THQ announced new details regarding pre-order retail incentive programs in the US and Canada for UFC: Undisputed 3. The pre-order programs, including popular new UFC fighters, exclusive ultimate fights, create-a-fighter tools and early access to new in-game content, are listed below. CONTENDERS FIGHTER PACK: Consumers who pre-order UFC Undisputed 3 at GameStop in the United States or EB Games in Canada will have access to the Contenders Fighter Pack featuring prominent UFC newcomers Jason “Mayhem” Miller, Brian Stann, Phil Davis and Nick Diaz. Miller is currently scheduled to coach opposite fellow middleweight Michael Bisping in The Ultimate Fighter Season 14, premiering Wednesday, September 21 on SPIKE TV, while Stann, a former WEC light heavyweight champion and decorated captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, will face Chael Sonnen in a middleweight division matchup at UFC 136 on October 8 in Houston, Texas. Davis is a former NCAA Division I All-American wrestling champion at Penn State University who boasts a promising 5-0 record in his young UFC light heavyweight career, while Diaz, a former Strikeforce, WEC and IFC Welterweight Champion, will take on BJ Penn in his UFC debut at UFC 137 on October 29 in Las Vegas, Nev. EARLY ACCESS PASS: Consumers who pre-order UFC Undisputed 3 at Best Buy in the United States or Canada will have early access to a variety of content without spending hours to complete multiple game modes. Players will automatically unlock 150 in-game items for created fighters, including t-shirts, hoodies and caps, as well as a variety of unique nicknames like “The Prince of Pain,” “Wild Thing” and “The Bone Collector.” In addition, they will have access to new bouts in Ultimate Fights Mode, including Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez (UFC 121), Chuck Liddell vs. Rich Franklin (UFC 115) and Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin (UFC 101), as well as a “Legendary Chuck Liddell” playable fighter. ULTIMATE FIGHTS: KNOCKOUT PACK: Consumers who pre-order UFC Undisputed 3 on Walmart.com in the United States or Canada will have access to the Ultimate Fights: Knockout Pack featuring five of the most memorable knockouts in UFC history. The Ultimate Fights Knockouts Pack will serve as a complement to the game’s Ultimate Fights Mode, a challenge-based system that encourages players to recreate famous UFC fights in order to unlock authentic fight montages, behind the scenes footage and fighter interviews. ULTIMATE KNOCKOUT ARTIST BOOST PACK: Consumers who pre-order UFC Undisputed 3 at Amazon in the United States or FutureShop in Canada will have access to the Ultimate Knockout Artist Boost Pack, enabling the player to build his or her own specially created knockout artist using instant upgrade tips from UFC Undisputed 3 game designers. This boost to a player’s Create-a-Fighter will save an estimated 8-10 hours of gameplay time that would traditionally be spent training the ideal knockout artist. UFC Undisputed 3 is in development and currently scheduled with a release date of January 2012 in North America. Source: Press Release

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A story about a boy, a fairy doll and the boy’s quest to revive his recently deceased mother. From the minds of Level-5 and studio Ghibli , comes this role-playing magical adventure. Ni No Kuni (or The Another World) was first announced in the Japanese publication Famitsu in September 2008 for the Nintendo DS. Later in 2010, it was revealed that the game was in development for the PlayStation 3 and a world premier trailer of “Ninokuni: Shiroki Seihai no Joou” (Queen of the White Ashes) was shown in TGS 2010. Many English-speaking players were wondering if this will be another Japanese import, but wonder no more … Level-5 president Akihiro Hino confirmed that an English version of the game is in production for an early 2012 release in North America, exclusively for PlayStation 3. I leave you with some gameplay footage from TGS 2011 … Here is a second Gameplay video to demonstrate the game’s “Final Fantasy/Pokemon” battles!

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Check out this cool new personal space from Lockwood Publishing. Invite your friend over and have a virtually dance party in this neon party space. You can have a interactive animated hexagonal dance floor and a gift machine so your friends don’t leave empty handed. If you get tired of dancing you can take the teleporters to Sodium2, SodiumOne and the Sodium Hub. Lockwood Publishing is very proud to present the new Silicon Lounge personal space from Sodium. The Silicon Lounge is a personal counterpart to the Sodium Hub festival environment where friends can get together under the desert moonlight to party and relax together. We like to think that this magical party space is the perfect solution to all your entertaining needs. Set in a secret desert location, the Silicon Lounge contains everything players need to host parties the likes of which PlayStation® Home has never seen. Make a statement in this neon paradise, show off your moves on the interactive animated hexagonal dance floor or surprise your friends with luxurious gifts from the integrated Lockwood Gift Machine. And of course, when you’re all partied out, relax in the space’s hidden underground chill-out snug – if you can find it that is! The Silicon Lounge personal space from Sodium delivers: Ultra-cool after dark desert setting Colourful and stylish neon environment Animated interactive melodic dancefloor Integrated Lockwood Gift Machine Luxury underground hideaway snug Teleporters to Sodium2, SodiumOne and the Sodium Hub Animated raised stage area The Silicon Lounge personal Space will be released on August 25 2011 in European, North American, and Asian regions of PlayStation® Home.

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I should feel blessed to be close to such major events that happen in and around the video game industry. What most people don’t know is that the San Diego Comic-Con is a major hub for announcements and reveals. Most people think this is just a nerd convention where some overweight stereotype dresses up in a costume in the middle of the southern California summer. They are wrong my friends. Comic-Con has something for everyone. Video Game wise, Capcom announced Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, Naughty Dog and Sony brought the cast of Uncharted 3 to discuss the game, Batman: Arkham City was being promoted everywhere during the convention, and last but not the least, Hideo Kojima himself making his 3rd appearance to promote the upcoming HD re-release of his famous games. Frank Tieri signing Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 poster. Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 It started off innocently enough. I get a press release from Capcom with assets and videos on July 20th. I arrive at the convention that night to see that they had a couple of stations running the build with the just announced characters, Ghost Rider, Strider, Hawkeye, and that red dragon thing. All week they had tournaments running and giving away promo posters for the game. Ryota Niitsuma the producer of MvC3 was on hand a long with Frank Tieri signing posters. Uncharted 3 Nolan North, Emily Rose, and Richard McGonagle were on hand to discuss Uncharted 3. These panels are usually the best places where you can talk to them face to face and ask question. Nolan North has announced that he is working on a book called Drake’s Journal, which will be kind of a behind-the-scenes look of the making of Uncharted 3. They also showed a very funny clip of them doing this motion capture and sound capture, which made everyone laugh. The good folks at Sony also provided badge holders with these awesome one of a kind T-Shirts and voucher codes for those who were lucky enough to get them. Sony partnered with ESC toys to bring you these awesome vinyl figures . Here are a couple of the Uncharted swag I managed to get. Poster designed by Adam Hughes. If you don’t know who that is, well you better Google him because this guy is considered by many as one of the best cover artist of all time. The poster kinda reminds you of Indiana Jones. Metal Gear Solid Hideo Kojima, along with Yoji Shinkawa and Yumi Kikuchi, was on hand to greet fans and sign items during the event. The Konami booth featured some items from the Konami Store in Japan and to my dismay, I missed out on these awesome coffee mugs that had the famous red exclamation point printed on the bottom of the mug. They were selling them for $15. Sold out in a matter of hours. I did, however, manage win one of the prizes they were raffling to the attendees of the signing. I’ll let the picture speak for itself. Check out Konami’s official facebook page for more information about the signing. Kojima Answers my Question about Metal Gear Solid RISING. I also have a special treat to one of our readers, he asked me if I can ask Kojima about Metal Gear Solid RISING and Mr. Kojima did not disappoint. The moderator of the event asked the audience if we have any questions for Mr. Kojima and I yelled out WHEN IS METAL GEAR SOLID RISING COMING OUT!? and he answers me in this video..

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Heads up Tekken fans! Namco’s CG movie, Tekken: Blood Vengeance 3D,will be heading to theaters in North America on July 26, 2011 at 7:30 pm (local time). The movie will only be available for viewing for 6 hours. A 20 minute special featuring interviews with the Tekken Project director and screenwriter will accompany the film. Tickets are on sale now. To find a participating theater near you follow this link . Via: Fathom Events

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The PlayStation Store is finally live (at least in North America), and has been updated with a bit of content. To see the entire update in full, check it out on the Official PS Blog .

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It’s rare to see actual PlayStation staff or developers play games. It’s even more rare to see them play against gamers online unless it’s some kind of a presentation or you happen to be the select random few they accept as a friend and get added to their friends list. Well, Jeff Rubenstein is the Social Media Manager for Sony Computer Entertainment America. His role at SCEA includes running the North American PlayStation Blog website. He was caught playing Mortal Kombat online and did a pretty decent job playing. I’m no Mortal Kombat expert, but his gameplay reminds me of Sentinel mouth lasers and Sentinel drones if you know what I mean. Watch the video below. One more video after the break. Via dualpixels

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PlayStation Blog’s Jeff Rubenstein Fights by way of Mortal Kombat

Bethesda has so many great looking upcoming titles, that there are new goodies for us almost every day. Hunted: Demon’s Forge, is their, and inXile Entertainment’s, take on a new breed of dungeon crawler, and is looking great. This time, they take us deeper into the sound design in the game. Pedro, hopefully we get an explanation on the “magically reloaded bow” sometime soon. Hunted is slated for release in North America on May 31, 2011 and across Europe on June 3, 2011.

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The official KZ3 Blog announced that they will be offering double XP this weekend. “To celebrate the return of the PlayStation Network and welcome you back to Killzone 3’s online battlefield, we’ve got a Double XP Weekend lined up! Starting this Friday, May 20 at 17:00 PM UK time, and lasting until Monday, May 23 at 10:00 AM UK time, all XP you earn in Killzone 3’s multiplayer matches will be doubled.” I’ll probably hop on some if I can pull myself away from L.A. Noir.

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Killzone 3 Double XP Weekend Starting Now!

Dark Souls will have a Collectors Edition available for pre-order only at $59.99 and will include the following: – Custom-designed metal case. – Limited edition art book containing premium illustrations of characters and environments from the game – A mini-strategy guidebook. – Behind-the-scenes videos from the development studio detailing various stages of game concept, design and building. – Dark Souls game soundtrack digital download. You can pre-order HERE Original announcement NAMCO BANDAI GAMES ANNOUNCES DARK SOULS™ RELEASING OCTOBER 2011 Pre-order Incentives and Collector’s Edition Details Revealed SANTA CLARA, Calif., – May 11, 2011 – Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., today announced the exclusive pre-order incentives and Collector’s Edition of Dark Souls™, releasing in North America and Europe in October 2011 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. A new action-role playing game (RPG) developed by FromSoftware, Dark Souls is the spiritual successor to 2009′s critically acclaimed Demon’s Souls. The Dark Souls Collector’s Edition can be pre-ordered for $59.99, the same price as the standard edition, and will include a limited edition art book containing premium illustrations of characters and environments from the game, a mini-strategy guidebook, behind-the-scenes videos from the development studio detailing various stages of game concept, design and building, and the game’s soundtrack for digital download. All of this will come packaged with the standard edition game in a custom-designed metal case. Spiritual successor to PlayStation®3 system exclusive Demon’s Souls – winner of GameSpot’s “Overall Game of the Year” and “Best PS3 Game”, and IGN’s “Best RPG for PS3″ awards – Dark Souls also brings that game’s uniquely challenging and rewarding style of gameplay to the Xbox 360® for the first time. Stricken by the curse of undead, gamers are abolished to the northern realms and must battle hideous demons and unimaginable monsters to collect souls and find the Eternal Flame of Life, which is losing its light, to survive and cure the curse of undead. With tense dungeon crawling and fearsome enemy encounters, the seamlessly intertwined world of Dark Souls is full of extreme battles, rewarding challenges, nuanced weaponry and magic, and the flexibility to customize each character to suit any desired play style. The innovative online component allows gamers to draw from the collective experience of the Dark Souls community as they either help or sabotage each other on the journey through the Northern Realms to save the land from darkness. With a massive, seamless open world design, Dark Souls encourages deep exploration and an adaptable gameplay experience. Read more: http://www.gamingbits.com/xbox-360-news-bits/dark-souls-to-be-packed-as-collectors-edition-for-standard-edition-price-available-starting-october-2011/#ixzz1MAIlSGEN Source: Gamingbits

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