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I’m guessing the answer is “no”, because I’ve been scouring the internet all morning for some source or report on this. Sadly, I can’t find anything. All I have to go on is an email I got fromTyrone Rodriguez from Nicalis(publisher ofCave Storyon WiiWare/DSiWare, and co developer ofCave Story 3D) stating that 04/29 is the birthday of Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya (creator ofCave Story), and that something special happens if you boot up the game on that day (but only if youdownloaded the patchfor the game that came out last year)....

Last week’s MI6 conference was a big deal, mostly for those who happen to be in marketing in the games industry. However, some interesting news has come from the event, like Sony’s admissions that they recognize theirarroganceabout the PS3, and that they hope to change that. Anyway, beyond Sony, there was much talk on the issue of game distribution and where it will be in the future. That was up for discussion during the roundtable discussion in “Game Distribution in 2015,” a conversation between some of the heaviest hitters in this portion of the industry....

After months of profusely salivating overMirror’s Edgetrailers, Rev. Anthony and I had the extreme pleasure of profusely salivating over the game itself with a few minutes of hands-on gameplay at EA’s showroom. Guided by one of the game’s producers, both of us took charge of Faith’s limber parkour maneuvers over a few rooftops and building sides with . I can say that we left with very positive impressions, which you have the privilege of hearing from ourridiculouslyattractive faces after the jump....

Batman: The Brave and the Boldisn’t my Batman. I’m pretty sure I’ve said something along those lines before. That said, any Batman at all is better than none and the recent success ofArkham Asylumhas raised my spirits when it comes to seeing the Dark Knight in games. This Wii version based on the currently running animated series game follows a format similar to that of the TV show. It’s broken down into four “episodes” which WB Games equated to being the equivalent of a feature-length story in the show....

Ubisoft has released some Xbox Avatar malarky forAssassin’s Creed: Revelations. You can buy one of the following: Additionally, in celebration of their 25th anniversary, Ubisoft has a limited edition E3 avatar collection with avatar nonsense from your favorite Ubisoft games. This collection will only be available for two weeks starting June 7, in case you were going to save up to buy them all a month from now. Check out the full list of crap below....

Ordinarily, I wouldn’t care too much about a game likeRocksmith. Not that it’s bad — games as learning tools deserve our support — but it isn’t for me. If you’re into real guitars, and like videogames, this might be for you. Ubisoft didn’t have a live demonstration ofRocksmith, but there was a pre-recorded video in which notable musicians and not-musicians talked about the game. A little bit of a gameplay was shown, and it looks like what you’d expect....

Falloutveterans will likely be the only people up for the challenge ofFallout: New Vegas‘ Hardcore Mode. As Bethesda’s Jason Bergman explained, “It’s not so much about difficulty as it is making every decision you do and how you play the game much, much more meaningful.” Hardcore Mode forces you to play the game carefully, and it takes away many of the game-y concessions you might be used to:

I take absolutely no credit for the Famitsutoid header. This comes compliments of Destructoid community blogger Genki-JAM, who was kind enough to share his latest issue of Famitsu, packed full of hot images of lots of upcoming sequels you may be interested in.. The first spread is on the newMetal Geargame we’ve been talking about so much here lately. You see a Raiden and Big Boss, but they may not be Raiden and Big Boss....

Like Google Mail once upon a glorious time,FarmVillehas been in “beta” status since Christ walked the Earth. The loss of the “beta” status is a point of fear for those addicted to the social game. When it comes out, will it cost? The answer, contrary to the latest rumors, is thatFarmVillewon’t costits 80 million active usersa dime. The Internet was abuzzin’ afterFarmVille Freak.composted an e-mail stating that the social game was set to come out of beta in April with a $5....

Next Generationmanaged to catch up with Reggie Fils-Aime, COO of Nintendo of America, to have a word with the man, prior to the launch of the Wii in a few days time. As you all know, Reggie is the messiah of hope to Nintendo fans … even from a completely unbiased point of view, I think the man has an incredible ability to turn peoples’ heads without making ludicrous statements or putting down the competition....

It seems like only yesterday we were reporting that Midway was making worlds collide by bringingMortal Kombat vs. DC Universeto next-gen consoles. How ridiculous it seemed — Batman versus Scorpion? The Joker versus Baraka? Well, now the game is about to be released, and Midway has announced that MortalKombat vs. DC Universehas gone gold. The game hit North American shelves on November 16 and Europe on November 21, and will be available on both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360....

The latest issue of PSM3 has a ten-pagepreviewspread on EA’s forthcoming game based on Dante Alighieri’sInferno. Developed by the company’s Redwood Shores studio (known for their work onDead Space), the title is described as a third-person and draws comparisons to theGod of WarandDevil May Cryseries. From what little we’ve been able to glean from the article without having the opportunity to read it yet, all of the now-standard conventions of the genre are present....