2K resurfaces XCOM shooter, now called The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

Remember the XCOM shooter revealed way before the XCOM: Enemy Unknown reboot? Well its not dead. With the success of the reboot, I'm assuming the title change was done to avoid any confusion between the two games. A live-action trailer was released to reveal the game's re-title and has given it a release date.

A live-action trailer? yea...not the best way to bring back a title not that well received when it was first revealed to the public. The Bureau: XCOM Declassified will be released on August 20 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

Polygon reports that the XCOM shooter will be an origins story of some kind that will show how the XCOM organization started, and is set in 1962 when the Cold War is at its peak. What they are trying to achieve with this FPS is to provide a lot of strategy elements into it, much like what we know in an XCOM game.

Will it be any good? Well, I wasn't too happy when it was first revealed, but since we now have a perfect reboot of the original XCOM, checking it out when it comes out in August wouldn't hurt..will it?

New Xbox will be revealed May 21

With Sony now done revealing the PlayStation 4, and Nintendo already having the Wii U out on stores, everybody wondered when Microsoft will unveil their next console. Well, it's happening on May 21 in Redmond, Washington. 

Major Nelson confirmed that the reveal is indeed happening and will be broadcasted live on Xbox Liv, Sike TV, and Xbox.com. It's going to be big just like the rest, but I'll have to consider May 21 the star of the next-generation war. With all the big three's next-gen consoles revealed, it's going to be a tough fight to win every costumers living room during this year's holidays. Plus, the talk of the new console won't stop there with E3 just a few weeks away.

The event is scheduled to start at 10AM in Redmond, Washington and is expected to last until an hour. For all the people in the Philippines, the event starts for us on the 22nd of May,and will start at 1AM. If you live somewhere else, you can check this for confirmation.

Will we see an Xbox combined with the Kinect? an Xbox that's required online at all times to do anything? We'll find out on May 21.

Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection

With me deciding to get a GameCube instead of a PS2 back in the day, I missed out on a lot of really cool games. I have a PS2 now but I still haven't gotten a chance to play both Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. I do currently own a PS3 but have not yet acquired a copy of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. The HD collection was a prime choice for me to catch up on some Tactical Espionage Action and with MGS4 going for sale on the cheap, money constraints have still prevented me from getting those particular disc. This latest announcement from Konami seems to solve all that.

Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection is basically the MGS HD Collection plus MGS4. Aside from the adventures of Solid Snake and Naked Snake's intruduction into the MGS series, Peace Walker is also part of this new collection. What really interested me is the inclusion of Ashely Wood's digital graphic novels. Since the word 'novel' is used in it's plural form, I am hoping that the digital graphic novel of MGS2 is also included as I have never heard anything about it outside of that first trailer that I saw that one time on GameTrailers. This legacy is a collection that I must own.

Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection is scheduled to come in June of this year on PS3. No word yet on an Xbox360 release but with the omission of Peace Walker on the Xbox360 version of the MGS HD Collection, don't get your hopes up.

Bethesda reveals The Evil Within

Bethesda has revealed their new IP which strays away from the usual games we see the publisher dish out. It's called The Evil Within and is created by Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami. Is this Survival Horror's comeback finally? Well, thanks to the goosebumps I got from this live action teaser, I'd say yes for now.

Unsettling stuff I know, but don't get completely sold just yet. This is a live action and we'd like to see if the Resident Evil mastermind and Bethesda can convert all that disturbing atmosphere into a game. The Survival Horror genre has seen better days and I'm hoping this could well be a good jump-start for the genre to get momentum and new players wanting for more. And when gamers want more, developers and publishers will try to meet that demand.

There isn't much info about The Evil Within at this point but it's set for a 2014 release on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, and next  generation consoles.

New Zelda Game for 3DS

So this is exciting news. Nintendo just revealed a new The Legend of Zelda game for the 3DS.

This new game does not have a full title yet but it will take place in the same world as The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The 3D effect will come in as Link can literally traverse to new heights in areas via platforms that can launch him into the air.

Aside from the whole springing Link up to higher platforms, he has a new ability. Link can now become a 2D wall drawing and slide across to reach areas that he is unable to access via normal means.

A Link to the Past was the first Zelda game that I played and I think that that game holds up to this day. Revisiting that world in 3D is just hitting all the right nostalgia parts on me. And the best part about this? The game will come out in the holiday season of this year!