THQ just released details regarding its profits for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008.

Aside from money matters, however, the company's CEO also hinted at when they'll be releasing the next installments of their Saints Row and Red Faction franchises. Details await in the full article.

Fans of Cartoon Network's hit series Ben 10 will be happy to hear that their hero will soon land in video game form outside the PC. Cartoon Network New Media has just announced that their latest offering Ben 10: Protector of the Universe will ship across North America for the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and Sony PlayStation Portable platforms on August 30th.

Also announced on their latest press release is the fact that come November 21, Cartoon Network sill officially launch the Ben 10 live action movie directed by Alex Winter. It has been described as an adventure which will captivate the imagination of young fans everywhere.

Art Roche, creative director for Cartoon Network New Media, says it is important for Cartoon Network New Media to expand their portfolio to various platforms after they built a successful base of popularity on web-based gaming.

In Ben 10: Protector of the Universe, players must assume the role of Ben Tennyson, an Earth-boy endowed with the powers of the mighty Omnitrix embedded in his wrist. With amazing powers, Ben can fend off threats to our home world from the evils that troll outer space.

Game publisher Take-Two Interactive says that the delay of Grand Theft Auto IV, Manhunt 2's ban and good reviews for BioShock have all contributed to a financial roller-coaster which has stunted corporate growth in fiscal 2007. The company expects US$ 950 billion to US$ 1 billion in gross revenues when all is said and done.

Fans and members of the media were disappointed when the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, the company's biggest project to date, was delayed to next year due to development issues. Manhunt 2, on the other hand, was banned due to violent content and was held back for a few months until it was recently cleared to go, following revisions.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2007, Take-Two posted earnings of US$ 206 million, lower than the US$ 241 million that it reported in the same period during 2006. On the bright side, US$ 59 million in losses aren't as bad when stacked against the performance from the same quarter last year when US$ 91 million was reported lost in revenues.

The magnificent FPS BioShock led other good releases such as The Darkness, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The BIGS, and All-Pro Football 2K8 to offset more financial troubles and negative publicity. In addition, Take-Two expects a strong fiscal 2008 rebound when Grand Theft Auto IV gets ready for both the Microsoft Xbox 360 and the Sony PlayStation 3. Also planned are casual games based on IP from Nickelodeon.

Take-Two estimates the next fiscal cycles to hit US$ 1.1 billion to US$ 1.4 billion. It also expects its 2K Sports label to start generating profits by the time fiscal 2009 arrives.

Any fans of Spongebob here? Yeah, that yellow, squarepants-wearing sponge that borders on being annoying at times? Regardless of anyone's view on that Nickelodeon character, though, we're pretty sure that you will begin liking her him after we told you that rubixcube6 has just incorporated Spongebob into the amazing homebrew game Gunnar Hero.

In case you are not familiar with Gunnar Hero, it was developed by homebrew developer HardHat, and the game itself was inspired by the video game Guitar Hero. The original game is currently in v0.13 and one known mod for it is the Light Punk mod, which features Batman and Ozzy Osbourne.

Anyway, as we've mentioned, Gunnar Hero Spongebob mod v0.1 is a mod that involves, well, Spongebob Squarepants. It was developed by coder rubixcube6 and according to this dev, Spongebob here plays the guitar. On the other hand, Squidward and Patrick play the piano and drums respectively. Aside from these characters, the over all texture of Gunnar Hero has also been changed.

Care to give your shoutouts to the developer? Anyway, nice work rubixcube6! Keep it up!

Thanks to Uhn for the tip!

Download: Gunnar Hero Spongebob mod v0.1

'Tis the season when companies are required to report how they did last year, and then tell everyone about what they plan to do next year. Everyone's doing it, and because of this, 'tis also the season when we finally get to hear more about things that we can look forward to.

In THQ's case, the company's president, Brian Farrell, announced their plan to spread the wrestling love all around in the coming fiscal year:

In addition to our lineup of owned intellectual properties, we also intend to build on our licensed franchises next year. We plan to once again deliver a great lineup of WWE, Pixar, and Nickelodeon titles. For WWE, we plan to add a PS3, Wii, and DS SKU to the Xbox 360, PS2, and PSP platforms.

With that said and done, one big question that remains to be answered is whether the games that THQ is promising will be ones that will be unique to each platform, or if they would simply be variations of titles from previous installments in the WWE SmackDown Vs. Raw game franchise.

 

Well, they don't look all that different from this size, but those are pictures from both the PSP and DS versions of Avatar: The Last Airbender, respectively. While we have been talking about the upcoming adventures of Aang and company for the Wii, this is the first we've seen of the game in a handheld form.

Of course, they're able to bend stuff. It's probably a simple matter for them to magically port their universe onto the PSP and DS.

Now, there isn't much information available for these two versions of the game but they both look more like adventure games than RPGs, and there's a good chance you can play as one of the main characters of your choice since that's an option for you in the Wii version.

Look out for more information here as we get it, and enjoy the pictures after the jump.

  

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