Microsoft and the New York Television Festival today announced the Xbox Live Originals contest, granting aspiring television producers the opportunity to create a pilot that could be chosen for the first original series developed specifically for Xbox Live.

SEGA announced the development of the NDS exclusive Sonic Rush Adventure seamlessly utilizing both screens of the Nintendo DS to navigate the high seas in search of pirate treasure, delivering Sonic’s classic high-speed 2D gameplay in the ultimate Sonic handheld experience.

Bethesda announced that its action/adventure title Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow has been added to the PS2's Greatest Hits program.

ClockStone Software's action RPG, Avencast: Rise of the Mage, mixes the dynamics of an action game with strong adventure elements creating an enthralling and unique gaming experience.

TimeShift is an FPS in which players control time to complete missions and defeat foes. The game will leverage first-of-its-kind gameplay abilities and functionality, and the latest graphics technology to create a unique action game experience.

Today Nintendo added yet another 3 classic games to the Wii's Shop Channel. Wii owners with high-speed Internet access can redeem Wii Points to download the following titles: Punch Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream, Virtua Fighter 2, and Bonk's Revenge.

Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia is a 3rd person shooter that provides both a single-player experience for up to 4 players per system, and up to 16-player competitive combat. Gamers will be able to slash, shoot and drive through a menagerie of monsters in the campaign mode, or take the battle online for networked cooperative gameplay.

Dead Head Fred draws players into an original alternative universe as they embark on a quest for vengeance to solve their own murder by using the decapitated heads of enemies to battle through environments designed to showcase each head’s unique abilities.

Independent Entertainment News has gotten the scoop that Jerry Bruckheimer finally settled on a director for the movie adaptation based on Ubisoft's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Michael Bay, currently finishing The Transformers, will direct, and the movie is currently set to be released Summer 2009. PoP creator Jordan Mechner wrote the first draft of the screenplay with subsequent drafts by Jeffrey Nachmanoff.

Medal of Honor Airborne, next-gen debut of the series, is set to redefine the series by introducing players to an entirely new way of experiencing a WWII FPS – namely the fully interactive Airborne experience.