Weekly News Roundup 11/02/08: The "yeah, it's late again" edition.

If you call yourself a fan of the late Osamu Tezuka's works, have I got great news for you. Out of the kindness of their hearts, Tezuka Productions will be archiving everything he was responsible for before 2000 for the next three years for free. No, that is not a typo, it will all be free of charge! You now have no excuse to check out stuff like Astro Boy, Phoenix, Dororo, Kimba: The White Lion, Black Jack (pictured above) and a plethora of others. All of this will be available in multiple languages; yes, that includes English. Now you have no excuse to check his stuff out.

Probably the longest Presidential Race ever came to an end last week, as Barack Obama has won and will become president in January. Why isn't this top news? Because you probably already knew about it, regardless of where you live. He also gave a very presidential press conference last week, which went very well. You know, unless you're the kind of person who finds silly things like mild stuttering as a mark against him; in which case, you might have a future as a Fox News Channel anchor.

Not too long ago, as Activision acquired Vivendi, a number of games found themselves without a publisher, including games like 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, Ghostbusters, Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, and Brutal Legend. Last week we learned that Activision dropped the titles because they didn't have enough sequel potential. As if they didn't want you to hate them enough. But things are looking up, as Atari announced that they're publishing Ghostbusters Good news, since the game looked really good. THQ also picked up Dark Athena and Blood on the Sand a while back. Now, if there's any justice in the world, Brutal Legend will also find a publisher soon.

In what's probably some of the most bizarre news this week in the entertainment industry, Steven Spielberg and Will Smith have decided that they would like to remake Oldboy. It's uncertain if it will go through yet, but it's looking highly likely. Still though, it boggles the mind as to why someone would want to remake that movie.