The merge between Activision and Vivendi's game unit will finally become official this July on the 8th, with a "most profitable" honeymoon afterwards.

This deal creates "a formidable new digital media powerhouse" for the videogames industry, let's hope they put all that swag toward something nice.

It was only a matter of time before another comic book hero elicited the gaze of Hollywood executives, now that dino-slaying and bow slinging Turok guy is up next.

Native American star Adam Beach has revealed meetings are about to take place "to develop a script and put it out there,".

Codemasters have released the first patch for Race Driver Grid which brings the game to version 1.1 However please note that this version of the patch only works with the PC-DVD version of the game and not if you have downloaded the game from Steam, Metaboli or Direct2Drive. Patches for the downloaded version of the game should be available "within days".

The Velvet Assassin image gallery has been updated with 4 new screenshots.

Big cheese of EA's Sports division Peter Moore is exciting to be "hitting this season in terms of quality and innovation stronger than we ever," or else a new tattoo awaits.

He's also claimed that "the future couldn't be brighter" for the FIFA franchise from EA, FIFA 08 is still doing the rounds in the UK's top 10.

Codemasters Online have announced a Fathers Day virtual event taking place across Middle-earth in The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar.

Taking place on June 15th, Codemasters Online will be running a series of in-game Father’s Day events designed to celebrate this special occasion including father and sons fishing, music and fireworks as well as ad hoc competitions and challenges taking place throughout the day. Fathers are invited to attend these events with their sons and daughters and take part in the online festivities with the thousands of other players in Middle-earth.

Another statement has been issued today, this one is from Flagship Studios responding to the recent comments from Guy Somberg's blog, which claimed that several members of the development team have been jumping ship due to the poor release of Hellgate London.

Tri Synergy has issued a statement regarding the recent comparisons of level design and artwork between Majestic Studios’ Limbo of the Lost and Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

KOEI has confirmed to Eurogamer that Fatal Inertia EX will arrive later in the UK and will available to purchase from the PlayStation Store on 19th June.

No official price point has been mentioned, but its reported to be around £15.

This one could turn into quite a bit of trouble, but Majestic Studios title Limbo of the Lost has been reviewed by gaming site GamePlasma, and they claim that it has stolen some of the level design structures from The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.