Games

WB to Offer Watchmen Film, Video Game Combos

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Press Release from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

BURBANK, Calif. -- Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced that the WATCHMEN: THE END IS NIGH videogame, based on the WATCHMEN film, will be offered in a retail Blu-Ray Hi-Def game and film hybrid, as well as additional retail and downloadable formats in North America. WATCHMEN: THE END IS NIGH Part 2, the second of two long-form, episodic action games will be released in conjunction with the Blu-ray Hi-Def and DVD of the WATCHMEN: DIRECTOR'S CUT in July 2009.

SciFi.com Launches 15 New Games

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Press Release from SCIFI.com

Studio Ghibli Working on Videogame

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1Up.com is reporting that animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli is working on a Nintendo DS game. Titled NINOKUNI, the fantasy adventure RPG title, produced with Level-5, follows a little kid named Oliver who is promised the return of his deceased mother by a sprite.

Ghibli president Toshio Suzuki told FAMITSU magazine that collaboration came about when musician Naoya Fujimaki introduced the two companies to each other, following the completion of PONYO, their latest theater, which arrives in the U.S. in August.

WB Moves to Acquire Troubled Midway Games

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Midway Games Inc. today announced that it has entered into a "stalking horse" asset purchase agreement with Warner Bros. Ent. Inc., and filed a sale and bid procedures motion with the bankruptcy court to conduct the sale of the company’s assets pursuant to Section 363 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The bid procedures will provide for notice to be given to third parties of the pending sale to Warner Bros. Ent. and offer the opportunity for interested parties to bid on the company's assets.

Details Released On New Aliens vs. Predator Game

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Press Release from SEGA of America, Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd.

SAN FRANCISCO AND LONDON (May 20, 2009) -- SEGA of America, Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd. today reveal more details surrounding the much-anticipated next-gen FPS game, ALIENS VS. PREDATOR (working title). It will be the first title launched in SEGA's forthcoming series of ALIENS games licensed from Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising (Fox Licensing).

Pinky and Perky to Star in CD Rom Game

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Press Release from PPC Enterprises

PPC Enterprises has revealed that phenomenally successful porcine pair Pinky and Perky are due to appear in their very own CD Rom game from Avanquest -- one of the biggest publishers of computer games in the UK.

Spore Galactic Adventures Goes to the (Robot) Chickens

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Press Release from Electronic Arts Inc.

Secret Saturdays to Live as Videogame

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Press Release from D3Publisher

Bigpoint.com Opens a Portal for External Game Developers

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Press Release from Bigpoint GmbH

Half-Blood Prince Game Confirmed for June 30 Release

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Press Release from Electronic Arts Inc

Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today confirmed that the HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE video game will be in stores across the world from June 30, 2009, just ahead of the Warner Bros. Pictures' film based on J.K. Rowling's sixth book in the Harry Potter series.