When game studio Brash Entertainment went belly-up last month, no doubt gamers' first reaction to the news was, "But what about the video game adaptation of Tales of Despereaux?!" Don't you worry your pretty little heads - Atari has scooped up the rights to the game in North America.
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Brash Entertainment today announce development for The Tale of Despereaux, an interactive game based on Universal Pictures' animated adventure of the same name. The game shares the fairy-tale look and feel of the upcoming film about a chivalrous mouse, full of courage and honour. The Tale of Despereaux game - created through a licensing agreement with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group - will release in conjunction with the film, which arrives in UK theatres on 19th December, 2008. Directed by Sam Fell and Rob Stevenhagen and produced by Gary Ross and Allison Thomas, The Tale of Despereaux features the voice talent of Matthew Broderick, Robbie Coltrane, Frances Conroy, Tony Hale, Ciaran Hinds, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Kevin Kline...
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Namco Bandai has revealed four new games in its popular Tales series for Nintendo and Sony platforms, in the pages of Japanese Famitsu magazine. The mag confirms a sequel to GameCube RPG Tales of Symphonia for Wii, as well as new entry Tales of Innocence for Nintendo DS. PSP meanwhile gets the aptly named Tales of Rebirth, while PS2 will see Tales of Destiny arrive. That's a lot of tales. We're still scouring Famitsu with a fine magnifying glass, but the DS entry seems to be an entirely new ...
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If there's one thing that can get you pumped to play a game, it's a rockin' intro. Even in this age of overblown cinematics and increasingly elaborate plots spiraling into gaming oblivion, there's something about a few guitar licks and a hint of action that get the gamer juices flowing. Ever since consoles started kicking out high quality music and graphics in the early 90s, we've been addicted to the art of the intro. 7. Ys: The Ark of Napishtim (PlayStation 2, 2005) When this game hit the ...
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One of 2006's biggest come-from-behind contenders is Tales of the Abyss. Due to be released this fall, it's an action-packed RPG with an epic story. The game, created by the same team behind 2004 GameCube hit Tales of Symphonia - reviewed here - blends anime-style characters with a lengthy fantasy tale and sword-swinging, intense gameplay. But why take our word for it? Just click that movies tab above and see for yourself what the game is capable of. June 22, ...
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If dungeon-delving, anime-style character designs and the phrase "real-time battles" are the kinds of things that turn your crank, then you'll want to keep an eye out for Tales of Abyss. Namco Bandai announced today that the latest chapter in its Tales series (Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Legendia, etc.) is coming to US PS2s. While it's not a sequel to any of the previous Tales games, Abyss will play a little like the GameCube Tales of Symphonia, in that you'll fight monsters in action-based ...
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In affiliation with Amazon.com, TripleChat is happy to bring you the new releases each week for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable. Along with new game releases they will also highlight the top five bluray releases each week that they feel will best suite movie and TV show fans alike.

Remember last week? Remember how uneventful it was? Well guess what, that's over this week. While game wise the selection is about the same on the PS3 and PS2 – this week it is all about the PSP Go. Oh yes, after just a few short months of waiting since E3, the PSP Go launches this week (October 1 to be exact)! Included this week in their special PSP Go Launch Center are the two big releases this week for both the Go and PSP 1000-3000 and those are Gran Turismo and MotorStorm: Arctic Edge.

On PS3 the biggest release this week is the sequel to Ninja Gaiden Sigma. Slated originally as a 360 exclusive (as was the predecessor), the sequel comes to us with more features, better graphics, and maybe even more cleavage!

On the bluray side of things the biggest release this week is the 70th Anniversary Collector's Edition of The Wizard of Oz. Outside of taking a stroll down the yellow brick road, they have two animated flicks for you – one featuring Monsters and Aliens, the other featuring Superman and Batman. To finish it there is a 2003 remake of a classic coming to high def for the super low price of $10 and one of the better independent films of 2009!
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Konami is releasing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare this April but, with Ubisoft snapping up the rights to create a game based on the upcoming Turtles computer animated feature film, this may be the last in the current series. Konami's Turtle games are based on the animated series which uses a cel-shaded look to replicate the style of the show. Even story mode's 60 missions are split into episodes as the four half-shelled heroes attempt to save the planet from the 'Mutant ...
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The first glimpse of the Tekken movie has emerged online through a couple of photos revealing Marshall Law and Jin Kazama.

The movie is directed by Dwight H. Little, the guy responsible for the 1989 Phantom of the Opera movie with Robert 'Freddy' Englund and a handful of 24, Bones and Prison Break episodes. He also did a Steven Seagal flick called Marked for Death, so... expect a film of ...

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Top Hollywood leapy kung fu loon Jet Li is reportedly considering a major role in the upcoming Tekken film. It's simply called Tekken at the moment, though we fully expect an 'Ankles of Furious Fury' style subtitle any time now. The movie is currently in pre-production - Tinseltown-speak for "What? I haven't started yet." The only other actor to be linked to the film is Brian J White, soon to be seen in upcoming big-screen game adaptations of Dungeon Siege and Dead or Alive. Tekken is due ...
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