Ono X Harada - The Epic Battle

Yoshinori Ono(Street Fighter) and Katsuhiro Harada(Tekken) are at it again to determine who is the best through a series of challenges. Just caught this video and this time it's on this years GamesCom. An amazing way to promote the game, at the same time entertain the fans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-L596R5990&feature=player_embedded

It's obviously rigged, but still fun to watch. Both producers have been doing this ever since they officially revealed Street Fighter X Tekken for the first time. I still remember Harada barging in a Capcom's press conference and handing out Tekken 6 copies to the crowd. Epic stuff. The last one before this GamesCom battle was Comic Con, we're they included some fans. It's all in good fun so kudos to Ono and harada for doing this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL0QzfuFO-4

Dead Island release trailer

It's finally September, and we're one week and a day away to the release of Dead Island. I don't know about you guys, but I'm always excited for a zombie game, especially one that has 4-player co-op and RPG elements. Deep Silver launched their release trailer hoping to make Dead Island look epic enough for other people to get interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGnALtczXxA&feature=channel_video_title Maybe a little blunder on their part?or maybe just lazy to make another version of it, but the NA version of this trailer(the one above) says "Out Now" at the end. The Europe version of the trailer is exactly the same except but it says "Pre-order now" at the end. No biggie, it will eventually be true, just wanted to pointed that out. NA is getting the game first on Sept. 6, while Everybody else will have the game by the 9th.

For the people in the Philippines, aim for the Sept 9 release. There's still a chance we might get it around the NA release but it's a slim chance. As usual, we will know on the said date. I really hope this game is as good as it looks. Still have that feeling that we might get a shock for the worse when we actually get the game, but since the concept is so good, it's worth the risk for me.

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XCOM E3 2011 demo

Just like Bioshock: Infinite and Metro: First Light, 2k Games Only showed a new trailer for their take on XCOM with their gameplay demo only shown for the people at E3. Now they finally released the demo with commentary. I've said this before and I'll say it again, "why is XCOM an FPS!?".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAmvP4w2ts0

I mean, I love XCOM. It was an amazing game back then. Why can't they just improve the old concept instead? XCOM was originally a strategy game with turn-based actions, and it's pretty deep for a game made in 1994. Commanding your two agents and the weapon research is the only thing in this game that is true to the old XCOM games. Newcomers to XCOM might have a kick out of this, but gamers that knew the old XCOM games won't like the direction that 2k Games took for their take on XCOM.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dupngnAS6yk

Here's an idea of the original game. I remember me being pretty cautious since an alien can be in any corner to ambush your men. It's all about strategy.

No Commander Shepard after Mass Effect 3

Official look of female Shepard in Mass Effect 3

Not only does Mass Effect 3 bring an epic conclusion of bioware's trilogy, it will also be the last time we will see Commander Shepard fighting to save the human race. Of course, we have no idea what happens to Shepard yet. Producer Michael Gamble says "After this, Commander Shepard's story is complete".

With that said, if there will be more games set in the Mass Effect universe , Shepard won't be part of it. This universe they created brings a lot of possibilities of a new focus. With the races, worlds, and other likable characters in Mass Effect, anything is possible after Mass Effect 3. It can be another RPG or a completely different game. This is definitely not the last time we see Mass Effect

I just recently survived the suicide mission in Mass Effect 2, so my save file in my PS3 is all set when Mass Effect 3 hits next year on March 6.

[Source: PCgamer]

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim information from PAX

Skyrim was obviously in this year's PAX and I just watched a very interesting interview with Lead Artist of Skyrim, Matt Carofano. They covered a lot of the game and provided new information about the game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3A6-MHunso&feature=player_embedded

They mentioned a lot in this interview. Same sex marriage, the different critters, the Centurions(not familiar with this race), about downloadable content, The Throat of the Worldand a lot more. Skyrim will be just as big as Oblivion but with more content. This game will definitely have many gamers hiding in their rooms for a month. If ever you're getting it on the PC, just like Morrowind and Oblivion, the game editor will be released with the game so mods will be around for Skyrim, making it the best platform to play this game in if you ask me.

I don't believe the system requirements is out for the PC version. So not sure yet if my PC can take Skyrim or not(havn't updated my PC). If I can't, I'll have no choice but to get it on either PS3 or Xbox 360 and miss out on those sweet mods that will be coming out after game release.

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be out on Nov 11, 2011 on PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3.

[Source: Destructoid]