Interactive entertainment software publisher TDK Mediactive, Inc. will be issuing a Collector's Edition for the fall launch of the video game ROBOTECH: BATTLECRY, available on the PlayStation2, Xbox and GameCube game systems. Each limited edition box will be individually numbered, and include the ROBOTECH: BATTLECRY video game, the game soundtrack featuring re-recorded versions of the original series' music, a specially designed T-shirt, exclusive artwork including a lenticular motion card, and a Defense Force dog tag. "ROBOTECH is a strong property with a very big following.

Simon & Schuster Interactive, in association with Jim Henson Interactive, a division of The Jim Henson Company, announced that their anticipated PC release FARSCAPE: THE GAME has shipped. Based on the hit Sci-Fi Channel show, and featuring voices of the cast members, the PC release of FARSCAPE: THE GAME will be available at retailers August 17, 2002. FARSCAPE: THE GAME is a 3D action game that incorporates CG models and sound effects taken from the series. In addition to the game arriving at retail, Farscapegame.com, the official Website of the game has launched.

Take-Two Interactive Software is expanding its Rockstar Games label with the formation of Rockstar Vancouver. Take-Two acquired Vancouver-based Barking Dog Studios, Ltd. for $3 million in cash and 242,450 shares of restricted common stock. Barking Dog will be renamed Rockstar Vancouver. Barking Dog Studios currently employs approximately fifty developers, and is working on a yet to be announced military video game to be published under the Rockstar brand, and will soon begin development on a second original video game title for Rockstar.

Stan Winston Studio and software publisher Midway Games Inc. have teamed to create an action-adventure videogame for next-generation consoles. The game, currently in development, is tentatively titled AREA 51 and is scheduled to ship in 2004. Stan Winston Studio will serve in a lead creative capacity in the development of the main alien enemies for the game, which takes three distinct characters on individual and cooperative missions in an attempt to unlock the extra-terrestrial mystery behind the titular Nevada desert locale.

Take-Two Interactive Software,
Inc. has formed Gotham Games, a new entertainment software publishing
label, launched to specifically focus on publishing content
accessible to consumers of all ages. All of Take-Two's software
products for the PlayStation game console will be published under the
Gotham brand, along with a selection of upcoming titles to be
published across multiple platforms. The company has named Take-Two
VP of publishing and business development Jamie Leece to head Gotham

Infogrames, Inc. has signed a deal with producers C-2 Pictures and Intermedia to develop and distribute video games based on the third film in the TERMINATOR series, TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES, scheduled to be in theaters summer 2003. Through the agreement, Infogrames has secured the exclusive interactive rights for video games based on the property for all home video game consoles and the personal computer. Infogrames also secured the exclusive first option for interactive rights to any TERMINATOR 4 film through the deal, subject to certain conditions.

Maryland-based game development company Firaxis Games has licensed the NetImmerse 3D graphics engine and toolkit from software developer NDL to use on multiple future titles. Firaxis was founded in 1996 by veteran gaming executive Jeff Briggs and designer Sid Meier. The company selected the NetImmerse engine after extensively researching many different options, according to Mike Gibson, director of development for Firaxis.

Interactive software publisher TDK Mediactive, Inc. has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with Disney Interactive to create games based on two upcoming Disney films that take their premises from well-known Disneyland theme rides. First up is the HAUNTED MANSION, which will make its way to the big screen in 2003. The theatrical release of HAUNTED MANSION will be supported by TDK Mediactive on most major video game platforms in time for Halloween and the holiday season.

Debuting on PC
screens before hitting the big screen, the STUART LITTLE 2 game for
CD-ROM from Infogrames, Inc. lets players in on action scenes from
the STUART LITTLE 2 motion picture. The game also features a photo
gallery of still photos taken directly from the movie. Nancy
MacIntyre, vice president of marketing for Infogrames' Beverly Studio
said, "We were very pleased with the performance of our first STUART
LITTLE CD-ROM game and are thrilled to be launching this new game in

Two
titles based on Disney's latest animated feature LILO AND STITCH have
been released by Sony Computer Entertainment America and Disney
Interactive, coinciding with the release of the film. DISNEY'S LILO
AND STITCH is an interactive, action-platform game for the
PlayStation game consoles and allows gamers to take on the role of
either Lilo or Stitch and embark on an exciting Hawaiian journey,
visiting many of the locations featured in the film. For the
PlayStation 2, DISNEY'S STITCH: EXPERIMENT 626 is an action shooter