So, Ghostbusters 3, is it going to happen? Well, maybe. Or maybe not. But it seems like it could be more of a possibility, with Sigourney Weaver spilling some further info on the potential three-quel.

Spectra magazine quotes the actress as saying that work is underway on the script. She also offered up an idea of how the film might be pitched.

Weaver said: “All I said was I really think my little boy Oscar, who went through that traumatic kidnapping [in the second film], should be a Ghostbuster. So I think that might happen.”

Which makes some sense, and would mean Sigourney could be worked back into the film as a genuine character (as opposed to being shoe-horned back in).

Another source, io9.com, agrees with this rumour, and indeed adds that Oscar might turn out to be Bill Murray’s son. Apparently all the Ghostbusters are set to return for number three, plus Weaver and Rick Moranis. Of course, take all this with a large pinch of ectoplasm.

Despite the fact that this probably should never be made, we still hope it is, as there’s definitely a part of us that yearns to watch it. Even if it is an Ectomobile crash.

Warner Bros has confirmed that its video game based on the animation, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, will be out three weeks tomorrow on the Nintendo Wii and DS.

It’s a 2D side-scrolling action-adventure set across a diverse collection of environments which range from Gotham City, to London and mysterious faraway planets.

Players can take on the mantle of the caped crusader (or the dark knight, we should say) and take advantage of two player co-op, teaming up with another ally such as Robin or Green Lantern, to battle the forces of evil (who else).

Notorious villains will have to be beaten up, such as Catwoman, and various puzzles solved if you’re to win the day (and no cheating with that utility belt).

Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President of Development and Production at Warner Bros, commented: “Batman: The Brave and the Bold further illustrates the diverse appeal of the Batman brand and the gameplay is a fun, vibrant extension of the animated series. The game’s co-op play offers kids, families and Batman fans an interactive way of experiencing the cartoon’s iconic characters.”

Expect it to come kapow-ing onto the Wii and DS on the 24th, priced at £29.99.

The rather clunkily named Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole is a game from Warner Bros based on the family oriented fantasy adventure film of the same name (based on the books, naturally).

While the game doesn’t come out until October, you’ll be able to have a crack at the demo next Monday when it comes out on Xbox Live, and two days later on the PS3.

As the player in the Ga’Hoole game, you’ll take the role of a young guardian, a winged warrior tasked with fighting on the side of the righteous in the usual tale of good versus evil.

With 22 missions spread across 5 worlds, and full 360 degree flight mechanics, yet easy to master and intuitive controls, it sounds an absolute hoot. Expect mid-air battles aplenty, and intricacies such as giving commands on-the-fly to wingmen, along with role-playing elements such as upgrading your character’s attributes and skills.

Samantha Ryan, Senior VP, Production and Development at Warner Bros commented: “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole – The Videogame gives players a fun, new gameplay experience capturing the excitement of owl fight and flight with intuitive and smooth controls.”

“Players will be able to do much more than fly, as they race, attack and grow their abilities for a more immersive experience throughout the expansive environments beautifully depicted in the game.”

If you’re interested in trying a bit of owl piloting, keep your eyes peeled 360 degree style for the launch of the demo next week.

The BBC has released the third in its series of adventure games based on the Doctor Who series, featuring the current incarnation of the Doc and his assistant, Amy Pond.

The third game is simply called TARDIS, and like the others, it’s a free download for everyone residing in the UK. As the name suggests, this episode gives you the opportunity to fly the fabled blue box, and to explore its enigmatic innards.

In terms of the plot, apparently the TARDIS has been caught in a time riptide, which presumably means two time-lines have crossed, or something like that, and the Doctor is being forced to have dinner and breakfast simultaneously. Oh all right, actually the riptide has left the Doctor trapped in the void – where he’s forced to eat three Shredded Wheat with gravy and peas – and Amy must rescue him.

Okay, so the game doesn’t actually contain any dangerous culinary combinations whatsoever. What it does contain is the usual mix of collectibles, stealthy alien dodging, and a number of generally not too taxing puzzle mini-games (if the first episode was anything to go by).

Grab the latest adventure at the Beeb website here. It’s a 265MB download, and there’s a handy system check on the site you can use to ensure the game will run on your PC.

Nominees for Novel include Blood of Ambrose (Pyr), by James Enge; The Red Tree (Roc), by Caitlin R. Kiernan); The City & The City (Macmillan UK/Del Rey), by China Miéville; Finch (Underland), by Jeff VanderMeer; and In Great Waters (Jonathan Cape UK/Del Rey), by Kit Whitfield.

The City & The City has already won the 2010 Arthur C. Clarke Award and is nominated for a 2010 Hugo Award, while The Red Tree was also nominated for the 2010 Shirley Jackson Award as Best Novel and for the 2010 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel.

The shortlist in the Novella category include The Women of Nell Gwynne’s (Subterranean), by Kage Baker; “I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said” (F&SF 12/09), by Richard Bowes; “The Lion’s Den” (Nemonymous Nine: Cern Zoo), by Steve Duffy; The Night Cache (PS), by Andy Duncan; “Sea-Hearts” (X6), by Margo Lanagan; and “Everland” (Everland and Other Stories), by Paul Witcover.

The Women of Nell Gwynne’s has already won the Locus Award for Best Novella, while “I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said”, was nominated for a Nebula Award.

Short Story nominees are “The Pelican Bar” (Eclipse Three), by Karen Joy Fowler; “A Journal of Certain Events of Scientific Interest from the First Survey Voyage of the Southern Waters by HMS Ocelot, As Observed by Professor Thaddeus Boswell, DPhil, MSc, or, A Lullaby” (Strange Horizons), by Helen Keeble; “Singing on a Star” (Firebirds Soaring), by Ellen Klages; “The Persistence of memory, or This Space for Sale” (Postscripts 20/21: Edison’s Frankenstein), by Paul Park; “In Hiding” (Putting the Pieces in Place), by R. B. Russell; and “Light on the Water” (Fantasy 10/09), by Genevieve Valentine.

Anthologies nominated for a World Fantasy Award this year are Poe (Solaris), Ellen Datlow, ed,; Songs of The Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance (Subterranean/Voyager), George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, eds.; Exotic Gothic 3: Strange Visitations (Ash-Tree), Daniel Olson, ed.; Eclipse Three (Night Shade), Jonathan Strahan, ed.; American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny: From Poe to the Pulps/From the 1940s to Now (Library of America), Peter Straub, ed.; and The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology (Tachyon), Gordon Van Gelder, ed.

Best Collection nominees include We Never Talk About My Brother (Tachyon), by Peter S. Beagle; Fugue State (Coffee House), by Brian Evenson; There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbor’s Baby: Scary Fairy Tales (Penguin), by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya; Northwest Passages (Prime), by Barbara Roden; Everland and Other Stories (PS), by Paul Witcover; and The Very Best of Gene Wolfe/The Best of Gene Wolfe (PS/Tor) by Gene Wolfe.

Nominees in the category Special Awards – Professional are Peter and Nicky Crowther for PS Publishing; Ellen Datlow for editing anthologies; Hayao Miyazaki for Ponyo; Barbara and Christopher Roden for Ash-Tree Press; Jonathan Strahan for editing anthologies; and Jacob and Rina Weisman for Tachyon Publications.

Special Awards – Non-Professional nominees include John Berlyne for Powers: Secret Histories; Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan and Sean Wallace for Clarkesworld; Susan Marie Groppi for Strange Horizons; John Klima for Electric Velocipede; Bob Colby, B. Diane Martin, David Shaw, and Eric M. Van for Readercon; and Ray Russell & Rosalie Parker for Tartarus Press.

Nominees in the Artist category include John Jude Palencar, John Picacio, Charles Vess, Jason Zerrillo, and Sam Weber.

The winners of this year’s World Fantasy Awards, which recognize works from 2009, will be announced at an awards banquet at the world Fantasy Convention on Sunday 31 October 2010, in Columbus, Ohio.

Lost fans – mind you, only really serious Lost fans – should be aware of a marathon event which is planned by the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square.

Screen Geek reports that starting on the morning of the September 13th, the cinema will be screening every single episode of the series back to back, to celebrate the launch of the DVD box set which happens on the same day.

That’s 121 episodes in total, with a running time of over 80 hours. Yes, 80 hours, which means the marathon won’t finish until some time on Thursday. That’s some serious dedication you’ll need to get through that lot, although regular breaks and the like will be provided.

Only 280 people will be allowed in to experience this test of cinematic endurance, and you can register your interest in being one of the chosen few by emailing lostmarathon@taylorherring.com.

While watching the whole thing like a giant film might seem to be a cool (if slightly mental) idea on the face of it, when you think about it, the marathon is likely to highlight the plot holes, inconsistencies and many bits and pieces that were never tied up by the writers.

Which is stuff most of us forgot about when spanned over the years, but when viewed back to back, we can’t help but think that a lot of questions are bound to be raised. That is, if you don’t keep falling asleep and missing ten hour chunks.

Reverb Publishing has announced that its innovative gaming mash-up of role-playing and tower defence will be out on PSN, Xbox Live and the PC this November.

Developed by Trendy Entertainment using the Unreal 3 engine, the game blends action and RPG elements with multiplayer co-op and tower defence. An intriguing sounding combination indeed.

Up to four players can each take a character, and must use teamwork to defend their castle from hordes of onrushing monsters by summoning defences and traps, but also by getting stuck in and whacking them with great big swords and spells.

Characters can have their stats and skills upgraded, and there’s loot to plunder, equip and indeed customise, giving the player a lot of options in their defensive task. Both online and split-screen local multiplayer will be available.

It looks like a very inventive affair, although the cartoon graphics are possibly a little too colourful for their own good, kaleidoscopic in fact, at times, in the trailer for the game. You can see for yourself here.

Still, it’s definitely one we’re looking forward to having a bash at. Roll on the autumn, and the barrel of gaming goodness it’s hopefully going to bring with it.

Deep Silver has released a new trailer showing off the gameplay of its Saga Online massively multiplayer real-time strategy game.

You can take a gander at the trailer, which shows the sort of kingdoms you can build up, and battles you’ll experience, over at the Saga website. It’s two and a half minutes long.

Saga Online employs a traditional fantasy setting, with elves and dwarves, orcs and dragons, in fact there are over a hundred different units that can be recruited into your army.

Your forces can be used to fight and expand your territory, or you can go the diplomatic route and complete quests with friends to gain experience and loot. The developers say there are over a thousand quests, so plenty to get stuck into.

The game boasts all the usual trappings you’d expect from a massively multiplayer affair, such as guilds, an auction house, raids and so forth. And perhaps one of its most tempting features is the fact that it’s free to play.

You can check out Saga Online yourself by signing up for the open beta at the website.

Avatar has blasted its way to monumental success in the box office, on DVD, and just about everywhere, really, so the sequel was inevitable and swiftly announced.

However, it seems that the film, which is due to be set under the waves of Pandora’s oceans rather than in the forests and cliff-tops seen in the original, might not be arriving as soon as you think.

Blastr reports that Director James Cameron told a US news programme that he has another project in mind which he might want to film before he gets back in bed with the blue-skinned people.

At any rate, he said it would be three or probably four years before Avatar 2 hits the cinema screens, so you’ll just have to pencil the date in your 2014 diary. Although buying a 2014 diary might be tricky…

Disappointed? We are, a little bit. We were hoping to be able to pencil in our two week break in Fuerteventura at the start of August ‘14. And we’re disappointed about the film, too, as while we were quite aware the sequel wasn’t going to be out next year, 2014 seems a long way away.

The other question, of course, is what is this mysterious other film which Cameron talks of? He’s giving nothing away about that at the moment.

Atari and Cryptic Studios have unveiled a new role-playing game called Neverwinter.

Neverwinter is based on the famous D&D city, which in the game finds itself in turmoil following the sad demise of the last Lord of the city, and the ensuing struggle between rival factions who all wish to rule.

Throw in a recent “spell-plague”, which apparently has taken a considerable toll on the population, and the fact that the dead are beginning to rise from their graves, and you have what might be referred to as a bit of a pickle.

And one which is designed to be tacked co-operatively, with folks forming five person parties online, or making up the group with AI characters, all drawn from one of five classic D&D classes.

Cryptic is also promising a powerful content generation tool which is currently codenamed Forge. This will allow players to create their own quests and spin their own story arcs, whether they are tales of power struggles, undead domination, or a missing tea pot which threatens to bring down the guild of cabbage hurlers from the inside. Basically, whatever your imagination will run to, no matter how crazy…

The game launch is part of a multiple release which also encompasses the first book in R.A. Salvatore’s Neverwinter trilogy, and a tabletop role-playing game from Wizards of the Coast. The novel, Gauntlgrym, is out on October 5th, and previews the settings, characters and events which lead up to the PC game.

Jack Emmert, COO of Cryptic Studios, commented: “We’re beyond thrilled to develop a brand new version of Neverwinter. It’s been years since the original became a gaming icon and we’re honoured to work with such a great franchise. We’ve been working closely with Wizards of the Coast and R.A. Salvatore to create an authentic D&D adventure filled with compelling fiction and exciting gameplay.”

Expect Neverwinter the game to be released in the fourth quarter of 2011 on the PC.