That's a wrap: Comic-Con 2009

Last week's San Diego Comic-Con was one crazy ride. The Joystiq representatives in attendance were trained in advanced interrogation tactics and managed to extract information on a variety of subjects. We've got an update from Peter Jackson himself on the Halo happenings, first footage of South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! and a new game mode for Uncharted 2! Friend, you missed one heck of a week.

But, that's okay! You can get caught up right here, right now. Simply head past the break for a complete summary of all the headlines.

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Gaming news

• The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes pushed back to October 6

• Gears of War COG and Locust Armor coming to Xbox Live Avatars

• Producer: Wesker not returning to Resident Evil (yeah, right)

• Scott Pilgrim game tackled by Ubisoft

• Bungie says Halo: Reach is its last game, working on new IP with new publisher

• Blackjack game may decide producer of Resident Evil 6

• Castle Crashers storming PS3, playable at Comic-Con

Movie news

• Peter Jackson tells Joystiq about the Halo movie, video game project

• Prince of Persia movie getting graphical novel treatment

• James Wan whipping up Castlevania film

• Gears of War director passing on The Rock due to' Doom connection'

• Blomkamp: I probably wouldn't do Halo if it was offered to me

• Next Resident Evil movie will be in 3D, will spawn new film trilogy

Media

• Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles trailers

• South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! video

• Thar's 'Gold Rush' in them thar Uncharted 2 video

• See stills from Assassin's Creed 2: Lineage short film

• Lost Planet 2 screens are educational

• Splinter Cell: Conviction Comic-Con trailer is packed with action, accolades

• Tatsunoko vs Capcom arcade stick mockups from Mad Catz

• Left 4 Dead 2 'Swamp Fever' footage

EA's marketing stunt gone wrong

• EA giving away booth babes as Comic-Con swag

• Dante's Inferno team apologizes for 'Sin to Win' booth babe contest

Joystiquery

• A real-life Flynn's Arcade

• Left 4 Dead 2 'Swamp Fever' hands-on

• Scribblenauts towers over everything'

• The Tim Schafer chat

• Microsoft's Frankie talks Halo Waypoint

• Bioshock 2 is real

Other junk

• Bioshock's Big Sister now a small action figure

• 'The Guild' scheduled to raid Comic-Con

• Mass Effect comic announced, 'Redemption' begins in January