Marcus and Dom Will Be Making An Appearance in Lost Planet 2

Alex Tretrop Jan 28, 2010 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gaming, News

Surprisingly enough Cliffy B., of Gears fame, tweeted that there was "Kick ass news soon. VERY soon." Well, if you pick up Lost Planet 2 for Xbox 360, guess which dynamic duo will be appearing to kick some locust..... I mean, Akrid ass? Well, if you guessed Marcus and Dom you'd be correct. Capcom announced that they have partnered with Epic to allow Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago into the upcoming sequel to the 2007 game.

At this point it's unknown if they are just skins, actual characters (which probably wont happen), or if the two are just making an appearance in one of the game's levels. Alongside the announcement, Capcom released a trailer that shows Marcus and Dom teaming up with some Snow Pirates to take down a giant Akrid.  In other Epic related news, Cliffy B has gone on to say that we should "Keep your eyes open for megaton face melting news", which has many people speculating about a possible Gears of War 3 announcement in the near future - E3 anyone?

[The Escapist via Andriasang]

"Fallout" MMO will begin Beta Testing in 2012

Alex Tretrop Jan 25, 2010 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gaming, Industry News, News

Interplay, the creators of Fallout 1 and 2, have been developing a game for quite sometime now, codenamed Project: V13. It's essentially a Fallout MMO, which has now been confirmed to start Beta Testing in 2012. Depending on the legal dispute between Interplay and Bethesda, this MMO could potentially launch under the Fallout name, but only time will tell who will win the legal battle. Interplay is working with Masthead, who contributed tools and MMO technology originally to their post-apocalyptic MMO, Earthrise.

With both teams working together, Interplay Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Herve Caen stated that "Masthead's technology is impressive and perfect for our Project: V13. Its team is passionate to bring our vision and game play to the market."

[Shacknews via Videogamer]

Assassin's Creed 2 PC Release Date Announced, "Extra Content" to be featured

Although it was supposed to come out at the same time as the 360 and PS3 version, the PC version of Assassin's Creed 2 was delayed until "early 2010." Well, after quite some waiting we finally have some information on the PC version's release date and content. Now slated for a March 16th 2010 release date, Ubisoft revealed that the two paid DLC packs for the console versions, the "Battle of Forli" which is due out on Jan 28th and the "Bonfire of the Vanities" which is arriving in February, will be packaged in the PC version.

Ubisoft also announced a "Black Edition" which is available exclusively to digital distribution retailers (Steam, Direct2Drive etc.) that will contain unspecified "extra content" for an extra 10 dollars.

It also has some pretty steep requirements for it to be able to run. PC requirements after the jump

Battlefield Bad Company 2's "Squad Rush" Multiplayer Mode limited to Gamestop Preorder's

Alex Tretrop Jan 25, 2010 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gaming, Industry News, News, Videos

Along with the new trailer showing off the new squad focused multiplayer mode, DICE revealed today that the new game mode would be available exclusively to players who had pre-ordered the game at GameStop or EB Games in North America....... for the first 30 days. Don't worry though, anyone outside of North America will get the game at launch free of charge. In a much more sensible move by DICE, if one of your friends invites you to a game in Squad Rush you'll still be able to join them, so your never forced to not play with your friends. This doesn't affect the PC version of the game and Squad Rush will be available at launch regardless of you being in North America or not.

[Battlefield Blog]

DS Review: Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

The Mario and Luigi series debuted way back on the Game boy Advance in 2003. Nearly 7 years later Mario and Luigi’s RPG escapades are still going strong because of the light hearted humor and simple RPG battles in their games. And since its inception the series has made the jump to the DS, starting with the sequel to the original, Partners in Time, which saw Mario and Luigi joined by the baby versions of themselves and going forward and backward in time to save the princess. While it was a great game it wasn’t as funny or as challenging as the original to me.

Now Alpha Dream is on to its third game in the series, Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story and I was interested because it swaps out the babies and replaces them with Bowser, whom I thought, would be a much more interesting character. Does Inside Story innovate the series far enough to be interesting? It's not a reinvention of the wheel but it gets the job done to make another interesting tale in the franchise.

Read on for the full review

Bioshock 2 DLC Already in the Works

Alex Tretrop Jan 18, 2010 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gaming, Industry News, News

Bioshock 2 is coming out in a few weeks and while it's looking great, will it live up to the huge bar that the original game had? We'll see on February 9th, but as we wait Australian Gamer has posted an interview with the Senior Systems Designer from 2K Marin, Kent Hudson, who confirms that "We are working on pretty aggressive plans for DLC and that's actually something that is already under-way."

Other than that there is no information on what it could be, since Bioshock 1 only got some extra DLC in the form of extra plasmids, a new achievement, and some challenge rooms on the PS3, it's a little bit suspenseful as to what we could expect.

Still, more DLC is never a bad thing and considering that Bioshock 2 has multiplayer we can predict new plasmids and multiplayer levels added in the near future. Whether the multiplayer is any good is up in the air, but you can check out Ricardo's CES 2010 multiplayer impressions if you want more info. The DLC also could be more challenge rooms but hopefully 2K does something more interesting than that.

Think Bioshock 2 will need more content? For multiplayer, singleplayer, or both? Will the game be good? Come back in a few weeks when the game hits store shelves for our full review.

[Shacknews via AustralianGamer]

Play Halo 3 and "Be a Hero" for Haiti

As many of our readers already know, Haiti was devastated last Tuesday by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that killed thousands and destroyed many homes and families. You can donate to many different organizations like the American Red Cross, but if you're a gamers you may want to help on a more personal level. That's why Bungie wants to contribute as well - launching a campaign called "Be a Hero!", which consists of selling a special version of one of their shirts, with 100 percent of the profits going towards helping Haiti. Not to mention from now until the beginning of the February, Bungie will donate 100 percent of its profits from the Bungie Store (excluding 3rd party things like TVs) straight to Haiti Relief via the Red Cross. More details after the jump