2K Sports has announced that Dan the Automator presents 2K7, the soundtrack for NBA 2K7, is now available for purchase throughout North America. This collection of 12 tracks includes songs from Mos Def, Fabulous, E-40, along with Dan the Automator himself.

Select tracks from the album includes: Dan the Automator - Intro, A Tribe Called Quest - Lyrics to Go (Dan the Automator Remix), Fabolous - Ball Til You Fall, Mos Def & Anwar Superstar - Here Comes The Champ and many others.

NBA 2K7 is available on the PS2 and Xbox 360; a PS3 version will be available this Holiday season.

Already a hit game in Japan, Ubi has announced that it will release Sega’s Mind Quiz brain training game in Europe for the PSP. Similar to Nintendo’s Brain Age, the game will be available in stores this November. Details:

• Test calculation, reflex, judgement, and memory: All the exercises are qualified to exercise the brain with scientific experiments

• How old is your brain? Featuring the Brain Age Checking Mode: Mind Quiz contains the new “Brain Age Checking Mode” this allows the player to evaluate their brain age by solving questions once a day

• Intense fun: Set in a school setting, players can enjoy elements such as online gameplay and mock exams to evaluate strength. The game also features a ‘challenge mode’ and a ‘healing gallery’

• Pick up and play: By using the PSP’s simple functionality, anyone can play Mind Quiz at any age. Begin training with school teachers, then try a variety of unique brain training programs and difficulty settings.

• The latest addition to the blockbuster “Brain Trainer” Japanese series: Renamed “Mind Quiz” for Europe, the game is the best in the series yet. Supervised by Dr. Kawashima, the Japanese authority on Functional Brain Imaging, Mind Quiz helps to train and stimulate the brain.

Financially troubled publisher Atari has announced the completion of its strategic internal studio divesture, revealing the sale of Shiny Entertainment to Foundation 9 Entertainment.

Shiny Entertainment is responsible for quite a few high-profile games, including the atrociously atrophied Enter the Matrix and, more recently, The Matrix: Path of Neo. As part of the deal, Atari will retain its current project planning formerly developed by Shiny, including Earthworm Jim. It is not known if there were any changes at Shiny following the transaction.

Word comes from Lexicon Entertainment that the British publisher has picked up Penumbra: Overture, and that it has gone episodic. Here’s a bit:

The first episode takes place in an underground facility on Greenland where the player finds himself alone, confused and with no way to get out. Something is wrong… where is everyone, and what are those strange noises?

The game will be released as three episodes, with the first due in Q1 2007. It is being developed by Frictional Games. More details after the jump.
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Bethesda announces that veteran game and film/TV composers Rod Abernethy and Jason Graves have created the original orchestral scores for the company’s upcoming Star Trek games. The two have produced 60-minutes of classic symphonic style music for Star Trek: Legacy (Xbox 360 and PC), which will also feature all five actors who portrayed the series’ captains. Other titles include Star Trek: Tactical Assault (PSP and DS) and Star Trek: Encounters (PS2).

Legacy is scheduled for release on November 7; Tactical Assault is coming out on October 27; and Encounters has already been released.

Further information on the above titles can be found after the jump.
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