The Last Airbender, based on the Nickelodeon cartoon, is coming from director M. Night Shyamalan and will be seeing a video game release. THQ revealed today that they are planning to bring the game to the Nintendo Wii, and Nintendo DS/DSi  platforms in June 2010.

“The Last Airbender video game boasts original gameplay elements that create an experience never previously seen before on the Wii system,” said Doug Clemmer, Executive Vice President of THQ’s Kids, Family & Casual Games. “The artistic in-game graphics and dynamic combat were designed to fully engage players, while providing an exhilarating and interactive gaming moment.”

“Through its thrilling storylines and distinctive characters, Avatar: The Last Airbender has built an enthusiastic fan base, and there is incredible anticipation building for the theatrical release,” said Manuel Torres, Senior Vice President, Global Toys, Video Games & Consumer Electronics Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products. “Fans will be able to master their bending skills and relive action-packed scenes from the movie, playing as either Aang, or through the unique perspective of the antagonist, Zuko.”

More info to follow on the game as it develops. Via Press Release....

With the demo premiering at PAX East in Boston last month, Electronic Arts has come out and officially announced that the same demo will be appearing on Xbox Live and the Playstation Network next Thursday, April 15th.

In addition to the modes and challenges, players can learn the ropes or perfect their skills in the all-new Skate.School featuring Coach Frank. Gamers can also sample the all-new object dropper by using 24 different items to tweak and alter the University District to create a personalized demo experience. Once players have that perfect trick nailed, they can capture the moment with the in-game Replay Editor and upload footage of themselves with the Skate series' immensely popular Skate.Reel.

SKATE 3 is the definitive co-op skateboarding experience as players build the ultimate team to take on unique team challenges, compete against rival crews online and shred the streets. In the end, SKATE 3 takes skateboarding to a new level with more tricks, improved off board actions, and gnarly Hall of Meat carnage.

Skate 3 rides into store shelves on May 11th, 2010 for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 in North America and worldwide on May 14th, 2010.

Remember the old Playstation 3 commercials the one's that even had a weird scary baby in them? Well, thanks to Son'y Marketing PR team, we don't see those on TV anymore. With the new Kevin Butler campaign going on, the Playstation 3 has been a huge success especially with the release of the Playstation 3 Slim. IGN had a chat with Peter Dille, whose SCEA's Head of Marketing about the progress of the campaign.

The ads, which feature fictional Sony executive Kevin Butler, were intended highlight the PlayStation 3's features to consumers more clearly and inject some humor. Dille said console sales are going up and that consumers are more aware and educated about the PlayStation 3's offerings.

"The campaign is working to drive hardware sales," he said. "PlayStation 3 sales are up 184 percent in the three months following the price drop, and while a lot of that has to do with price itself, we know from research that consumers are more educated as well."

"Purchase intent went from 19 percent prior to the price drop, to 36 percent after this campaign started. And we've also tracked our competitors and they've fallen during the same time."

Check out more on the chat over at PS3 IGN

For the ever affordable price of $29.99, the release of Fallout 3 made its way to the Games on Demand service. Here are a list of other titles that will be hitting this month on the service as well.

Xbox LIVE Games on Demand:

April 13: Tomb Raider: Legend (North America)
April 13: Devil May Cry 4 (Europe, Australia and New Zealand)
April 20: Halo 3 (All Xbox LIVE Regions)
April 20: Saints Row (Europe)

The Games on Demand service just continues to grow with downloadable titles 24/7 without the need of a disc.

One of the leading developers for the iPhone/Ipod Touch platforms are bringing their titles over to the newly released iPad from Apple.

Enigmo Deluxe: Based on the award-winning puzzle-game Engimo for iPhone, Enigmo Deluxe for iPad has major new features, including a built-in level editor that allows users to create, edit, and play their own levels.  Friends can share Level Packs so they can play levels that they create or exported them for play on the Mac, PC, or iPhone versions of Enigmo.  The game now comes with over a dozen free Level Packs including two “Kid Packs” which were paid add-on’s in the original Enigmo. Together with the 50 original Enigmo levels, Enigmo Deluxe comes with over 400 free levels. 

Cro-Mag Rally: One of the best selling racing games for the iPhone, the new iPad version now has 6 cars instead of just 4, and the visuals and gameplay are optimized for iPad.

Pangea Software believes that the iPad will be around a long time and will serve the video game industry well, let's hope so. Check out the rest of the list of games below.

If you happen to walk into your local Gamestop, you may be asked if you would like to pre-order Transformer: War for Cybertron. That's because Activision has revealed that the game is now available for pre-order everywhere.

First off, over at Amazon.com, gamers who pre-order the game there will receive an exclusive code to unlock the Transformer, DEMOLISHOR.

Additionally, those who pre-order the game at their local Gamestop or online will receive another code to unlock the Transformer, SHOCKWAVE.

Transformers: War for Cybertron challenges players to become the ultimate weapon as a TRANSFORMERS character in the final, epic war that will determine the survival of their entire race.  Armed with a diverse arsenal of lethal, high-tech weaponry and the ability to instantly convert from robot to vehicle at any time, players will engage in heart-pounding battles on land and in the air in this gripping, 3^rd person action shooter set in the TRANSFORMERS’ war-ravaged homeland.  Complete with several multiplayer modes, Transformers: War for Cybertron allows gamers to play through story missions with their friends in drop in/drop out online co-op and compete in blistering head-to-head multiplayer battles.

The game will be releasing for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC, Wii and DS in 2010.

Due to an overwhelming success the developers over at Bizarre Creations have decided to unlock the multiplayer beta and make it available to gamers everywhere on the Xbox Live Marketplace. So, if you have Xbox Live Gold membership you can head on over to the demo area and download the multiplayer demo now.

Blur™ is the ultimate powered-up racing experience, dropping players into heart-pumping, electrified action with up to 20 cars trading paint as they charge towards the finish line.  Drivers careen through real-world track locations packed with fast curves, sneaky alternate routes and hair-raising jumps in over 50 licensed cars as they collect and tactically utilize intense Power-ups, including the ability to blast other cars out of the way with huge bursts of energy, boost their speed, and more. For the ultimate multiplayer racing gameplay experience, Blur offers a first in the racing genre with up to 20 players online at the same time, a progressive ranking system that rewards gamers the more they play, objective based race events, and if that weren’t enough, Blur brings back a fan favorite with 4-player split-screen gameplay. Blur will be available this spring for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.  

Check out more info on Blur over at http://www.blurgame.com/.

We received an email today from Miscrotsoft detailing that the next time you sign on to Xbox Live you'll be promted to an update. This update refers to the recently confirmed USB support for Xbox 360 consoles. This will give you the chance to connect up to two USB FlashDrives to your console for up to 32GB of extra space.

While you may be able to use third-party flashdrives, the performance is all based on quality and speed of the specific drive and some of them may not even provide an equal level of performance. Microsoft will be releasing its own Xbox 360 branded USB flashdrives in May supporting a storage of 8GB for $34.99 and 16GB for $69.99.

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is the newest release in the Prince of Persia series and has Ubisoft starting from the ground up yet again. At this past PAX East in Boston they showed off specific parts of the campaign that have you playing through the story as a sequel to Sands of Time. The game itself is scheduled to release commercially for the Nintendo Wii on May 18th, 2010.

"An outstanding composer, Tom Salta is extremely passionate and truly committed to our project," said Aurelien Baguerre, audio director for Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands™ on the Nintendo Wii™. "The action and gameplay are remarkably enhanced by Tom's beautiful orchestrations which unmistakably evoke Persian colors, providing a grandiose and emotional dimension to our game."

To fully immerse players in the Prince's new adventure, Salta composed and produced an intensely atmospheric and intricately woven original music score that captures the essence and spirit of the original Prince of Persia® The Sands of Time and supports the new story and gameplay of Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands™ with a contemporary world music aesthetic. The score features performances recorded with globally revered percussionist Bashiri Johnson, dark hypnotic vocals by world music singer Azam Ali and ethereal vocals by international recording artist Judith Bérard, as well as world music and middle-eastern instrumentation such as doubek, kora, khangira, bowhammer cymbalom, lakota slide, walimba, ney, duduk and custom made instruments.

You can check out more info on the game over at: http://www.princeofpersiagame.com/.

If your looking for some downloadable content in the form of a real disc and you love Borderlands, then you should have no problem heading to your local game store. 2k Games revealed that the retail DLC retail disc for Borderlands has made its way to retail stores. The DLC of Mad Moxxi and Zombie Island are both together and require the Borderlands disc to play.

The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned takes fans from the barren wastelands to a creepy island overflowing with what's left of the rotting workers of Jakobs Cove. Dr. Ned was tasked with saving them, but has done his job a little too well by creating flesh-eating zombies and other ghastly abominations that now run rampant in this region. Players will have to work alongside Dr. Ned as they embark on an explosive journey to cure the decaying inhabitants of Jakobs Cove in this full-fledged expansion filled with new formidable enemies, grueling quests and rare loot drops.

In Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot, fans must face the ever-changing underdome riot that challenges every shooter skill known to gamers. The all-new Riot Mode challenges players to test their weaponry against hordes of menacing antagonists who are thirsting for carnage in tournaments where the rules of warfare are constantly changing. Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot also offers several new game features, including an all-new bank feature that provides extra storage capacity for weapons of devastation and the ability to gain two new skill points.

Borderlands is available for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.