Transformers excitement is present all around the Pro-G office, with the new live-action motion picture set to hit UK cinemas in July. We’ve also got the video game adaptation to look forward to and Activision has announced that the actors from the movie will reprise their roles for the game.

Live-action film leads Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox will star alongside legendary voice actors Peter Cullen and Frank Welker, the original voices of Optimus Prime and Megatron.

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Sold alongside the traditional retail versions of the game, the three-disc Collector’s Edition will contain a bonus disk full of Tomb Raider art and trailers from the past ten years, plus a new retrospective documentary. This is also viewable online over on Gametap.com which will be released in parts over the coming weeks.

"The Retrospectives series explores the most beloved game franchises and their impacts on pop culture. With ‘10 Years of Tomb Raider,’ we show the history of this legendary series of games," said Ricardo Sanchez, GameTap’s vice president of content. "Fans of Tomb Raider will get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at one of the industry’s most successful game franchises."

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Radical Entertainment and Sierra are celebrating the news that Scarface: The World Is Yours has now sold more than two million units worldwide, with a Wii version still to come.

"Selling 2 million units of Scarface: The World Is Yours worldwide is a great achievement and a direct reflection of the outstanding support received by the international retail and gaming community," said Pascal Brochier, president, global retail for Vivendi Games.

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Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2001 ELSPA Ltd
Entertainment Software (All Prices) Week 19, 2007

1: SPIDER-MAN 3
2: COMMAND & CONQUER 3: TIBERIUM WARS
3: WII PLAY
4: PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 6
5: FIFA 07
6: COOKING MAMA
7: FINAL FANTASY III
8: SINGSTAR POP HITS
9: THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION
10: TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 07
11: GOD OF WAR II
12: BUZZ! THE MEGA QUIZ
13: UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2006-2007
14: VIRTUA TENNIS 3
15: HARVEST MOON DS
16: DR KAWASHIMA’S BRAIN TRAINING
17: GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY STORIES
18: THE SIMS 2
19: CRACKDOWN
20: LEGO STAR WARS II: THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY

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Eidos has been adamant that there will be no next-gen version of the upcoming Tomb Raider: Anniversary game, but this doesn’t appear to have prevented the UK-based publisher from announcing a Wii version of the game.

"The Wiimote & Nunchuck controller allows Wii gamers to control Lara in brand new, unique ways, and there are plenty of new features, to be revealed soon, which will ensure Anniversary really hits the spot - literally," said Kathryn Clements, Senior Brand Manager, Tomb Raider.

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Lara’s flirtation with video gamers began back in 1996 with the launch of the original Tomb Raider game, and since then has gone on to become one of the most world’s most successful video game franchises.

In celebration of ten years on the scene (we’ll ignore that it’s now eleven), Eidos is reworking the first game for release on PlayStation 2, PC and PSP.

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A website address in the back of the Spider-Man 3 game manual leads to an American Activision website, where very basic details of a game called Spider-Man: Friend or Foe can be found.

The game, which the site reveals is scheduled for release in the autumn, appears to be based on the Spider-Man movie universe, the website stating: "A new twist on the legend. A new take on the movies…"

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Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2001 ELSPA Ltd
Entertainment Software (All Prices) Week 18, 2007

1: SPIDER-MAN 3
2: WII PLAY
3: GOD OF WAR II
4: SINGSTAR POP HITS
5: THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION
6: BUZZ! THE MEGA QUIZ
7: FIFA 07
8: TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 07
9: VIRTUA TENNIS 3
10: POKEMON RANGER
11: FINAL FANTASY III
12: UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2006-2007
13: TMNT: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
14: HARVEST MOON DS
15: DR KAWASHIMA’S BRAIN TRAINING
16: GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY STORIES
17: LOTR ONLINE: SHADOWS OF ANGMAR
18: NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.
19: THE SIMS 2
20: COMMAND & CONQUER 3: TIBERIUM WARS

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A rather lengthy document detailing EA’s financials has highlighted the fact that a new Need For Speed game is set for release at some point in 2007. When Pro-G contacted EA no other details on the game were available.

The report also boasted of 15 wholly owned new titles set to be released in the next year, including another Sims game and five original releases: Army of One, SKATE, Playground, Boogie, and an unnamed Spielberg game for the Wii.

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King of Clubs is described as a mini-golf puzzle game in which players will have to use their ingenuity to play their way to victory, be that strategically, tactically or by playing dirty.

Set in a theme park in the middle of the Nevada desert, players must collect, unlock, buy or hire rewards to enable them to complete a variety of puzzles across five themes. In total more than 95 holes will be waiting to challenge even the most skilled of mini-golf players.

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Any day now EA is expected to announce details of a new The Simpsons video game. A countdown website appeared over the weekend, presumably counting down to an announcement, but it’s since been taken offline.

Rather amusingly the countdown parodies the recent Rockstar Games GTA: IV unveiling, which has sparked rumours that the new title will be in the same style as the successful, and pretty good, The Simpsons: Hit and Run.

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Wannabe wizards are in for a treat this summer with the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which EA is promising will feature gesture-based spell casting.

"Instead of pressing buttons to fire off specific spells, we use each console’s unique controls," Executive producer, Harvey Elliott told GameSpot. "So if you want to use ‘depulso’ to push an object away from you, you press the right analogue stick forward on the 360 and PS2, you push the Sixaxis controller away from you on the PS3, and, of course, you flick your ‘wand’ away from you on the Wii."

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Kotaku, via translations from Magazine Pelaaja, reports that Ubisoft’s next Splinter Cell game will be called Conviction and will see the game’s protagonist become a fugitive.

Pelaaja reports that the game begins with Sam discovering that Anna Grimsdottir (the person in charge of gathering evidence for Third Echelon) is in danger so the master of stealth once again joins up with Third Echelon to help out.

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This Friday (May 4) sees the release of Spider-Man 3 across the world and it’s expected to be one of the biggest movies of the year, if not in movie history. To coincide with this momentous event Activision will release the video game based on the movie.

May 4 was to be the day when Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC and DS owners could experience the movie through their platform of choice, but it seems that PS3 owners will need to wait two more weeks.

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Over on the official Transformers: The Game website, fans can now take part in The Battle for AllSpark web game. Choose the Autobots or Decepticons and sign up as a character joining forces with a global team to win prizes, exclusive access to game info and control over Earth.

Players will contend in one-on-one skirmishes that continually earn points for themselves and their team. Each week players with the highest score will be rewarded with prizes, and the leading side will take control of the AllSpark and gain exclusive access to special sections of the site.

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