Capcom has revealed that Xbox Live Gold subscribers that purchase the upcoming XBLA title Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 (800 Microsoft Points) will be given an access key to download the beta of the much-anticipated downloadable title Super Street Fighter II: Turbo HD Remix.
This beta will run for approximately 8 weeks. So far this deal is Xbox 360 only, so if you want your Street Fighter fix quit your XBLA hating and go […]
Leaked magazine scans have new info about the upcoming Lost Planet: Extreme Condition sequel. Dubbed Lost Planet Colonies, this sequel has been traveling through the rumor mill for some time but no information was available until now.
According to the scans, Colonies will have one new female character and new weapons and monsters, in online-play you will be able to play either as human or as a bug and the title will feature cross-platform play between PCs and Xbox 360s (no word about PS3 yet).
The mag scans also state that […]
A leaked photo of this week’s pre-newsstand Famitsu spread the rumors about a new Street Fighter 4 character, and now Capcom’s US Blog has the details regarding this new fighter.
Joining Crimson Viper and Abel on the list of new contenders on the upcoming SF4 comes El Fuerte, a Mexican Lucha Libre wrestler (and a part-time gourmet cooker) that is said to compete with Abel and Zangief for the top grappler spot in the title.
Sources: Kotaku, Shoryuken and Capcom US - The Blog
At the Destination PlayStation, a retailers-only conference, word got out that Metal Gear Solid 4 will be hitting stores June 12, 2008.
Aside from this, looks like Sony will be releasing a bundle with an 80GB PlayStation 3, a DualShock 3 and MGS4.
Read: Metal Gear Solid 4 Finally Has A Release Date
After OXM revealed that a Nine Inch Nails Rock Band song pack would be coming out during March, Harmonix decided that NIN fans deserved to play some of their favorite songs early.
Harmonix developer Johnlok posted on the Rock Band forums that a Nine Inch Nails pack will be coming out next Tuesday, Feb 26. Included in the pack are: “The Collector” and personal favorites “March of the Pigs” and “The Perfect Drug.” All three […]
Today Toshiba officially announced the discontinuation of their HD-DVD businesses.
A press release by Toshiba states that “Toshiba will begin to reduce shipments of HD DVD players and recorders to retail channels, aiming for cessation of these businesses by the end of March 2008.”
Also, from the press release, Toshiba will continue to support standard DVD but no Blu-Ray anytime soon.
What does it all mean? Blu-ray wins by knockout, since Toshiba was the chair company of […]
The latest issue of GamePro has news about Microsoft closing a deal to acquire Gears of War developer Epic Games; allegedly, the deal could cost as much as as $1 billion dollars.
Hold on, let me get my giant mound of salt. Okay.
If this turns out to be true, Microsoft would own the much hyped and Epic-developed Unreal Engine 3, used in the already mentioned Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3.
Right now, this is just a rumor due to many reasons, obviously, and the price is only one of them. […]
Hot off the presses comes news regarding Championship Gaming Series titles for the 2008 season. The biggest surprise is Forza Motorsport 2 being selected as the League’s new official racing title. Other than that, the only new addition is FIFA ‘08, replacing last season’s FIFA 07 on the consoles.
The complete list of titles is Counter-Strike: Source and FIFA ‘08 for the PC, Forza Motorsport 2 and Dead or Alive 4 for Xbox 360.
CGS Commisioner […]
Update: An MTV Games spokesperson has said this list is subject to change.
March’s issue of OXM (Official Xbox Magazine) reveals Rock Band’s DLC for March. Among the soon-to-be available songs and packs you can find “Fuel” by Metallica, “Supernaut” by Black Sabbath, “Message In A Bottle” by The Police and (drum-roll) personal favorites “March of the Pigs” and “The Perfect Drug” by Nine Inch Nails.
Here’s the full release list:
Week of March 4th
Thrash Three Pack
“Blinded by Fear” by At The Gates
“Thrasher” by Evile
“Shadow […]
After the disbandment of 4Kings’ Warcraft III squad and yesterday’s news that Grubby joined MYM, PGS announced on their official website that LiilD.C, Fury and Zeus are joining their roster.
Daniel “LiiLD.C” Claesson said to the PGS website: “I started some conversations with PGS even when I was in 4K. They offered me a very good contract which I had a hard time refusing…PGS was the logical choice for me.”
Along with the signing of these […]
An intrepid hacker by the alias drkIIRaziel got Sega’s Naomi BIOS running on a Dreamcast emulator. For those of you who don’t know the Dreamcast is the parent system of the Naomi board.
While the BIOS crack is a big deal, you can’t run your favorite games yet. A lot more needs to happen behind the scenes before games are actually up and running–a BIOS alone does not make a system.
Still, you can always hope to play such Dreamcast classics as Ikaruga, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Ferrari F355 Challenge on your computer in the future.
Here’s a video of drkIIRaziel […]
Kotaku Australia (this exists?) reports that EA’s Australian branch informed them that the upcoming, cartoon-styled shooter, Battlefield Heroes will be exclusive to the US and Europe.
Considering the game is downloadable, so far it’s unclear how EA will control this.
But they’ll certainly find a way. While EA was unable to explain the reasons behind such a decision, the common guess is that it wants to try the free-to-play system in a more closed environment and […]
