In his Hollywood and Games Summit keynote today, Brash Entertainment's CEO Mitch Davis announced additional long term deals with the various film studios and partners, such as Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Studios, Vanguard Animation, and of course the previously announced Lions Gate Films.

Recently spun-off and renamed Other Ocean Interactive (formerly Backbone Charlottetown) is working on bringing Mortal Kombat to the NDS, according to an interview with Midway's Ed Boon. Ultimate Mortal Kombat is scheduled for November and is a conversion of the Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 arcade game. It will support 2-player local or online multiplayer and include Puzzle Kombat, the Super Puzzle Fighter clone featuring super-deformed Mortal Kombat characters.

Switchball is an intricate puzzle game set in a stunning 3D world. Control an ever-changing ball along a narrow winding course suspended in midair. Solve your way through challenging levels jam-packed with obstacles, traps and mazes.

NoWay Studio announced its debut title C.O.R.E., a classic FPS game set in an underground laboratory complex in the year 2050. C.O.R.E. features an advanced graphics solutions and makes the maximum use of unique features offered by Nintendo DS such as dual screen and touch-screen control system.

The U.S. Army announced that the upcoming July 4th marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of the its America’s Army online multiplayer PC game, and has since amassed more than 8.5 million user accounts, holding a steady top ten action games played online since its launch in 2002.

DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road is set to be the most diverse and exhilarating off-road racing experience ever with sensational gravel, mud and dirt events the world over. With week one sales out the door, Codemasters announced that DiRT has surpassed 500K copies globally.

Rockstar is bringing its best-selling, open-ended crime series to the next-gen consoles with Grand Theft Auto IV. While no specific info on the game is available yet, we now know that the franchise returns to New York...

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Lair [PS3] - Trailer
• The Settlers [NDS] - German Trailer
• The Escape From Paradise City - Boris Trailer
• Boogie [Wii] - Movie Maker Trailer
• Bee Movie Game [ALL] - Trailer
• Skate [ALL] - Gameplay Controls Trailer
• Dynasty Warriors Gundam [PS3/X360] - Trailer #2
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  We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

Trilogy Studios announced it is expanding its virtual world software development studio as it is working with MTV Networks' Music Group on the development and evolution of MTVN's "Pimp My Ride" virtual world.

Destination Software announced it has signed a license agreement with Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, allowing it to publish and distribute Yamaha racing video games, starting with Yamaha Supercross.