The legendary Stan Lee has put in cameos in most of Marvel’s movies, but now he’s joining the voice cast of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. Stan’s narrated a couple of games from the Spider-Man series, but this will be the first time he’s actually had an in-game part. According to Lee:

“I am thrilled to be making my first onscreen videogame cameo in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. It’s such a kick to see characters that I’ve helped create come to life in the game and now I’m a part of the Marvel videogame universe!”

I can’t wait to see Lee interact with Super Heroes doing their thing in his humble yet bombastic way. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 ships on September 15 for Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS and PSP.

[Via Destructoid]

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Sam Raimi has signed on to direct a live-action adaptation of World of Warcraft. There’s a lot of talk out of the blogs about the wisdom of this teaming. Pajiba compares this announcement to shit fajitas: fajitas (Sam Raimi movies) are awesome, but their, you know, full of shit (i.e. video game movies traditionally suck). MTV, on the other hand, seems to fear an Uwe Boll-quality outing.

Personally, I think that the movie will have legs. With 11+ million subscribers after almost 5 years, a strong opening weekend is virtually guaranteed, and Sam Raimi is one of the few directors out there who could manage the game’s blend of camp and drama. Raimi will enter pre-production on the film while shooting Spider-Man 4, which means we can probably expect a 2011 or later release date.

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If you’re a gamer and you haven’t checked out The Guild yet, then maybe you should upgrade that Vectrex and start watching it. Season Two is coming to YouTube.

Last season, we watched Syd (Felicia Day of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along blog fame) deal with the unexpected arrival of the love-smitten Zaboo and the guild’s betrayal by one of their own. This season is a wild and hilarious mess, as signals cross back and forth: drunk and slutty moms, poker night with the nerds and a battle to the death with the motion capture stuntman for some of the most fearsome monsters in the game.

The series was previously released on Xbox Live, and the Season One and Season Two DVDs are available at Amazon for $10.99.

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Now you can immortalize and proudly display your finest moments battling the covenant in Halo 3, thanks to haloscreenshots.com. Here’s how it works:

1. Using the screenshot functionality built into the Halo 3 game, users capture and create custom screenshot images.
2. These images are then stored, organized and shared in the community file share on bungie.net.
3. You then browse the screenshots on bungie.net and click the “buy print” link to view that image on our product build page.

Your images will be processed and polished by HSS’ team of artists, and you will receive a high resolution Giclée print using state of the art printing processes on premium paper or canvas and custom framed using fine woods and acrylics. It’s all you need to display your skills at blowing shit up.

Prices vary depending on the options you choose, but seem to range from $16.99 for a 14 x 10.5 inch unframed print to $119.99 for a 20 x 15 inch framed canvas print.

[TechnaBob via Wonderland]

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First, you may have already seen the zombie transformation t-shirt, being given away to support CapCom’s Comic Con reveal of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. This shirt is as much a blessing as it is a curse, as there are lots of SDCC attendees whom you’d prefer to keep their shirt on.

Other items being given away include:

• Lost Planet plushies – Be sure to also stop by CapCom’s blog to give this guy a name.
• Bring your PSP in, and receive 8 free quests for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. T-shirts will also be available.
• Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth branded swag, including gift tins, hankies and Blue Badger DS straps.
• Tatsunoko VS Capcom Ultimate All-Stars fighter towels
• Spyborgs comics
• Dark Void photo figurines

The CapCom Store will also be featuring the following items for sale:

• Street Fighter IV Mad Catz Fight Stick Tournament Edition – exclusive design just for Comic-Con
• Street Fighter IV Mad Catz Fight Pad – exclusive design just for Comic-Con
• Devil May Cry 4 Nero’s Red Queen Sword – They’ll 10 to sell: 5 with the standard blade and 5 with a weathered blade. The weathered blade is exclusive to Comic-Con.
• Dark Void “Will” statue – this incredibly detailed statue featuring Will from our upcoming Dark Void game, lights up with integrated lighting effects with the flick of a switch (batteries not included). He also comes in a mini version without the glowing goodness
• SF20: The Art Of Street Fighter – what would Comic-Con be if we didn’t offer a new art book. Udon does us proud once again with amazing new hardcover. This oversized 320 page art book showcases artwork from the original Street Fighter game up through Street FighterIV and all vs. crossovers. Includes artwork from legendary artists Akiman, CRMK Kinu Nishimura, Shinkiro, Ikeno, Edayan and more!

So, if you’re a CapCom fan, you’ve gotta get to Hall G, booth # 5113 early to make sure you get as much of the loot as you possibly can. Be sure to check out their schedule of panels and events too.

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StarWarsShop.com sends word that their Comic-Con Store is now open. My favorite item is the Secret of Monkey Island  Statue ($89.99, ships September 10) shown above, but I might be biased because a good friend of mine from high school worked on Tales of Monkey Island, just released from TellTale.

There are also a number of t-shirts and hoodies by Mark Ecko and the Death Star Cookie Jar ($49.99, ships September 2009), which is not to be confused with a small moon.

Finally, they’re giving away bonus gifts with purchase:

FREE WITH PURCHASE PROMOTION: Between now and August 3, StarWarsShop will be giving away the exclusive “Impossible Shot” Death Star t-shirt with purchases over $75, and if you spend over $120, you’ll also receive the rare McQuarrie-designed Artoo and Threepio Hasbro 2-pack in addition to the t-shirt! Make StarWarsShop your first stop before facing those long lines at Comic-Con – because there’s no line, online!

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Infinity Ward has released details on the various editions of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and there’s some sweet swag waiting for you inside.

Standard Edition ($59.99 at Amazon):

• Game and Instruction Manual

Hardened Edition ($79.99 at Amazon):

• Game and instruction manual
• Premium, special-edition Steelbook case with custom artwork by Infinity Ward
• Hardbound art book “Behind the Lines”, deigned by artists at Infinity Ward, featuring the art of Modern Warfare 2
• Call of Duty Classic full downloadable game – for the first time ever, play the original classic Call of Duty game on consoles

Premium Edition ($149.99 at Amazon)

• All of the above
• Fully-functional, wearable, adjustable Night Vision Goggles with indiviually numbered and engraved Collector’s Stand. Custom-designed and painted goggles allow sight in absolute darkness up to 50 feet in black & white or night vision green.

Coolest Gadgets has an issue with the goggles because they don’t enhance the gameplay. In my career in games, I have always said that swag should reflect and reinforce the game (something that last year’s Fallout 3 Survival Edition did a great job of). The goggles certainly do the job for MW2. I tend to agree more with PixelatedGeek when they say GIMME GIMME GIMME!

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When you’re designing your geek den, office or cubicle, there’s always room for the classics, and there are few more classic than Pac-Man. Chomp away at the masses of paper with the Propaganda Stap Man stapler now available at Panik Design for £16.00 (roughly $26.00 USD, according to Nerd Approved).

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World of WarCraft themed Mountain Dew Game Fuel will be in stores this week. For now, you can register to win epic drops from Mountain Dew, Alienware, Jinx, Razer and more. If you’re a WoW subscriber, you can also get a Battle-bot pet that not only battles bots from opposing factions, but can probably be used to annoy people trying to bid at the auction house (this activity may only appeal to me).

Get more details at the Game Fuel Web Site:

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Wizards of the Coast has a very cool promotion this weekend. There’s still time, so get over to a game store ASAP. If you visit one of the participating retailers and purchase $15 or more worth of WotC merch, you can choose one of the items above for free. Very cool, Wizards!

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