pspthemes: psp themes - Activision has dished out the Spider-Man

Activision has dished out the Spider-Man and Transformer franchises to two developers it acquired (and kept) from the merger with Vivendi.

According to a report by Variety's usually reliable Cut-Scene blog, the next Transformers game will now be handled by Bourne Identity developer High Moon, while Spider-Man goes to Prototype developer Radical.

The latter's inheritance of Spidey is a no-brainer considering its history of developing open-world games (and they can basically get away with re-skinning Prototype). But Bourne is a bit more of an interesting choice.

According to Cut-Scene the High Moon game is a non-movie tie-in to be released next year. We quite liked Bourne (I did, anyway) and it had some interesting ideas, so we'll be keen to see if High Moon can put out a better Transformers game than the rupsp themesish one we got last time round.

Wii Fit has held onto the top of the UK software sales chart for the week ended April 25, holding off debutant Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena - the only new entry in the top ten - despite the Nintendo title's sales sliding by 11 per cent in trend repeated across the board.

Atari's Riddick title managed second place on its first week on sale according to data from Chart-Track, but all of the other titles in the top ten saw sales fall significantly.

The Godfather II fell to third, with sales dropping by almost half compared to last week, while FIFA 09 also dropped one place to fourth, as sales fell by a quarter.

Resident Evil 5 held onto its position at number five, despite sales dropping 17 per cent, as did Professor Layton and the Curious Village at six,psp theme, down 31 per cent, Mario Kart Wii at seven, down 32 per cent, and Wii Play at eight, down 27 per cent.

Meanwhile, Call of Duty: World at War stayed at number nine, with sales dropping by 29 per cent, and Carnival: Funfair Games saw sales slip 25 per cent to close the chart at ten.

The full UK software sales chart follows:

01. Wii Fit

02. The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena

03. The Godfather II

04. FIFA 09

05. Resident Evil 5

06. Professor Layton and the Curious Village

07. Mario Kart Wii

08. Wii Play

09. Call of Duty: World at War

10. Carnival: Funfair Games

11. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

12. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training

13. Guitar Hero: World Tour

14. My Fitness Coach

15. Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection

16. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

17. Rayman Raving Rapsp themesids TV Party

18. Grand Theft Auto IV

19. Ben 10: Alien Force

20. Lego Indiana Jones: Original Adventures0

Curious what hell looks like in the palm of your hand? Eurogamer.pt has posted a pair of in-game shots taken from the recently announced PSP version of Dante's Inferno, which, while impressive, only further cement the notion that this particular take on Divine Comedy offers the liberalest of interpretations.

Set to ship sometime in 2010 alongside home console versions, Dante's Inferno for the PSP is being jointly developed by EA Redwood Shores and Wet developer A2M. The Prince of Lies' involvement in the project, however, remains purely rumor and speculation -- but, we can hear him whispering, whispering, whisper ...