The move to sack a hefty number of employees may be coming back to haunt publisher LucasArts. There's been word that a disgruntled employee who lost his job is out for a little payback. Information about future releases have allegedly been leaked. Know more in the full article up next.

Last week's game releases introduced a lot of fun games, such as Dr. Mario DX and Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. This week, however, is the week for game ports, with Mac getting its own conversion of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC, PS3, Xbox 360), the Nintendo DS getting the arcade classic Super Dodgeball Brawlers, and many others.

* Article originally posted May 26, 2008 at 12:37AM

The premise for Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood on the Nintendo DS is quite interesting. The developers from Bioware essentially took Sonic, a poster-boy for platformers, and put him into an RPG. Hey it worked for Mario right? Anyway, the CEO of Bioware recently spoke about this upcoming game. To find out more, check out the full article.

Eyebrows were raised when word of Electronic Arts filing for a loan to support its campaign to acquire Take-Two Interactive broke out. However, if there's one guy who wasn't surprised, it's the good 'ol Michael Pachter who claims he knows exactly why such loan was necessary. Find what he has to say at the full article.

Video game rating systems can be a touchy issue, but it seems the Media Development Authority of Singapore is set on policing video game content. MDA has just rolled out its very own rating system. Check out what this means to you (especially if you live in Singapore) in the full article.

Game Developers Magazine is starting a new trend, and it's to list out the Top 50 videogame developers of the year - just to give back to the groups that made our lives a bit more exciting through their realized (and digitized) works of art. Want to know if your favorite game developer made the list? Hit the full article to find out!

In case you haven't heard yet, Sega's spiky blue mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog, is getting his own RPG titled Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood. While details for the game were revealed a few days ago in an issue of Nintendo Power, an interview with the game's producer, Mark Darrah, reveals even more. Details on the game plus a load of new screenshots are waiting in the full article.

If you've dreamed of working for a gaming company, or if you want to see your game being played  - and loved - by other people, then you may consider this bit of news from BioWare your big chance. BioWare, the brains behind Jade Empire and Neverwinter Nights, is currently looking for new people to expand its growing team of talented game meisters. Do check out the full article for more details.

Ever wondered how today's game developers manage to squeeze in an engrossing story in games, even when the games themselves aren't RPGs? Then head on over to the full article as we get you acquainted with three of today's top executives in this industry and how they puled off that particular hat-trick. Read on at the full article.

Remember that shocking announcement of BioWare and Sega about developing a Sonic RPG on the Nintendo DS? As disarming it may be, it's no joke when the two industry giants said they'll put the blue hedgehog in an RPG. Nintendo Power has a feature on what Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood will be like, and you'll find details at the full article.