Deep Silver signs Prison Break game deal

This will probably not turn out the way it was intended, but Deep Silver has inked a deal with Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising to publish a video game based on the popular Fox television series Prison Break. The game is being developed by Zootfly, will be released by Deep Silver for next gen consoles and PC at an undisclosed date.

The protagonist of the Prison Break game is Company agent Tom Paxton, who is sent to the Fox River State Penitentiary to find out why Michael Scofield (the hero of the TV series), a man without a previous criminal record, became a bank robber. The storyline runs parallel to the first season of Prison Break, with Paxton encountering several characters from the series and experiencing key events from his own perspective.

Good luck Deep Silver.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs in stores

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs from Activision Publishing is in stores. You know, for the kids. Based on a deal with the cats at Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising, the game puts players into the fuzzy little boots of the characters from the 3D animated feature from Twentieth Century Fox, which makes its big screen debut worldwide on July 1.

Players command various characters from the movie including Sid, Manny, Diego, Scrat and the one-eyed Dino hunting weasel, Buck. Whoever you use, you’ll find yourself in the mysterious underground world of dinosaurs as depicted in the film, solving puzzles and platforming through more than 15 levels.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs was developed for the console and PC platforms by Eurocom and for Nintendo DS by Artificial Mind & Movement.

The game is available for the Xbox 360, Wii and the PS3 for a suggested retail price of $49.99; the PS2 and Nintendo DS for the suggested retail price of $29.99 and Games for Windows for a suggested retail price of $19.99. The console and Games for Windows versions are rated “E10+” (Cartoon Violence) and DS is rated “E” (Mild Cartoon Violence) by the ESRB.

Sega Promises AVP in 2010

Sega announced today that it has inked a deal with developer Rebellion and Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising to create a new Aliens vs. Predator game. SEGA will publish this all-new Aliens vs. Predator (working title) game in early 2010.

Rebellion will take the development reigns on this project, which is good news for fans because it has some experience with the franchise, having created the last AVP game in 1999.

SEGA said that it will announce further details of the new Aliens vs. Predator very soon including what platforms it will be available on - we hope.