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?

The wait is finally over, and the Ice Age is here! Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox’s Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs opens in theaters today, July 1st. After the events of Ice Age: The Meltdown, life begins to change for the crew: Manny and Ellie are expecting a baby, Scrat finds a female sabre-toothed squirrel named Scratte, Diego is fed up with being treated like a house-cat, and Sid finds some dinosaur eggs …and later a dinosaur world! I already can’t wait to see it!! Who is going to check it out this week?

Fox’s Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs film opens up in just a few days (Wednesday, July 1st) but for those of you who can’t wait (me! me!) Glu Mobile is launching a game based on the movie for various cell phone and mobile platforms. This is Glu’s third mobile title based on Fox Mobile Entertainment’s Ice Age franchise. You can check out the game, or download it to your phone, by accessing Glu’s official site.

[Source: Glu]