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Alan Wake: Night Springs rumored to be in development for XBLA

Travis Bruno
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With information from an anonymous source, the same supposed anonymous source that revealed the existence of Gotham City Imposters months before it was officially announced, XBLAFans has stated that the next Alan Wake title will actually be an Xbox Live Arcade title that will be called Alan Wake’s Night Springs.

Night Springs was the name of the television show that was in the world of Alan Wake if you remember. Remedy themselves have not been able to be reached for comment about this leak of information but they did state in the past that the next Alan Wake game they were working on would not be a sequel or would not be additional DLC. So what do you think this game may contain whenever it is actually announced, or is this all just a big rumor.

Deathsmiles 2X currently unavailable in Canada or Mexico

Travis Bruno
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Deathsmiles 2X was the first title to be released directly onto Games on Demand in North America in an effort to bring more Japanese titles to American shores, but it turns out that the title is actually only available for residents in the United States at the moment. Those who want to obtain the title in Mexico or in Canada currently are not able to due to unknown reasons at this time.

In a response to Siliconera‘s question to Cave about this problem, Cave stated that they are currently working with Microsoft on the issue but unfortunately at this time there isn’t any further information for residents outside of the United States. We hope that this issue is resolved soon so not only more fans of the series get to access the second title and also prove that this distribution method is something that should be taken advantage of and allow more obscure Japanese titles see a Western release.

Harley Quinn will have a new voice in Batman: Arkham City

Travis Bruno
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Fans of Harley Quinn’s previous voice actor Arleen Sorkin will be saddened to hear that she will no longer be voicing the role of Harley Quinn in Batman: Arkham City. Despite the fact that she has been the voice of the character since the beginning of the cartoon series back in the 90s, the role will now be handed over to voice actor Tara Strong who will be performing for the first time as Harley Quinn.

This isn’t the first time that Tara Strong has handled voice acting though, she also did the voice of Rikku in Kingdom Hearts 2, X-23 in Marvel vs Capcom 3 and being the voice of Batgirl in various animated series in the past. At least this means that she has some experience with the Batman universe. This information comes from a short Q&A with Strong that was posted on Arkham City’s website.

Love Plus 3DS features revealed

Travis Bruno
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Love Plus 3DS features revealed

Love Plus is a title that has never seen the light of day outside of Japan and it most likely never will. But a bit of news came in today about Konami’s next entry in the Love Plus series; Love Plus 3DS. The game will make use of the 3D system and be completely portable and is more or less a girlfriend simulation game. Andriasang has uncovered the information about a few other features that will be included with the title.

Something known as a Boyfriend Lock will make it so that the girls in the game will not respond to anyone who is not their boyfriend, or the game’s owner. It will use facial recognition to use this feature and players can also register their friends or their family members to the game so that their virtual girlfriend will respond to them in a manner befitting a brother or a sister depending who they are talking to. Players can use the 3DS’ wireless feature to connect to other Love Plus 3DS owners and have their girls interact with one another and even become friends. This title sure is a very interesting one to say the least but I can still never see the franchise heading into Western markets.

Square Enix teasing new Carmageddon

Jack Joly
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Square Enix looks set to announce a new Carmageddon game, with a countdown timer appearing on the game’s official website, located at http://www.carmageddon.com/.

The violent vehicular combat series hasn’t seen an instalment since the year of the new millenium, 2000, when Carmageddon TDR 2000 was released. A planned fourth instalment was cancelled before its planned 2005 release, but maybe this could be a revival for the series.

Is anybody familiar with the series? I imagine that, as all has been quiet on the Carmageddon front, a lot of people may not know about it. It’s just a shame there’s a timer now obscuring the official website from view to see what the series is all about.

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 announced

Jack Joly
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Bloody hell, Harry! After the success of the first game and the general ongoing prosperity of the LEGO line of games, Traveller’s Tales will be bringing us a follow-up to LEGO Harry Potter: Years: 1-4 – LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7.

This should hopefully tie-up all loose-ends with the series, building the last 3 books/ last 4 films out of LEGO bricks. The new context will allow you to explore new areas of the world of Harry Potter, so expect to venture from the safety of Hogwarts out into the LEGO streets of Grimmauld Place and Godric’s Hollow. With any luck we’ll get to explore the Ministry of Magic thanks to some major scenes from the movies taking place there.

Its release date, at this time, is simply Q4, making 2011 a very LEGO packed year indeed. No doubt there will be more updates to come moving forward.

El Shaddai Video Preview

Adam Tabor
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We take a look at the upcoming game from Ignition Entertainment El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron for Xbox 360 and PS3. El Shaddai is an action platformer game with a graphical style all of its own. We were able to get our hands on a copy of the demo and here our impressions of the game.

Let us know what you thought of the preview. Leave your comments below.

WiiWare/DSiWare releases for Friday 20th May

Jack Joly
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Here are this week’s Nintendo downloads for the Wii and DS:

  • GO Series Picdun (DSi: Gamebridge, 500 Nintendo DSi Points)
  • Calculator (DSiWare: Cinemax, 200 Nintendo DSi Points)
  • Chrono Trigger (Virtual Console: Square, 900 Wii Points)

Three in total this week, but still no sign of any 3DS downloads until Nintendo deliver the much anticpated update which will bring their revamped online store to download games onto the 3DS. Of the releases, Chrono Trigger is clearly the strongest title, worth a look for any RPG fans. It’s from Square Enix, orginally on the SNES and if you don’t have the improved remake released on the DS then it could be worth a look.

Wii price drops below £100 in the UK

Jack Joly
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Earlier this month, Nintendo confirmed plans of a Wii price cut to £129 from today, May 20, but GAME, Gamestation and Asda are now offering a new Mario Kart bundle (and the existing Wii Sports Resort one) for just £99.99.

Other retailers are also offering it for slightly higher but still at a reduced price, and for the majority of the deals, they are available both in-store and online.

At this reduced price, they’re awfully tempting? Not too bad seeing how it comes with a game of either Mario Kart Wii or Wii Sports Resort too. Will anyone on this side of the pond be picking up their first Wii, or if you’re feeling particularly spontaneous, a second Wii?

NeverDead’s Arcadia revealed in more than one way on Facebook

Travis Bruno
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Konami has decided to take a bit of a unique method into releasing additional concept art and screenshots for their upcoming title NeverDead. A method that may be a tad bit “revealing” lets just say. Konami has launched a new Facebook experience that will allow fans to take a quite personal look at Arcadia, our heroes female companion. By harnessing the power of the sun Konami has made it so that the more Likes they receive on their Facebook page the more power will be given to the sun.

Meaning of course that Arcadia may end up doing something somewhere down the line. There are various tick marks showing possible unveiling points. Also in the near future Lead Artist Atsushi Tsujimoto will be revealing additional details about Arcadia including how the idea came about to make her. You can find and Like NeverDead’s Facebook Page here and check out the one screenshot already revealed for the game which will release for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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