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Jet Li Unleashed in Rise To Honor
Taking a quick break from his busy film career, Hong Kong action star Jet Li turns up in Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.’s latest action video game. Rise To Honor, developed exclusively for PlayStation 2, kicks its way to retail outlets today. One of the first PS 2 games created [...]
EA to Tangle with Catwoman
Gamers everywhere will soon get a chance to see if they have cat-like reflexes when the first video game based on Warner Bros.’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ upcoming Catwoman feature hits retail. Electronic Arts has been awarded the worldwide interactive rights to develop, publish and distribute titles that put players [...]
SquarePants TV Games Make Retail Rounds
Next-generation consoles may be all the rage, but the simplicity and affordability of plug-and-play TV game units is driving sales and attracting major franchises like SpongeBob SquarePants. JAKKS Pacific Inc. has announced the release of its TV Games based on Nickelodeon’s hit animated series for kids 2-11. Like JAKKs’ popular [...]
Take-Two in Game Deal with Cartoon Net
Take-Two Licensing Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., has inked a first-look deal to develop and publish video games for all new Cartoon Network branded properties targeting kids 6-11. Codename: Kid’s Next Door will be the first property licensed under the agreement. John Friend, Sr. VP [...]
Next Splinter Cell Recruits Hollywood Operatives
Ub Soft’s Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow, the highly anticipated follow-up to one of 2002’s biggest video game titles, will feature star power from the world of film and TV. Actor Dennis Haysbert (TV’s 24, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas), actor Michael Ironside (Starship Troopers, TV’s V) and [...]
Sony Online Opens Gates of Discord
Fans of the massively multiplayer online role-playing PC game EverQuest will be happy to know that the latest expansion will be in stores tomorrow. Sony Online Entertainment Inc. is shipping EverQuest: Gates of Discord complete with a "magical" in-game item and a unique in-box gift, the Taelosian Staff (while supplies [...]
EA Heroes Vs. Marvel Greats
You’d be crazy to go mano a mano with the likes of The Incredible Hulk, The Amazing Spiderman and Daredevil, but that’s exactly what one video game publisher intends to do. A new deal between Electronic Arts and Marvel Enterprises Inc. will see EA develop new superheroes to go up [...]
ALIENS: Unleashed on Verizon Wireless
The popular Alien Quadrilogy DVD box set may be a bit cumbersome to lug around all day, but if you have the right cel phone, you can now take the blockbuster action wherever you go. Twentieth Century FOX L&M’s Wireless Entertainment Group, mobile entertainment publisher Sorrent and Verizon Wireless today [...]
Xbox Goes Live with OutKast
Even if you’ve had your share of the "Hey Ya" song, you probably wouldn’t turn down the opportunity play a game of ESPN NFL Football with six-time Grammy nominees OutKast. Microsoft Corp. today offers the opportunity to do just that with the launch of Game With Fame, a new program [...]
BAM! To Publish Bujingai for PS2
BAM! Entertainment will soon be publishing Bujingai:The Forsaken City for PlayStation 2, under a license from Japan-based Taito Corporation. The exact release date for May 2004 has yet to be announced. Featuring design work from the creators of the Japanese animations Cowboy Bebop and Trigun and developed for Taito by [...]
Academy Makes Animation...
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has...
Shout! Unleashes...
The Eisner Award-winning comic-book series by Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins, Bill...
