Game enthusiasts and Joss Whedon fans alike need not wait for the series premiere of the highly anticipated new drama DOLLHOUSE Friday, Feb. 13 (9:01-10 p.m. ET/PT) on FOX to begin to unravel the show's mythology. "Dollplay," an innovative and unique online participation drama invites Whedonites, crime buffs and FOX fans to solve an intriguing mystery now unfolding at www.fox.com/dollhouse and www.rprimelab.com.
Electronic Arts and Paramount Digital Ent. have delayed the release of THE GODFATHER II videogame, now coming out April 7 in North America and April 10 in Europe.
Amberwood Ent. and Xenophile Media have launched the ROLLBOTS ONLINE GAMING EXPERIENCE accessible through YTV.com.
This fully immersive experience will allow kids to create their very own RollBot avatar to explore Flip City and the world of ROLLBOTS, which is featured in the YTV original series.
ROLLBOTS ONLINE is available at www.rollbots.ytv.com and the series premiered Saturday, February 7 at 7:30am on YTV's CRUNCH.
Cookie Jar Ent. has selected online game distributor Acclaim Games as the exclusive global distributor for the online fantasy adventure game MAGI-NATION: BATTLE FOR THE MOONLANDS. Acclaim is set to start managing MAGI-NATION: BATTLE FOR THE MOONLANDS before the end of March. Current MAGI-NATION players' accounts will migrate to Acclaim during this period, with all in-game items and points acquired going with them.
Esurance, the direct-to-consumer personal auto insurance company, announced the recent launch of its newest micro-site related to Esurance's partnership with Paramount Pictures' May 8 theatrical release of the new film STAR TREK from director J.J. Abrams. Visitors to http://www.esurance.com/StarTrek can view exclusive content about the upcoming STAR TREK movie, gain access to unique "out of this world" downloads, enter one of the galaxy's most unique contests for a chance to win a trip to the movie's premiere, and more.
Award-winning writer Marv Wolfman has joined the creative team at WildStorm Productions that is working with Sony Online Ent. to bring the DC Universe to life on PlayStation 3 and PC with DC UNIVERSE ONLINE (DCUO)
Nickelodeon is launching its first-ever series of iPhone and iTouch applications in the Apple iTunes App Store, featuring content based on iconic television series SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, DORA THE EXPLORER and ICARLY. Nick will also launch extensions of its online gaming sites -- Shockwave.com and AddictingGames.com -- on the iPhone, including streaming mobile video applications and games.
In conjunction with this weekend's SURROGATES presentation at NY Comic-Con, Touchstone has launched the viral site about the company in the film that makes surrogates.
Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group and Warner Bros. Interactive Ent. have revealed that hip-hop artist and actor Common, actor Thomas Kretschmann, actress Paz Vega and Oscar-nominated film star Terence Stamp will lend their vocal talents to the highly anticipated videogame WANTED: WEAPONS OF FATE, based on Universal Pictures' blockbuster action-thriller WANTED.
The fate of the earth and the survival of the human race hang in the balance in the TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN videogame from Activision Publishing. Based on Hasbro's TRANSFORMERS property and the upcoming film from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures in association with Hasbro, the game propels players straight into an adrenaline-pumping battle for supremacy across the globe where every second and every choice makes the difference between mankind's salvation and annihilation.
On May 15, 2009, famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon will follow the Path of Illumination in order to thwart the Illuminati's plot to commit unspeakable acts of violence in their quest to destroy the Vatican in Columbia Pictures' ANGELS & DEMONS.
Online moviegoers from seven countries will have the chance to follow their own path with the Angels & Demons Path of Illumination Contest on www.AngelsAndDemons.MSN.com.
Paramount's THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON VFX site is no longer password protected and can be seen at http://www.benjaminbuttonfx.com/site.html.
Videogame developer and publisher Data Design Interactive will release steroscopic 3-D Nintendo Wii game BATTLE RAGE: THE ROBOT WARS later this year.
amBX has concluded a Tools & Middleware License agreement for PlayStation 3 (PS3) with Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI).
Telltale, Inc.'s episodic series, WALLACE & GROMIT'S GRAND ADVENTURES, will lead the company's expansion to Xbox LIVE Arcade this spring. WALLACE & GROMIT'S GRAND ADVENTURES will also be available for PC.
Peter "The Rizk" Rizkalla gets into indie games in February, including Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars, Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica and Moon.
Electronic Arts announced that THE SIMS 3, the flagship game from the best-selling PC franchise, THE SIMS will launch across the PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod Touch and mobile devices summer 2009. THE SIMS 3 PC will ship to store shelves worldwide starting June 2, 2009.
For more information about THE SIMS 3, go to www.TheSims3.com. THE SIMS 3, developed by The Sims Studio, is also in development for Mac, iPhone, iPod Touch and mobile devices.
Ludlum Ent. has granted Electronic Arts the exclusive worldwide license to create videogames based on the works of Robert Ludlum, including the blockbuster BOURNE IDENTITY series. The first game to be released as part of the multi-year agreement is based on Jason Bourne and is currently in development with Starbreeze Studios in Uppsala, Sweden.
Ubisoft will launch an all-new, original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) videogame -- the first that is not tied to a TMNT movie, television show or comic book -- which will be a four-player action fighting title.
Peter Rizkalla talks with Mirror's Edge Art Director Johannes Soderqvist and Senior Animator Tobias Dahl to discover how the unique first-person shooter was created.
Electronic Arts has announced BOOM BLOX BASH PARTY for Wii, the sequel to the critically-acclaimed BOOM BLOX game for Wii. EA's collaboration with director and producer Steven Spielberg continues with BOOM BLOX BASH PARTY, and the destructive fun reaches new heights with richer multiplayer action and more than 400 new levels that will have players of all ages gaming together and solving action-packed puzzles under water, in zero gravity, and beyond.
Priceline.com is partnering with SETH MACFARLANE'S CAVALCADE OF CARTOON COMEDY to exclusively debut the newest collection of CAVALCADE digital shorts featuring new animated characters from FAMILY GUY creator Seth MacFarlane. In the campaign, William Shatner's famous alter ego, "The Priceline Negotiator," is featured in animated intros of the new shorts, which can be seen on www.youtube.com/sethcomedy as well as through targeted sites on the web via Tremor Media's video network.
SPARKS, the first motion comic created specifically for the iPhone and iTouch is now out from Catastrophic Comics. The SPARKS Application, which includes original artwork in addition to the original motion comic, can be downloaded for 99 cents at the iTunes Store (keywords: "Sparks Part 1" or "Catastrophic Comics").
A superhero noir-thriller that was published as a comic book series in 2008, SPARKS bridges the gap between the printed page and full-fledged animation.
NBC.com and Habbo, the largest online virtual world for teens, announced today the launch of a new, virtual HEROES character, which was created by Habbo and will live on Habbo.com and HEROES Evolutions, the on-air show's interactive Web site at www.nbc.com/Heroes/evolutions/.
While following directions from a mysterious virtual messenger, the new character will take the audience on an adventure as she discovers the history of HEROES through a journey that travels back and forth between Habbo.com and the HEROES Evolutions site.
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced the nominees for the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. The nominations for the peer-based awards have been dominated by blockbuster game, LITTLEBIGPLANET (Sony Computer Ent. America) with 10 nominations from industry leaders and members of the interactive entertainment software business.
