Buffy Season 8 Comics News

Comic Book Resources has a report from Comic Con last week about the upcoming Buffy Season 8 comic book series from Dark Horse:

(Dark Horse Comics Editor Scott) Allie announced that Joss Whedon has signed on for a new "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" comic and has "an outline for about 20 issues." The book is "season 8 of the [TV] series," Allie said, and picks up a few months after the end of the series. The book will feature art by Georges Jeanty and covers by Jo Chen.

Eliza Voices Video Game Character

Eliza Dushku has joined the cast of the Sega Video Game, Yakuza, a Japanese gangster drama, according to Gamasura. Eliza provides the voice of the ingénue Yumi. Other cast members include Michael Rosenbaum, Michael Madsen, Rachel Leigh Cook and Mark Hamill.

The game centers around Japanese organized crime (which is called Yakuza). Michael Madsen plays a brutal crimelord, and Rosenbaum plays one of the Yakuza members who must turn against his friends, including the character played by Eliza, who is the center of a mystery.

Yakuza will be released on September 5th for PlayStation 2.