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Celebrating Supe’s 50th anniversary, Ruby-Spears Productions miraculously got the rights to create Superman the animated TV series. It exists in an awkward gap between the kitche-y late-1970s-to-early-1980s Super Friends cartoons and the slick 1990s Superman: The Animated series. It’s a series that only those who could bear the live-action Superboy… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Ruby-Spears Superman DVD screen shots

As a Reuters story notes, there is big business in history for the game industry. One of this year’s most anticipated titles, Assassin’s Creed II, sees the game’s hero interact with a young Leonardo da Vinci and use his design for a flying machine. The first Assassin’s Creed was set… Continue Reading »

The punishments for the undercover officers caught Wii Bowling during a March 6, 2009, drug raid have been handed down. And they’re not so punishing. The Lakeland Ledger reports that 11 members of the multiagency task force were found at fault. Undercover detectives received a letter of retraining and are… Continue Reading »

With the recent trend of video game companies offering complements and add-ons for games, digital downloads are becoming an increasingly lucrative market. As with other entertainment properties, more and more video game companies are shifting parts of their businesses to creating and delivering this form of content. The ability to… Continue Reading »

Beverage companies have been targeting gamers for a while. Recall Harcos’ Mana Drink, Mountain Dew more than once and, of course, various Bawls brews. The latest beverage endeavor is by Hint Inc., a company that specializes in flavored water sans sugar. Instead of rebranding an existing product with a lame… Continue Reading »

Activision Blizzard is creating an organization dedicated to raising awareness on unemployment amongst war veterans. The non-profit foundation, called Call of Duty Endowment (CODE), will focus on raising funds and assisting organizations dedicated to job placement and training for war veterans. Activision Blizzard’s CEO, Robert Kotick, decided to invite veterans… Continue Reading »

Video game movies usually tend to be well, awful. (Super Mario Bros or Dead or Alive, anyone?) So it was with much skepticism that I’ve been following news regarding a Prince of Persia: Sands of Time movie. After having seen the first trailer, I am convinced this film will be… Continue Reading »

Microsoft Studios and 343 Industries are taking the Halo universe one step further with a series of computer-generated and anime-styled new short films called Halo Legends. The stories will focus on the origins and history of the Halo universe as well as its characters. Halo Legends comprises seven stories told… Continue Reading »

Ouch. Some very difficult news is coming from Gamasutra today, which just announced that Electronic Arts will cut 1500 jobs by April 2010. It’s being called a cost-cutting strategy (as all layoffs are, really), and it comes hot on the heels of the company’s acquisition of casual/social game publisher Playfish. Continue Reading »

Those who loved Guerilla Games’ PS3 game Killzone 2 can now pick up the soundtrack. Sony has just announced that Joris de Man’s Killzone 2: Original Soundtrack from the Videogame is available to download thanks to iTunes. The 29 track soundtrack is available immediately. If you purchase the entire $9.99… Continue Reading »