comes to buying this DVD of the Virginia Madsen-starring supernatural thriller supposedly based on a true story. If you want to see the longer version of the film, go for the “Unrated Special Edition” or Blu-ray,...
- 7/16/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (Allan Dart)
- Starlog
Tomorrow, PopStar will have reached a new landmark - 1,000 articles! We've covered such a broad range of topics that we are planning a very special edition to mark this achievement, but to try to tackle everything in one article just doesn't seem very feasable! :-) As such, we're starting a little bit early! Today, we wanted to take you down memory lane and present you with a list and some details on the more than fifty Exclusive Celebrity Interviews we have conducted with all of your favorite stars! We've covered musicians from many genres, seasoned actors and newcomers, movies and television shows, and so much more in our interviews that no opening to this article could adequately describe the depth of this article. We hope you enjoy reading many of our interviews! And be sure to check back tomorrow when we post our 1,000th article, which is sure to be an instant classic.
- 7/3/2009
- by rsw@corp.popstar.com (Robert Samuel White)
- PopStar
From the people who brought you Twilight (and the soon-to-be New Moon) get ready for another amazing journey in the hottest film of the winter. Push is an action-packed thriller about the deadly world of psychic espionage set in Hong Kong starring Chris Evans, Camilla Belle, Dakota Fanning and Djimon Hounsou. Summit Entertainment sponsored an interview between PopStar and Jack Rourke through Junket Productions to help us understand the real-world perspective of the paranormal activities that take place in the movie. Jack Rourke is a civilian remote viewer who works with some of the most talented psi-researchers in the world, law enforcement agencies such as the FBI, and with private clients. Rourke has a special gift that allows him to connect in a way that many are unable to. Through his gift, Jack is able to provide information and most recently helped bring clues to a 22-year-old cold case in the Philippines!
- 2/6/2009
- by cjoyce@mail.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)
- PopStar
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