IGN managed to get a few words from Disney Interactive Studios game director Alex Peters on the studio's latest project, Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned, a new action RPG for the Xbox 360, PS3, and the PC. Feel like leaving your landlubber lifestyle to pursue a double life as a ruthless cut-throat? Hit the link for more info.

Grand theft what? This April isn't exactly rocky even if you're not a fan of the upcoming sandbox behemoth, because other major releases can go neck to neck. For the week ending April 20, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will race to North America with an expansion for The Sims 2 and Okami's waggle reincarnation tailing behind. Hit that jump to see the rest of games about to reach retail.

Disney Interactive Studios recently voiced its stance regarding video games, but what about the other movie studios out there? Are they just as enthusiastic about licensing out their movie rights? Or do they actually publish video games themselves?

More on the status quo in the full article, right after the jump.

It seems that these are the days for equal opportunity. Both guys and gals are into electronic gaming, and the people at Disney Interactive Studios know this. That's why the company has seen it fit to go all out with Disney-themed titles for various platforms and various audiences.

For more of the rationale behind the animation giant's marketing move, check out the full article after the jump.

Want to experience an adrenaline rush without going out of the comforts of your home? Well, you might want to try out Black Rock Studio's upcoming Pure. It's an extreme off-road racing game that promises to deliver amazing thrills. Check out the game after the jump!

Josh Bridge, lead level designer from Propaganda Games, put out the word that Turok's development phase is closing, and that the epic, prehistoric first-person shooter was getting polished for its big debut early next year.

Amidst all the amazing artwork and detailed diagrams depicting unified modeling language (UML), Bridge also clued that developers were patching up the game with their own additions. These include some ideas that couldn't go in to the game earlier on in development. More in store at the full article.

 

Our last update (and the first) on Disney Interactive's The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was back in mid-July, after the publishers released a pair of videos and a few screenshots to admire. The video game adaptation of the second feature of C.S. Lewis' fantasy series would be served to gamers on almost every platform available.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian will see the return of the Pevensie siblings, in an effort to restore the throne of Narnia to young Prince Caspian. Features of the game will include the ability to play 20 characters in total, including all four Pevensies, Prince Caspian, and a minotaur.

Online and offline multiplayer was also mentioned, with an instant join, instant leave two-player gameplay experience. It was reported that Disney Interactive will include two exclusive scenes recorded by Walt Disney Pictures to the game. Expect all these to come to light when The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian hits your Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PSP, DS, PS2, and Windows PC next year. For the time being, give the few stills provided here a glance or two.

   

 

Some hot titles are hitting the shelves this week, what with much anticipated titles like Heroes of Mana and Luminous Arc finally arriving. EA's explosive Madden NFL '08, which should sell like hotcakes, will also be available on all platforms.

DS owners are getting much love - noteworthy titles include Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon that promises to take the favorite farming game deeper into RPG territory. High School Musical: Makin' the Cut also expands the library by adding a sing-and-dance game for all ages.

Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics. Yet another shot at making a video game based on phenomenal tabletop RPG Dungeons & Dragons, D&D: Tactics faithfully implements D&D 3.5 rules as players follow the story of a young child. Taking either good or evil alignment ultimately decides the ending. Co-op allows players to work together, while deathmatch mode pits them against each other.

• PSP - August 14, 2007
• US$ 39.99
• ESRB T (Teen)
• Atari

Heroes of Mana. Square Enix takes the latest installment in the Mana series to an entirely new direction, turning action adventure into real-time strategy that you'd want on your DS.

• Nintendo DS - August 14, 2007
• US$ 39.99
• ESRB E (Everyone)
• Square Enix

Madden NFL '08. One of EA's biggest annual sports titles returns to all platforms. New in this installment are Weapons, providing players with different specialized abilities at their disposal. Graphics department also received a revamp, and other gameplay tweaks make this year's NFL a worthy addition.

• PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, GC, Wii, PC, PSP, DS - August 14, 2007
• US$ 59.95  (PS3, Xbox 360), US$ 39.99 (Xbox, PC), US$ 39.95 (GC, PSP), US$ 49.99 (Wii), US$ 29.95 (DS)
• ESRB E (Everyone)
• Electronic Arts

Check out the rest of the titles coming out On Shelves This Week behind the Full Article link below!

Let's face it - cute, cuddly monsters with freakish powers beats angst, bespectacled wizard trainees any day. Taking the lead in UK's most recent Chart Track all-format poll ending July 28 is Nintendo's Pokemon Diamond for the DS, with Activision's Transformers: The Game taking second place.     

For the PlayStation 3, Resistance: Fall of Man appears to be holding to the number 10 post, while Forza MotorSport 2 for the Xbox 360 tailgates along at 11th.

• Pokemon Diamond (Nintendo)
• Transformers: The Game (Activision)
• Pokemon Pearl (Nintendo)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Electronic Arts)
• Shrek the Third (Activision)
• The Darkness (Take-Two)
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (Electronic Arts)
• New Super Mario Brothers (Nintendo)
• Pirates of the Carribbean: At World's End (Disney Interactive Studios)
• Resistance: Fall of Man (Sony Computer Entertainment)
• Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft)
• Rugby 08 (Electronic Arts)
• Mario Striker Charged Football (Nintendo)
• MotorStorm (Sony Computer Entertainment)
• Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
• Tomb raider: Anniversary (Eidos)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
• Tom Clancy's rainbow Six: Vegas (Ubisoft)
• Transformers: The Game - Autobot (Activision)
• Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Nintendo)    

 

The Chronicles of Narnia was a series of really good books, but for added entertainment value, they made an excellent movie out of it. What happens when you take an excellent book/movie and turn it into a video game? Well, the stuff of adventures for one thing. More importantly, it's exactly what's happening to Prince Caspian and the Pevensie family as they embark upon a new adventure within the lands of Narnia in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian from Traveller's Tales and Disney Interactive Studios.

As the story for the video game version goes, Prince Caspian finds himself face-to-face with the Pevensie children, nearly 1300 years after their original adventures in Narnia. Together, Caspian and the Pevensies have to work together to fight the forces of the evil tyrant Miraz, who has prevented Prince Caspian from rightfully ruling over the lands of Narnia.

For this inaugural post, we've compiled five screenshots of the game, as well as two different videos from GameTrailers. The first one is a trailer showing off some of the game's assets. The second one is a quick developer walkthrough, where we get to preview the many features that'll be making an appearance in the game.

    

The preview videos for Prince Caspian after the jump!