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Midway might be in trouble. Last week three high-ranking officials left the company thanks to a very poor performance in the last financial quarter, and now Midway's Austin studio is laying off anywhere from 90 to 130 employees, and canceling Criminal, a game that was first reported to be in development two years ago.

In a press release, Midway assured the media that the studio will stay open, and these layoffs are a result of the cancelation of the game, not vice versa. Add this to the list of things shaking up the videogame industry from the inside out. We'll keep you posted if anything more develops.

Joystiq: Midway Austin Facing 90 Layoffs, Criminal Canceled

Thank you, The Sun, so much. Everyone, without further ado, meet Tomb Raider Lara Croft's new RL counterpart, the lovely Alison Caroll.

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If anyone asks us for a Fool's Gold (starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey) movie night, we'll pass...along with 2K Games founder Ken Levine. Speaking with Videogaming247 about the upcoming film adaptation of BioShock, Levine said:

“You’re always going to be worried that in that first meeting [the film producers are] going to be, like, ‘OK, it’s Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey on a desert island hunting for pirate treasure,’ but it’s not going to go that way."

Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski is currently on the seat for the movie. According to Levine, Verbinski actually "gets" the BioShock franchise. “My expectation at this time, from everything that I’ve heard, is that it will very much honour the dramatic and thematic elements of the game… They certainly understand the material and are able to provide a stamp of their own.”

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Prince of Persia's big screen debut has been pushed back a year by Walt Disney Pictures. The Jerry Bruckheimer-produced film was originally set for a June 2009 release. Bruckheimer, who produced Pirates of the Caribbean, said that the movie will be inspired by all Prince of Persia video game titles.

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is directed by Mike Newell, who did Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, and will be starring Jake Gyllenhaal as the prince himself. However, the prince's next-gen video game console debut from Ubisoft, Prince of Persia, is still set to be released this November for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. Check out some gameplay footage after the cut.

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Call it "blowing things out of proportion", but we're huge fans of Casino Royale and if there's any news or gossip about 007's latest mission in Quantum of Solace, we're all ears...or eyes. When BBC reported about R&B Sensation Alicia Keys and Raconteurs front man Jack White recording the new Bond theme song, they may have written a phrase that links to Daniel Craig's first film as Bond. Of course, you have to click the link to find out (and we're not splling anything from the first film).

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EA Sports showcases the dynamic celebrations featured in the multi-plfatform football franchise Madden NFL 09.  Now you can recreate the Lambeau Leap, river dance like Chad Johnson, or even mix-n-match from a collection of celebrations.  The football behemoth of a franchise releases on August 12th, start rehearsing those dance moves for the endzone.
 

Madden NFL 09 Celebrations Trailer

LEGO Batman: The Videogame unveils a new villain, The Man-Bat! ...

...Okay so he's no Joker but you've got to feel for the "tragic" villains every now and then.  Akin, to Spider-Man's The Lizard, an amputee scientist harboring good intentions for experimental genetics who falls victim to anthropromorphic side-effects, you have in place Man-Bat, a going-deaf-scientist harboring good intentions for experimental genetics who falls victim to anthropromorphic side-effects. 

Man-Bat joins an impressive growing cast of villains in LEGO Batman: The Videogame which hits stores September 1st on the DS, Wii, PSP, PS2, PS3, PC, Mobile, and Xbox 360.

FileFront: Warner Bros. Reveals All New Villain in LEGO: Batman

Even with Wolverine's help, Spider-Man has the odds stacked against him in Activision's Spider-Man: Web of Shadows for the: PSP, PS2, PS3, Wii, DS, Xbox 360 and PC.  This web-slinging action game releases on October 21st except for the PC and Nintendo DS version which release earlier on October 1st.

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows Comic Con 08 Trailer

Namco-Bandai has announced the release date to their hack-n-slash Afro Samurai for the PS3, and Xbox 360.  The game will be unleashed on January 27th, 2009.  In the mean time, please feel free to honor us with your presence in the image gallery if you have not already done so.

Click the image below for the Afro Samurai image gallery

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Here's a new "making of" video for Sony Online Entertainment's DC Universe Online for the PC and PS3.  Get a feel of how your created super hero/villain will fit within the world of DC.  No set date for the game except that it will surface sometime next year.

DC Universe Online Behind the Scenes Video