Majesco in pact with Tetris Online for DS and Wii games

Majesco Entertainment and Tetris Online have inked a strategic partnership to support the North American launch and distribution of two new TETRIS games for Wii and DS. Both games are expected to launch in spring 2010. Further details on the new games were not divulged at press time, but one could imagine these games involve falling blocks, large L’s and T’s. Hundreds of millions of players have played and enjoyed this unique puzzle gameplay since its debut on the Game Boy.

Tetris Online, as you can guess, is the exclusive online licensee of The Tetris Company and holds all rights to TETRIS in North America and Europe. Founded in January 2006 by Minoru Arakawa, Henk Rogers and Alexey Pajitnov, Tetris Online also develops TETRIS games (duh). Titles include Tetris Party for WiiWare, Tetris Splash for Xbox LIVE Arcade, and Tetris Friends Online Games, which can currently be found at www.tetrisfriends.com.

The Rundown: April 14, 2009

We’re busting it out Twitter-style (check out my twitter feed or Crispy Gamer’s for regular updates):

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Barrons chatters lightly about a renewed rumor of a Take-Two take-over. Not much info but interesting.

TOMY brings Party Fun Pirate to WiiWare. Based on the Pop-Up Pirate toy, up to four players, Mii support, and lots of mini-games.

Blazblue composer and Guilty Gear series creator Daisuke Ishiwatari will be at the Anime Expo in July. It takes place in Los Angeles in July.

Tetris Online announces Tetris Party Tournament No. 4 with Tetris Party for WiiWare. Register at TetrisParty.com to win a bunch of Wii Points.

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG SHONEN JUMP Championships announced. It will begin in late April. $20 to enter, five booster packs free. Register here.

Atlus reveals Droplitz for XBLA, PSN, PC, and iPhone. This is the company’s first puzzler for digital download. Details here.

EYA Interactive’s MMORPG Titan Online will go open beta on April 28.

Legacy: World Adventure is released. International adventure across 30 locales, world facts, 3 different game types? Check.

MTV Networks’ Entertainment Group promotes Shane Satterfield to vice president, content, Spike digital entertainment. Grats.

Direct2Drive.com is now offering digital downloads of Assault on Dark Athena and Godfather II.