Daniel Radcliffe May Star in Frankenstein

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe may play the monster in Sherlock director Paul McGuigan's revisionist Frankenstein movie.

TheWrap claims Radcliffe is interested in playing the role of "Hunchback" in the Fox-based project scripted by Chronicle's Max Landis. Hunchback? No, this film apparently isn't some kind of a Mary Shelley/Victor Hugo mashup.

The site says this version of Frankenstein "puts a sci-fi take on this classic story about a creature produced through a scientific experiment. Hunchback is described as pathologically dirty and dressed in old clowns clothing."

"Serious talks" with potential actors will begin once the script is finalized.

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How Will Monster Hunter 3 Save Transfers Work?

We’ve learned at Tokyo Game Show that if you buy Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on both Wii U and 3DS, you’ll be able to use the same savegame for both versions, taking your progress with you wherever you go. But how exactly will that work?

Series producer Ryozo Tsujimoto explained to IGN today that you’ll have to download a small, separate app for 3DS in order to make the transfer. You’ll just have to launch the app and press a button – it all happens wirelessly, you don’t need an Internet connection, and it doesn’t take long. “You can think of it as just one save data that both systems are sharing,” he said.

Tsujimoto also hopes that this dual-platform strategy will help Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate reach the biggest possible number of fans. “One of the things we’re trying to emphasise is that because it’s on two platforms, we’re actually trying to appeal to two very different types of playing styles,” he says.

“There are people who want to play outside with the 3DS version, and also people who want to play at home online; hopefully we can hit both of those audiences at the same time. There will of course also be people who will want both versions.

“We’re really hoping that because of the strategy that we have with Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate we will be able to reach out to a greater range of fans.”

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate will be out in the West on 3DS and Wii U in early 2013.

Keza MacDonald is in charge of IGN’s games coverage in the UK, and has spent hundreds of hours hunting monsters on the PS2, PSP and Wii over a good five years now. You can follow her on Twitter and IGN.

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Why Monster Hunter 4 is Not Multi-Platform

Speaking with IGN at Tokyo Game Show, Monster Hunter series creator and producer Ryozo Tsujimoto has explained why Monster Hunter 4 is not a multi-platform title.

Following the news that Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – an improved version of 2010’s Monster Hunter Tri – would be released on both 3DS and on Wii U on HD, some fans have been wondering whether Monster Hunter 4 would make its way to other platforms. But it doesn’t seem like it will.

“Other than what we’ve already announced, we don’t have anything that we’re planning,” said Tsujimoto, asked if Monster Hunter 4 might appear on any other console besides the 3DS.

“The way that we work with Monster Hunter games is that we see them as single entities, so we don’t develop for one platform and then think about porting it to another platform. The situation with the 3DS and the Wii U is that we wanted people to play this game a lot, so that’s why we have taken this [multi-platform] approach with Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. But it doesn’t mean we’ll do that with new entries.”

Monster Hunter has historically appeared on Sony platforms – the first game appeared first on the PlayStation 2, before an improved and updated version was released on PSP. Monster Hunter 2 was released on PS2 as well, but it wasn’t until Monster Hunter 2nd G came out for PSP that the series achieved the enormous success that made it synonymous with portable gaming in Japan. Monster Hunter Tri for the Wii was the first game to appear on a Nintendo platform.

“The series did start out on Sony platforms, but it’s just realistic to think that it can’t continue on one platform forever,” says Tsujimoto. “With Monster Hunter 4, it actually just came down to timing  - we were developing a new Monster Hunter and the 3DS hardware had just come out, so we figured it was probably the best platform for us to develop it on. You have two screens, with action on top and menus on the bottom, and there’s the 3D view as well. It just made sense to put it onto 3DS.”

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate will be released on both 3DS and Wii U in 2013 in North America and Europe; it’s already out on 3DS in Japan, and hits the Wii U there on launch date, December 8th. Monster Hunter 4 for 3DS has not been confirmed for the West yet, but it’s out in March 2013 in Japan, and after Tri’s breakthrough success worldwide, our hopes for seeing Monster Hunter 4 outside of its native country are high.

Keza MacDonald is in charge of IGN’s games coverage in the UK, and has spent hundreds of hours hunting monsters on the PS2, PSP and Wii over a good five years now. You can follow her on Twitter and IGN.

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Godzilla Remake Release Date Set

Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have set a release date for their planned Godzilla remake. The city-destroying monster will roar back into theaters (and most likely in 3D) on May 16, 2014.

Gareth Edwards (Monsters) will direct the movie, which the companies said "will return the character to its epic roots with a gritty, realistic actioner."

The script is by Dave Callaham (Doom), David S. Goyer (Nolan's Batman trilogy), and Max Borenstein (upcoming The Seventh Son).

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