FIGHTING GAME NEWS
- Katsuhiro Harada announced Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
- Yun and Yang were officially confirmed for SSF4: Arcade Edition. A trailer was shown for the new outfits, coming to consoles via DLC. (All outfits can be seen at SRK.)
- Tron Bonne, X-23, Spiderman, and Albert Wesker were announced for MvC3.
- BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II announced as coming to arcades with the ability be updated via Internet downloads.
- Japan's SBO (Tougeki) tournament took place at the show. The winning team in SF4 was Kindevu/Momochi/RF. Kindevu eliminated Daigo in the finals. Kuroda's team won Third Strike, to no one's surprise.
NON-FIGHTING GAME NEWS
- Ico and Shadow of the Colossus HD remakes were announced for PS3. They have 3D support, and both games are on one disc for $40.
- Devil May Cry is getting a reboot by Ninja Theory, makers of Heavenly Sword.
- Saturn classic Radiant Silvergun is being remade for XBLA.
- Capcom is making Steel Battalion for Kinect, replacing the original's gigantic $200 controller with motion controls.
- Suda 51 (Killer 7, No More Heroes) and Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil) announced their collaboration on Shadows of the Damned.
- NanaOn-Sha, Masaya Matsuura's company (of Parappa fame,) is working on a cutesy horror game for Kinect called Haunt.
- The upcoming Yakuza game, Yakuza: Of the End, takes a strange turn by taking place in Japan during a zombie apocalypse.
- PSP Tactics Ogre was playable and reportedly very good. The graphics are said to keep a SNES sprite look, but with sharp 3D effects.
- The 3rd Birthday, the new Parasite Eve game coming to PSP, plays more like an action/shooter game, but not in a bad way.
- Castelvania: Lords of Shadow is said to be surprisingly good and should please Castlevania fans, even though it is 3D.
- Phantasy Star Online 2 was announced, but Sega provided no details whatsoever.
- Catherine, an adult-themed game about nightmares by the Persona team, looks crazy and potentially awesome.
- Some former Panzer Dragoon staff are working on a spiritual successor, Project Draco, for Kinect.
- A new Fire Pro-wrestling game will let you wrestle with your Xbox avatar.
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