Available to own on Blu-ray™ for $39.95RRP & DVD for $34.95RRP

Also available On Demand and To Download from 29 JUNE 2011.

James Denton, Christina Hendricks, Anthony LaPaglia Lead Stellar Voice Cast;

Grant Morrison’s beloved, Eisner Award-winning vision of Superman’s heroic final days on Earth is brought to exquisite animated life in All-Star Superman, the latest entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies coming 29 June 2011 from Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation.

The celebrity-packed voice cast is headed by James Denton (“Desperate Housewives”) as Superman, Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men”) as Lois Lane, and Australian Anthony LaPaglia (“Without A Trace”) as Lex Luthor. The stellar cast includes seven-time Emmy® Award winner Ed Asner (Up) as Perry White, Golden Globe® winner Frances Conroy (“Six Feet Under”) as Ma Kent, Matthew Gray Gubler (“Criminal Minds”) as Jimmy Olsen and Linda Cardellini (“ER”) as Nasty.

Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy), Catherine Cavadini (“The Powerpuff Girls”), Finola Hughes (“General Hospital”), Alexis Denisof (“Angel”), Obba Babatunde (That Thing You Do!), Michael Gough (Batman) and John DiMaggio (“Futurama”) round out the voice cast.
Based on the Eisner Award-winning DC Comics series/graphic novel of the same name by Grant Morrison with illustration by Frank Quitely, All-Star Superman is executive produced by animation guru Bruce Timm and directed by Sam Liu (Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths) from a script by acclaimed comics writer Dwayne McDuffie (Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths).

The highly-anticipated, full-length film will be distributed by Warner Home Video as a Blu-Ray™ $39.95RRP, as well as DVD for $34.95RRP. On 29 June, All-Star Superman will also be available On Demand through FOXTEL On Demand, BigPond Movies and Fetch TV. It can be downloaded for rental or purchase on iTunes, Xbox Live and PlayStation Store.

SYNOPSIS

In All-Star Superman, the Man of Steel rescues an ill-fated mission to the Sun (sabotaged by Lex Luthor) and, in the process, is oversaturated by radiation – which accelerates his cell degeneration. Sensing even he will be unable to cheat death, Superman ventures into new realms – finally revealing his secret to Lois, confronting Lex Luthor’s perspective of humanity, and attempting to ensure Earth’s safety before his own impending end with one final, selfless act.

Special Features
Blu-Ray™ will include approximately 2 ½ hours of intriguing bonus features, starting with all of the content available on the 1-Disc DVD and adding: Featurette: “Superman Now” – In a moment of inspiration, Grant Morrison was provided an opportunity to revamp the Man of Steel into something modern, something more relevant for today’s audience. This is the story of All-Star Superman – where it all started, and what it came to be Featurette: “Incubating the Idea” – A conversation with Grant Morrison Audio Commentary: Bruce Timm and Grant Morrison All-Star Superman Digital Comic Book Two bonus episodes from animated television series handpicked by Bruce Timm High definition version of the feature film

DVD features approximately 20 minutes of exciting extra content, including: Feature film (est. 75 min) Sneak Peak at Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, the next DC Universe Animated Original Movie Explore the Recent DC Universe Animated Original Movie Superman/Batman Apocalypse

“The All-Star Superman comic was the work of two immensely talented creators at the absolute top of their game,” said Geoff Johns, Chief Creative Officer, DC Entertainment. “Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s All-Star Superman is one of those modern classics, and I can’t wait to see it brought to life as an animated film.”

“Grant Morrison’s fascinating comic vision comprised all the aspects of a truly great film – action, drama, fantasy, romance, sacrifice and hope – and the animation team of Bruce Timm, Sam Liu and Dwayne McDuffie have passionately translated that vision into an enthralling movie experience no Superman fan can resist,” said Hersin Magante, WHV Marketing Director of Family and Animation. “As the next entry in the ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies, All-Star Superman stands as a shining example of the creative heights possible from the partnership of Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Home Video.”

Rating:
M – Animated violence and mature themes
Approx Runtime:
Blu-ray – 265 Mins
DVD – 94 mins

The “Smart and Sexy” comedy No Strings Attached makes a date with DVD and Blu-ray from June 9^th.

Academy Award ® Winner, Natalie Portman (Black Swan) and Ashton Kutcher (What Happens In Vegas) star in this refreshingly candid look at modern relationships. Directed by comedy legend Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters, Twins, Six Days & Seven Nights), the film also features an outstanding supporting cast including Lake Bell (Children’s Hospital), Greta Gerwig (Greenberg), Kevin Kline (Definitely, Maybe), Ludacris (Law and Order: SVU), Cary Elwes (Saw) and Mindy Kaling (The Office).

Adam (Kutcher) and Emma  (Portman) never really had a “relationship”. A brief flirtation at school and a one night stand the night before Emma’s father’s funeral was pretty much the extent of it. But then, one night, after their third fling had flung, Adam and Emma realise that this thing they have going on, the carefree, no meeting the parent’s, no-asking-if-I-look-fat-in-this thing is exactly what they need. Emma, after all, is too busy with her medical studies to give her relationships the attention that they invariably require and Adam… well Adam is a guy. So there and then they strike a deal. All sex, zero relationship, no strings attached.

The No Strings Attached DVD and Blu-Ray boasts nearly an hour of bonus material including featurettes about sex friends getting together, the do’s and don’ts of modern love, deleted scenes, commentary from Ivan Reitman and more.

NO STRINGS ATTACHED is available to buy on DVD & Blu-ray on June 9th
from Paramount Home Entertainment

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A journey into the heart of Aboriginal protest music featuring the Black Arm Band

Saturday 28 May at 10.05pm, SBS ONE

“It’s a film for all Australians and judging from the response to the London concert, it reaches way beyond our shores. If you get a chance to see it, grab it. I’m giving it 4 and half stars.” – Margaret Pomeranz, At The Movies

murundak – songs of freedom is a two hour, musical documentary film that follows the award-winning Black Arm Band, a gathering of some of Australia’s finest Indigenous musicians, as they take to the road with their songs of resistance and freedom.

From the concert halls of the Sydney Opera House to remote Aboriginal communities of the Northern Territory, murundak – meaning ‘alive’ in Woirurrung language – brings together pioneering singers such as Archie Roach, Bart Willoughby, Jimmy Little, Kutcha Edwards and the late great Ruby Hunter, as well as a stellar line up of emerging Indigenous talent including Dan Sultan, Shellie Morris and Emma Donovan.

For generations, song has formed a vital part of Aboriginal cultural life in which stories are kept alive through the song lines of older generations. Like the protest singers of the American civil rights movement and South Africa under Apartheid, Aboriginal people have drawn on the power of protest song to call for freedom and demand change in a country that is still struggling to reconcile its troubled past.

The first idea for the Black Arm Band was planted by Ruby Hunter in a back street in South Melbourne in 2004 when she suggested to her partner Archie Roach “we need an Aboriginal orchestra”. Following this idea, an ensemble of the original creative pioneers of Aboriginal contemporary music with some of the finest instrumentalists in the country was brought together under the cheeky moniker ‘The Black Arm Band’, referring to then Prime Minister John Howard’s use of the phrase the “black arm band view of history”. The inaugural show murundak was created soon after that.

murundak explores the need for Indigenous peoples to re-engage with their own culture and history. It delves into the personal stories of each member of The Black Arm Band with deeply personal profile interviews of the artists. It also includes rare archival news footage and songs from the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the protest movement was first ignited, before moving onto the reign of John Howard’s government and ending with Kevin Rudd’s Apology and its effect on the Indigenous psyche.

“The Black Arm Band reminds me of the long struggle and the long journey we’ve been on. 30 years ago we were marching for justice down the city streets, but now we’re telling our stories in the concert halls”. – Archie Roach, The Black Arm Band

Filmed against the backdrop of Australia’s changing political landscape, murundak charts the most significant events in Australian music history as the Black Arm Band sing up the country’s troubled past through their stories of sorrow, anger and hope.

?Unity Named the #1 Game Engine by Game Developer Magazine Readers

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – May 24, 2011) – Unity Technologies, provider of the Unity development platform for awesome games and interactive 3D on the web, iOS, Android, consoles and beyond, today announced that Game Developer Magazine readers named Unity the #1 game engine they use for both traditional and casual games.

“The increase in popularity of Unity over the past two years has been remarkable,” said Mark Deloura in the May issue of Game Developer Magazine. “Licensed game engines are an increasingly popular tool for developers working hard to realize their vision.”

This latest recognition follows several recent accolades, including Unity Technologies being named a Media Momentum One to Watch, Telegraph Tech Start-Up 100, AlwaysOn’s OnMobile Top 100 Private Company, Game Developers Conference (GDC) Best of Show, TiEcon 50 Finalist and Red Herring 100 North America Finalist.

“It’s such an honor to continue to be recognized by the development community and industry,” said David Helgason, CEO of Unity Technologies. “Since we launched Unity in 2005, it has gone from garage obscurity to a standard for hundreds of thousands of developers creating amazing games. As we look ahead the Unity team remains laser focused on our broad goals democratizing not just technology but game development itself, and on dazzling our customers with blindingly polished technology.”

About Unite 11
Unity Technologies is holding Unite 11, its fifth annual developer conference, September 28 – 30, 2011 at the Masonic Center in San Francisco. Unite 11 is an event for developers, publishers, enthusiasts and others interested in Unity to come together to learn more about the market-leading platform for creating high quality video games, training simulations, medical and architectural visualizations and other 3D interactive content — and how to get the most out of it. Unite 11 will offer three days of learning including advanced hands-on class tutorials, technical sessions and an opportunity to attend awesome parties. For more information on Unite 11, simply visit: http://unity3d.com/unite/.

About Unity Technologies
Unity Technologies is revolutionizing the game industry with Unity, its award-winning breakthrough development platform. Unity Technologies has more than 500,000 registered users worldwide — including Bigpoint, Cartoon Network, Coca-Cola, Disney, Electronic Arts, LEGO, Microsoft, NASA, Nickelodeon, Ubisoft, Warner Bros., large and small studios, indies, students and hobbyists — all using Unity to create games and interactive 3D, like training simulations and medical and architectural visualizations, on the web, mobile, consoles and beyond. Unity Technologies is aggressively innovating to expand usability, power and platform reach along with its Asset Store digital content marketplace and Union game distribution service so that it can deliver on its vision of democratizing interactive 3D technology. Unity Technologies is headquartered in San Francisco and has development offices worldwide. For more information, visit: http://unity3d.com.

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The Necromorph onslaught is stronger than ever! Return to The Sprawl in the Dead Space 2: Outbreak Map Pack for free June 1st on XBOX Live and June 4th on the PlayStation Network.

The Dead Space 2: Outbreak Map Pack introduces two all-new multiplayer maps, The Academy and The Concourse. The premise for both maps is simple, help the human team escape or use the Necromoprhs to stop them.

The Academy map takes place in the elementary school on the Sprawl, where the human team has to work together to activate the decontamination system. In the Concourse map, the human team will need to evade the Necromorph incursion in the mall and send a distress signal to the rescue ship outside.

D&D Title Hacks and Slashes its way to Xbox LIVE Arcade

London, United Kingdom — May 25, 2011 — The original standard for fantasy roleplaying is taking another step in its storied pop culture history as the Dalelands of the Forgotten Realms is brought to life for gamers and fantasy enthusiasts across the world. Atari, one of the world’s most recognised publishers and producers of interactive entertainment and Bedlam Games announced today the release of the highly anticipated Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The Windows PC and PlayStation® Network releases are scheduled for summer 2011.

Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale, a hack and slash action role playing game set in the deep mythology of the Forgotten Realms, is the first Dungeons & Dragons video game for connected consoles. Players are summoned by a mysterious mage and given the duty of defending their homeland as Rezlus, an evil Zhentarim Cleric looks to bring the power of the Black Lord Bane to Daggerdale. Restore order to the Dalelands by unlocking the secrets of the Mines of Tethyamar, defeating the evil within the treacherous Tower of the Void, leading to the final confrontation with Rezlus himself.

Players can take on the role of the melee expert Human Fighter, the quick and nimble Elven Rogue, the master of the arcane arts Halfling Wizard, and the powerful divine Dwarven Cleric. Gamers use intuitive pick-up-and-play combat combined with a wide assortment of weapons, feats and powers to defeat a wide range of deadly enemies. Players can level their character, unlocking three tiers of powers, and an extensive list of feats to create a truly unique character. As the player levels, they can add additional attribute points to their ability scores, further enhancing the performance of the character. The action-packed RPG gameplay allows for solo and co-op play for up to four players.

Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale is available on XBLA for 1200 Microsoft Points.

For more information, please log onto www.atari.com.

Unity-powered Action Title to Storm Tablets and Smartphones in 2011

Brno, Czech Republic – 25th May, 2011 – Madfinger Games, creators of Samurai II: Vengeance, today announced the beginning of a new property SHADOWGUN, with an emphasis on next-gen graphics and immersive gameplay.

By focusing on mobile platforms – including smartphones and tablets- Madfinger has created the most advanced handheld game in the market, optimized for superb performance and offering gamers the same quality expected from console gaming systems.

With SHADOWGUN, Madfinger is expanding the entertainment potential of smartphone, iOS devices and tablets. SHADOWGUN will support Android mobile devices powered by the NVIDIA Tegra super chip, and will be available on the Tegra Zone app and Android Market.

Authored with the Unity development platform, SHADOWGUN combines tactical combat with third person harrowing action, ushering in a new visual standard for handheld gaming. SHADOWGUN puts players into the role of John Slade, a professional bounty hunter in the year 2350. Slade’s mission: hunt down Dr. Edgar Simon, renowned geneticist and former employee of the trans-galactic corporation Toltech Enterprises. Players must lead “shadowgun” John Slade as he infiltrates Dr. Simon’s mountain fortress and fights his personal army of mutants, cyborgs, and genetically-enhanced humanoids. Using state-of-the-art weaponry, ships, and the assistance of S.A.R.A.—Slade’s personal android assistant. The story is written by award winning author Micah Nathan who has joined the MadFinger team as executive creative consultant for SHADOWGUN.

“SHADOWGUN is possibly the the best expression of quality production achievable on mobile devices and a great indicator of what consumers can expect from future mobile games,” said Brett Seyler, General Manager of Union. “We’re very proud to see this kind of creative product created with Unity and excited to offer it to our partners through our Union distribution service.”

In addition to an optimized version for Android super phones and tablets powered by Tegra 2, Madfinger is also developing an even more enhanced version supporting NVIDIA’s Project Kal-El, the next-generation Tegra quad-core processor. Ashu Rege, Vice President of Game Content and Technology at NVIDIA, said: “SHADOWGUN shows off the console-quality experience that Tegra is bringing to Android devices. We’re especially excited that Madfinger is creating a special version of SHADOWGUN that’s optimized for multi-core processors and will take advantage of the processing and graphics power of Project Kal-El.”

About MADFINGER Games
Located in beautiful Brno, Czech Republic, MADFINGER Games brings together a team of veteran console game developers. Their goal is to create console-quality games for iOS, Android mobile devices with a major emphasis on complete customer satisfaction. Their Samurai series has been downloaded over a two and half million times and received rave reviews across the web. Their most recent game, Samurai II: Vengeance THD was released on the Tegra Zone app on the Android Market received outstanding reviews and high ratings, optimized for stunning graphics and smoother gameplay on NVIDIA Tegra-powered devices. For more information, visit: http://www.madfingergames.com , http://twitter.com/madfingergames

About Unity Technologies
Unity Technologies is revolutionizing the game industry with Unity, its award-winning breakthrough development platform. Unity Technologies has more than 500,000 registered users worldwide — including Bigpoint, Cartoon Network, Coca-Cola, Disney, Electronic Arts, LEGO, Microsoft, NASA, Nickelodeon, Ubisoft, Warner Bros., large and small studios, indies, students and hobbyists — all using Unity to create games and interactive 3D, like training simulations and medical and architectural visualizations, on the web, mobile, consoles and beyond. Unity Technologies is aggressively innovating to expand usability, power and platform reach along with its Asset Store digital content marketplace and Union game distribution service so that it can deliver on its vision of democratizing interactive 3D technology. Unity Technologies is headquartered in San Francisco and has development offices worldwide. For more information, visit: http://unity3d.com.

About Union?

Union is a newly formed business unit of Unity Technologies, dedicated to syndicating high quality video games to mobile phones, app stores, tablets, set-top boxes, connected TVs and other emerging platforms. Union works closely with Unity’s video game developers and publishers to build a portfolio of premium gaming titles. Union then adapts, localizes and syndicates this content to app stores, mobile phones and other platforms, as appropriate to the medium, helping developers access technically or commercially challenging monetization opportunities and providing platform partners with a rich gaming experience for their consumers. Union provides an 80 percent revenue share to its developers. For more information, visit: http://unity3d.com/union.

Birds of Steel takes to the skies

KONAMI and Gaijin Entertainment take the chocks off stunning WWII combat epic

SYDNEY: 26 May, 2011- Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced a stunning new blend of flight combat and battle theatre genres, with the advent of Birds of Steel for PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

Developed by Gaijin Entertainment, Birds of Steel is a breath-taking combat simulator featuring some of the most pivotal air battles of World War II, including the battle of Midway, Guadalcanal, Coral Sea, the historic attack on Pearl Harbour, the Mediterranean Maltese island, Germany’s Ruhr Valley, and others. Players can select how detailed they want each campaign to be, and are offered a wealth of single and multi-player campaigns.

Birds of Steel offers 20 historical and a wealth of fictitious missions, spanning eight world-famous campaigns, and users are given access to over 100 famous planes from the entire axis and allied forces rosters. A number of planes ideal for each campaign can be selected, and have been faithfully recreated in terms of handling, capabilities and weaponry. The classic Spitfire, P-51D Mustangs, and Messerschmidt 109 are all lined up for combat, as players opt to player opt to fight for the Allies, Japanese or Axis forces.

The game features a breath-taking level of detail, with the weather effects of each war zone brilliantly brought to life, while the handling and battle-scarred planes are susceptible to damage and will suffer in terms of control accordingly. Similarly, a series of camera views allow users to witness their skills from a series of external views, or within the varied cockpits of the 100 planes. The missions are presented in a pre-conflict briefing, and players can also see how their contributions related to the overall path of the scenario, with new planes available on the completion of specific goals. Birds of Steel also offers the user a number of control systems, ranging from simplistic arcade-style movements, to entirely faithful control systems that offer total control over every aspect of flight.

Birds of Steel also enjoys a huge online element. Players can support co-op missions alongside friends, or enter massive multi-player online dogfights to see who owns the skies. Gaijin are busy creating a series of absorbing missions for online users, with team death matches, co-op strike missions, airfield raids, and tournament play all set to throw open the skies for the most intense aerial combat ever to grace the PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360 systems. Squadrons can even edit their finest hours to showcase their skills, and share them with their peers.

“For far too long, first-person shooter fans have been tied to the foot soldier point of view, but we aim to bring the seat-of-their-pants skill and daring of dogfighting and aerial combat to a wider audience,” said Martin Schneider, General Manager, Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH. “Birds of Steel pushes the throttle of realism by giving fans what they’ve been missing when it comes to co-operative online gameplay, incredibly realistic visuals and game dynamics, while spanning the entirety of the war’s air campaigns.”

Museum Victoria has been recognised for the use of cutting-edge new technology in exhibition design with an American Association of Museums Gold MUSE Award.

Premier and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu said this year’s award follows a win at the MUSE awards in 2010 for the development of new exhibition technology used in Wild: Amazing Animals in a Changing World.

“It is wonderful that Museum Victoria has taken out the top award again this year, beating out hundreds of entries from major museums and art galleries all over the world,” Mr Baillieu said.

“This award recognises the global leadership of Museum Victoria in the development of new interactive technologies.”

“Museum Victoria is constantly finding new and interesting ways for visitors of all ages to engage with our collections and exhibitions,” said Dr. Patrick Greene, CEO, Museum Victoria. “We are delighted to receive global recognition for our innovative use of multimedia technology in exhibitions”.

The MUSE Awards were presented on Sunday night, 22 May (US time) in Houston, Texas as part of the American Association of Museums Annual Conference. The awards receive entries from major museums and art galleries from all over the world. Museum Victoria received the Gold MUSE award for its Rio Tinto Volcanic 3D in AVIE by iCinema UNSW, a state-of-the-art 360-degree fully immersive and interactive 3D cinema exhibit in the Dynamic Earth exhibition at Melbourne Museum.

“In Volcanic 3D, visitors can experience being surrounded by an active volcano, travelling down a lava tunnel and journeying under the sea. This new technology provides a stimulating and enjoyable way to access additional information about the geological processes of the Earth,” said Dr Greene.

Dynamic Earth reveals the powerful forces that fuel volcanic eruptions, cause earthquakes and create thousands of different minerals, gems, and precious metals. The exhibition demonstrates the natural processes that shape our planet and explores what rocks and minerals can tell us about the Earth’s history.

Inside Volcanic 3D, visitors can experience scientifically accurate computer animations of a variety of volcanic activities. The computer animations are projected on the inside of a cylindrical screen by 12 projectors creating a seamless 360-degree image. Visitors interact with the animation by standing on glowing circles scattered throughout the space. These activate video and animations providing further information on the geological phenomenon.

“When you walk through Dynamic Earth you regularly hear the excitement of visitors inside Volcanic 3D” said Kathy Fox, Exhibition Producer. “It is the closest thing to a live active volcano.”

Museum Victoria prides itself on the collaborations it establishes to produce innovative exhibits like the Rio Tinto Volcanic 3D in AVIE by iCinema UNSW. Museum staff worked closely with the team behind AVIE from iCinema at the University of New South Wales, as well as creative Victorian companies Act3Animation who designed the incredible visuals; and Wax Sound Media for their intense 12-channel surround sound design. This groundbreaking project was made possible with the generous support of Rio Tinto.

Dynamic Earth is the final phase of the redevelopment of Melbourne Museum’s Science and Life Gallery. The completed redevelopment is the most comprehensive natural science display in any Australian museum and features more than 3,000 objects from the Museum’s collections, many on display for the first time.

The MUSE Awards are open to member institutions from across the world that use digital media to enhance the museum experience and engage new audiences; celebrating innovation, creativity and inclusivity.