For those of you who remember Westwood Studios, creators of the increasingly popular Command & Conquer series, before EA scooped them up and closed the studio in 2003, this news is for you.

It seems that co-founder Brett Sperry, along with some other ex-Westwooders, have moved onto a new venue called Jet Set Games. No, this doesn’t mean some kind of crazy new Command & Conquer games are on the way as it was announced the new studio is going to focus all of their attention on the 360, PS3, Wii, and iPhone. &

Let’s hope the games involving blowing something up, I mean taking 1 look at the above logo might lead people to believe they are a childrens game studio. Boy I hope not.

Head over to their official website for more info.

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If you live in or around Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania you should head to the local BestBuy and check out their launch event for Capcom’s Resident Evil 5.

In leui of the game’s launch, Best Buy employees will be dressed up as zombies, TV screens will show nothing other than static snow, and entire sections of the store will be turned into a haunted house. Sounds cool right?

Kotaku says if BestBuy corporate thinks the launch party goes well we could very well see more and more themed launch parties. Too bad I’m too far away.

Speculation has been circulating about the release date of Puzzle Quest: Galactrix and it seems our calls were finally answered. The game’s Xbox.com listing has been updated to reveal the game will be hitting on Feburary 24th for the Xbox 360.

After this was noticed the games publisher, Aspyr, let loose a press release confirming the Feb. 24th release date for the PC. So, not only do we know that it’s coming ot the Xbox 360 on the 24th, but the PC too.

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If you’ve been waiting to hear more about Frogster Interactive’s Runes of Magic, the time has come. They have recently announced that the free-to-play MMORPG will leave its beta stage on March 19th.

The game is currently in beta and fully working, everything you do with your character now will carry over into the games final release. So technically, you could say the game is out right now and has been for some while, but not according to Frogster Interactive.

“Since the open beta test launch is December, the population of Taborea has soared and we have been working closely with our community to fine tune the Runes of Magic experience”, said Daniel Ullrich, Director of Product Management at Frogster, “We look forward to welcoming thousands of new players to Taborea during the next few weeks, as we get ready to fully launch Runes of Magic”.

You can head over to the game’s offical website to get in on the action.

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Disney Interactive Studios was in the news a couple of days earlier about laying some of their staff off. Thankfully, there’s good news from the studio today: they are readying a game based on the upcoming Tron film sequel TR2N.

This comes from Variety’s unnamed sources who say that the publisher is apparently “talking to developers” about the game, suggesting that it could be developed by an external studio.

No other details were given. Variety, however, believes that it will be released simultaneously with the coming sequel which is due to hit theaters in 2011.

Microsoft sent out word that R-Type Dimensions will be available through Xbox Live Arcade starting tomorrow.

Developed by Tozai Games, the arcade shooter will be priced at 1200 Microsoft points ($15) and will contain both R-Type I and II, complete with original and redone graphics.

It will also feature online cooperative gameplay for both games, as well as a new “infinite” mode to let non-hardcore players to complete the game.

The upcoming “Epilogue” level pack for Prince of Persia won’t be coming to the PC version of the game, according to an Ubisoft representative.

“Business reasons” were cited for the move, as per this post from Ubisoft community manager Chris Easton on the game’s official forum. He also apologized to PC fans of the game.

Gamers aren’t all too excited about the move either as a couple of fans has already begun organizing a letter-writing campaign.

The game-extending DLC will hit PS3 and Xbox 360 on February 26.

Sega, in a rather short announcement, sent out word that it is developing a game tie-in for the upcoming Iron Man film sequel. It is being developed at Sega Studios San Francisco, formerly known as Secret Level, which worked with A2M on the disastrous and critically panned Iron Man game released last year.

No details were given, though Sega did note that “players can expect an entirely new and enhanced gameplay experience” due to a refined engine.

The film sequel is due out next year, so the game is expected then.

PC Gaming Alliance’s board of directors grew by two today, as they announced the addition of representatives from Capcom and The Guildhall.

Capcom is best known for being the publisher of various big-name franchises, including Street Fighter, Resident Evil and Mega Man. The Guildhall, on the other hand, teaches people how to make games at Southern Methodist University.

“Capcom believes strongly in the value and strength of the PC gaming market as a global platform for our entertainment brands,” said Capcom VP Christian Svensson. He added that past PCGA participation has “great improved our understanding of the market… and allowed us to participate in improving the field of PC gaming.”

After some round and round on the rumor mill regarding whether or not LucasArts had cancelled the Indiana Jones game that was in the works they’ve released some information about the Wii and PSP versions of the game. Unsurprisingly it’s going to be a mix of action, platforming and puzzle gameplay styles, many of which will utilize the Wiimote’s gesture controls in the console version.

Combat will be both gun-based and melee, with players able to utilize their environment in order to defeat foes. Chases and escape scenes will sometimes be quick time events requiring different gestures to avoid certain doom. Other times you’ll be at the controls of a vehicle such as a bi-plane or at the reigns of a stampeding elephant. There’ll also be multiplayer options, with a co-op feature where two players go off on a completely new adventure, and several versus modes including a bi-plane battle and a brawl atop a tank.

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