The International 3D Society announced today that Panasonic Corporation will be the 2010 recipient of its prestigious Charles Wheatstone Award. The Wheatstone Award named for inventor Charles Wheatstone, who invented the Stereoscope in 1838 in England, was also a noted advocate and educator about stereoscopic vision and imaging. In recognition of their great contribution to increasing public knowledge about stereoscopy as a technical art and craft, the International 3D Society acknowledges Panasonic as an educational force for 3D in the 21st century. The Wheatstone Award will be formally presented to Panasonic at the 3D Technology Awards on October 19 at Mann’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

Cole MacGrath makes his electrifying return in inFAMOUS 2, the second chapter in the best-selling franchise exclusively for PlayStation 3. Developed by Sucker Punch Productions, inFAMOUS 2 takes the franchise (there’s also a movie in the works through Arad Productions) to all-new heights in an immersive open world action adventure that offers a more visceral, emotional and powerful take on the true superhero experience. Check out this exclusive video preview of the new game from PAX Prime 2010.

SHANGHAI -- Gaming visionary American McGee returns to Wonderland as EA and Spicy Horse Games announce Alice: Madness Returns, the dark and deranged sequel to the year 2000 PC hit, American McGee’s Alice. McGee talks about the much-anticipated sequel in this exclusive video interview near his Shanghai game studio Spicy Horse.

(Reuters) - Video gamers are used to immersing themselves into virtual worlds so filmmakers turning video games into movies are aiming to keep them as involved, by adding 3D. Sony Pictures' "Resident Evil: Afterlife," which opens September 10, is the first video game movie filmed in stereoscopic 3D.

COLOGNE -- With the movie opening this November, the EA Play Label of Electronic Arts and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment are conjuring up something exclusive for the Xbox 360 version of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 videogame. The new shooter-style game will have an exclusive Kinectfor Xbox 360 experience with unique challenges that puts more power into players’ hands. 

 COLOGNE – Ratchet & Clank were born in Insomniac Games’ Burbank studio years ago. But as Ted Price decided to expand his company and open a new office in Durham, North Carolina (home of the Durham Bulls), Ratchet & Clank headed East. The independent studio debuted the first game from its North Carolina start-up at Sony’s press conference at GamesCom 2010. Check out the exclusive video interview with North Carolina Studio Director Chad Dezern on Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One below.

After showing the new PSP game at Comic Con 2010, Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) will confirmed that God of War: Ghost of Sparta will hit stores on November 2, 2010, just in time for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Fans will also have the option to pre-order their copy of Kratos’ latest adventure on PSP (PlayStationPortable) and receive the ultimate DLC pack at launch beginning today.