Activision Publishing, Inc. has assembled an all-star cast for the upcoming TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN videogame, including the film's leads Shia LeBeouf and Megan Fox, who will reprise their starring roles in the game, and fan favorites Peter Cullen and Frank Welker, the voices of Optimus Prime and Megatron from the original animated series. In the new game, developed under license from Hasbro, players will join the battle to defend Earth from a Decepticon attack that threatens mankind.

Press Release from Loose Cannon Studios

Press Release from Ubisoft

SAN FRANCISCO -- May 13, 2009 -- Today Ubisoft announced that it will launch a new title in the MIGHT & MAGIC universe. MIGHT & MAGIC CLASH OF HEROES, a puzzle RPG that was developed by Capybara Games, creators of award-winning handheld and mobile games, will be available on Nintendo DSTM and it will be released in August 2009.

Press Release from Activision Publishing, Inc.

SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 13 -- Activision Publishing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI), and Nickelodeon today announced a global partnership where the two companies will create an all-new videogame based on the number-one live-action kids' television show ICARLY. Releasing internationally this Fall, the videogame will bring the interactive elements from the series to Wii and Nintendo DS for the first time.

Jerry Bruckheimer and MTV Games announced two executive appointments that officially mark the producer’s entrance into the videogame industry. Industry veterans, Jim Veevaert and Jay Cohen, will lead Jerry Bruckheimer Games, Inc. as President of Production and President of Development respectively.

Veevaert and Cohen will build a creative IP development studio focused on the development and production of interactive content and original intellectual property that convey and reflect the sensibility of Jerry Bruckheimer's other creative ventures.

Press Release from Electronic Arts Inc.

Emeryville, CA -- May 12, 2009 -- The SPORE franchise continues to evolve as Maxis, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today revealed details about SPORE HERO and SPORE HERO ARENA -- two games built from the ground up exclusively for the Wii and Nintendo DS platforms. Building on the franchise's core tenets of creativity, exploration and adventure, SPORE HERO and SPORE HERO ARENA will immerse Nintendo fans into all-new experiences when the games launch this fall.

Harmonix and MTV Games, along with distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. announced plans for a July 21, 2009 North American release of ROCK BAND COUNTRY TRACK PACK for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2.

LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD actress Maggie Q has joined the cast of Japanese videogame adaptation KING OF FIGHTERS, per VARIETY.

The film is currently lensing in Vancouver. Q's credits also include MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 3.

GDC 2009
San Francisco, California, USA
March 23-27, 2009

Midway Games has to lay off 25 percent of its staff and has canceled several projects in early development in order to cut costs as a $150 million debt payment looms, reports VARIETY.

The January deadline for Midway's outstanding notes was triggered when Sumner Redstone sold the videogame publisher to a private investor, Mark Thomas, several weeks ago. Midway is working with advisory firm Lazard to find a way to pay off or renegotiate debt, as it is lacking the cash to pay it off.