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.

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