The Godfather: Blackhand Edition

Kotaku writes: Paramount and the estate of The Godfather author Mario Puzo settled their $1 million dustup over how much was owed to whom over sales and rentals of the 2006 game. The estate of Puzo, who died in 1999, sued Paramount Pictures Corp., which licensed the game to Electronic Arts. The two sides appeared headed for trial until the agreement late Friday. Its terms were not disclosed.

Anthony Puzo, son of Godfather creator Mario Puzo, has taken Paramount to court for allegedly not paying revenues on the Godfather videogame.

Puzo is claiming for $1 million in damages, after he agreed with his father in 1992 to pay up a share of revenues from any sold or rented audio-visual productions containing Godfather elements.

"In material breach of the audio-visual products agreement, Paramount has failed and refused

Wii UK report that EA have revealed in an interview that the 'open-world' engine used in The Godfather is being utilised for other titles, including The Simpsons.

The funny thing about inventing a genre of videogames is that, until it becomes completely played out, every game that emulates your formula is going to be attached to your name. Games that feature a wide-open, freely explorable world, for example, will have a hard time avoiding the label of "Grand Theft Auto clone," especially if their worlds are littered with vehicles to steal and drive. In the six years since Grand Theft Auto III, a slew of games have tried to become "the next GTA," but so

EA's upcoming Godfather: Blackhand Edition for Wii will incorporate motion-sensing controls to let you hammer the faces of your enemies - or any random granny, if you're that way inclined - by swinging your fists with the Wii Remote in

We reported earlier about The Godfather coming to Wii later this year, but now we've got a trailer explaining exactly how the motion controls will affect the game. Judging from the movie (easily accessed via the Movies tab above), you'll be mimicking such moves as bat swinging, car driving and head-splattering. Up to this point, all the Wii motion activities were wholesome and fun for everyone. Now we've got to wrap our hands around disobedient thugs' necks and squeeze until the sweet release

The Godfather, last year's movie inspired GTA-a-like actioner, is pushing into new territory this March, with The Godfather: The Don's Edition planned for PS3 and The Godfather: Blackhand Edition aimed at Wii, developer Electronic Arts has revealed. The Don's Edition comes to PS3 complete with The Corleone Expansion Pack, adding brand new missions and gameplay to the gangland experience currently doing the rounds on Xbox 360, PC, Xbox and PS2. It'll also include SixAxis support - think