If Capcom's "Dark Void" becomes a hit when it comes out in 2010, Brad Pitt's production company Plan B Entertainment will already be ahead of the game, as they've announced they now have the rights to make a film based on the unreleased title.

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About the time Trekkies are starting to exhaust the special features on their new "Star Trek" DVD's and Blu-ray discs, they can expect to see the franchise's long-awaited MMO ready to go live. Though it's been in development for about half a decade, it looks like all systems are go for 2010, and the first class of cadets for "Star Trek Online" will see the game's closed beta test start up on January 12th in preparation for its February 2nd launch.

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If "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" hackers really have unlocked a hidden game mode called "Global Thermonuclear War," it would be a fitting tribute Matthew Broderick's character in the 1983 movie "WarGames" who famously did the same thing on a government computer. "GTW" is one of three multiplayer modes that some players claim to have found locked within "MW2," possibly as content planned for a later release as DLC.

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Shigeru Miyamoto said he wants to see a Zelda unveiling at E3 in 2010, and new comments from another Nintendo decision-maker indicate that those plans are still in motion. What's more interesting, though, is that in addition to adding MotionPlus support, producer Eiji Aonuma expects to see the next Zelda title overhaul the series' traditional game format.

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The "Final Fantasy" series' token needled plant creature Cactuar will show up on screens when "Final Fantasy XIII" hit Japan December 17. North America will have to wait until March 9, 2010, to see him in motion, but some Shonen Jump scans have an early look.

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It's no secret that Apple's iPhone and iPod touch have courted a lot of major game developers. EA Sports now releases App Store titles for nearly all of its annual franchises, THQ has "Star Wars: Trench Run" hitting the platform this month and countless others from Disney Interactive to 2K and Ubisoft now have high-profile releases out. Apple may be ready to expand its own development capabilities, however, if a recent job posting is any indication.

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It stands to reason that with a "Kane & Lynch" movie in the works -- potentially starring Bruce Willis -- IO Interactive would want to keep their franchise in motion on game systems. An announcement today indicates that they intend to do just that in 2010 with "Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days" for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The sequel, which IO says will come laden with a "new visual experience," already has a trailer up on KaneandLynch.com and sounds like it will play up violent shock-value scenes just like the series' first installment did.

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Goichi Suda won't be waiting until the next generation of consoles to take "No More Heroes" off of the Wii after all. "No More Heroes 2" will launch for Nintendo's system in 2010, but a new port of its predecessor titled "No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise" will also hit stores for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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It's surely no accident that the same week that ushered in Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm for the Xbox 360 now features Facebook's integrated arrival to the PlayStation 3. The social networking site is accessible as of today through the PS3's version 3.10 firmware update, which installs a tailored application and opens up a host of options for broadcasting your activities to contacts.

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Earlier this month, a class-action lawsuit in San Francisco accused iPhone game developer Storm8 of selling games with "malicious software code" and violating the App Store's privacy policies, which Apple articulated for us. Storm8 has now issued an official response to the accusations on its forums, where a company spokesperson argues they have done everything in their power to right the situation.

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