A bit of bad news has arrived regarding the entity that's now known as Activision Blizzard. The company sent out a press wire announcing that only five of Vivendi's games are expected to be published, leaving the future of the company's other titles in question. Further details are available in the full article.

*Update* Ghostbusters is still in development.
*Update 2* Brutal Legend has also left limbo.

New details have emerged regarding Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 via a Japanese gaming blog. Birth By Sleep in particular has been unveiled to carry another special attack, while 358/2 gets treated to some new (and very cryptic dialogue). More details are available in the full article.

Konami has announced that Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia will be launching in Japan by October of this year. The exact date of this DS title's release is available in the full article.

Electronic Arts has once again extended the deadline for its buyout offer for Take-Two Interactive's shares. While EA's persistence may impress some, Take-Two's own execs aren't as amused. More on this story in the full article.

A new trailer for LucasArts' Star Wars: Force Unleashed is now available for viewing. This clip will be featuring quite a bit of plot scenes, so if you're particularly touchy about possible spoilers, move on. For the rest, the video's available over in the full article.

Developer Eric Hobbs recently released a new build of his ongoing cquake homebrew game project for the DS. Among other updates, this new build now features double tap support for the handheld's touch screen.

Download: cquake 070808

Konami Digital's announced that it will be present at this year's upcoming Games Convention event in Leipzig, Germany. The company will be showcasing some of their higher profile titles for this year, including Silent Hill: Homecoming for the PS3 and Xbox 360, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2009. Details on what else will be featured are available in the full article.

Square Enix has just released their planned game line-up for this year's E3. While Final Fantasy XIII didn't pop up anywhere in the list, Square's PR indicates that the PSP's two Star Ocean titles are due for an English port. Details are available in the full article.

Developer R.H.L. has announced the release of Volumetric Shadow Demo 1.5.1. While this may be the last release for this DS homebrew application, the developer has added some improvements that should ensure it was well worth it. The changelog is available over in the full article.

Download: Volumetric Shadow Demo 1.5.1

We're letting the DS owners here know about the release of Pstros NDS version 0.7.1, a homebrew that will enable you to run mobile phone games on your handheld further details on its functions are available in the full article.

Download: Pstros 0.7.1 - R5 build