Ever since Marvel vs. Capcom 2 hit the Dreamcast back in 2000, people have been wanting a sequel. Sure, there’s been some rumors but there has been no concrete evidence to support that a sequel is in development. Well, we have another rumor for you but this one sounds a bit more believable considering our source leaked the entire Super Street Fighter IV roster prior the game’s release and got it right.

Anyways, Team Spooky says that Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will be announced in May of this year. That sounds a bit strange considering E3 is in June but perhaps Capcom wants to hype people up before the big show. We’ll have to wait and see.

While the iPad may be all over the news there is one company in particular that has turned a blind eye to it and that company is none other that Nintendo. In fact, Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime has said the following about the iPad to Kotaku:

“[It] is not having an impact on Nintendo when you look at our business, our volume, our hardware, our software. I’ve seen data that suggestions that while consumers are constantly downloading Apps, they play with them for a few times and then they are moving on to the next thing… Clearly it doesn’t look like their platform is a viable profit platform for game development because so many of the games are free versus paid downloads.”

What do you guys think? Should Nintendo be scared of Apple?

A much anticipated follow up to one of the best shooter of the past two years, Bad Company had a lot to live up to, and developer DICE made some promises on top of that as well. And pretty much across the board, the game succeeds — Bad Company 2, while having a so and so single player campaign, feature a multiplayer portion that easily knocks off Modern Warfare 2 as the go to multiplayer FPS experience.

In Bad Company 2, we start off where we left last time with B-Company, or Bad Company, where you’ll be fighting alongside Haggard, Sweetwater, and the Sarge. But don’t expect them to offer much help, as you’ll e doing most of the killing and destruction. But since that’s the point of the game, and since it’s a lot of fun, you probably won’t mind. Speaking of destruction, Bad Company 2′s big selling point is exactly that: destruction. This time, DICE calls it destruction 2.0, and while it may seem a bit like the first game, there are noticeable differences. The chief of which is that entire buildings can be leveled to the ground. The story of Bad Company 2 isn’t a thrill ride, but serves as a stepping stone for some missions around the world, and sadly, it seems that DICE tried to emulate Modern Warfare quite a lot along the way, especially the first missions reek of “rip off” attitude towards MW.

The multiplayer part however, is some of the best to date. It doesn’t rival Battlefield 2′s epic 64 player battles, but the good maps, great visuals and destruction more than make up for sheer player count — and that’s pretty good, 24 players on consoles and 32 on the PC. The multilayer features a dozen maps, a new squad rush mode, and the usual stats, ranks and unlocks. Best of all, the game runs pretty smoothly on consoles, while on the PC we experienced an occasional jitter here and there, coupled with frame rate drops (even on high-end machines).

Technically, the game looks wonderful, and especially the desert and warm settings are rendered realistically. The explosions and effects are in a class of its own for an FPS game, and once again, the audio features the best gun sounds you’ll ever hear. Sadly, for the PC, players with dedicated audio cards won’t be able to take full advantage of them, as all audio is done in software now. In all, Bad Company 2 lives up to its expectations, and you should certainly put it at the top of your list of FPS games to get. Way at the top.

The Good:
Great gameplay
Awesome destruction
Solid multiplayer
Wonderful visuals and audio

The Bad:
Campaign is hit and miss

Overall score: 9/10

Sony has just announced that they will be holding their E3 press conference on June 15th at the Shrine Auditorium in LA starting at 11:30am PST. There’s no telling what the company will talk about during the conference but considering the spotlight is currently on both 3D games and the recently announced Playstation Move I’m sure we’ll be hearing about that.

According to VG247, Nintendo is expected to hold their conference on the same day but that has yet to be officially announced.

We already let you know last week but just as a friendly reminder, the Skate 3 demo is set to hit both the PS3 and Xbox 360 next week on April 15th. While EA hasn’t officially announced it, it’s safe to assume that the demo will featurea  trial level much like the one found in both the Skate 1 and 2 demos.

We’ll give you a hands on review as soon as the demo is made available.

Back in February we let you know that the Blur demo would be made available to the public at some point in March. However, it was just made known that the beta is available now. So, if you’re looking to try the game out before youb uy it you can grab the Blur demo on Xbox Live.

It’s free, so why not?

When I first heard of Geometry Wars I was a bit hesitant to pick it up due to the fact that I thought it was a puzzler. However, after I tired the game out on a massive HD screen I fell in love with the absolute chaos. Well, I’m telling you this because it was just announced that Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 is now on Xbox Live for just 400 Microsoft Points or about $5. This is a 50% price drop from it’s previous price point of $10, if you didn’t know.

But anyways go check it out, it’s only 5 bucks.

While some may argue that Project Natal will be nothing more than a gimmicky peripheral, the guys over at Microsoft see things a bit differently. Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg, in fact, has said:

“..we expect millions and millions of these things to be sold this Christmas, over time developers will know millions of customers have these sensors so they can add functionality to their games. So you may see hybrid approaches, but our initial focus is on those unique experiences.”

What do you think? Will Project Natal sell millions or will it be a flop kind of like the PSPgo? Let us know in the comments.

via destructoid

If you’re going on a long car ride and don’t want to shell out the money for a customized PS3 laptop from Ben Heck, you should check out Hori’s portable PS3 screen. As you can see, it’s not much more than a 720p LCD screen that latches onto to the top of your PS3 but that’s the beauty of it, just slap this baby on and you’re good to go.

Of course, it’s only going to be in sale on May 27th in Japan for $275 which is probably more than you’re willing to spend for it especially considering you’re going to have to deal with importing.

via kotaku

Those free Avatar night vision goggles weren’t enough for you? Well then, how about a free week of Xbox Live? That’s right, Microsoft has just announced that those who purcahsed the Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package on the first day it was available will be getting a free week of Xbox Live Gold. All you need to do is check your messages on Xbox for more details.

Sure, you might already have Xbox Live but an extra week can’t hurt, right?