Team ICO Finally Showing Stuff Again...

Team ICO has been quiet this year till this week's TGS as far as revealing anything new with The Last Guardian and now a new trailer has surfaced. We still know next to nothing about the game and its still ways off with a holiday release next year. Despite that, its easy to excited for this now that the project is still going and blowing people's minds. Other than The Last Guardian, they officially announced the Team ICO Collection of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus for release next year with 3D support. The two classics are reborn again HD-up and another chance for them to shine because for one, I missed them when they came out on PS2, and gives others that missed out to experience two special games that are unlike anything else out now even today. The Team ICO Collection will be out next year only on PS3 and with that plus The Last Guardian at their disposal next year, the team has a busy time ahead for them and I know they will deliver on the expectations.

MvC3 TGS 2010 Video Blowout

Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds has a new build at TGS showing off the roster so far as well as two new additions (more like one). We already know Tron Bonne is in from the last cinematic trailer, but gameplay has surfaced of her in action as she retains her MvC2 movelist for the most part with her supers intact as well as one more super new to the game. As a Tron user in MvC2, I'm happy she is pretty much the same and perhaps even better in MvC3 with more combos that link to her supers, but if her projectile assist is gone that made her one of the better characters in that game, then who knows if I'll still use her for MvC3. The new character announced for TGS is a surprising one as X-23 enters the fray. The first lady announced for the Marvel side is not a Wolverine clone as people feared, but she has her own crazy movelist and quite useful at best. She can be one of those quick characters that hard, so her speed may be used to her advantage. So far, X-23 seems like she will be a worthy addition to the roster with still others yet to be revealed in the coming months, so enjoy the gameplay footage of the new characters in action (Some Level 3 supers for the existing characters are also shown in the trailer above).

Clips from TGS 2010... (Well, Before the Show)

The Tokyo Game Show should be going on today and the weekend and it seems like Japanese developers are bringing it in terms of announcing new games (The new DmC and Ninja Gaiden III have their spotlighted posts earlier).

First up is Shadows of the Damned, published by EA and developed Grasshopper. Suda 51 of No Heroes fame is behind this new game along with other notable names in the Japanese game world. It seems like a third-person shooter Resident Evil style against demons with its own visual style. This game is out next year for the PS3 and 360.

Next up is Catherine, which is by Atlus, who does the Persona games. Atlus finally has a Persona-like game on the PS3 and 360 as it has its own craziness that the mind can't consume at first. Plus, this trailer has no subtitles, so good luck trying to figure out what is going on.

Capcom, along with DmC, announced another new game and IP, called Asura's Wrath. This one is developed by Cyberconnect2 (.Hack series back on the PS2) and its another crazy action game with quicktime events done on Unreal Engine 3. The trailer alone is pretty nuts, which is enough to get people excited and who knows when this one comes out on PS3/360.

Dead Rising 2 is out at the end of the month and Case: Zero has been an amazing success for Capcom, so why not put out another downloadable episode called Case: West. This is actually an epilogue of the game (who knows why Capcom announced this already) featuring Chuck Greene and the first game's protagonist, Frank West, making a return to the fray. This is also currently a 360 exclusive like Case: Zero, so PS3 owners are again getting the shaft which makes wonder why Dead Rising 2 is even coming to PS3 if Microsoft continues to wheel and deal their way towards getting exclusive rights.

Continuing on the downloadable front is a teaser for a new Pikeljunk game with Playstation Move support. Its called Pikeljunk Lifelike and at first glance it seems like it will be a Move-only rhythm game, but who knows as it could be totally something else. Considering their track record with great music on their games, a rhythm game by Q Games is not that bad of an idea. It seems early as I don't expect to see this weird PSN game till next year.

Also out at the end of the month (for PC) is Final Fantasy XIV. This new MMO FF game has been in the beta phase for a bit already, and I'm not sure what is the consensus is so far with it since it has been flying under the radar with everything else that is out now. Then again, its probably me not paying attention to what is going on because its a MMO and I'm not into those type of games. However, here's a new and long CG cutscene in FF tradition with the game also coming to the PS3 next year.

That's it from TGS for now. Probably more on the show later on especially Sony showing off The Last Guardian again (Finally!) and yes, the Team Ico Collection of Ico/Shadow of the Colossus, which is slated for release next year only on PS3.

On the Flipside of DmC, Ninja Gaiden III = Also A Reality

While crazy gamers are still getting angry over Capcom's new Devil May Cry game announcement, Team Ninja silently announces Ninja Gaiden III as they started development on it, but it won't be out for a while. With a new team led by Hayashi, I'm curious if they can continue the series the way it is, which I think they can. The modern Ninja Gaiden games have been the one of the better action games in recent years (The first one/Black still one of my favorite games of all-time), so more Ryu Hayabusa slicing dudes up with blood everywhere is a good thing.

Ninja Theory's Devil May Cry = Now A Reality

Another rumor that lasted for a while in the gaming world becomes true as Capcom announces a new Devil May Cry game developed by Ninja Theory called DmC. For those who don't know Ninja Theory, they made Sony's Heavenly Sword, which is not that bad of an action game on the PS3, but had its issues and haters. This is pretty much a reboot for the series as a younger Dante with black hair (also haters gonna hate) gets shown wrecking house against new enemies. It also shows him in a captured state being interrogated as some unknown guy, so who knows what will go on with that. Ninja Theory developing the game is making a lot of Capcom fanboys mad with the Dante redesign and how the gameplay would feel totally different, but honestly, I'm giving them a chance to see how they handle such this franchise that has nearly lasted a decade. DmC is expected to come out sometime next year for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.