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New Games: THQ said the name of its upcoming sequel to the hit g...

New Games: THQ said the name of its upcoming sequel to the hit game Tak and the Power of Juju is Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams. It said the sequel, developed by Avalanche Software, will ship in Oct.…

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for Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PS2 and Xbox. Tak was the first game released under THQ’s deal with Nickelodeon to create new intellectual properties that would initially be introduced as videogames and then migrate to other entertainment media. THQ COO Eric Doctorow said the first Tak game “just hit our million unit mark globally.” THQ said it planned to show the game for the first time at E3 Expo, May 12-14 in L.A… Vivendi Universal Games (VUG) said its Leisure Suit Larry PC franchise, started in 1987 with The Land of the Lounge Lizards, will be making its way to consoles for the first time. VUG said it planned to ship Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude -- developed by High Voltage Software -- for PC, PS2 and Xbox this fall… Godzilla will return to consoles this fall, when Atari ships Godzilla: Save the Earth, developed by Pipeworks for PS2 and Xbox. Atari shipped Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters -- also from Pipeworks -- in 2002 and the new title will add a new Action Mode and online multiplayer fighting for both consoles, the publisher said. Atari said the new game will pit Godzilla against more than 18 monsters --including Mothra -- under license from Toho, the film studio best known for its Godzilla movies.