Variety brings us news that THQ has acquired the rights to Voltron for video games. The first game will launch around the same time as the new animated show Voltron Force on NickToons in the Fall of this year. The first entry in the video game series will follow the adventures of the original show from the 80’s Voltron: Defender of the Universe. Mattel will also be launching a brand new toy line based on the new series expected around the same time. I would not be surprised if there was a sub-line dedicated to the original line much like every other 80’s cartoon revival going strong today.

It should be noted that THQ recently also reached an agreement with Mattel itself, to create games based on its own in-house properties including Barbie and Masters of the Universe.

If we had our pick of lions, I’d probably pick to be the Yellow lion to take on Robeasts prior to ganging up and forming Voltron. How about you? Let us know in the comments!

Here is the first official full costume shot of Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man. Sony Pictures and Marvel Entertainment officially announced today the next Spider-Man film will be titled The Amazing Spider-Man and will release on July 3, 2012.

Full press release follows.
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ItsAllTrue.net and TNI had some great write ups of the MOTU Classics announcements. I will attempt to summarize here after the jump. For more, please check out their sites.

All images in this post are from ASM. Please check out there galleries here. I only posted a very few. They have a great gallery of lots more photos. Check ’em out!
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The Defiant Map Pack is the very first offering from 343 Industries, the new caretakers of the Halo Franchise. Bungie produced the previous map pack, but its unknown if they have any more due later or if 343 will take over producing maps and the Matchmaking offering in the future.

What is known is this set will offer two competitive multiplayer maps and one Firefight arena. Condemned takes place on a UNSC space station above Reach and is built for slayer and objective games in that 6-12 player range. Highlands is a big team battle map on a nature preserve with vehicles available. Finally, Unearthed is a large Firefight map with multiple drop zones and a Rocket Hog good for all variants. As the multiplayer spaces always fit in somewhere within the Halo fiction, all three maps take place after the events of the Lone Wolf campaign mission, with the Covenant forces completely overrunning the planet in the background.

If you look closely in the trailer, you’ll spot bs angel, a former Halo blogger who joined 343 last year.

Source: HaloWaypoint

Are you ready to be taken on a ride? Thats right! This Valentine’s edition of SYW is all about Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. Think it will live up to the hype? Let us know in the forums! If you haven’t ordered your copy yet, use one of the handy links after the jump and you’ll help the site out at the same time (and we appreiciate it every time!).

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