Building on its strategy of delivering quality branded content to people around the world, The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment, Inc. in a stock and cash transaction, the companies announced today.Under the terms of the agreement and based on the closing price of Disney on August 28, 2009, Marvel shareholders would receive a total of $30 per share in cash plus approximately 0.745 Disney shares for each Marvel...

Not only has Sony gone from first to last in the market for videogame consoles, it has done so at the worst possible moment. Nintendo's Wii and games such as "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero" have pushed the on-screen action into the living room, turning console gaming from geek to chic.

Now Sony's latest move, slashing the PlayStation3's price by $100 to $299 and offering...

Our suspicions about that earlier Kmart ad were spot-on. The link is now hot with specs showing a PS3 Slim priced at $300 which includes Blu-ray, a 120GB hard disk, DualShock3 controller, and HDMI output with 1080p support. It's listed with an August 24 release date which seems a bit eager to us. The Kmart site is updating which means that some of these details could change (like the price and date) but...

August 8, 2009 - The much-anticipated Halo movie, which died a premature death after Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson tried to get it off the ground a couple of years back, may be alive again. And not just that,...

There are many places one can find Mr. 50 Cent: In any number of clubs, as referenced by his chart-topping song; in his numerous self-titled video games, one of which has become a cult classic among the Joystiq staff; and according to entertainment news site ThisIs50, he can be found at Infinity Ward's studios, doing voice work for the highly anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Robert Bowling confirmed...