Bethesda Softworks has revealed the star-studded voice over cast for Fallout: New Vegas, the follow-up game to the critically acclaimed Fallout 3.  Fallout: New Vegas features Golden Globe-winner and two time Emmy nominated actor Ron Perlman (“Hellboy”, “Sons of Anarachy”), Screen Actors Guild-winner and Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor Matthew Perry (“Friends”), Mr. Las Vegas himself, Wayne Newton, William Sadler (“Shawshank Redemption”), Zach Levi (“Chuck”), Felicia Day (“The Guild”), Michael Dorn (“Star Trek:The Next Generation”), Kris Kristofferson (“Blade Trilogy,”), Danny Trejo (“Machete”, “From Dusk Till Dawn”), John Doman (“Mystic River”, “The Wire”) and Rene Auberjonois (“Boston Legal”, “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”).

Bigpoint has selected dSonic Inc., an award-winning audio production company, to provide in-game sound design and development for its upcoming title, Bigpoint's first project in the United States. In collaboration with Bigpoint's local development team, dSonic will create in-game sound effects, environmental audio, and a soundtrack.

Parrot, the creator of the new AR. Drone, and Brookstone, specialty retailer of unique gifts, today announce the pre-launch availability in the U.S. of the Parrot AR.Drone, a unique quadricopter using augmented reality and piloted with an iPod touch, an iPhone or an iPad. U.S. fans of the AR.Drone can now place orders exclusively at Brookstone.com.

As part of a multi-tiered programming, digital and marketing campaign custom-designed for the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con, SHOWTIME announced the launch of Dexter Game On (DexterGameOn.com), an interactive promotional game that will take place simultaneously at San Diego Comic-Con and in five other major cities across the U.S. from Wednesday, July 21 to Sunday, July 25. SHOWTIME has worked with SCVNGR – an iPhone and Android-based application that is all about going places, doing challenges and earning points – to build DEXTER-themed challenges for the game. The collaboration marks the first time that a television network has teamed up with SCVNGR.

With the world tuning in to the dramatic season finale of Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” that says farewell to Captain Phil Harris, Captain Sig Hansen talks about a new way for fans to interact with all of the captains through videogames. Crave Entertainment’s Deadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos will ship this October across all platforms, allowing greenhorns to take control of a crab boat in the brutal Bering Sea and fish for crab.

There's a reason why the videogame industry treats videogame journalists so well. The Guildhall at Southern Methodist University  and Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) recently conducted a behavioral study to measure the influence professional critic reviews have on purchase behavior, willingness to recommend, and consumer perception of individual video game titles.  The results reinforce the industry’s assumptions of a strong causal link between professional critic reviews and their ability to affect consumers’ actions and perceptions.