Stranglehold

Things have been rough for the film adaptation of Midway and John Woo's 2007 gaming collaboration, Stranglehold. Fans of the 1992 classic action flick Hard Boiled (for which Stranglehold served as a pseudo-sequel) were disappointed to learn that...

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TEST Filed under: Action

Midway may be teetering on the edge of financial oblivion at the moment but at least one of the game publisher's movie properties may be getting a new lease on life as a movie. That game is the 2007 release of...

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We thought we'd seen just about every permutation of Hollywood and the game industry's lascivious intersections: The movie based on the game; the game based on the movie; the game based on the movie based on the game, the game based on the movie...

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TEST Filed under: Downloads, Patches, Action, Adventure

This patch updates the John Woo action game, Stranglehold (starring Chow Yun Fat), to version 1.1. Patch fixes a number of game issue. The Stranglehold demo can be downloaded here. Continue...

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Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Fighting

It's silver lining time. Midway Games, which misplaced nearly $100 million in 2007, has announced that despite leaking money like a rusty sieve, two of its most prominent...

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Filed under: Culture, PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has banned the ad for John Woo Presents: Stranglehold from the airwaves, citing the ad could be seen as "encouraging and condoning...

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Filed under: Nintendo DS, Features, PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360

Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure (Wii)Though its puzzles may occasionally infuriate, the real source of frustration regarding Zack & Wiki...

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Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action

Hello, my name is Michael Beck, and I represent the Exploding Fruit Consortium of North America. Every day, our technicians are working to make your fruit not only delicious, but...

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Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

Did you know that the American PS3 version of Stranglehold slow-mo dived out the door this week? Midway's destructive Hard Boiled follow-up, like several PS3 games in the past few...

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John Woo's Stranglehold is a fast-paced action game that never lets up on the throttle until its explosive conclusion. Although Inspector Tequila's physics are questionable (like walking up a long handrail or dodging bullets ala The Matrix's...

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