Corey Brotherson

The film translation of Microsoft's popular sci-fi based first-person shooter franchise, Halo, has been given a 2007 launch date by Universal and 20th Century Fox, according to a report in entertainment publication Variety.

Codemasters has signed a new sci-fi/fantasy Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game from developer CCR, called Rising Force Online, set for release on the PC in 2006.

UK chain store, GAME, has clarified that while it is still taking pre-orders of Microsoft's forthcoming next generation machine, Xbox 360, there is currently no word on how many units the group or country will be getting.

Nintendo of America has released its product line-up for now and early 2006 for its formats, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, DS and the forthcoming Game Boy Micro, with DS title Metroid Prime: Hunters slipping into next year.

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Game designer American McGee has signed an agreement with Cellar Door Publishing which will see a new range of graphic novels based on American McGee's games being published by the comic book firm.

Los Angeles based mobile game publisher and developer, JAMDAT, has announced its second quarter 2005 results, with notable earnings- but its prospects in the current quarter and for the full fiscal year have not impressed investors.

Leading UK specialist retail chain GAME has stopped taking pre-orders for the launch of Sony's multi-media handheld, the PlayStation Portable, weeks before the machine is set to go on sale this September.

Nintendo has announced that three new games based on the hugely successful Pokemon franchise are in development for its new handheld, the Nintendo DS, according to reports in Japanese magazine, Comic Korokoro.