MTV Games and Harmonix's rhythm franchise drag on parent company's Q2 results, as slow sales drive Media Networks segment's "41 percent decline in ancillary revenues."

The good news for Viacom is that its subsidiaries MTV Games and Harmonix are entering the final stretch of bringing the highly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band out for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii on September 9. The bad news for the media company is that slowing Rock Band franchise sales have tripped up its Media Networks segment.

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Ministry of Culture shuts down online "godfather" and "mafia" games because they promote "violent culture."

Though China has been all too happy to embrace elements of free-market capitalism, it is a long way off from a free society. Today, the official government news agency, Xinhua, announced that the Chinese Ministry of Culture has outlawed online games with "gangster" themes or featuring "mafia-like gangs."

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Tecmo locks down North American launch for its expanded, less violent PlayStation 3 outing of Ryu Hayabusa; European and Japanese releases to follow.

As the all-important fourth quarter approaches, more and more games are either staking their claim to a firm release date--or retreating into next year. On Monday, two Ubisoft titles, Splinter Cell and Red Steel 2, slid into early 2010 launch windows, while Forza Motorsport 3 locked down October 27. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 has now also joined the latter camp, with Tecmo announcing it will ship in North America on September 29. That’s the same day as Dead Space: Extraction and the same week as Gran Turismo for PSP's October 1 launch.

Trion now hiring platform programmers and designer to work on online game that will affect the storyline of a corresponding network TV series.