Activision, the giant publisher of the upcoming "DJ Hero" game, claims that the backers of competing game "Scratch: The Ultimate DJ" have sued them only to distract attention from financial troubles. Read more...

The lawsuit, analyzed by gaming website Gamasutra, details months of drama. Read more...

Activision launched the official website for this summer's Transformers video game today and managed to bury a few surprises in it. Read more...

"As far as the pants go, if you notice his shirt totally gets all ripped up. Well, we used to have it where it was just this [crotch area] -- we call it a 'no-zone' [area that doesn't get torn away]. But then seriously, within five minutes, Wolverine's just walking around in daisy dukes and it just looked weird. So we're like, you know what dude, let's just move the no-zone down to here [the calf area] and within five minutes, it looked like he had on clam diggers or capri pants. So we made it so that the pants actually don't get ripped away because it looked too strange. We actually went through a ton of iterations of that. It was pretty funny."

-- Raven Software producer Jeff Poffenbarger at a GDC demo explaining to me why Wolverine's jeans in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" never get badly torn away like his shirt

Developer Vicarious Visions told me about the new "Power Fusion" system, how it works with all 24 playable characters and what they plan to do in the DLC. Read more...

The producer of "Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion" explained how the game relates to the Marvel's "Civil War" and how even those who've read the comic are in for a surprise. Read more...

A chart that takes a look at the earnings of digital CEOs includes Activision Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick and EA’s John Riccitiello. So how much are these guys worth? Read more...

The last comparison I expected to draw from this week's "Monsters vs. Aliens" demo was "God of War," but that's exactly what part of Activision's adaptation of DreamWorks' animated film felt like -- including ripping out a cyclops' (well…robot's) eye! Read more...

Rolling Stone noticed that name of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd was incorrectly spelled as "Lynyrd Skynrd" on the cover of "Guitar Hero: Metallica." We asked Activision if they had plans change the error, and today they confirmed that the spelling is fixed on the final box art. Read more...

You can probably guess the most and least profitable platforms for a company like Activision Blizzard, but seeing the hard numbers really puts it in perspective; the Wii accounted for 15% their total profits in 2008, while PSP only made up 1%. Read more...