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. Hollywood veteran John C. McGinley, currently on Scrubs, will voice the main character.

Michael Bay's visual effects company Digital Domain is branching out and is getting into game development according to the LA Times. Having recently approached by Microsoft to put together TV commercials for Gears of War and Halo 3, it seems Digital Domain is planning to develop four or five games over the next two years. For the past few years video games and movies are slowly merging and Digital Domain wants to form its own games unit and is looking to acquire one or more game firms this year to tie them into its visual-effects projects.

Alone in the Dark returns with a heart-stopping survival experience realized through the use of real-time physics and environmental interaction combining to deliver an action-orientated experience within an open environment. New York Times best-selling author Lorenzo Carcaterra, known for Sleepers, has teamed up with Atari as scriptwriter.

Capcom hired former THQ representative Germaine Gioia as senior vp licensing, where she will expand Capcom's Hollywood presence. After reasonable success with the Resident Evil movies, and the upcoming Street Fighter and Onimusha flicks, Gioia will shop around deals regarding other original franchises suitable for the silver screen.

Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure is a 3D action-RPG, emerging gamers in a vivid fantasy world filled with a colorful cast of characters, real-time combat and stunning 3D graphics combine with a spirited soundtrack. Mastiff has signed an all-star cast of popular voice actors whose credits span an array of well-known games, television shows and feature films.

SEGA announced that actor Dominic Scott Kay, who voices the role of Wilbur in the official Charlotte's Web movie, will reprise his role in the video game.

Eragon is an epic fantasy-adventure, set in a world of magic and power, which centers on a young farm boy named Eragon whose destiny is revealed with the help of a dragon. All major actors from the movie, such as Edward Speleers, Sienna Guillory, Garrett Hedlund and Robert Carlyle, will reprise their roles in the video game.

Sierra Entertainment has partnered Skywalker Sound and Oscar-winner Randy Thom to ensure its third person action shooter Scarface: The World Is Yours boasts audio effects that are unparalleled in the video game industry. In a complex world filled with excess and greed, players can take the role of Tony Montana, one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film.

Sierra Entertainment has partnered with Prologue Films to create an epic opening title sequence for its third person action shooter Scarface: The World Is Yours. In a complex world filled with excess and greed, players can take the role of Tony Montana, one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film.

THQ announced it has signed Anthony Head, known as Rupert Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as lead voiceover in Destroy All Humans! 2.

FUN Technologies will host the inaugural casual games competition WorldWide Web Games (W3Games) Saturday Sept. 9. Set to air on the Game Show Network December 2, the W3Games will bring casual game players from across the world to Hollywood for a chance to turn hours of game play into one huge $1 million paycheck.

DreamCatcher signed British Actor David Suchet to a voice acting role for three of its upcoming Agatha Christie inspired video games. Suchet's voice will debut as Belgian Detective Hercule Poirot this fall in Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express.

Vivendi has signed high-profile Hollywood actors Dennis Quaid, Nick Chinlund and Michael Ironside to take on characters in Sabre Interactive's FPS TimeShift, which allows players to slow, stop or reverse time in order to overcome difficult scenarios and defeat challenging enemies.

SEGA announced the celebrity cast for its upcoming video game, Yakuza. To ensure a fully cinematic experience for players, the game will feature the distinctive voice work of Hollywood actors including Michael Rosenbaum, Michael Madsen, Eliza Dushku, Rachel Leigh Cook, and Mark Hamill.

Justice League Heroes is an action adventure game with role-playing customization featuring Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Zatanna and other unlockable Justice League super heroes. Key talent, including Ron Perlman, Michael Jai White, Ralph Garman and more, join forces voicing the members of the legendary DC Comics’ super hero team or feared super villains.

Vivendi unveiled part of the A-list talent that will help bring drug-lord Tony Montana's criminal empire to life in Scarface: The World Is Yours, attracting an unprecedented array of Hollywood's brightest film and television stars, as well as returning cast members from the 1983 classic film.

Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Alan Cumming and Shawn Ashmore will reprise their X-Men film roles and lend their voices to Marvel’s world famous mutants – Logan/Wolverine, Professor Charles Xavier, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler and Bobby Drake/Iceman – in Activision's X-Men: The Official Game.

In Superman Returns: The Videogame, you explore and protect the truly living city of Metropolis, one that is not only expansive, but also changes dynamically with you as you affect gameplay. EA announced today that it has signed all main movie actors to either lend their likeness and/or voice to the video game.

Today Ubisoft and Universal Studios announced that Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts and Jack Black will appear via likeness and provide voice talent for the Peter Jackson's King Kong videogame. Academy Award winner Adrien Brody has also lent his voice talent to the game.

EA today announced that Hugo Weaving will expand his involvement with The Lord of the Rings franchise as he assumes the role of lead voiceover talent in The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II. Additionally, concept artist John Howe of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy is on board to design entirely new creatures and locations of Middle-earth.

To create the perfect tone and timbre for its upcoming epic role playing game, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Bethesda announced today an all-star voice cast of British stage and screen legends. Leading the lineup is Patrick Stewart, playing the role of the Emperor. Stewart is best known among genre fans as Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation and as Professor Charles Xavier from the X-Men feature films.

Activision has rounded up some of Hollywood's top talent to lend their voices to its upcoming GUN. Actors include leading man Thomas Jane as vengeful gunslinger Colton White; Kris Kristofferson as Colton's mountain man father, Ned; Tom Skerritt as Resistance Fighter Clay Allison; Brad Dourif as evil preacher Josiah Reed; Ron Perlman as Mayor Hoodoo Brown of Empire, New Mexico; and Lance Henriksen as the obsessive tyrant Thomas MacGruder.

Activision has signed on a cast of seasoned actors to lend their distinct voice talents to the game's main characters, such as Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, Mickey Rourke, Traci Lords and several others. Read more for details ...

Activision has signed a squadron of actors to voice several of the main characters for Call of Duty 2 and Call of Duty 2: Big Red One.

Michael Clarke Duncan will star as the villainous Blackmore and Rachel Griffiths will lend her voice to Jordan in Midway Games' video game horror sequel "The Suffering: Ties That Bind."