Another acquisition happened earlier today, this time of 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (Xbox 360 and PS3) developer Swordfish by UK-based Monumental Games. Details at the full article.

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick explains why they decided not to retain all of Vivendi's games when the two companies merged. The reason? The games just weren't "exploitable" enough. More in the full article.

Eight games were left rolling with the tumbleweeds after Activision Blizzard dropped them to make way for its merger.

Now we can all heave a collective sigh of relief for at least two of them. Atari has picked up the publishing rights to Ghostbusters and The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.

After weeks of speculating if THQ really is the new publisher for 50 Cent's new game, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (Xbox 360 and PS3), the publishing company has finally released official confirmation of their involvement. And there's an invitation, too, from no less than 50 Cent himself. Check it out at the full article.

Australia's OFLC might have listed 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand on the Xbox 360 and PS3 with THQ as its life-saving publisher, but what about in other parts of the world? Over at the BBFC listings, turns out that THQ also got the rights to publish the game for the UK.

Some people may wish it wasn't so, but It looks like Swordfish Studios' 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) has gotten a new lease on life. Details after the jump.

It seems like a lot of people have already written off 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) as another title that will never see fruition. However, a source from developer Swordfish Studios recently confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that this isn't so. Find out the details of this story in our full article.

It seems the murder of a taxi cab driver in Thailand has taken an even stranger turn, besides the whole "It's linked to Grand Theft Auto" business. It seems the Thai government has released a list of games that have been deemed as violent games to avoid.

The only thing about it? It seems to have been taken from a list made in Detroit. More after the jump.

Even more details about the mysterious but highly-anticipated 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand title on the Xbox 360 and PS3 have been unveiled by Swordfish Studios, and this time it's about online co-op and framerates. Did we have you at 50 Cent? Yep, thought so. All the details in the full article, so be sure to check it out if you want to be in the know with all things Fiddy.

After revealing 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand (Xbox 360, PS3) for its May issue, Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine's upcoming June issue is revealing the next-gen resurrection of Splatterhouse. Splatterhouse and its sequels are considered to be the arcade games which paved the way for survival-horror titles. Head over the full article to see what else is there for the June EGM issue.