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Scans of pages of the alleged upcoming Marvel vs. Capcom comic have hit the internet, originally coming from artist Kevin Sharpe’s portfolio. While the art was taken down from the source site, the images have already been preserved on the vastness that is the internet. The images are particularly interesting as they all but confirm the inclusion of Galactus and Taskmaster in Marvel vs. Capcom 3. The news of their inclusion is not that surprising, however, considering the recent leaks via Twitter of the remaining Marvel vs....

As many of you know, Metal Gear Solid’s Raiden will soon be getting his very own video game (Metal Gear Solid: Rising), but apparently that’s not the only game you’ll be able to take control of the sword-wielding cyborg. An anonymous tipster has released photos of Raiden appearing as a playable character in Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. Clearly a collaboration between Konami and Ubisoft, including Raiden in a popular game like Brotherhood is great advertisement for the eventual release of Rising....

It’s been roughly a year since we learned that Samurai Shodown’s Haohmaru would be joining the cast of Soulcalibur VI. Crossovers are becoming the norm with fighting games, but a lot of the time the characters being mashed up don’t make sense. For once, Haohmaru was a perfect fit for the world that Soulcalibur is. This was a wandering ronin that could square off against the likes of Mitsurugi. That’s a dream match-up....

Scavengers Studios revealed its new trailer of Season: A letter to the future during Sony’s PlayStation State of Play. The video showcases a mysterious character on a bicycle journey around the world. They are tasked with a mission to collect memories before a great cataclysm corrupts everything around them. You can watch the Season: A letter to the future trailer from YouTube and read the official description on Steam here:...

Sega producer Yosuke Okunari has confirmed that the reason the company didn’t pursue creating a mini Dreamcast or Saturn because “both developing and manufacturing new chipsets during the pandemic is a difficult and expensive process”. In an interview with Famitsu, Okunari said - as paraphrased by Gosokkyu (thanks, NintendoLife) - the company did “explore the idea” of a Dreamcast or Saturn Mini but ultimately decided not to pursue it when Sega discovered manufacturing mini consoles had become more expensive post-pandemic (and post semiconductor shortage, of course)....

It looks like Shenmue 3’s Metacritic score is getting bumped up by fake reviews. To be fair to Shenmue 3, users creating fake accounts to make a single review before disappearing back into the ether is nothing new, but it does seem to be a popular pastime among Shenmue fans. At least, according to a recent Reddit post. Thanks go out to Reddit user Nogebator18 for first noticing something suspicious going on at Metacritic and then posting a few examples to the PC Gaming subreddit....

It’s too bad that a game that so many people were looking forward to, Shenmue III, has been drug through a mire of controversial decisions. One of the biggest of these came after it was hastily shown to be an Epic Games Store exclusive title back during the PC Gaming Show at E3, much to the disdain of those who backed it and were expecting a Steam version. Initially, the devs told backers that they would not be refunding Kickstarter pledges from players who are only interested in playing the Steam version of the game....

Players will have plenty of new horror games to try out by the time Halloween arrives, one of them being Signalis by developer rose-engine. Announced back in April, Signalis aims to appeal to fans of classic 1990s horror games with its gameplay centered around resource management, as well as its overall tone and style. Just today, publisher Humble Games dropped a new gameplay trailer for Signalis, so those curious can check it out ahead of the game’s October 27 release....

The on-hold Alien movie from District 9 director Neill Blomkamp is very much still alive according to franchise star Sigourney Weaver. “Well, we have a great script. Fox asked us to delay so Ridley Scott could shoot his [second] Prometheus movie. That was too bad because we would have already done it by now,” she said last week. Alien Covenant will release August 2017, but commitments by Weaver and Blomkamp means production on the new Alien movie isn’t likely to begin soon....

Skull and Bones, the ambitious-looking swashbuckling adventure game from Ubisoft, has been delayed until fiscal year 2019, the publisher said overnight. The game was originally due to set sail at some point this year, though it will now turn up anywhere between April 2019 and March 2020. According to a statement from Ubisoft’s latest financial report, Skull and Bones has been delayed to afford extra development time in order ’to offer players an even more engaging experience....

Any Smash players who have chosen Joker as a main in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate should be on the lookout right about now. The character’s been very popular in the Smash community as of late, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player Leffen has commented on the matter. Now, balancing in fighting games is a tricky business. Even with a modest roster of twenty or so characters, constant updates and patches are needed over a game’s lifetime to try and keep the cast on an even keel....

In the past year, Bungie has put in much effort in their war against cheaters in Destiny 2, from implementing Anti-cheats to going as far as to go head to head in a lawsuit against a cheating company. However, while the effort has made significant progress overall, recently, some Destiny 2 players were wrongfully banned in-game due to a new cheat detection system. Here’s an official statement from the Bungie Help page on Twitter:...

Another Thursday, another update to the Sony PlayStation Store, and another Game Rant Weekly Update. The bonanza of high-profile Q1 titles are beginning to arrive, while Xbox 360 users will undoubtedly be gloating about the release of BioWare’s Mass Effect 2, PS3 owners won’t be left without their own game to tout - MAG, formerly Massive Action Game, will be released this Tuesday. The title, which allows 256 players to participate in a strategic, class based, FPS battle recently released their public beta to mixed impressions as well as a number of technical problems....

Another Thursday, another update to the Sony PlayStation Store, and another Game Rant Weekly Update. Momentum is starting to gather in the highly anticipated Q1 bonanza of titles that were pushed into 2010, but overall this week is relatively quiet, that is to say with one exception - Army of Two: The 40th Day. Army of Two: The 40th Day is set to drop on both the PS3 and PSP as either a third-person shooter or top-down shooter respectively....

In December 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted Elon Musk’s SpaceX permission to launch 7,500 Gen2 satellites to provide Starlink internet service coverage. The FCC confidently asserted in the order, “Our action will allow SpaceX to begin deployment of Gen 2 Starlink,”. © Sundry Photography/Shutterstock.com SpaceX can now build and deploy satellites at specified Low Earth Orbit (LEO) altitudes between 525 and 535 kilometers. The FCC deems the 7,500 satellites adequate for providing global broadband internet coverage that can touch the most remote locations worldwide....

Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe confirmed today that it will release a Limited Edition PS4 Pro bundle for Insomniac Games’ upcoming Spider-Man. Kitted out in ‘Amazing Red,’ the bundle includes a 1TB PS4 Pro featuring the web-slinging hero’s iconic logo, a matching DualShock 4 controller, a physical copy of Spider-Man, and a download voucher for the game’s City That Never Sleeps DLC. To be fair, this is probably one of the better-looking custom PS4s doing the rounds, which is probably why I’ve already decided I need it in my life....

Marvel’s Spider-Man topped the PS4 download charts in September, and it’s a more impressive feat than it appears on the surface. In a world currently dominated by mobile gaming, battle royales, and playing everything online with strangers around the world, Spider-Man has come along and broken the mold. The PlayStation 4 exclusive has no mode where you can battle others online, in fact, it has no online mode whatsoever. It is simply a single player game with an in-depth story mode, just like the good old days....

Square Enix has plans to announce a new console JRPG later this year, CEO Yosuke Matsuda has teased. Speaking to Nikkei Trendy (translated by Gematsu), Matsuda revealed that Square has “a little surprise” planned for fiscal 2015, before clarifying that the unannounced title is being developed for “home game machine(s)”. Matsuda later told the site that he was “charged for E3”, naming Rise of the Tomb Raider and Just Cause 3 as two of the company’s 2015 highlights....

Square Enix released the official transcript of its latest financial results briefing, and it included some interesting information about the sale of some of the publisher’s western studios and the strategy for the future. The statements were made by CEO Yosuke Matsuda during a Q&A session with investors and analysts. This is especially relevant considering that, at the time of the presentation, we saw some rather misleading interpretations and translations of said comments, so this official transcript sets the record straight on a few points....

Have you been waiting over twenty years for a sequel to Final Fantasy Tactics? Well, you’re going to have to keep waiting, as Square Enix is releasing a new tactical RPG, but it’s linked to one of their smartphone games. War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius was announced through a trailer that showed glimpses of different flags, with text hinting that the game will involve nations going to war....