New Dates Set for DreamWorks...
Fox has announced the latest release dates for two of upcoming DreamWorks...
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ESRB Offers Ratings Info in iPhone App
The Entertainment Software Ratings Board, which rates video games as a guide to parents, has developed a free iPhone app that provides instant access to ratings information. The app was unveiled for the holiday season to give parents shopping for games instant access to information that can help pick appropriate [...]
DreamWorks Taps THQ for Three Franchise Games
THQ has signed a multi-year deal with DreamWorks Animation to be the exclusive maker of video games based on several of the studio’s top franchises. The game developer had already had been working on a game based on the upcoming feature film MegaMind, and now will add the sequel film [...]
Image Metrics Animates Faces for Assassin’s Creed II
Image Metrics provided facial animation for many of the cut scenes in the current hit video game Assassin’s Creed II, developed by Ubisoft Montreal. The game was the first collaboration between Image Metrics and Ubisoft. “One of the most anticipated games of the year, Assassin’s Creed is renowned for its [...]
Call of Duty Sequel Has $310 Million Debut
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 appeared well on its way to challenging for the title of the biggest entertainment debut in history, selling a record estimated 4.7 million copies and earning $310 million in its first day of release, Variety reports. The Activision game is taking on Rockstar’s Grand [...]
Fans to Animate DC Universe Online on Facebook
Sony Online Entertainment and Mass Animation are teaming up for a new contest in which users will use a Facebook application to animate characters from the upcoming DC Universe Online massive multiplayer online video game for use in a trailer and in-game animations. The contest begins Dec. 7 and calls [...]
Corus TV and LEGO Launch New BIONICLE Games
Beginning this Monday (Aug. 31), Corus TV and LEGO Canada are launching a new BIONICLE videogame campaign on YTV.com. Under the Glatorian Legends banner, this six-weeks-long program will allow kids to play two new video games’Prepare for Battle and Arena Magna. Prepare for Battle uses new augmented-reality technology, which allows [...]
Sony’s PSP Handheld Device to Read Comic Books
Sony will unveil a cheaper, more compact version of its PlayStation 3 console in September and offer a digital device for reading comic-books in December of this year. The new slimmed-down version of the PS3 will have 120 gigabytes of storage, is priced at $299 (that’s $100 less than its [...]
WeirdBeard’s Rush Wins Batman Game Contest
Game developer WeirdBeard has won the casting call from Warner Bros. Animation, Mochi Media and DC Comics for a Flash game that extends the brand of the current TV series Batman: The Brave and the Bold. The winning game, titled Batman: Gotham Rush, can be played online at DCBeyond.com. The [...]
Dead Space Feature Targets Caruso
EA’s Dead Space is most recent video game to score a deal for a motion picture. The sci-fi and horror project has D.J. Caruso of Eagle Eye attached to direct. The game recently spawned a direct-to-DVD anime-style feature titled Dead Space: Downfall. Caruso and EA, which is producing the movie [...]
Jim Lee, Marv Wolfman Talk DCU Online Game
Video games and comic books have been crossing over for years ‘ both in terms of content and via the growing gaming presence at Comic-Con ‘ but few things are coming as close to exciting fans as the chance to play in the original comic book universe in Sony Online [...]
Wiig and Cooper Guest Voice...
The parade of stars stopping by The Simpsons office to do guest voice stints on...
Boinx Unveils New Features of...
German software producer Boinx has unveiled some special upgrades the 3.1...
