Sci-Fi & Gaming News Archive - July 23, 2008

By Cesar G. Soriano LONDON -- Actor Christian Bale, star of the new Batman flick The Dark Knight, was arrested Tuesday on allegations of assaulting his mother and sister, British police and news media said.

Years ago, Comic-Con quit being about comics and became more about creating pop-culture hits. But has it become too much?

Microsoft Corp is following the lead of popular websites Facebook and YouTube, as it begins to rely on Xbox 360 users to create new video games and broaden the types of games available on its console.

"The X-Files: I Want to Believe," the sequel to the 1998 "X-Files" movie and the hit '90s TV show of the same name, should really be called "The X-Files: I Can't Believe THIS is What They Came Up With.""X-Files" creator Chris Carter and longtime writer Frank Spotnitz had a few years off to dream up new adventures for everyone's favorite male-female FBI detective team.