Street Fighter X Tekken: PS3 and Vita exclusive characters

PS3 and future PS Vita owners will have more exclusives characters in their roster. One coming from the Capcom side, and one from the Namco Bandai side for each platform. PS3 owners will have Pac-Man riding on what looks to be a M and Megaman, but not the look most of us know him for. PS Vita will have Cole Mcgrath and Kuro & Toro. Exclusives characters cool, but really weird additions.

Wonder how Mega Man fans will react using an awful 1980s cover art as the Blue Bomber's look. I can already see mixed reactions with this already. The devs wanted to include Capcom and Namco bandai's mascots in the game in a goofy kind of way. Well, they've succeed.

Huge question - Where's the Xbox 360 love? Well they wanted to add exclusive character for the console, but Capcom say's the timing prevented them from doing so. A post from Shacknews reveals that if negotiations with Microsoft pushed through, possible characters for the Xbox 360 would have been either Master Chief from the Halo series or Marcus Fenix from Gears of War. Too bad, would have been cool seeing those characters going head to head against Jin and Ryu.

Street Fighter X Tekken will be out on March on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Variety Trailer

Final Fantasy XIII-2 is only days away and Square Enix wants to make it clear that the sequel won't be as linear as the first game. Trailer is all about  variety, showing what you can do in the game if you need a break from all the drama..err I mean story.

I've tried the demo and while I do appreciate the changes made in the sequel, It wasn't enough for me to plan on getting it when it releases on january 31. The story of the first game was a mess and from what I'm seeing, it got worse.

Recent Buys: Episode 1 - Saints Row: The Third, iCore Arcade Stick, digital Capcom fighting games

Here we are in the new year and I thought I'd start things off by sharing what my recent gaming purchases are for this week/month/part of the month.

Let's start with the intangible stuff. So I got a "loan" on a $20 PSN card, it was supposed to be on $10 but due to some unexplored complications with Sony limiting shared accounts to only 2 users from 5 it left my friend being unable to access the remaining $10. This was sort of an impulse due to a sudden sale of of Marvel vs Capcom 2 and the character DLCs for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 on PSN. Both were half-off so it was really hard to resist. Not too long after that Sony announced the 12 for 12 sale which included Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition so I had to jump on that. So that's two Capcom fighting games and a DLC character for another Capcom fighting game. Damn.

On to the disc based stuff. I got Saints Row: The Third brand new and was mildly disappointed that the Asian release of the game didn't give you a free digital copy of Saints Row 2, it is only available in Canada, America and Mexico. shoulda read that fine print. Saltyness aside, the game is pretty neat. Not as stupidly awesome as I was expecting it to be but good fun nonetheless. The best description of the game I could tell you is that it's basically GTA on crack. Still not satisfied? How bout if I told you that you can get a dildo bat that's called "The Penetrator" as a melee weapon?

Last but not least I caved and got an arcade stick. The iCore Arcade Stick is not the greatest arcade stick out there but for a budget stick, it certainly feels better than I expected. The buttons are responsive and feel pretty good and the stick has the little micro-switches so it does those delicious clicking noises when you move it around. The performance of the stick is not the best in the world as I find myself having to jam a motion as hard as I can before my in-game character does the desired move but maybe that's just me not being used to using an arcade stick. The PS Home button on mine is a bit faulty so I'm going to have it replaced within the week.

Watch my poor performance in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition while I was testing out the arcade stick.

Twisted Metal has gone gold

Twisted Metal has gone gold, and is all set for its February 14 release date. Chad Cox, producer of the new Twisted Metal at Eat Sleep Play brings the news to the Playstation Blog with info about what will be included when you buy Twisted Metal.

Each copy of Twisted Metal will provide a voucher to earn a Sweet Tooth Outcast skin for Starhawk. Not interesting? Yea, thought so too. But what's included on the Limited Editon of Twisted Metal is another story.

Each Limited Edition will included a code to download a digital copy of Twisted Metal black. David Jaffe revealed that  the first copies of Twisted Metal will include Twisted Metal black. Those first copies mention are obviously the Limited Edition of the game. If you pre-ordered the game, you get an automatic upgrade to the Limited Edition.

A true Playstation classic is returning. Twisted Metal will be out on Valentines Day, February 14, 2012 exclusively for the Playstation 3.

[Source: Playstation Blog US]

Mass Effect 3 demo dated

Electronic Arts officially announced a date for the Mass Effect 3 demo. The demo is coming on February 14 and will included a single player portion and a coop portion, the multiplayer aspect of Mass Effect 3. 

The coop portion of the demo comes on February 17, 3 days after the single player demo. If you purchased Battlefield 3 though, you get the coop demo together with the single player demo on February 14.

“We are excited to be able to give gamers an expansive demo that will put them right on the front lines of this all-out galactic war,” said Casey Hudson, Executive Producer of the Mass Effect series. “The entire scale of the game is bigger than anything we’ve ever done. With its intense action, deep customization and raw emotional power,Mass Effect 3 will deliver a spectacular action RPG experience to fans of the series and newcomers alike.”

If you plan on trying the demo out on your Xbox, you'll get a treat. The Xbox 360 demo will be the first ever pre-launch demo to support voice recognition of the Xbox 360's Kinect. It will be an exclusive feature on the Xbox 360 version were you may use the Kinect's voice recognition to order your squad or activate your abilities by simply saying it.

Mass Effect 3 will be out on March 6 for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

[Source: Gematsu]