Rockstar Games has been edging towards a Hollywood
model for quite some time now, but the film community is finally taking notice.
The Tribeca Film Festival will present a one-hour gameplay session of “L.A. Noire” at this year’s event, followed by a question and answer session. Scheduled to take place April 25, this is the first time the festival has recognized a video game.
Warner Bros. is doubling down 
with Facebook.
Roughly three weeks after offering “The Dark Knight” for streaming via the social network, the studio has added five more films – including a trio of recent releases.
Nintendo is one of the few, refreshing companies 
that constantly surprises you.
As Apple was mounting its assault on the portable gaming space, the Kyoto-based company threw gamers a curve, announcing plans for a new handheld system that would allow users to see images in stereoscopic 3D without the need for special glasses. It was a risky move, but it seems to be one that will pay off.
Steve Jobs will remain on the 
board at Disney.
Investors voted Wednesday to re-elect the CEO of Apple (and one-time owner of Pixar), despite proxy advisors who lobbied against the action, citing continuing concerns about Jobs’ overall health.
With the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War 
fast approaching, it probably won’t come as a surprise that PBS has plans to rerun Ken Burns’ acclaimed series on the War Between the States.
What might be a bit more unexpected, though, is that the network plans to offer a free stream of the series’ first episode to showcase its PBS App for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. The stream will become available March 24 for a 10-day window.
The PSP Go, which shunned physical media 
for a download only model, might not be a roaring success, but Sony’s doubling down on digital distribution as it prepares its next generation handheld gaming system.
The head of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe says that every game on the so-called NGP (Next Generation Portable) will be available to buy as a download the same day the physical game appears on store shelves.
BitTorrent isn’t usually a service studios want to 
partner with. The favorite application of movie and software pirates, the service is widely demonized throughout the state of California.
But the makers of The Tunnel will world premier their direct-to-DVD film on the service on May 19 – and they’ve doing so with the full cooperation of Paramount.
Glasses free 3D is still a fair ways from 
making it to the living room, but Samsung is starting to test the waters.
The electronics giant is showing off a 55-inch prototype this week of a set that doesn’t require any sort of dorky headgear. Before you get out your credit cards, the company says it will be at least three years before something like this will hit the market.
Want to know why studios are growing leary of 
Netflix? It’s all in the numbers.
A new report from The NPD Group shows that despite the best efforts of some enormous competitors, the online rental service holds a 61 percent market share in the streaming movie field so far this year.
“Halo: Reach” players are getting
some more maps.
The “Halo: Reach” Defiant Map Pack goes live today, with two new multiplayer maps, a firefight mission and new achievements letting players earn up to 150 Microsoft Points.
Read more (and learn how to win free codes) at Variety’s Technotainment blog
Chris Morris: Journalist 