MLB, LucasFilm content now on PlayStation Network

MLB and LucasFilm content is now available on PlayStation Network’s video delivery service, if you care. This means that a variety of downloadable entertainment and sports content will now be available from the PlayStation Store. The first piece of content from LucasFilms will be the StarWars: The Clone Wars animated series that airs on Cartoon Network.

Meanwhile, MLB is offering the current 2009 World Series featuring the Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Yankees (in case you’ve missed any of the games so far), and also a section with classic games.

A new partnership with Image Entertainment also brings feature films like Powder Blue and Management, whole a deal with MPI Media Group brings in such classics as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and a deal with ContentFilm International delivers Hurly Burly and Interstate 60 to the PlayStation Store. Look for this and other new content on the PlayStation Network beginning today.

Where the Wild Things Are? Retail

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Legendary Pictures have just launched Where the Wild Things Are the videogame, based on the classic and (for some youngsters) creepy children’s story by Maurice Sendak, for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo DS.

As an added bonus, consumers who purchase a copy of Where the Wild Things Are the videogame on any platform (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS), will receive a voucher inside the box good towards $7.50 off one movie ticket to see Where the Wild Things Are the movie debuting on Friday. The offer is valid at hundreds of movie theaters in the US and Canada and is valid through Dec. 1.

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Get your grudge on with JU-ON: The Grudge

XSEED Games has released JU-ON: The Grudge to retailers across North America for the Nintendo Wii. JU-ON: The Grudge is a haunted house simulator and sensory experience developed by feelplus and is inspired by the Japanese films of the same name.

JU-ON: The Grudge promises a unique addition to the horror title genre, immersing players in a first-person exploration of decrepit and haunted locales. Featuring five levels and one level to be unlocked, players venture deep into darkened halls using the Wiimote as a flashlight. The light exposes objects necessary for level progression such as keys and flashlight batteries, but may also unveil horrors best left in the dark. JU-ON: The Grudge also features a unique multiplayer mode where the second player can trigger surprise scares with the press of a button.

JU-ON: The Grudge, rated “M” for Mature is available at suggested retail price of $29.99. For more information visit www.juonthegrudgegame.com.

Spore - The Movie?

According to a report in the Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Fox has acquired the film rights to Electronic Arts and Maxis Spore video game to create a computer-generated animated feature of some sort. As you know Will Wright, creator of such hits as The Sims and SimCity, is the mastermind behind Spore. Chris Wedge, who directed Ice Age and Robots for the Fox studio, is attached to the project.

Wedge hasn’t directed a movie since 2005’s “Robots,” which grossed $128.2 million. He’s also attached to direct “The Invention of Hugo Cabret,” which is set up at Warner Bros.

This could be a very fun movie if it is done right, and Wedge has done a good job thus far with animated films, so it has the potential to be good. We’ll keep you posted.

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game Limited Edition details

Ubisoft announced details on the James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game Limited Edition package. It will feature an exclusive Avatar action figure from Mattel for starters. Two exclusive figures, Avatar Jake Sully and Na’vi Warrior Tsu’Tey, are only available by purchasing the Limited Edition Ubisoft game. James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game Limited Edition will ship to select stores this holiday for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the Wii.

The Xbox 360 and PS3 Limited Editions will include an action figure of the movie’s lead character, Jake Sully. The 6-inch Jake action figure will depict him as an Avatar and will come packed with RDA-issued fatigues, RDA authentic and detachable backpack, as well as an RDA-issued high powered rifle. The RDA (Resource Development Agency) is an Earth-based corporate entity that oversees the strip mining of Pandora’s resources.

The Wii Limited Edition will include a 4-inch Na’vi Warrior Tsu’Tey action figure, featuring glow in the dark luminescent “skin,” as well as an authentic bow and arrow accessory. Tsu’Tey is the crown prince of the Na’vi.

For more information on James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game, visit www.avatargame.com.

Warner Bros. forms DC Entertainment

Batman: Arkham Asylum has sold almost two million copies in less than a month, according to published reports. This kind of success with a DC comics-based game is one of several reasons that Warner Bros. is creating DC Entertainment, a brand new company dedicated to taking care of DC Comics properties. The new division will be headed up by Diane Nelson, the current president of Warner Premiere. Warner Bros. says that this new division will attempt to find the full potential of DC related products including games, films, television and other media.

Naturally this is a good idea given that Disney now owns Marvel Entertainment and will no doubt be doing its best to bring popular Marvel franchises to multiple fronts including TV, movies, comic books, and naturally video games.

Scene It? goes multi-platform

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Screenlife announced that the latest game in the Scene It? franchise, Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! will be coming to Xbox 360 and for the first time - Wii and PlayStation 3.

Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! will offer a wide variety of media-rich trivia that will provide movie fans and social gamers with a lively, competitive group gaming experience, and will feature trivia content including recently released 2009 movies, as well as fan favorite Hollywood hits from the last four decades. The game will also feature thousands of new questions, a new and improved single player option, and new, unique mini-game content.

Artificial Mind & Movement is developing Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! for Screenlife.