By: SuLoR

Welcome everyone to the first [FnG] Weekly Update! Where we bring you weekly game and movie news, movie reviews, and real world news.

"New Writers Down in Fraggle Rock"

First thing's first, the top story. Fraggle is a great lover, but he learned it from arguably one of the best of 80's TV programs. Co-writers Jim Byrkit and Alex Manugian are now set to write the screenplay for New Regency's Fraggle Rock, based on the Jim Henson puppet show from the 1980s. A feature adaptation of the series has been in the works for many years across numerous studios, but the franchise was eventually picked up by New Regency in 2011.

Source: Heat Vision

Guild Wars 2 To Host A Second Beta Weekend Next Month

First game business of the week is something for you fellow MMORPG fans. ArenaNeta is apparently sticking to their planned 2012 release, as the second beta weekend begins in June starting June 8 @Noon PT and ending June 10 @11:59pm PT. There has been a rumored release date of June 28 but ArenaNet has yet to announce an official release date. Gamestop has it scheduled for June 26 and Amazon has a scheduled release as June 30. As an added bonus, player progress from the game's first beta weekend has been saved, so you'll be able to pick up wherever you left off if you're coming back for more. Repeat players can expect to see a few improvements to the overall Guild Wars 2 experience, with ArenaNet having addressed issues relating to "party movement into overflow servers, chat functionality, key bindings, server stability, performance" and more since the first beta test. You can get in on the beta either by pre-ordering the game or by keeping up with ArenaNet on Facebook and Twitter for giveaways that will be staged in the coming weeks.

A New Need For Speed: Most Wanted

A booth schedule sent out today by Twitch TV reveals that EA is showing off Need for Speed: Most Wanted at E3. While EA previously confirmed that a new Need For Speed is on the way, this is the first time its title has been confirmed. According to the schedule, EA will be showcasing Need for Speed: Most Wanted alongside its new Battlefield 3 DLC. The title Need for Speed: Most Wanted was previously used by EA in 2005, but we don't have any details on what this new Most Wanted might be. Any announcements about Need for Speed: Most Wanted will likely come during EA's press conference, which will take place on Monday, June 4th at 1:00 p.m. PST.

Dust 514

Dust 514 is a free-to-play first-person shooter that's being incorporated into the EVE universe, acting essentially an action MMO for consoles. The game offers a mix of first-person shooting and real-time strategy gameplay where you play as a marine with a rifle running around on the ground. It's not only set in the EVE universe, it's actually connected to EVE. The Dust battlefields will determine who controls territory within EVE's world. The EVE Online players will have to contract players of Dust to go in and destabilize territory. Release date is set for the second quarter of 2012 expecting a summer release.

Richard Dimond, Art Director at CCP, talks about Dust 514

Halo 4 Pre-Order Bonuses. Weapon and Armor Skins in Halo? What have you done infinity ward?

The pre-order bonuses unfold as follows: ebgames.ca (aka GameStop: Canada Edition) offers a Forest Armor skin and an Arctic Weapon skin; UK retailer Play.com offers a Deadeye Helmet skin, Amazon offers a Web Armor skin, and the U.S. GameStop is offering what appears to be a variation on Canada's Forest Armor skin. Learn more about Halo 4 as it will undoubtedly be at E3 this year.

EA Confirms Dead Space 3

EA has confirmed to IGN that Dead Space 3 will be shown during E3 next week. E3 will mark the official unveiling as well as the debut of the first footage. EA will debut the Dead Space 3 footage at its own conference, which IGN will live stream on Monday, June 4th at 1:00 p.m. PDT. 

First News of the New Skyrim DLC Titled Dawnguard

Bethesda’s first major expansion to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is apparently all about vampires. The first real details about Dawnguard come from the reveal trailer, which shows quite a bit more than the piercing, glowing eyes of the Dovakiin character model Bethesda has been using for marketing.

The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: Dawnguard – Official Trailer

The trailer shows a vampire castle containing eldritch devices and a pinch-faced, ember-eyed NPC who is very serious about discovering your intentions. At one point the trailer shows a transformation scene where you morph into a vampiric monster. This seems to indicate that you’ll have to choice to either quest for this vampire faction or against it. The opposition force is the Dawnguard, based in a new castle, who hunt vampires and try to prevent the undead blood hoarders from blotting out the sun with their villainy. Because regular vampires just aren’t exciting anymore, Bethesda will allow you to transform into a grotesque winged demon creature in Dawnguard. Movement will be a little floatier than normal if the footage is indicative of actual gameplay, and you’ll be able to move at high speeds across the landscape. Perhaps you can switch between the monster form and your standard body at will, or perhaps you can only exist as a monster during specific moments during the quest line. There's finally a freaking crossbow. Bethesda is also adding at least one more horse. A ghostly horse with a mane of blue flame. Also after Dawnguard, dragons will no longer be confined to land and air – they can dive directly through the ice in combat. It's not yet known as to what they do down in the ice but it's most likely to regenerate health or to bust out of the ice below you. There will be more enemies like an Ice Giant and a new Elder Scroll will be included as to play a prominent role in Dawnguard’s story. Later the scroll is opened, and a flash of a modified map of Skyrim that shows the highlighted cities of Markarth and Solitude with reddish symbols. I don't know about you guys but i can't wait to munch on veins and be burnt like a chip in the sun.

Mounted Combat Coming to Skyrim

Bethesda is adding mounted combat in its 1.6 update. You can actually check this feature out right now if you own the PC version and opt into the Steam beta update. Sadly for console players there’s no timeframe yet for consoles, but Bethesda said on its blog that 1.6 will show up for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 eventually. Other additions and fixes include kill cam adjustments and, on Xbox 360, issues with Kinect features. Also, it seems as though Bethesda has finally addressed the dreaded nirnroot lighting glitches, so we can all breathe a sigh of relief.

Skyrim Gameplay – Mounted Combat

Movie & Tv News

The Dark Knight

Have you seen the newest trailer for The Dark Knight Rises?

The Dark Knight Rises – I\'m Retired

Shadow of the Colossus Movie

Whether you've heard about it or not, Sony has been quietly developing Shadow of the Colossus for several years now although the script is still being written. Chronicle director Josh Trank has signed on to helm the movie. Trank is also working on Venom and Fantastic Four movies and an adaptation of the comic Red Star. Will it be another failure of a game adapted to the big screen, or will it put an end to the curse of video game movies? Hopefully sometime in the next 10 years we will find out.

AMC Airing Walking Dead: Season 3 Preview in July

AMC announced The Walking Dead Season 3 Preview Weekend which kicks off a two-day marathon featuring all 19 episodes from the series first two seasons. This will culminate with a Talking Dead live primetime special, followed by the world television premiere of the black and white version of The Walking Dead pilot. The Walking Dead Preview Weekend airs Saturday, July 7 and Sunday, July 8 beginning at 11:30am each day.

That does it for this weeks news. Thank you for reading and be sure to check the news section every thursday for weekly updates of the game and movie industry. Next week I'll be tackling E3 and showing several games and summarizing each conference.

I leave you with this shocking news story about a….zombie? Drug tests show man was on hard drugs.

Miami Police Shoot And Killed Man For Eating Another Man\'s Face Off!