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A brand new trailer, the first in a long time, has appeared for Platinum Games’ ridiculous hardcore action titleBayonetta. We finally get a little taste of the game’s story, as well as some gameplay footage that shows off some boss combat. Also, Bayonetta herself is now a bawdy seventies English school mistress, apparently. Anofficial Japanese sitehas also launched, so if you’re into Moonspeak, you can glean some information on characters and plot....

Platinum Games has been blogging up a storm to promote its upcoming (and highly sexy) action gameBayonetta. In one blog, the team talks about theenvironments, and in another, we get to learn about Bayonetta’s arch rival, the Cruella de Vil-esqueJeanne. “I wanted to make Jeanne feel like something out of the 1960s, so she wears rather thick makeup. Her blood red lips and lower eyelashes are the key points to this design,” explains Mari Shimazaki....

Billy Blanks is getting a fitness game in Japan. Believe it or not, this makes sense. Just like my old friend and fellow gigantic African American manBob Sapp, Billy Blanks is hugely popular in Japan. For a country with a reputation for hating foreigners (especially brown ones), the country sure is accepting to Billy and Bob. Everyone I met there was really nice to me as well, despite my bad Japanese and beige complexion....

Honestly, we should just call this episode, “The Jonathan Holmes Show” because that’s really what it is. Listening to Holmes’ passion for all things Capcom pretty much struck me dumb as he consistently managed to ask every question I could think of before I’d even really thought about it. It’s a good interview and will no doubt sate much of the lust for everyone’s favorite Wii fan that we’ve been hearing about....

It’s that time again. On this episode of the show, we’re going to discuss videogames. Specifically, we’ll spend some time talking aboutFragile Dreams, a littleAlan Wakeand a few other spooky-type games we’ve been playing. There will also no doubt be some discussion on poorly naming games because Jonathan seems hyped up about that for some reason. Anything you think we should be addressing? Put it in the comments below and we may just talk about it....

I have heard many of you mention that you plan to support Criterion by purchasing premium downloadable content as a way of repaying the company for rocking on the free DLC front. But will you make good on that promise? Thankfully, the “Legendary Car Pack,” which will be released this Thursday for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, looks unbelievably cool. The pack’s February 19 release date comes to us viaMatt Webster’s Twitter, where he also mentions therewill be the optionto buy the four cars separately....

It’s not reallya huge surprise, but the Capcom-branded PlayStation Store “storefront” this Thursday. There’s not much news to reported, other than that it’s like the rest of the PlayStation Store except it’s skinned with Capcom marketing. Each of Capcom’s games will have its own little department, which will contain all of the content related to said game. Like I said, “fancy.” So Sony is giving Capcom a gift for being such a huge supporter of the PlayStation Network....

I won’t lie — when I first sawCapcom’s teaser sitefor this game, there was a part of me that was hopeful for a new Onimusha game (even though I didn’t like the last one at all). Turns out it has nothing to do with Onimusha — rather, the game isSengoku Basara 3, orDevil Kingsas we know it here in the states. Two mysterious silhouettes were also revealed, which you can see in the gallery and pontificate over....

Maker of fine (if not sometimes totally crazy) peripherals Nyko Technologies will be debuting some new hardware at CES this week. Among the goods are a bunch of brightly-colored guns for pew-pewing, and a cooling fan that makes your Xbox 360 look like an alien spacecraft. Power Shot for Move Because the Move controller doesn’t look like a gun and you like your peripherals to be huge, Nyko is introducing the Power Shot....

One of the coolest — and most expensive — pre-launch MMO deals we’ve seen in a while is the‘Lifetime’ membership offerforChampions Online. As the name implies, the offer allows people to play the game without fees until the MMO croaks. Like members of theChampionscommunity, we believed the deal was good until September 1st. That’s notentirelytrue and it’s causing a fuss. According tothis official post, the amount of Lifetime membership subscriptions, as well as pre-launch six-month subscriptions is limited and may sell out before the September date....

I can’t imagine ever seeing a general consensus when it comes to software piracy. Consumers, developers, publishers and the media all approach the situation from different angles and have different motivations and investments in the software. Unity Technologies, developers of the Unity game engine and editor, have added some moregray to the piracy canvass. John Goodale believes that China’s culture of piracy allowed his company to make waves in the East....

An entry on theofficialCity of HeroesWeb siteshows that the next upcoming update, Issue 13, will be adding several interesting new features. The biggest one is definitely the Mission Architect, which will allow players to create their own missions for other heroes to play through. There’s even some talk of rewards for missions that end up becoming popular. Using an intuitive interface similar to the game’s detailed Character Creator, players can create missions from the ground up....

Conduit 2was set to release this year, but pushing it into 2011 has given publisher Sega enough time to put together a fancy limited edition version of the game. Exclusive to GameStop, theConduit 2 Limited Editionwill come with a 44-page “The Art of the Game” book, along with two unlockable items: a new armor skin and an improved All Seeing Eye searching tool. The ASE device can find hidden secrets twice as fast as the stock apparatus, and the “Gold Destroyer Armor” skin can be used in multiplayer....