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JAKKS Pacific announced a master toy licensing agreement with DreamWorks Studios to manufacture, distribute and market a line of toys based on the live-action feature film, “Real Steel” from director Shawn Levy (“Night at the Museum,” “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” and “Date Night”) and starring Hugh …

Electronic Arts announced two all-new products in the Dead Space franchise; Dead Space Aftermath and Dead Space Salvage. Dead Space Aftermath is an animated feature that explains what happened during the first-responder mission to Aegis VII. Dead Space Salvage is a graphic novel that tells the story of a rogue group of miners who …

Vandor is introducing 55 new products as part of its 2010 “Where Legends Live” catalog. High quality products for everyday use include stainless steel water bottles, travel mugs and fun-shaped tin totes. In the stationary category, Vandor is offering sticky notes in novel designs, featuring some of the company’s popular …

The legendary Marvel Super Hero Squad is back with an even larger team of Super Heroes, as THQ announced Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet, the sequel to its highly popular Marvel Super Hero Squad video game of 2009. An all-new adventure for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo DSi …

Sony announced that two of animation’s most well-known talents lead a triple-A cast of voice actors in providing their skills for the upcoming online action game, DC Universe Online. Mark Hamill (Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: The Animated Series) will once again voice The Joker, while Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated …

Blizzard Entertainment announced its plans for the official North American midnight launch event for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the long-anticipated sequel to 1998’s critically acclaimed real-time strategy game, StarCraft. The event will take place at Fry’s Electronics at 10800 Kalama River Avenue in Fountain Valley, CA, with activities starting …

Gazillion Entertainment revealed that the action-packed Super Hero Squad Online will be showcased at San Diego Comic-Con in the Marvel Entertainment booth. Dozens of Marvel’s iconic Super Heroes, combat missions, and social spaces will all be available for all con-goers to play. The action doesn’t stop there! In a world …

By Odin’s beard!” SEGA announced they will bring Marvel’s hall-of-fame franchise Thor to video game systems for an epic third-person adventure: Thor: The Video Game, scheduled for release on all five major video game platforms in 2011 including the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii and Nintendo DS. “We …

Following the incredible success of Dark Horse Comics’ Mass Effect: Redemption, the publisher will join forces again with BioWare, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc., for an all-new comic book series based on the blockbuster sci-fi action videogame Mass Effect 2 that sold two million copies in its first week and earned …

Syfy will debut Red Faction: Origins (working title), a two hour live-action movie pilot scheduled to air in March 2011. The story of Red Faction: Origins follows the lineage of rebel hero Alec Mason and the Mason family, set during a period between the critically acclaimed Red Faction: Guerrilla video …