The first week of July was pretty busy for “big time”, movie-based video games, featuring not only the debut of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but more importantly to us, a game based on the animated Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. The Activision Publishing and Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising game for Ice Age launches at the same time of the 3D animated movie. The game was developed for all major consoles by Eurocom, and the handheld version for the Nintendo DS was developed by Artificial Mind & Movement. Would you get the game without seeing the movie?

Activision Publishing is working with Mattel and Cartoon network to bring fans a video game based on the CG animated series Hot Wheels battle Force 5. The game is currently in development for both the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS, with a target release date for November 2009. Fans can expect a lot of intense racing action in the game, to match everything they see in the series.

The upcoming Transformers movie just wouldn’t be complete without a corresponding video game! Activision Publishing comes to the rescue, bringing us Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen the video game. For voices, the game will feature Shia LeBeouf and Megan Fox, as well as the famous Peter Cullen and Frank Welker, Optimus Prime and Megatron, respectively. The game, from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures in association with Hasbro, will be available June 23rd, the day before the movie’s theatrical release.
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