Fail: Ubisoft passes on No More Heroes for PS3,
360

post from Destructoid on 20 November 2009 10:00:00 AM. © Destructoid

Fail: Ubisoft passes on No More Heroes for PS3, 360 screenshot

I can't hear you guys over all of the shouting about the reveal of No More Heroes: Hero's Paradise for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This updated version of the once-Wii-exclusive was announced recently for release in Japan, featuring updated high definition graphics and set for release as early as February.

Bad news, though -- looks like it doesn't have a US publisher in Ubisoft, who will publishing No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle for the Wii in 2010.

"Ubisoft will not be publishing either of these versions," a company spokesperson told G4 in regards to the updated PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the original.

Sad news, indeed. That doesn't mean, however, that it won't be coming to North America. Another publisher -- one that likes gamers, I'd imagine -- may pick it up. Cross your fingers.

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Friday Links: Fat-Core Edition

post from Backhand of Justice on 20 November 2009 09:45:07 AM. © Backhand of Justice

Sometimes I have to wonder what it takes to get ’street cred’ these days. I used to think it involved teeth jewelry, or ‘pouring one out,’ or whatever else I gathered from seeing muted music videos at the gym. I guess I was wrong, however. To be truly hardcore, you have to murder people to steal [...]

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Black Friday: Wal-Mart has a great PS3 bundle

post from Destructoid on 20 November 2009 09:40:00 AM. © Destructoid

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Wal-Mart's big attractions for Black Friday shoppers are easily their console bundles. They'll have a Wii bundle that comes with Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympics, one other game and an extra set of Nyko controllers for $249.00. This deal will only be on Wal-Mart's Web site Their PS3 Slim deal will come with inFamous, Batman: Arkham Asylum and The Dark Knight on Blu-ray. This bundle will be $299, the same price the 120GB PS3 Slims go for by themselves. As for their Xbox 360 deal, well it's going to be perfect for the kids. For $199, you'll get the Xbox 360 Arcade with Madagascar 2 the game and the first two Madagascar movies on DVD.

Other awesome deals include Nintendo DS Lite for $98, Rock Band Special Edition for $50 (comes with drums, mic and guitar) and over 100 titles starting at $7. Check out the rest of Wal-Mart's deals over on Black Friday info. Anyone hitting up Wal-Mart for a PS3?

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Konami Announces Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Free
DLC

post from Gamer Grenade News Blog on 20 November 2009 09:37:19 AM. © Gamer Grenade News Blog

Konami has just announced details of the first free DLC for Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

The PES 2010 free DLC, scheduled for release on November 24th, will enhance a number of elements in the full game and also revise the club team rosters in line with those of all current transfers.

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Another Sonic Compilation Waiting In The
Wings

post from Press The Buttons on 20 November 2009 09:30:00 AM. © Press The Buttons

Sega has learned that their collection of classic Sonic the Hedgehog titles from the Sega Genesis era are still the strongest parts of their hedgehog-related catalog, so it's hard to blame the company for taking those games and running with them forever and ever. The latest rumor involving the return of the past comes via Kombo in which an unannounced Sonic Classics Collection featuring Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and Sonic & Knuckles (and...

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DOL GULDUR FASHIONS

Despite appearances, the personage depicted above is not a fashion victim with more money than sense, a colour-blind circus barker, a tourist at the Venice carnival or an actor in an Elizabethan masque. No. It is, gods above help us, a young lady sporting the latest in LOTRO action wear for archers, namely the complete +30 radiance Hunter set which will drop from the Dol Guldur 12-man instance. Or, in other words, the mightiest and most advanced Hunter armour set to date.

What's that you said? She looks like an utter twit? I couldn't agree more. But that, nevertheless, is what Turbine's fashion designers have decreed for the winter '09 collections. Never mind that nobody in their right mind is going to want to be seen dead in a ditch wearing that clown suit. True, it does have the distinction of being the ugliest bit of LOTRO armour since those dreadful purple things some lunatic devised for the Ettenmoors, but still...

It remains a puzzle to me how the design team which came up with some of the most brilliant environments and landscapes I have ever seen in a computer game can be so amazingly lame where clothing and armour are concerned. What makes it worse is that they are obviously baffled by the whole concept of Hunters. They can just about fudge it with the heavies (give'em lots of plate mail, then add more bits on top of that) and with Lore-masters (robes, robes, robes), but it's quite obvious, looking at earlier efforts such as the Lady's Favour set from Dar Narbugud, that they don't have a clue what a Hunter might want to look like.

These hideous rococco creations might be just about tolerable if there was one plain, serviceable, campaign-style set of Hunter armour in the entire game which could at least be worn cosmetically. Something along the lines of plain boots, leather leggings and simple chain mail in muted earth colours would be nice - but there isn't. Lore-masters at least get a chance of acquiring the sober, unadorned, simple black Robe of Viisaus which is the reward for completing Vol I/Bk 13/Ch 4 ; judging by the number of these I've seen recently, there's a real demand out there for unfancy gear. But no, there's nothing like that in medium armour.

As for weapons - don't get me started on the neon glow, radioactive, three-sizes-too-large rejects from a drunken WoW design session we've been seeing lately...

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Tomy Corporation's NARUTO Shippuden: Clash of
Ninja Revolution 3 out now on Nintendo Wii

post from Gamezplay.org - Video game updates daily on 20 November 2009 09:20:23 AM. © Gamezplay.org - Video game updates daily

The latest installment in the critically acclaimed fighting game series NARUTO Shippuden: Clash of...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [...]

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