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Marvel vs Capcom series to get “Fantastic News” at Comic-Con

Travis Bruno
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Ryota Niitsuma has decided to tease fans of Marvel vs Capcom by announcing that they will be “fantastic news” for the Marvel vs Capcom series during Comic-Con next week. Comic-Con will take place in San Diego and although not many game announcements really come out of the event, there are usually always one or two interesting things revealed.

The panel that will contain this supposed “fantastic news” will take place on Saturday morning at 11 AM. Now Capcom has yet to announce anything for MvC3 or any other games in a long time. What do you think this news could be? Perhaps a new game announcement or maybe a port of the Marvel vs Capcom series onto the 3DS or for PS Vita? We’ll know more next Saturday.

Indiecity- Indie Developers Haven

Darren Resnekov
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I was reading about this and thought it was fantastic idea so i thought i would share it with you all. Indiecity is a PC portal setup by Blitz games specifically designed for indie developers to showcase their creativity and innovative gaming ideas. The only rule is no mainstream games are allowed on site. Anyone can upload a game or part of a game to Indiecity where the community review system will give valuable information back to the developer as well as rank it against everyone elses creations. The community are the ones who ultimately decide whether the game is deemed worthy of falling within the guidelines of the site.

Project lead Chris Swan has commented in an interview with Eurogamer that he is trying to create a destination where developers can go that shows off the creativity and diversity of what gaming can do. He goes on to have a jab at the current state of the market referring to todays market as full of recycled games that are far from pushing boundaries when it comes to innovation. Swan seems more intent on a niche based system that provides something for everyone, something that pushes conventional mainstream idealogy.

Developers have a lot of control over their IP, and are able to set their own prices. So with 1200 or so already on board this is looking very exciting, a bit like a breeding ground of unfound talent just waiting to burst onto the scene. Swan describes the site as the Wild West of Indie sites where pretty much anything goes. Developers have the control over how much of the game they upload, allowing them to get valuable commuity feedback before fine tuning their games or adding/deleting characters and levels. Noting the diversity within the developer community, Swan is quick to denounce that all indie devs are poor and living in squalor. He wants Indiecity to provide Indie devs to actually make a living from their creations rather than just have them sitting on a HDD never to be seen.

For gamers, Indiecity offers badges, achievements and points for participating on forums, writing reviews and generally being helpful to others by being active in the commnunity. Eventually the site hopes to implement a system that would allow users to swap their points in for discounts on games and merchandise. Reading through others comments as i always do, there is mention of a 15-25% sale fee but this is no different to Steam another online sellers of mainstream commercial games. Personally i think this is an awesome idea and i hope it takes off as it seems a great learning tool for gamers and developers alike.

Uncharted film has a new director

Adam Tabor
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All of us here and many of you are excited for one of Sony’s biggest titles, Uncharted 3 is expected to blow us away and many are already enjoying the beta. As many of us know Hollywood is trying to take this franchise to the sliver screen, but what you may not know is that the project is changing directors.

Neil Burger best known for movies like Limitless and The Illusionist will be taking the place of David O Russell. O Russell has left the project reportedly due to “creative differences”. Burger had landed the job because him and the other producers decided to make a plot that had more to do with the games than the terrible father and son adventure that O Russell cooked up.

Still no word on when this movie will come out but as long as we don’t have to deal with some lame Indiana Jones rip off we will be fine. We don’t need another Crystal Skull.

Dust 514 will require “cover charge” for PS3 owners to play

Travis Bruno
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There hasn’t been a lot of information revealed yet regarding the Eve-themed shooter called Dust 514. The game is a PS3 exclusive at the moment and was originally meant to be entirely free to play. That is until now apparently. In an interview with GI.biz, CCP CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson revealed that those who wish to play the game should expect some sort of “cover charge” to gain access to the title.

To be more exact he said the following: “In the beginning you have to pre-buy credits, so you pay something like $10-$20 to enter the game and you get the equivalent number of credits in the game once you do that. We call this the cover charge. You’re really getting the game for free but you have to pre-buy credits in the beginning. We might go fully free-to-play down the line, but in the beginning we have a cover charge just to manage the initial launch of it.”

It seems that although there is a price point for some early adopters to the game, those down the line will not have to worry about paying any price to play the title. Though it is nice that the developers are going to provide in-game money and items to those who pay the cover charge.

Batman: Arkham City’s latest trailer makes Riddler the new Jigsaw

Travis Bruno
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Remember back in Batman: Arkham Asylum how the Riddler was just a guy who would occasionally mock you over the microphone and that is about it? Well looks like he got tired of just sitting around, and apparently watched one too many Saw movies.

Because in this latest trailer that PC Guru has found, the Riddler is a bit more like Jigsaw this time around. There are tunnels full of spinning blades, traps that Batman looks to have to save people from and his demeanor is much more menacing than it ever was before. Catch the trailer below and the game itself when it releases on October 18th for the PS3, 360 and PC.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy detailed; contains heroes from all Final Fantasy titles

Travis Bruno
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Last week we caught word from Jump Magazine that Square Enix had a unique Final Fantasy game they were going to soon reveal. Today is the day that they chose to reveal it by releasing a website for the game. Andrisang has translated the page and revealed that the game is being worked on by both Square Enix and developer Indies Zero and it will be a music game that will contain Chaos and Cosmos from Dissidia: Final Fantasy.

Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy will contain heroes from FFI to FFXIII and each game is considered an episode in the Theatrhythm that players will play through. The player will be able to make a party of four characters to advance through each episode in three stages, a field, battle and event stage. All of the stages are played as a music game with multiple difficulty levels.

The game itself will also draw upon the vast mount of music that has been created in the Final Fantasy series, including “One Winged Angel,” “To Zanarkand,” “Sunleth Waterscape” and more. Square Enix has yet to provide a release date for Japan, nor any new of a Western localization. Though any 3DS games being announced in development is always a good sign.

Mortal Kombat DLC Kombatant Rain Gameplay Trailer Released

Matthew Vella
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Whoever said lightning never strikes in the same place twice obviously never played against Rain in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3! Players will now be able to do so again soon, with Rain coming to Mortal Kombat very soon via DLC. Today Warner Brothers and Netherrealm Studios have released a gameplay trailer of the ninja, and he’s never looked better! His signature thunderbolt attack returns, his weird ‘move-you-around-the-screen-thingy’ is back, and he can still preform a roundhouse kick that defies the laws of gravity by making you appear on the other side of the screen for some reason. His combos look crazy as well, and appears to be one of the stronger characters of the MK9 roster.

For those who didn’t know, Ed Boon is a massive fan of Prince and his song ‘Purple Rain’, and that’s why Rain’s outfit is purple and is known as ‘The Prince of Outworld’. But don’t worry I assure you, he is much cooler than the origins of his name. Just check out the trailer below to find out!!!!

15 Alleged Members of Anonymous Arrested, Authorities Seeking 30 More Suspects

Matthew Vella
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According to a recent article from the technology-based news site Arstechnica, Law enforcement have conducted 32 raids in Italy an one in Switzerland, resulting in the arrests of 15 alleged members of the hacktivist group Anonymous, accused of performing denial of service attacks on Italian government web sites on both state and private broadcasters. The Italian authorities have said the detainees were aged between 15 to 28, most surprisingly 5 of which were under 18 years of age, the supposed ‘leader’ of these attacks was a 26-year-old Swiss-Italian going by the alias ‘Phre’. 30 additional suspects currently being sought after.

In response to this, the AnonOps faction within Anonymous has vowed revenge and is going to “let them have it”, and have also pointed out there are no leaders within Anonymous as “Anonymous has no leaders, no structure”. However other Anonymous members have been angered by the announcement, not for the actions but rather for grammatical errors and the lack of professionalism of the AnonOps individual. Comments on the post show further debates and arguments within the legion shows different sides of view on the topic as well. This has happened within the same week the more peaceful faction, The Anon Party has said they would not be involved in any hacking or DDOS attacks anymore.

Tokyo Game Show 2011 Ticket Giveaway Campaign

Kyle Moore
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Tokyo Game Show 2011 Ticket Giveaway Campaign

Given the success of last years “tweet to get general admission tickets” campaign, the Tokyo Game Show has decided to hold the competition again. The Tokyo Game Show 2011, presented by the Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association, in cooperation with Nikkei Business Publications is giving away 100 double passes to 200 lucky gaming fans to attend the public days of the event being held September 15 to 18 at Makuhari Messe.

The Twitter campaign starts as of today. All you have to do is follow the Tokyo Game Show official Twitter account, @Tokyo_game_show and tweet, in your own words, your “wish to visit the Tokyo Game Show”. Tickets for the days of September 17 and 18 will be offered to 50 couples, that’s 100 lucky video game enthusiasts. Make sure you include the hashtag #tgs2011ticket in your post otherwise your brilliant entries will go unnoticed! If you are not following the official Tokyo Game Show Twitter page at the time of the drawing you will not be eligible for the prize. Winners will be conacted via Direct Message.

If you are not a Twitter user, do not fear. Tokyo Game Show is also giving away another 50 tickets to couples who are users of Facebook. The Facebook giveaway campaign runs until August 31st. All you will need to do is post a comment on “things that I look forward to the most at the Tokyo Game Show” on the wall of the Tokyo Game Show 2011’s official Facebook page. Make sure you enter “see you @ tgs#” before writing your post in order to qualify for the competition. Please note that winners will be contacted via email, so make sure that you have your email registered with Facebook.

The deadline for both Competitions is August 31st (Japan time) and tickets are valid only for the public access days of Saturday September 17 or Sunday September 18. Visit the official Tokyo Game Show website for more information about the upcoming show and competition details.

QuakeCon John Carmacks Annual Keynote Detailed

Benjamin Webb
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QuakeCon, one of the largest and most popular gaming festivals ever, begins August 4th, this year. And leading the convention is John Carmacks annual keynote speech.

Also during the show, attendees will be given the opportunity to experience other key games coming from Bethesda and id Software, including Skyrim, RAGE and Prey 2. As everyone might know, Skyrim is the next installment in the amazing ‘The Elder Scrolls’ series of games, Prey 2 is the the sequel to the amazing Prey and of course RAGE is the upcoming game from id Software.

QuakeCon
2011 will take place at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, TX. The event remains FREE to general admission and BYOC attendees thanks to the support of id and Bethesda Softworks, as well as the QuakeCon volunteer staff and the 2011 event sponsors and exhibitors. Doors to the QuakeCon BYOC will open on Thursday, August 4th at 9:00am CST and will remain open through 12:00pm CST on Sunday, August 7th.
QuakeCon Exhibit Hall Hours are:
Thursday, August 4, 2011 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Friday August 5 2011 10:00 AM ‐6:00 PM
Saturday August 6, 2011 10:00 AM ‐ 6:00 PM

Be sure to check the official website closer to the date for more info.

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