Conspiracy Entertainment has just signed a publishing agreement with Epicenter Studios to bring together the Wii-exclusive Real Heroes: Firefighters. But while the title all but screams "fiery action," you'll be quite surprised to learn that it won't be violent at all. So what's in store for you in this game? Read up over after the jump.

It looks like Lara finally has a daddy to come home to. Warner Bros Home Entertainment recently subscribed up to £15 million (US$ 30 million) new shares in the company and announced a new strategic partnership with the house behind the Tomb Raider series. For more details regarding this, read our full article after the jump.

If you want to know all about the top game development studios in the industry today, you can read all about them in the recently published Develop 100 by Sheridan and amBX. The book takes a look at the top 100 gaming studios as well as additional information on their respective revenues throughout the year. For more information regarding this, you can read our full article after the jump.

Now's your chance to jump the gun if you haven't secured a copy of Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 for the Nintendo Wii. Amazon is offering a big-time 34% discount! Don't worry about Wi-fi problems; EA has solved that one well. Bring this baby home by heading over to the full article where a shortcut and more details await.

Game Developers Magazine is starting a new trend, and it's to list out the Top 50 videogame developers of the year - just to give back to the groups that made our lives a bit more exciting through their realized (and digitized) works of art. Want to know if your favorite game developer made the list? Hit the full article to find out!

Think you've got the skills to be named the best Super Smash Bros. Brawl player in Canada? It's time to prove it. Nintendo and EB Games are hosting a series of tournaments for the aforementioned game in various locations in Canada. If you want to find out more about this, head on over to the full article.

Canada's making some waves in the gaming industry as the NPD Group's November numbers reveal that the country has passed CA$ 1.13 billion (US$ 1.11 billion) for their year-to-date revenues. It's nowhere near the US$ 2.63 billion the US chucked out US$ 2.63 billion last month but considering that the Canadian industry rose a staggering 65% from the same period from last year, it's a pretty big achievement and a positive sign that gaming's getting larger than ever. More in the full article.

Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien revealed to Rick Mercer (see left) of the Mercer Report in their recent interview that he has taken up Wii Sports boxing along with other activities to stay healthy since his quadruple heart bypass operation last October.

More in store at the full article.

With the latest numbers from NPD finally in for the month of October, the console race is once again in full swing as it gets ready for its holiday storm of releases. Overall, last month was a very productive month for game publishers as revenues hit an astounding US$ 1.1 billion.

Check out the breakdown of the numbers right after the jump!

Canada-based interactive entertainment company Ludia Inc. announced today that it will be making a video game adaptation of the famous TV show Hell's Kitchen. For our readers not familiar with it, Hell's Kitchen is a cooking reality show from Granada America that features the quite profane but excellent chef Gordon Ramsey.

You can think of them as Nintendo's Cooking Mama but with a lot of attitude. Anyway, Ludia didn't specify exactly on what platform it will be releasing the new title. However, the press release sent to us did say that it will be released "across all major platforms including PC, console and mobile."

"We are thrilled that Granada is entrusting us with the Hell's Kitchen property. The show has millions of viewers, and the game will bring the fun of the kitchen boot camp experience from the TVs to the PCs and consoles of this rapidly growing audience," commented Ludia founder and CEO Alex Thabet.

Concrete details has yet to be announced but the video game Hell's Kitchen will also be providing Ramsey's favorite food concoctions for players to print, try out, and share, Ludia added. The title has a wide release date schedule of 2008.