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Title: Lego Batman: The Videogame
Price: $29.99
System(s): DS (PSP, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii)
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Publisher (Developer): Warner Home Video Games
ESRB Rating: “Everyone 10+“ for mild cartoon violence.
Pros: More fun the longer you play, plenty of collectibles, multiplayer mode, well-executed 3D environments and cute story.
Cons: Does not follow the plot of any Batman movie, repetitive puzzles and a fatal revival glitch in Free Play Mode.
Overall Score: One thumb up, one thumb sideways; 81/100; B-; * * * out of five.

Taking a huge hint from the success of the Lego Star Wars and Lego Indiana Jones games, Warner Bros. has converted yet another an iconic character book hero into colored pegs to star in a video game…

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Check out the gallery: Lego Batman: The Videogame for DS screen shots

Last week, Midway released details about the Kollector’s Edition of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (MK vs. DC) which will be launching alongside the regular version of the game on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 next month (November 16, 2008 in North America; November 21, 2008 in Europe).

As previously detailed, the Kollector’s Edition will feature box artwork and a removable print by comic book artist Alex Ross (known for his work on the Kingdom Come series, among others) as well a 16-page comic book by co-creator of the Mortal Kombat franchise John Tobias…

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Midway Games’ latest installment in the long running Mortal Kombat fighting series, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (MK Vs. DC), will pit characters from the two franchises against each other when it launches on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in November 2008.

To celebrate the game’s launch, Midway will be releasing a special “Kollector’s Edition” of MK Vs. DC in North America next month. It will feature hand-painted box artwork by respected comic book artist Alex Ross, a removable print by Ross and bonus video content.

While all of the Mortal Kombat characters and DC villains will have access to the series’ trademark “fatalities” (powerful finishing moves), the goody two-shoes DC heroes will have their fatalities replaced by…

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Title: Birds of Prey: The Complete Series
Price: $29.95
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Publisher: Warner Bros. Television
Rating: Not Rated
Pros: The transfer is perfect and the addition of the entire web series, Gotham Girls, is terrific. A bit more palatable than when it originally aired thanks to Smallville.
Cons: The series remains as fault-filed as ever with some weak performances and some cheesy special effects.
Overall Score: One thumb up, one thumb sideways; 80/100; B-; * * * out of five.

With the recent resurgence of Bat-Mania thanks to the gritty and good Dark Knight movie, it’s a little surprising that Birds of Prey DVD release didn’t get a little more attention. Sure, the series didn’t quite make a full season but the relation to the Caped Crusader is unmistakable.

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Ed Boon, the creator of Mortal Kombat, and Jimmy Palmiotti, a DC Comics’ writer, held a panel discussion July 26, 2008, at Comic-Con 2008, where they discussed Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe and revealed more about the game.

At the con they said that this game will be a very unique experience for fans of both DC and Mortal Kombat which will allow you to see just what it would be like to fight Sub-Zero as Batman.

“For every [Mortal Kombat] game we do, we like to add something dramatic, something fresh,“ Boon said about the new game. The elements he is most excited about are the new “kombat” modes added to the game: close combat and free fall…

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Barbie just can’t get a break. Mattel has been unveiling a line of Superhero themed dolls - among them Wonder Woman, Batgirl and Supergirl, but the Barbie iteration of Black Canary has gotten heat from conservative groups. Their complaint? That the doll is too sexually suggestive and constitutes “filth” according to Christian Voice, a…

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