In another brilliant form of viral marketing, a contest has been set up to for people to add a widget to their site. The top number of grabs of the widget from a site gets an exclusive advanced screening in a theater in their hometown for you and all your friends. There are some pretty nice runner-up prizes as well.

Source: Blogs@Newsarama

Not too long ago, it was revealed that Blizzard (now formally known as Activision Blizzard) had another MMO game in the works for the near future. With Starcraft II still being months if not years away from completion and release, it would be hard not to assume the highly likely chance of the game being associated with or a size-story of Blizzard’s crowning achievement, World of Warcraft.

Turns out that those assumptions would be wrong. Blizzard has recently announced that the new MMO will be it’s own separate game, and not linked to WoW or any of the other games produced in the past by the company. While this very well might not be the Diablo III that many of Blizzard’s loyal fans have been wishing for, it seems as though the PC gaming giant may be trying to spice up it’s MMO’s with something new.

At the very least, it could be the respite that people who don’t wish to shell out gobs of money a month have been waiting for. That, and it would be a welcomed fix for those twitchy individuals anxiously awaiting for more development to be released about Starcraft II.

Some hard details have been posted about the forthcoming DVD release of Mike Young Productions’ reincarnation of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Volume 1 is already up for pre-order on Amazon here.

The nitty gritty is after the jump. Enjoy!

But first, Box Art!

 

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This one speaks for itself:

Via: Blogs@Newsarama.

And who better to show us around the new maps than the crew from Red vs Blue?

Bungie has an FAQ about the new maps downloads here. Additonally, they have some notes about a play list update (which isn’t yet live as of this writing) and more right here.

PoweTip: Download the maps from Marketplace so you can do background downloading instead of waiting at the screen. Better to kill time in an XBLA game or watching a video than staring at a progress bar.

Fellow Powet Soldier Extra Zero showed me this video. Its a compilation of undocumented abilities and tricks in Super Mario Galaxy. Highlights include how to get a fast start in a race with Cosmic Mario and how to make your butt-stomp home in like Sonic’s spin jump in Sonic Adventure! Also, be wary of the “Spoiler Alert” as everything after that in the video contains stuff for after you complete the game and go for the final star.

USA Today has 8 stills from Speed Racer, the new adaptation of the classic anime directed by the Wachowski Brothers (The Matrix).

Just seeing Spritle and Chim Chim in the trunk of the car is enough for me.

And now you can see the full trailer at Moviefone. (thanks Ryan!)

There it is from 1UP. A full cover story on the game will appear in EGM’s January issue, which should be in the mail and in stores any day now.

They did reveal the game is 2D six-button fighting with Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, and Dhalsim returning.