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Most Recent: PC
Street Fighter X Mega Man now available; Mega Man 1-6 coming to 3DS eShop in 2013
As promised, Capcom has uploaded a PC download of the Street Fighter X Mega Man fangame to the Capcom-Unity blog. You can download the free game right now, but the site’s servers are absolutely slammed, so you might want to wait a few hours.
In other Mega Man news, Capcom has announced that the six NES games in the series will soon be available on the 3DS eShop. The original Mega Man will be available for download on December 27 with Mega Man II scheduled to follow on February 7, 2013.
The remaining four games will be added to the download service throughout the year.
Posted in 3DS, News, PC
Tagged Mega Man, Mega Man 2, Street Fighter X Mega Man
Sleeping Dogs: The Zodiac Tournament DLC available on December 18
The second downloadable expansion for Sleeping Dogs, “The Zodiac Tournament,” will be available to download on December 18.
Unlike the self-contained storyline featured in “Nightmare at North Point,” “The Zodiac Tournament” will hook into the main game and add a mysterious island to the game map. Don’t worry, the island isn’t populated by Smoke Monsters or misfit toys, but it does host a fighting tournament that Wei Shen can enter if he’s tough enough.
As you can see from the poster on your right, “The Zodiac Tournament” will draw heavily from Bruce Lee’s classic film, Enter the Dragon. It even includes a Mr. Han-like evil mastermind.
[Source: CVG]
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Sleeping Dogs
Gabe Newell says Steam-powered living room PC coming next year
Valve starting dropping hints about a “Steam Box” that connects to your television like a console back in April. Over the weekend, the company’s founder and CEO, Gabe Newell, confirmed to Kotaku that the device will be released next year.
“[O]ur hardware will be a very controlled environment,” he said. “If you want more flexibility, you can always buy a more general purpose PC. For people who want a more turnkey solution, that’s what some people are really gonna want for their living room.”
Making use of Steam’s Big Picture Mode, Newell wants the currently unnamed “Steam Box” to compete with next generation consoles from Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony. He even hinted at the availability of different packages from several different PC manufacturers, in addition to a Steam-branded box.
I’ve said it before, but E3 2013 is going to be very interesting if even half of the rumored new consoles and innovations make an appearance.
New Releases: Walking Dead Complete Season, 007 Legends for Wii U, More
Telltale’s episodic adventure game based on The Walking Dead has finally been collected and compiled for a disc-based release and it’ll be available in stores this week for the PS3 and Xbox 360. The timing couldn’t be better, especially after its big win at the 2012 Spike TV Video Game Awards on Friday.
Also available this week is the Wii U version of 007 Legends, the adventure game Haunted for the PC, and a Pets and Vets Bundle for the DS.
That’s it for this week’s new releases and that’s likely it for 2012 as well.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tagged 007 Legends, The Walking Dead
Capcom gives Street Fighter X Mega Man fangame the official seal of approval
Well this is a surprise. Capcom has announced that Street Fighter X Mega Man, a fangame created by Seow Zong Hui has been given an official blessing by the bigwigs and will be available as a free download through the Capcom-Unity blog on December 17.
So what is Street Fighter X Mega Man? It’s a PC game that brings Mega Man back to his 8-bit roots for a battle against eight Street Fighters. Each Street Fighter character has been given an 8-bit makeover, but their powers (including Ryu’s Hadoken, Dhalsim’s stretchy arms, and Chun Li’s Lightning Kicks) are all included. Naturally, Mega Man will be able to equip each Street Fighter’s special attack after defeating them in a one-on-one fight. In addition to eight Street Fighter-themed levels, the game will include an original soundtrack supplied by noted chiptune maestro Luke Esquivel (aka “A_Rival”).
You can check out the first screenshots from Street Fighter X Mega Man at the Capcom-Unity blog.
Posted in News, PC
Tagged Street Fighter X Mega Man
Spike TV VGAs: I cannot tell a lie, this is the first Assassin’s Creed III King George trailer
One of the first things you learn in school is that George Washington was a great man, a great general, and a great President. But what if he wasn’t? That’s the hook behind the Assassin’s Creed III DLC episodes destined for release sometime in the near future.
Ubisoft gave the world its first look at “The Tyranny of King Washington” during last night’s Spike TV Video Game Awards and, in this alternate reality, it looks like Mr. Cherry Tree gets his chance to be very, very bad.
Spike TV VGAs: Dark Souls II is back to kill you
This world premiere was brought to you by Jessica Alba, who was as sexy as ever. As soon as I saw the first few moments, I said, “Oh god, oh god, is this another Dark Souls game?” The first words… as a knight is walking across a barren land… are, “You are the undead, forever without hope, forever without light.”
The knight reaches a cave and sees the giant skeleton of a dragon. A group of frightening humanoids with masks. Then the same knight is filled with arrows. Hopefully, this is the start of a badass fight with a dragon but, knowing From Software, is more like you getting killed in the tutorial. Yes, it’s Dark Souls II… and it’s coming for you.
Dark Souls II is in development for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. No release date has been announced.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Dark Souls II
Spike TV VGAs: Respect my authoritah and watch this South Park RPG trailer
I haven’t watched South Park in years. I don’t know why, really, I guess we just grew apart. But man, the 2012 Spike TV Video Game Awards “World Premiere” trailer for THQ’s South Park: The Stick of Truth was pretty entertaining.
South Park: The Stick of Truth is in development at Obsidian and will be released for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 next Spring.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged South Park: The Stick of Truth