The second coming of MvC2 is upon us...

Pardon the language of the pic above (taken from NeoGAF), but Microsoft's PartnerNET service has a mysterious game I have been waiting for to be on Xbox Live Arcade (also ESRB rated for PSN as well) which is Marvel vs. Capcom 2. With the ESRB rating in place and this pic as proof that it exists, it is only a matter of time when do you go crazy with Hailstorms and Magnetic Tempests now that MvC2 will be out on Live Arcade and PSN soon (hopefully online and other stuff in). Even though a HD Remix-like version would have been cooler (then again, it will take forever because of new art like SSF2T HD Remix), at least it is still coming. Who knows when Capcom themselves will officially announce it, but as many have said, if out in a month or two, this could steal SSF2T HD Remix's thunder a bit. A possible scenario is Microsoft putting this to the Xbox Originals lineup, which means it will have the backwards compatibility issues that the Xbox version when it runs on 360. Another good thing is that Marvel wants a second coming of this game to happen too, so maybe those 2 companies finally made it happen and now in good terms that the dream MvC3 could happen someday (If Street Fighter IV can happen, this can happen too).

As a reminder why Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is awesome, here's one of many infamous videos to prove that.

Guitar Hero World Tour Blowout Part IV

This fourth part of the GH World Tour Blowout features "Beat It" by Michael Jackson (Yeah, that song and surprisingly fun too), "Re-Education Through Labor" by Rise Against, and "Assassin" by Muse.

Guitar Hero World Tour Blowout Part III

Another set of GH World Tour footage with "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" by Lostprophets, "Santeria" by Sublime, and "Shiver" by Coldplay. At least the new long note system seems like a good gameplay improvement as well as getting more star power while in star power like Rock Band too. The new HUD seems okay with me even if the multiplier display is smaller than last year.

Someone is already playing Gears 2...

Watch live video from Gears of War 2 on Justin.tv

Perhaps the biggest game this fall has reached gold status and some lucky guy already has a physical copy of Gears 2. Check NeoGAF for more on this especially which stream site he'll use for gameplay videos of the campaign (Spoilers obviously), Horde, and multiplayer (with bots). Yes, Gears of War 2 is already insane from the first act on and who knows what will happen in the later parts of the campaign (I don't mind the spoilers since its still 3 weeks early and plus its off-screen, so when I play it on my own, at least it will be way better on my HDTV blasting the volume to high at all times).

Guitar Hero World Tour Blowout Part II

Another set of clips I'll put up here with Korn's "Freak on A Leash," and "Misery Business" by Paramore. Now I'm tempted to buy this even though I should not.



UPDATE - "Hotel California" by The Eagles

Guitar Hero World Tour Blowout Part I

So the same dude that got Guitar Hero III early last year, pdtecrj, now has World Tour too. He just started the game rolling out the first tier of songs so give him some days to get the rest in. Here's "Beautiful Disaster" by 311 for a start.



UPDATE - Now with Blink 182's "Damnit" and GHWT's version of "Everlong" by the Foo Fighters.

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Kollector's Edition cover

MK vs. DC Universe now has a Kollector's Edition with an awesome cover by Alex Ross. In terms of the content offered in this LE, its not really much with developer videos, but a comic book of the storyline made by John Tobias, the other co-creator of the Mortal Kombat franchise with Ed Boon could be cool. Anyway, I would buy it for the cover.

I'm still considering buying the game after its November 3rd release (add that to my December stash of games to check out) because I'm a supporter of the fighting game genre (its my favorite genre of gaming after all) and this game is not that bad as a fighter of being different from the rest of the pack.

About that December stash of gaming, it could be all of this:

• Fallout 3
• Left 4 Dead
• Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
• Midnight Club Los Angeles
• Mirror's Edge
• Saints Row 2
• Prince of Persia

Yeah, its missing other big games like Fable II, Guitar Hero World Tour, and PS3 games since I don't have the system still, but those seven games are likely candidates to be part of my Winter Break gaming.