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Mighty Milky Way makes a Splash on the DSiWare; MDK 2 Returns to the Wii…

Dustin Spencer
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If you are a fan of snazzy little puzzle titles or simply Wayforward titles in general, you are in luck as Mighty Milky Way is now available of the DSiWare for 800 Nintendo points. Mighty Milky Way introduces players to a little alien by the name of Luna who players must assist to help her accomplish a “secret mission”. It is now the players job to now “Explode vicious space monsters, avoid sizzling electric barriers and grab all the delicious planet candy you can” while Luna’s arch-nemesis, a T-Rex, tries to put a halt to her plan. An evil T-Rex and exploding monsters? Sold.

If that isn’t your thing though, the Dreamcast third-person classic MDK 2 is now available on the Wii for 1000 Nintendo points. It’s very interesting to see a Dreamcast title make an appearance on the system and MDK 2 is certainly a great addition to the system’s digital library. I guess here is to hoping we see even more Dreamcast revivals on the system in the future (Seaman or Jet Grind Radio in particular).

Rockstar Games releases L.A. Noire Story “What’s in a Name” by Jonathan Santlofer

Alexis Ayala
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Have you been walking around wearing a fedora, calling girls dames and pretending you’re in 1947 Los Angeles in anticipation for Rockstar’s L.A. Noire? I know I have. While the world waits for the chance to interrogate bad guys and drive around in a 40’s Caddy, Rockstar has thrown us a bone. After last Tuesday’s announcement of L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories, a series of original short fiction inspired by the game itself, Rockstar delivers with it’s first entry “What’s in a Name” by Jonathan Santlofer.

So head over to Rockstargames.com and check it out. The story is available to read on the site or as a downloadable PDF.

Dragon Ball Game Project Age 2011 teaser site opened

Travis Bruno
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Last week Namco Bandai of Japan had some information leaked out that they were working on something called Dragon Ball Game Project Age 2011. Now it has become official as they have opened up a teaser website for the hopefully soon to be renamed game. You can view the website here but as the writing itself is in Japanese there isn’t much to see.

The translation from what is on the website shows that the game will promise to deliver action drama and scale the likes we have yet to see from a Dragon Ball game. Also it promises to be the most realistic Dragon Ball title ever aiming to make players feel like they have truly become the character they are playing. Now with a Fall release in Japan it will be very interesting to see how exactly they plan on making the Dragon Ball franchise realistic and as immersive as they are teasing.

Diablo III external beta arriving sometime Q3 2011

Travis Bruno
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Sometime in the third quarter of this year, between July and September the beta for Diablo III may be released for public beta testing. This news comes out of Activision Blizzard’s first quarter earnings call and Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime spoke about the fact that the title has been making some great progress lately. Or more exactly he said:

“We began internal company-wide testing last week. The game looks great, and we’re currently targeting a Q3 launch for external beta testing.”

This means that at some point later this year all of the waiting for a taste of Diablo III will come to an end. At least that is the plan at the moment, but being as there is still no official release date given there is a good chance that the beta may not fall in this release window either. We’ll find out more as time goes by.

Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D shooting for November release

Travis Bruno
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Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D looks to be set for a November release according to Konami. In a recent talk with MCV Pete Stone, Manager of Konami UK, he mentions that the remake of Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater on the PlayStation 2 will be getting a release in November.

This November release brings together the release date for Snake Eater 3D and Silent Hill: Downpour together. Although Downpour is being released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 while Snake Eater 3D is being released on the 3DS. This means that fans of Konami’s games should have a busy month if no delays end up occurring between now and then. Also of course this means that fans of Snake will be able to get their hands on some 3D action.

Dragon’s Dogma’s first classes revealed alongside screenshots

Travis Bruno
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Dragon’s Dogma is Capcom’s latest endeavor into the RPG world and it will allow players to make their characters and select which class they want to play as they enter the world. The first classes revealed by Capcom are the Fighter, Strider and Mage class. Alongside these reveals are a few screenshots for each class showing how they will look in combat as well as some character art.

Fighters are adept at close range combat and have extensive knowledge with their swords and weapons. Striders on the other hand are agile characters that keep their distance and use a bow as their main weapon, but are fast enough to run circles around enemies in close quarter combat. Mages are masters of the mystic arts and can use a variety of different spells to dispose of enemies infront of them.

For the most part these classics are all self explanatory and are your standard RPG class affair except with a name change from Archer to Strider. Dragon’s Dogma will be released early next year on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and with more classes on the way hopefully there will be some new ground broken with DD.

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Battlefield 3 beta key scammers exposed

Travis Bruno
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Battlefield 3 is a title that is being hotly anticipated by fans of the series and with a beta for the title on the way, excitement is at a peak level. Some people are taking advantage of this excitement however because a website known as Bf3nation has been giving out beta keys in an attempt to phish consumer information. The website keys are indeed a scam and EA has been trying to shut down the site but has not been able to thus far.

The scam itself was exposed by the people at Battlefield 3 Online Forums which did the legwork to discover the scam itself. As you can see from their information  the fact that the owner of the website has previously attempted these schemes before, it is bad news for those caught in the trap. Honestly if the Battlefield 3 beta had been about to begin we would have reported on it as it is something that will be highly publicized by EA as the Battlefield series is one of their most popular.

– Thanks James Morgan

Rumors begin about Alan Wake 2 after artist resume appears

Travis Bruno
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As a graphic artist it is probably a pretty decent notch in your belt to say that you have worked on a very widely marketed game. Such is the case with Althea Suarez Gata. On her LinkedIn profile resume it shows that work may have been performed on the in-game cinematic of an Alan Wake sequel. There has been no official word on the title ever since the first game was released back in 2010 but Alan Wake’s developer Remedy has always been eager to start up on a second title.

At this time the existence of Alan Wake 2 is at best pure speculation and rumor though with E3 approaching in under a month and this artist profile showing the possible existence of the sequel, maybe fans should be getting their hopes up just a tiny little bit for an announcement at E3.

Brink launch trailer released day before release

Travis Bruno
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If you have been hiding under a rock then maybe you don’t know that Brink will be released tomorrow in the United States for the PC, PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. Also you should know that there has been quite a large media campaign going to teach prospective players the ropes of Brink’s SMART system.

Brink looks to be a game featuring plenty of shooting and free running around the environment as you shoot even more. The game focuses on a civil war premise where one force is trying to escape The Ark while the other is trying to make everything nice and secure. With combat focusing heavily on the multiplayer aspect of things it will be interesting to see the sale differential between the PC and 360 versions of the game compared to that of the PS3, considering the PS3’s lack of online play at the moment.

False information being reported about PlayStation Network return date

Travis Bruno
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If you have been browsing the internet today then you may have seen the story that The PlayStation Network would be available on May 31st. This is not the case however as many of these reports are saying that the PlayStation Network would be down fully until the 31st but that is not the case. Apparently, Bloomberg, the original source of the information quoted Sony spokesman Shigenori Yoshida supposedly saying that their plan is “to restart services fully by May 31.”

However, after contacting Sony and receiving an answer back to the inquiry, it seems that is not the case. Patrick Seybold from Sony stated that there is no current date for the service to be back up and that there is no new information at this time regarding the services. Sony originally stated that the PSN would be up by the end of last week but as you can see, that is not the case. At the moment Sony is attempting to clarify all of these rumors, especially considering that if the May 31st date was accurate that would mean the PSN would be down for a total of 41 days, a very terrible number all Sony consumers.

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