LOS ANGELES -- The second annual 3D Gaming Summit: Gaming and Beyond expanded its scope to include fast-growing segments of the games industry like cloud gaming, mobile gaming social gaming, and the impact augmented reality will have on games moving forward. Highlights of the jam-packed one day conference included an Opening Keynote Interview by David Maisel, Senior Advisor to Rovio creator Angry Birds, conducted by John Gaudiosi, Gaming Summit Senior Content Advisor & Co-Founder of Gamerlive.tv; and a Featured Interview with Vince Zampella, (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare) General Manger of Respawn Entertainment, conducted by USA Today's Video Game Editor Mike Snider.

Pokemon Black•White-themed Happy Meals arrive in participating McDonald’s stores across North America beginning June 17, 2011, as one of the world’s most popular entertainment properties launches its Happy Meal promotion with the leading foodservice provider. Pokémon fans visiting North American McDonald’s locations June 17–July 7 can purchase a Happy Meal featuring one of eight McDonald’s exclusive Pokémon figures, including Pikachu and brand-new Pokémon Reshiram, Zekrom, Snivy, Tepig, Oshawott, Zorua, and Zoroark, as well as one of twelve Pokémon Trading Card Game cards, to celebrate what has already been a blockbuster year for the franchise. The Pokémon Company International continues its McDonald’s Black•White Happy Meal promotion in major markets around the world later in 2011 and 2012.

Gamers will be able to play Ubisoft’s new PC version of the critically acclaimed Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood on OnLive day and date with the March 22 PC release. OnLive is also giving away two Vizio 3D TVs to celebrate the launch. The new game features enhanced graphics to take advantage of the advanced PC processing power available today. The sequel also introduces multiplayer modes to the franchise, which opens up more advanced and unpredictable human opponents to the mix. Ubisoft Montreal developers talk about the new game from Rome, which serves as the setting for the new game.

RALEIGH, North Carolina – Stan Lee’s newest super heroes made their worldwide debut during the NHL All-Star Game in Raleigh. Vicon House of Moves (HOM), a leading motion capture and animation service company, was on hand at the NHL Fan Fair to show hockey fans an early look at the 30 new super heroes. Guardian Media Entertainment (GME), a joint venture between the National Hockey League (NHL) and SLG Entertainment led by Stan Lee of POW! Entertainment, is using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3 technology – which runs Bulletstorm and Gears of War 3 to develop a TV series and online video game featuring The Guardian Project super heroes. Tony Chargin, who worked with Lee on the super heroes, talks about the project in this exclusive video interview.

Let the controversy begin as one of the big games of 2011 is now available everywhere. Get ready to make it rain bullets, action and all-out insanity as Bulletstorm, the highly anticipated shooter from People Can Fly, Epic Games and Electronic Arts, is now available in stores.  From the pulp sci-fi single-player campaign to the relentless multiplayer modes, Bulletstorm injects the fun back into first-person shooters. Bulletstorm is available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. The PC version is playable in 3D with NVIDIA 3D Vision. Also available today in limited quantities is the Bulletstorm Epic Edition for Xbox 360 which grants players early access to the Gears of War 3 beta. Gamers will need the Epic Edition disc in order to play the Gears of War 3 beta. Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski talks Bulletstorm in this video.

LOS ANGELES, California – Before the slam dunks and alley oops of the 60th NBA All-Star Game that brought Hollywood and basketball together, Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose took to the practice court at the NBA Jam Session at the LA Convention Center. The avid gamer worked with 2K Sports last year and helped NBA 2K10 cover athlete Kobe Bryant award a $10,000 check to the best Xbox 360 gamer in Dallas before last year’s All-Star game at Cowboys Stadium. Rose talks about his gaming habits in this exclusive video interview.

LOS ANGELES, California – With the world watching Hollywood and the NBA converge for the 60th NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles, the biggest names in basketball took to the practice court at NBA Jam Session. Before Blake Griffin’s stunning slam dunk contest win, Oklahoma Thunder Kevin Durant was on hand to talk about his love of video games. He begs EA Sports to release NBA Elite 11, the game he’s on the cover of, in this exclusive video interview.

LOS ANGELES, California – Orlando Magic All-Star Dwight Howard has been on the cover of two video games. Best known as Superman for his amazing dunks, Howard was on the cover of Midway Games NBA Ballers game and then EA Sports NBA Live 10 game. Ironically, both of those game franchises are now dead. But Howard’s career continues to surge with his skills on the hardwoods. Howard checked out Sony’s PlayStation Players Lounge next to the Staples Center before the 2011 NBA All-Star Game. He talks about his love of video games in this exclusive video interview.

Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls, John Wall of the Washington Wizards and Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder were selected by fans to compete against Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets in the 2011 Taco Bell Skills Challenge on February 19 at Staples Center in Los Angeles as part of the 60th NBA All-Star Weekend. The event will be televised live nationally as part of the NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by State Farm, which will also feature the Haier Shooting Stars, Foot Locker Three-Point Contest and Sprite Slam Dunk. Curry talks about basketball and video games in this exclusive video interview.

BARCELONA, Spain -- At the mobile industry's premiere event, MasterImage 3D, LLC is giving attendees a look at what's possible with mobile 3D today, via demonstrations of a 3D user interface and ultra-high quality 3D displays for smartphones and tablets. The company is showcasing its new 7" 3D display and 3D user interfaces from content partner Scaleform at Mobile World Congress (MWC).

Surge Licensing, the agency that discovered the independent comic book Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (TMNT) and launched a global entertainment and licensing sensation, has reached an exclusive representation agreement to develop television, film, video games, toys, apparel, and other tie-ins for Axe Cop, a web-comic that recently exploded into pop culture. Given the number of TMNT video games, including new titles from Konami, Axe Cop should be heading to game consoles in the near future.

With Johnny Depp set to sail the seven seas as Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney Digital 3D this summer with Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Disney Consumer Products charted a course for adventure as it unveiled a new toy line that captures the fantasy, action and adventure of the fourth movie from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. At a pirate-themed preview event in New York City, the Pirates of the Caribbean toy assortment from JAKKS Pacific, Inc. and new LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game and construction toys were unveiled before toy industry insiders as a preview to the American International Toy Fair. Disney Consumer Products and JAKKS Pacific also presented actor Ian McShane, who portrays new pirate character Blackbeard, with a one-of-a-kind 12-inch action figure inspired by the toy line. The film’s Academy Award-winning production designer John Myhre was also on hand as guests were treated to the reveal of a life-sized figure of Captain Jack Sparrow standing a full six feet tall and made of 150,000 LEGO bricks. Check out a trailer for one of the big games of 2011 below.