America’s “Crush”, Gina Carano, is set to appear in Red Alert 3 as Natasha.
Electronic Arts announced that rising star and undefeated EliteXC MMA fighter Gina Carano will be starring as Natasha, a deadly Soviet commando, in Red Alert 3, one of the most anticipated strategy games of the year coming to the PC and Xbox 360 this holiday season. Carano will not only appear in person and in high-definition as Natasha as part of Red Alert 3’s live-action movies, but will also be featured digitally as a playable unit in the game.
Very suited.
Image: Flickr

My personal fave – Hebe (S.H.E) for World of Warcraft in China
When not singing or filming, Asian celebs such as S.H.E, Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai, Rainie Yang and many more are doubling as spokespersons for many online games, MMORPGs or casual games. It’s a win-win (money) situation for both celebs and game companies. Hit the Linky to gawk at your fav Asian idol in gaming cosplay.
Image & story: Gamespot China

Some celebrities prefer to bath in the limelight, while others prefer to bath at home and stay in home unless going out for filming. Is safe to tag these love-to-stay-home celebs as “Otakus“. Some star hunks such as Takeshi Kaneshiro (金城 武) and Taiwanese celeb, Vic Zhou (周渝民, 仔仔), are video games otakus. For Vic Zhou, his love for video games can push him to leave his house and search for game magazines in the streets (pictured above). Once his mission is completed, he will head back and hit his Wii, PS3, PSP etc for the whole day.
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Chinese actress Fan Bingbing (范冰冰) stars in this “Dark Cool” (黑酷, something like Oreo) biscuits TV commercial. Reminds me of Lara Croft…with biscuits as weapons and a biscuits-loving King Kong.

source: joystiq
I was perusing the archives of Ironic Gamer and came upon this gem from way back “in the day”; I figured it was worth giving it a second life.

Inspired by Epileptic Gaming

Normally, I would only post one WoW commercial because who really needs three. Right? But, I couldn’t choose between William Shatner, Mr.T and Verne Troyer. [Mini Me]
Which one would you have chosen?

Arnold Schwarzenegger, once starred in a motherload of violent movies (2 Conan movies, Predator, Total Recall, Terminator series and many more).
Now, the righteous California Governor has made it clear that he had no relation with Conan, a video game (on 360 and PS3) by THQ.
Very ironic.

I was reading over at Kotaku and saw that Flynn has posted the results of the Spike Video Game Awards that actually airs tonight.
Don’t want to wait the few hours until show-time?
Me either.
Here’s Flynn’s list of the winners [and losers] from tonight’s show.
Game of the Year
BioShock
Halo 3
Mass Effect
The Orange Box
Best Shooter
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
BioShock
Halo 3
The Orange Box
Best Action Game
Super Mario Galaxy
Assassin’s Creed
God of War 2
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Best Rhythm Game
Rock Band
Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Jam Sessions
Best RPG
Mass Effect
Eternal Sonata
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Shin Megami Tensei: …read more

A new Chinese MMORPG “Chi Bi” （赤壁) or “Red Cliff” is into beta on the 18th this month. Perfect World Co. Ltd is behind this online game which is based on the famous “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”. What makes this game a worth is that it is associated with the US$80-million budget film – Red Cliff or The Battle of Red Cliff which stars many mega stars such as Tony Leung (Lust, Caution), Takeshi Kaneshiro (House of Flying Daggers) and Lin Zhi Ling (林志玲, Taiwan top model).

Takeshi Kaneshiro as the famous advisor, Zhuge Liang (诸葛亮）, in The Battle of …read more