Category: Games

THQ is working on the UP videogame, based on the anticipated Disney-Pixar film, to all major consoles worldwide beginning in spring 2009. UP is currently in development across seven game systems, including Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP and Games for Windows and Mac.

This month Paramount in the U.K. launches a brand-new film promotion vehicle called the "Paramount Picture Show." Conceived and produced by independent production company Abundant, this five-minute animated film will feature sneak previews of new theatrical releases, clips from new home releases, exclusive interviews, competitions and more. The short film will be available online and on mobile phones and will distributed widely throughout social media.

WATCHMEN: THE END IS NIGH, a long-form downloadable videogame published by Warner Bros. Interactive Ent., has launched on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360, PC via download and on the PlayStation Network. WATCHMEN: THE END IS NIGH is a prequel to the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures' WATCHMEN film, which opens in theatres nationwide on March 6, 2009.

Motion design and production company Monkeyhead created opening titles and custom graphics package for the RED BULL BIG TUNE documentary web series, and for the forthcoming BIG TUNE documentary special set to air in April on BET.

Just six months after launching a dedicated, 24 hour Nickelodeon channel to more than 1.5 million subscribers across southern Africa, MTV Networks International, a division of Viacom, will expand the brand across multiple media platforms.

Warner Bros. has launched "WATCHMEN - 6 Minutes to Midnight."

Visit the site and enter your name to experience a 10-minute long interactive trailer for WATCHMEN. You will enter the world of WATCHMEN, interact with one of the characters, and unlock exclusive content from the film.

http://6minutestomidnight.com/.

SEGA Europe, SEGA of America, and Madrid-based Pyro Studios will create a game based on its upcoming animated film, PLANET 51. The PLANET 51 game will be available in winter 2009 for Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo DS.

Activision Publishing and Corus Ent.'s Nelvana Enterprises will develop and distribute video games based on the toy and action animated television series BAKUGAN. The first BAKUGAN game will be released for Wii, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2 in fall 2009.

Toon Radio has plans to turn over a portion of its broadcast schedule over to its listeners.

Toon Radio is setting aside Friday evenings for its listeners to use as they please. This new block will be called Open Source, in reference to the software community of the same name. Open Source will allow listeners and bloggers alike to have their own audio clips and podcast recordings play on Toon Radio's audio stream.

Midway Games has entered into a strategic relationship with Ubisoft to publish WHEELMAN, the open-world driving game starring action-film star Vin Diesel as an expert driver for hire.

Ubisoft will handle sales, marketing, and distribution of the title in North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Austria, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Midway will continue to direct the development of the title and retains all future rights to the franchise and will sell the title in all other European territories.

SEGA of America, SEGA Europe and Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising have revealed new details of their increasing portfolio of upcoming games based on Twentieth Century Fox's ALIENS universe.

SEGA will publish an all-new ALIENS VS. PREDATOR (working title) game in early 2010. The game is currently in development with independent developer Rebellion, creators of the original 1999 ALIENS VERSUS PREDATOR; a legendary title that went on to define an entire generation of multiplayer gaming.

Reel FX Ent.'s first virtual world, WEBOSAURS, will launch in spring 2009. The brave new world boasts customizable 3D dinosaur avatars, a game-filled prehistoric environment, and educational "Webosodes" from international wildlife expert Nigel Marven.