Well ladies and gentleman it looks like Mortal Kombat has a new home. The Mortal Kombat, Joust and Spy Hunter franchises are now the property of Warner Bros. According to the LA Times, “The deadline for submitting bids to buy Midway Games passed Wednesday afternoon with just one offer — a $33-million deal from Warner Bros. to purchase most of the bankrupt Chicago company’s assets”.

However the offer doesn’t include all of Midway’s assets. “It remains unclear what will happen to the company’s studio in Newcastle, U.K., which makes the Wheelman games, and its studio in San Diego, which is developing a wrestling game based on a license with TNA Entertainment. Those assets could potentially be sold to another buyer”.

This is great news I can’t wait to see a true next-generation Mortal Kombat game built from the ground up for the 360 and PS3. Hopefully they will bring back the Suffering series as well. I’m not too excited about that This is Vegas game, they can cancel it as far as I care, but this is a great opportunity for Midway to introduce freshly new IPs, like that Necessary Force game.

For more details check out the LA Times

Sources:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/06/warnerbuysmidway.html

When will it end? Now Square-Enix is trying to top Capcom and Kojima with their own teaser site. Square-Enix appears to have a countdown site, that looks like it will lead to an unveiling on July 6. The site displays a sketched background scene with a giant four in the background. The background will supposedly be filled in as day the days go by.

Sources:

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/0706/

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m sick of these teaser sites. After Hideo Kojima’s crazy countdown clock in announcing Metal Gear Soild: Rising and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, I really can’t take anymore. Now it appears Capcom is trying to top Kojima’s infamous tactic by doing their own. The teaser site in question right now, is just a single date: 1560.

Now I’m going to go out on limb and say this is another mystery title from Capcom’s camp, but God only knows what it is. Capcom disappointed me at this year’s E3 in announcing their mysterious title #2, which turn out to be a brand new Resident Evil game for the PSP. I was kind of hoping for another Onimusha game or even another Devil May Cry, but here we go again being teased by another video game company. So let the speculation begin, can anyone guess what this game is?. The Capcom site is accessible off the Sengoku Basara (the same guys that brought you Devil Kings) official site. So could it be a new entry in the series? We know Capcom like milking the hell out of their franchises.

What do you guys think?

Sources:

http://www.capcom.co.jp/1560/

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Sony Says: “We’re excited to announce that a new inFAMOUS space will be launching in Home very soon. We’ll have a lot more details on the new space for you all next week, so please stay tuned!”

1. Infamous Home space is rumored to have a section where you can actually read a comic book regarding parts of the story not seen in the game. (signs pointing towards infamous 2)

2. The home space may feature a special room that will allow you play a mini – game using the character zeke.

We shall see what’s to come very soon

Infamous Fact Sheet

* inFAMOUS is the fastest demo to reach the 1 million milestone on the PlayStation Network.
* According to a recent NPD report, inFAMOUS was the fifth best-selling software title for the month of May after being on the shelves for only 6 days (the title launched on May 26).

Columbia Pictures has picked up the rights to create the feature film based off Sony’s popular Uncharted: Drakes Fortune franchise. No details have been given about the cast or when production will be begin but reports indicate that the script is being written by Kyle Ward, who is also working on Hitman 2 and Kane & Lynch and the Avi Arad who is best known for his work on the Marvel films is said to be the producer for film.

Whats do you guys think? Who would you like to see play the role of Nathan Drake? Please Comment.

Slant has revealed that patch 1.50 for Socom: Confrontation and its said to fix some of the issues that have been plaguing the game for quite some time now. Also the patch will include a new tournament mode which is said to accomodate 1000’s of players. All of this is said to be released later in July and Slant 6 even gave details on patch 1.60, which is said to include free DLC.

1.60 will include the following:

New Special Forces: The Dutch KCT and the Italian COMSUBIN Special Forces. Each Force includes new heads and voice + a light, medium and heavy variant of their own torso and legs (each with a unique camouflage pattern).

Two new primary weapons will be immediately accessible to players who select to play as the new Special Forces; the 417 assault rifle for the Dutch KCT and the SPAS 15 shotgun for the Italian COMSUBIN Special Forces.

Four new weapons will be available to all players regardless of assigned Special Force. These are the 9mm Sub Machine Gun, M82A1A, Ak-74 and SR-25. The 1.60 will also include a number of weapon updates and adjustments to existing weapons.

In addition to the free DLC included with the 1.60 update we are also working to add 100% Random Medleys in the 1.60 update. We know this is a highly requested feature and we really want to get it out to you.

Slant 6 also hinted that they are working on a major content release pack but no release date was given that either. Rumor has it that it will be a map pack.

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These screen shots will get football fans ready for August 14th. Add the fact EA introduced online co-op and the pro-tak animations we are in for a treat this year. Enjoy the screen shots below

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The graphics in this game has been bumped up once more and it’s closer to pixar quality more than ever. Look at the screen shots below they are all in-game and extremely detailed enjoy.

Deal to merge makes for new and vigorous growth in Europe

Hertfordshire, UK- June 26th, 2009 – TECMO KOEI EUROPE LTD proudly announces its official merger between developing powerhouses TECMO and KOEI, to form brand new company TECMO KOEI EUROPE LTD (TKE).

In a move that brings together two of Japan’s biggest gaming companies, TKE will offer a new library of games to European audiences while continuing to thrill fans of existing franchises and titles.

The first title released under the new TKE banner will be NINJA GAIDEN Σ 2 exclusively for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. “Featuring new characters, game play, and developed by the award-winning Team NINJA, NINJA GAIDEN Σ 2 is the perfect vehicle with which to launch the new company”, said Will Curley, VP of Sales and Marketing. “This is a momentous occasion for both KOEI and TECMO. With some great quality titles coming from both sides, such as UNDEAD KNIGHTS (PSPTM) and QUANTUM THEORY (name TBC) (PLAYSTATION®3) from TECMO, and Warriors: Legends of Troy (PLAYSTATION®3 and XBOX360®) and TRINITY: Souls of Zill O’ll (PLAYSTATION®3) from KOEI, TKE will quickly become one of the major players in the video games industry”.