Having a horrible online experience with Tekken 6?  Namco Bandai are promising a patch to improve the online game experience.  I have not personally picked up a copy yet, but for those who have let us know how it is for you?

Tekken 6 Update Coming To Combat Online Lag [Kotaku]

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Yesterday a Chinese site had revealed what was apparently the last two campaigns in Left 4 Dead 2, those were “Hard Rain” and “Dead Center”.  This has now been confirmed by Xbox360Achievements.org who has the juicy details about new and otherwise rumored futures, like a defibrillator to revive teammates.  Check out the rest over at their site.

Full Story [via JoyStiq]

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Marvel is introducing Carnage to the Ultimate Alliance lineup.  Carnage has a striking resemblance to Spider-man’s foe Venom.  He is quick like Spider-Man and deadly like Venom, in other words, badass.

Check out the trailer below to see him in full action.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQOXFGF-YMc

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The PC version of Borderlands will be hitting stores this 26th of October, which is unfortunately a week after the console versions  hit.  This game promises to bring a unique perspective on the first person genre by incorporating MMORPG elements along with an interesting artstyle.

This game has a lot of hype behind it, with the promise of billions of randomly generated weapons, massive environment with dynamic missions, and of course drop-in Co-Op play with many people.

OS: Windows XP/Vista
Processor: 2.4 Ghz or equivalent processor
Memory: 1GB System RAM (2GB recommended with Vista)
Graphics: 256mb video ram or better (GeForce 8 series or higher/Radeon R8xx series)
Hard Drive: 8 GB or more free space
Sound: Windows compatible sound card

Full Story [Shacknews]

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The trailer released yesterday from TGS 2009 is now fully in English along with the localized scenes in the game. Check it out after the break.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SJPeFNbhOs

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Check out the extended trailer of Super Street Fighter IV that showcases three of the new character’s moves and specials.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mutm-xm2akc

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Super Street Fighter IV has been announced today as a stand-alone separate title.  The game will include 8 new characters, improved online play, and balance changes to all the current characters based of feedback from the community.  Additionally, even though the game is a separate title, it will not be sold full price but closer to the price of what you would pay for DLC.

Currently 3 out of the 8 new characters are confirmed whom are Deejay, T.Hawk, and Juri.

Owners of Street Fighter IV will also receive a bonus when they buy Super Street Fighter IV.

Full Story [ShackNews]

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News has come forth that Left 4 Dead 2 has been refused classification in Australia.  While it isn’t necessarily banned, it has the same effect. Below are the reasons highlighted in the official report.

* The game contains violence that is high in impact and is therefore unsuitable for persons aged under 18 to play.

* It notes that this violence is “inflicted upon ‘the Infected’ who are living humans infected with a rabies-like virus that causes them to act violently”.

* The report singles out the use of melee weapons as those that “inflict the most damage” and cause “copious amounts of blood spray and splatter (sic), decapitations and limb dismemberment.. or even cause intestines to spill from the wounds”.

* In conclusion, the Board finds that the “interactive nature of the game increases the overall impact of the frequent and intense depictions of violence. This coupled with the graphic depictions of blood and gore combine to create a playing impact which is high.”

* Interestingly, the report also reveals that it wasn’t a unanimous decision and that “a minority of the Board is of the opinion that the violence is strong in playing impact and therefore warrants an MA15+ classification” instead. However, the majority voted to refuse classification.

Kotaku Australia has contacted EA for comment and they have yet to respond.

Full Story [Kotaku]

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Remember the full refund promised by a Wolfenstein developer if the game sold more than Madden? Well you can forget about that, NPD Group has released sales for Wolfenstein and revealed the game sold poorly.

Combined sales of Xbox, PS3 and PC and you get a total of 106,000 units.  Even with Wolfenstein’s relatively favorable reviews, those sales are complete crap and not looking good for Raven (which has also laid off people recently), and Activision.

Full Story [GameSpot]

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So apparently yesterday in Japan, there was some ad on YouTube saying that the release date would actually be announced today.  Some people were able to figure out how to manipulate the ad to actually display the date, and thus presented it yesterday leaked as December 17, 2009. 

Today, it was confirmed that Final Fantasy XIII will be released on that day according to the people at Kotaku.  Well, as you may have guessed, this is only for the Japanese release of the game.  Western fans (myself) will probably have to wait for some time before seeing it in 2010.

[Contents via Kotaku]

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So GameTrailers has released a trailer revealing BioShock 2’s multiplayer gameplay.  After watching the trailer though, I wasn’t thoroughly impressed with any of the aspects of it.  I think it’s cool that you get to use a lot of the powers you receive in BioShock on other people, but it makes me feel that it will make playing extremely unrewarding and very spam-like.  And throwing big-daddy into the mix just seems to add to the chaotic mix.  I mean, it looks like it could be fun for a little while, but none of the big multiplayer games (TF2 *cough*) will feel any vibrations from this at all.

But enough of my thoughts – what do you think?

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Check out the new trailer for Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer.  At the end, there is a reveal of the new host migration support where if the host drops out, the game will seamlessly reconnect everyone to a different host.  Shortly after, the player executes a throwing knife kill. Sweet!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4PMRFkx07g

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The immensely popular Grand Theft Auto franchise will be making its debut on the iPhone via Chinatown Wars, which was originally a Nintendo DS game, now coming to PSP and iPhone.

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Sony is bringing God of War and God Of War II to the PS3 with refinements.  These improvements include 720P support, trophy support, and 60 frames per second.  Of course with the added benefit of Blu-ray, both games will fit on one disc.

Price is $40 and expected to ship a few months before God of War III.

For those emulation junkies, this probably doesn’t seem all that impressive due to the fact that PCSX2 can run these games at 1080P with full scene anti-aliasing and at 60FPS.

In the coming days, a PCSX2 tutorial and possible game showcase will reveal just how to play PS2 games in full-HD.

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So apparently at the Game Crazy convention, there was some gameplay video taken and leaked onto youtube.  So here it is!

Quality of the video isn’t the greatest, but you can tell that this game looks great already.

[Contents via VGChartz]

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Following the critical acclaim of the new Batman game (yes finally!), it has been given the record of the ’Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever’.

It’s kind of odd to me that such a record exists but you know, Guinness World Records seem to have records for everything nowadays.

I myself can’t wait for the PC version of the game to release, I hate how the PC versions are always delayed.  I have played the game on PS3 however, and it’s definitely one of the best looking games this summer.  The game-play is enticing and feels very fluid.

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The drop of the price for the 80GB PS3 model had an immediate effect on the market.  This week, sales have already increased a whopping 30% according to VGChartz.  It seems that the overall sales have not been as high as they would have expected though.

Here are the reasons:

Consumers are waiting for the new model PS3 which launches on September 1st

Stocks of the existing model are starting to become quite low in the US – indeed the entire reason for the price cut is to get rid of the last of the stock to make way for the new model.

This means that sales could potentially get even higher in the coming weeks.  VGChartz notes that preorders for the slim PS3 are actually greater than the current PS3 sales, so we’ll see how it stands after it debuts on the 1st.

As for me, unless I can convince my housemates to purchase it – I’ll still be PS3-less.  My money needs to be saved for a DSLR camera and Japan.  I would love to play the upcoming PS3 games though.  Like Uncharted 2.  And Heavy Rain.  And FFXIII Versus.  And The Last Guardian.  And some PS3 exclusives I was never able to play ><.

[Content via VGChartz]

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So the guys over at Kotaku just confirmed that this $300 price cut isn’t all what it seems right now.  So what is it really?  Well Kotaku found a nice Japanese article that showed what you’d actually be spending on the new little piece of hardware.

• PS3 Slim = ¥29,980 (US$318)
• PS3 Slim + Game = ¥36,980 ($394)
• PS3 Slim + Game + Stand = ¥38,980 ($415)
• PS3 Slim + Game + Stand + HDMI Cable = ¥41,980 ($447)
• PS3 Slim + Game + Stand + HDMI Cable + 2nd Controller = ¥47,480 ($505)

So you probably don’t need the stand or HDMI cables, but a game can cost up to $60-$70 and additional controllers go for about $50.  But hey, this can be said of all new systems you buy right?  I do have to say the price tag of $300 is much better than what the PS3 cost originally.  Also, with a 120 GB hard drive and some other new pimped out features, it is still very appealing – even with the extra expenses.

[Content via Kotaku and オレ的ゲーム情報]

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Today is the release of ID Software’s remake/sequel of Wolfenstein (Developed by Raven Software).  We will be playing it and reviewing it in the coming days. Anyone get it yet? Leave your impressions in the comments!

GameTrailers posted a Wolfenstein Retrospective this week.  For those who don’t know, GameTrailers does retrospectives for many franchises such as Final Fantasy, Zelda, Metal Gear, and Resident Evil.  These retrospectives detail the history and evolution of a game franchise, and are very well done!

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Wait, that’s in 4 days right?  So [Activision] will be releasing this new iteration of Wolfenstein, and I think it actually looks pretty decent.  It’s not a game that I’m absolutely waiting for, but it’s about to come out and having played [Return to Castle Wolfenstein], I figure I’ll probably give this a spin eventually; even moreso since I haven’t played anything in a while (even though I had all summer).

So we all remember Return to Castle Wolfenstein, right?  I actually enjoyed playing that game back in the day.  The single player was fun, albeit short and fairly easy.  The multiplayer aspect of the game though, occupied a lot more of my time since most of my friends also played.  You could pick classes such as Medic, Field Ops, Engineer, or Soldier – each with different weapons and skill sets.  A free multiplayer version came out that added new maps and more features called Enemy Territory was also released.  Shortly after some time though, everyone started hacking the game and made multiplayer no longer fun.

I’ve never actually played Wolfenstein 3D, the first of the Wolfenstein games to come out, but judging from what I’ve seen, it feels very doom-like; it was a DOS game after all.  The premise of the game is that you’re an American soldier trying to escape from a Nazi stronghold.  I think in the end you end up killing the Fuhrer himself.

But enough about the old; it’s time for the new!  Wolfenstein from Activision obviously looks much better than its predecessors, especially since Return to Castle Wolfenstein was released all the way in 2001.  The graphics aren’t over the top, but I think I like the way it looks from the screenshots off the [website].

Wolfenstein is actually the sequel to Return to Castle Wolfenstein, so there should be similarities or at least references to its predecessors I assume.  The release trailer was made public yesterday at [Quakecon] and has quickly found its way onto the internet, so I bring it to you here, courtesy of [GameTrailers]:

It seems like there will be a lot of Nazi zombies going around, along with a bunch of other supernatural things – the usual RTCW stuff.  The release trailer kind of hints at a story where you’re an American soldier that was captured and is now trying to escape from the castle.  Wait, what?  I think I just experienced deja vu as this plot seems familiar, but we’ll see – I have to play the game first.  With only 5 days left, hopefully it’ll be sooner, rather than later – oh if only school wasn’t starting so soon.

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Following yesterday’s news of GRIN’s rumored financial turmoil, today comes official confirmation that the studio is now dead.

The company had issued a statement on their website:

It is with a heavy heart we announce today that GRIN has been forced to close its doors. This as too many publishers have been delaying their payments, causing an unbearable cashflow situation.

After twelve years of hard work, employing hundreds of wonderfully talented men and women, it is over. It has been a great adventure and the GRIN family has experienced what few have.

Looking back at twelve years of games, titles such as Ballistics, Bandits, GRAW 1 & 2, Bionic Commando Rearmed, Wanted: Weapons of Fate, Terminator: Salvation, Bionic Commando and our unreleased masterpiece that we weren’t allowed to finish; it has been a great ride.

However, it isn’t exactly the end for GRIN as former employee Peter Björklund, has decided to form Outbreak Studios. In addition, a couple of games in development are still using GRIN’s Diesel Engine.

It’s always sad to see developer studios close down, while I disliked the GRAW games, I actually thought Wanted: Weapons Of Fate game was pretty good although a bit short.

Best of luck to them.

Full Story [Giantbomb]

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So I was catching the tail end of the live Sony conference yesterday and saw part of a game that caught my eye.  It’s called the last guardian and from the trailers, it looks super sweet.  Seems like it revolves around a boy and his giant diety pet or something.  The graphics look top notch and it seems to be a different sort of game.  Looks interesting enough to me.  Anyone want to let me borrow like 800 dollars so I can buy a Wii and PS3 in the upcoming year?  Please?  Pretty please?

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