‘The Walking Dead’ Producer Developing ‘Area 51′ Television Series

EXCLUSIVE: From zombies to aliens. The Walking Dead executive producer Gale Anne Hurd and her Valhalla Entertainment have optioned Annie Jacobsen’s book Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base for a potential TV series. The hourlong project, which will be taken out to the networks shortly, will be written by feature scribe Karl Gajdusek. It will follow two men working on the base who are thrust into danger when they uncover secrets that the government will protect at any cost. Gajdusek, who was brought in by Valhalla executive Beatrice Springborn, will serve as showrunner and executive produce with Hurd. Jacobsen will be a consulting producer.

Jacobsen’s Area 51 sheds light on the highly classified military base, which has been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories claiming that it is home to aliens, underground tunnel systems, nuclear facilities or even the lunar landing, supposedly staged and filmed there. Jacobsen interviewed 19 men who served the base and another 55 who had links to Area 51, including living and working there for extended periods. The book chronicles what has really gone on in the Nevada desert, from testing nuclear weapons to building super-secret, supersonic jets to pursuing the War on Terror. Area 51 was published in May and spent 8 weeks on the NY Times Bestseller List. Gajdusek, who started off in TV on Showtime’s Dead Like Me, recently wrote the Tom Cruise film Oblivion for Universal, with Joseph Kosinski directing, and The Last Days Of American Crime for Radical/IM Global. Gajdusek, repped by Verve and Management 360, is currently writing Last Resort, a pilot script for ABC executive produced by Shawn Ryan and Viking for Working Title.

Torchlight 2 News:

Community Event Wrap Up

Posted in News and Updates on November 23rd, 2011

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Last Monday November 14th, we had play testers in the office from our community and fan sites. It was an honor to have them here and get their direct feedback about the game, which is going a long way to help us improve the whole player experience. All of them wrote about their experiences playing Torchlight 2, and we're happy to be able to share the links with you below. If you're curious about the overview, lass details, Q&A, or what our office looks like, you'll find all that and much more below.
As a special bonus, Matt Uelmen graciously lent three tracks from the Torchlight 2 soundtrack to each site - you can literally collect all three! Follow the links for your exclusive downloads, and a sneak peek into the full score.
In addition, Torchlight 1 is on sale on torchlightgame.com and Steam, just in time for the holidays!
Runic Games Fan Site provides an office video tour, huge write-ups by three testers Mika, Hawkn, and Jerich, and one of the Matt Uelmen tracks, "the Town Theme." You can get all the links to all their coverage here: There is even more to come with an in-depth write-up from Jerich's hands-on, so be sure to bookmark the page.
Flux at Inc Gamers has put out links to his hands-on experiences, the Diablo Podcast with Travis Baldree, and Matt Uelmen's track, "Steppes." Check back for his interview with Max Schaefer, which he also nabbed in the office.
For our German fans, we have coverage on the Torchlight German Fansite moderated by Telias. Read his impressions (in German), get the third Matt Uelmen track, "Vulture Pass", and links to total coverage in German.
And if you haven't yet, check out our hour long Community Q&A podcast where the dev team answers your questions!
We're thankful for our fans, and hope you enjoy all the new content. Happy Thanksgiving from Runic Games!

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SWTOR Weekend Beta Testing Group Determination

Emails were sent out today notifying weekend beta testers what day and time they can start their beta testing.

First reply to the email link:

You must respond to confirm your
participation in the upcoming Beta Testing Weekend!

Afterwards you will be notified of your testing start date:

You’ll be able to begin testing Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ very soon! Your test begins:
Friday, Nov. 25 at 10:00AM CST


OR

You'll be able to begin testing Star Wars™: The Old Republic™very soon! Your test begins:

Saturday, November 26 at 10:00AM CST

Looking forward to seeing everyone on the weekend.

SWTOR: Last Chance to Finalize your guild.

SWTOR recently made this below announcement to ensure that all guilds that meet the requirements (minimum 4 members with pre-order codes) can get set up for Early Access.


A few weeks ago we announced that Phase 3 of our Pre-Launch Guild Program had begun. Phase 3: Deployment allows guild members to see whether or not their guild qualifies for transfer into the game. As we approach Early Game Access for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, we want to remind all of you in guilds that the Pre-Launch Guild Program will end on December 2nd, 11:59PM CST so that guilds can be assigned to servers for Early Game Access.
This is your last chance to:

• Make any changes to your guild
• Ensure your guild meets requirements for deployment into the game
• Designate your guild’s Allies and Adversaries
• Review and accept pending guild applications

So how do you ensure that your guild makes it into the game for launch? It’s simple! All you have to do is make sure at least four members of your guild have pre-ordered the game and redeemed their Pre-Order Code at our Code Redemption Center. Once you’ve done that, you can check your guild’s page within the Guild HQ to see if you have met all of the pre-designated conditions.
If your guild does not yet qualify for transfer to the game, you still have time. Visit our Pre-Order page, secure your copy of Star Wars: The Old Republic, and redeem your Pre-Order Code to help ensure that your guild makes the cut for launch!
To learn more about guilds in The Old Republic, check out the Guilds Game System page for details and visit the Guilds FAQ for answers to commonly asked questions.
*Customers who pre-order Star Wars: The Old Republic will be able to play the game before the official launch. “Early Game Access” is the period of time before the official game launch when pre-order customers may access the game. Early Game Access may be up to 5 days. The length of your Early Game Access depends on the date and order in which you redeemed your Pre-Order Code at the Code Redemption Center. See Pre-Order FAQ for more details.
**We will make reasonable efforts to ensure that qualifying guilds are imported into a server that meets your specified preferences, but we cannot make any guarantees given the anticipated volume of guilds (among other factors). All server placements therefore remain in our sole discretion. We also cannot take responsibility for technical errors or glitches that prevent your guild from importing into the game as planned. See Terms of Service for more details.

Happy Thanksgiving to our American fans!

Have been beta testing a number of games and will be connecting my Twitter Page into this soon!

Hopefully many of you will be joining me for the SWTOR beta program this upcoming weekend.!