It's a new week at News Pop!, and boy have we got some news today. It's nice to come back after the weekend and have things to share. So, let's get things started.

Moondance Games releases Volume 2 of indie games pack

IG: Independent Games Volume 2, published by Moondance Games, is set to be released. The pack features over twenty independently developed titles and seven different genres to play, including racing, arcade and RPG. The games in the pack were picked from a selection of titles from CMP Game Group's Independent Games Festival, held in conjunction with the annual Game Developer's Conference. While developers such as Ethereal Darkness Interactive or Hanako Games, whose games are featured in Volume 2, might not be as well known as larger, more popular developers, they also don't follow the mold that many large developers constantly reuse for their games. IG: Independent Games Volume 2 is currently available online at Amazon.com for $19.95 USD and is set to release in retail stores soon.

Billy & Mandy fight their way onto consoles

Midway is ready to release The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy video game for Playstation 2 and GameCube. The fighting game, which is also set to release for the Wii and Game Boy Advance in November, is based on the hit TV show from Cartoon Network. The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy pits fifteen characters from the show against each other in a variety of fully interactive, destructible environments. In battle mode, up to four players can use weapons and battle to be the last one standing, and in mission mode, players have the option to go solo or play co-op in a series of 45 missions, allowing players to unlock new weapons and characters. Pricing for The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy is $29.99 USD.

Rockstar and Team Bondi announce new crime thriller

Rockstar took some time today to announce it will be publishing a new crime thriller being developed by Team Bondi, based in Sydney, Australia, called L.A. Noire. Set in the late 1940s, L.A. Noire is an interactive detective story meant to blend action, detection gameplay elements with complex storytelling in order to draw players into an open-ended challenge to solve a series of murders. The story takes place in Los Angeles in a post-war backdrop of corruption, drugs and jazz. Since Rockstar is involved we can be sure there will be plenty of drugs, guns and sex to go around, and a meticulously written, character driven storyline that will fully immerse players in the game. L.A. Noire is currently being developed for Playstation 3, and for those interested, the trailer will be released on Oct. 5^th and can be seen at http://www.rockstargames.com/lanoire.

Spider-man: Battle For New York box art and screenshots are out

Activision's Spider-man: Battle For New York is coming to Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS this fall. With the ability to play not only as Spider-man himself this time round, but also as the Green Goblin, players will have a whole new experience on their hands, especially with the Nintendo DS version, which mixes 2D and 3D elements and also has Spider-sense touch screen mini-games. We have some of the screenshots available for viewing below.

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