Weekly News Roundup: 4/25/2010

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Some of the silhouettes are so obvious who they are, Capcom might as well just have outright announced them. A few are slightly mysterious, at least.

• Capcom officially announced Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds which will have comic-book ink style look. Of the 30 characters that will be in the game, the known characters so far are Ryu, Wolverine, Hulk, Morrigan, Iron Man, and Chris Redfield. Suspected characters are Felicia, Frank West, Chun Li, Trish, Dante, Deadpool, Captain America, Doctor Doom, Super Skrull, and Dormammu. MVC3 will use the MT framework engine used in Resident Evil 5 and Lost Planet 2, but will be a 2D fighter in a 3D world like Street Fighter IV. For music, there will be 100 tracks of new and remixed songs. One of them just has to be a remix of "Take Me for a Ride."

• Capcom announced Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 which will add an unheard-of feature to the series: jumping.

• From Capcom's Captivate 2010 event, they also a announced Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, co-op for Dead Rising 2, a North American release for Okamiden, and free Super Street Fighter IV tournament DLC.

• Two voice actors leaked two villains that will be in Arkham Asylum 2: Mr. Freeze and Talia al Ghul.

• The PS3 version of Final Fight: Double Impact has DRM, but Capcom didn't tell anyone about it before it came out. It wouldn't be such a huge issue, but to even play the game you need a constant internet connection. Bad move for such an awesome game.

• Apparently there was almost a Lego Marvel game, but then Marvel licensed Spider-Man out to Mega Bloks. Damn you, Mega Bloks!

• Some guy beat Castlevania with a dance pad.

• Street Fighter High is exactly how it sounds. It takes the Street Fighter characters, even Juri and C. Viper from IV, and puts them in the dangerous world of high school.

- Shawn - 4/25/10

Weekly News Roundup: 4/18/2010

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What you need to know about Gears of War 3: Dom has a fuzzy beard. That is all.

• The big reveal was spoiled last week, but bow there is a proper Gears of War 3 debut trailer that shows us a number of things to expect in the last chapter of this trilogy. The female Gear Anya Stroud introduced in the Gears of War comic series will be in the game, possibly along with other female Gears. Like the Elite from Halo, the Humans and Locusts unite, probably against the Lambent. There will be 4-player co-op. Most importantly, however, Dom now has a bigger and fuzzier beard. By the way, I call Anya.

• Press the Buttons has assembled a video of the original appearances of the Mega Man killers. If you've never played the Game Boy games this is good to see their roots.

• A sentient set of Rathalos Armor from Monster Hunter is the newest exclusive Lost Planet 2 guest character. Rathalos will be in the Japanese PS3 version, but Capcom will most likely be brining it to North America, too.

• Turn-based strategy game X-Com is returning... as a first-person shooter. That's just weird.

• Super Meat Boy developer Edmund McMillen has an interesting and funny look at the evolution of difficulty in games.

• Check out the hilarious six-part Final Fight: Double Impact machinma trailers featuring Mike Haggar for Mayor spots.

• New Naughty Bear trailers Power Outage, Pick 'N' Mix, and Bear Witch have arrived to show off some more naughtiness.

• StarCraft II has somehow been rated Adults Only in Korea, which is funny because StarCraft is pretty much the only game that's played over there.

• A woman fell off a Wii Fit board and damaged a nerve, giving her persistent sexual arousal syndrome. Apparently Wii Fit does keep you fit... in your pants.

- Shawn - 4/18/10

Weekly News Roundup: 4/11/2010

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I was expecting a tasty hamburger or piece of chicken in the barrel, not all this awesomeness.

• Capcom makes some awesome press kits, but the Final Fight: Double Impact press kit is their best yet. Housed in a foam rubber breakable barrel are Poison's "It's a Trap!" hair coloring, a Mike Haggar for Mayor pin, two arcade tokens with FF and Magic Sword images, a reversible t-shirt (Re-Elect Mike Haggar on one side, MS on the reverse), and the soundtrack on a cassette tape with FF music on one side and MS on the other. Looks like it's good that I haven't thrown out my cassette player yet. Capcom had made their press kits available to fans, so it's only a matter of time before this pops up on the Capcom Store.

• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will have a Monster Hunter mode where Snake can hunt two huge monsters with the help of the lovable Felynes. If that's not enough cross-game promotion, Peace Walker will also have interactivity with Front Mission: Evolved for the PS3. You'll be able to equip your Front Mission mechs with pieces from the Metal Gears from Peace Walker. Man, these features really make me wish the game was on a proper console instead of the PSP, but now I'm going to have to get a PSP. Also, the MGS:PW CD single of the song "Love Deterrence" has a slip-off top for the character Paz. Since you can see through clothing in the game I guess you might as well be able to do it on a CD cover.

• This is the best tribute song to the Neo Geo arcade cabinet ever. It's very catchy and so amazing.

• Pixels destroy New York and then the world in this fantastic video called Pixels.

• The big Gears of War 3 reveal was spoiled by a brief ad on Xbox Live. The game will be out in April 2011.

• A rumor indicates that Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 will be revealed in May. But it's just a rumor.

• The classic Rush 'N Attack is making a comeback with Rush 'N Attack: Ex-Patriot. It looks a lot like Bionic Commando: Rearmed and Shadow Complex.

• After 28 years, the Asteroids high score has finally been beaten.

• Compile Heart is making a game about the videogame industry. It will be an RPG of sorts with four worlds with each world has a goddess who wears an outfit based on a PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and the R4.

• The King of Fighters XIII opening shows that the game will be the climax of the Ash Crimson saga. Ash Crimson had a saga?

• At last, the true origins of Dark Void Zero have been revealed.

- Shawn - 4/11/10

Weekly News Roundup: 4/4/2010

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That faceplate may end up on eBay, but it's still awesome to see a Limited Edition for a niche shooter in the U.S.

• Surprisingly, Death Smiles is actually getting a Limited Edition version in the U.S. The LE will contain the soundtrack and a faceplate for only $49.99. I was expecting to pay $60 for the game itself, so this is great news for shooter fans. For April Fools, Aksys posted the BDSM Über Edition with angel wings, a whip, a coffin, a collar, and creepy boxer briefs that look like panties. That's almost creepier than the furries I saw at WonderCon. Almost.

• Capcom revealed the final box art for Super Street Fighter IV... and it still looks like a lazy Photoshop job. Why couldn't they just have used the Japanese or European box art?

• Bungie's April Fools joke was adding Chess to the Halo: Reach multiplayer. They should think about actually adding it, though, because I would love to play Halo Chess. Bungie has also detailed a lot of the new stuff we'll be able to do in the Halo: Reach beta/multiplayer.

• Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet will be finding its way to Xbox Live sometime in the future.

• Sega's April Fools' joke was the silly yet awesome Ecco: Water Wars 2.

• I can see a lot of people wearing this Mega Man hoodie, but it's just a concept prototype right now.

• If Bayonetta was on the Master System it would look like this.

• Udon has a preview of their Street Fighter Encyclopedia coming out in June. They also have a preview of the Mega Man ZX manga.

- Shawn - 4/4/10