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For a brief 30-minute window at this year’s Evo, I was able to sample a small amount ofMarvel Tokon: Fighting Soulson PS5, the new Marvel fighting game from Arc System Works—and I was immediately hooked. I wasn’t alone, as evidenced by the long queues of people at Evo each day, trying to play a small part of the game alone or with their friends. There is hype building about this game, and PlayStation is making the most of it by teasing small parts of a larger experience....

A brand new free app is available for consumption for you Apple-indoctrinated folk.Mass Effect 3 Datapadis essentially a lore tome, character interaction interface, and mini-game all in one. The mini-game aspect is in the form of a sidequest called “Fleet Commander”, which allows you to deploy fleets to your console/PC copy ofMass Effect 3and increase your Galactic Readiness Rating — by tapping! For anyone who has playedMass Effect 3, Galactic Readiness Rating will be a familar term....

Snake, you’ve gone offline. Snake…SNAKE?!!! In what is becoming a sadly common trend, Konami has updated their official website to inform users that for the spin-off, “an internet connection is required.” While co-op would obviously make sense as being online only, why would the single-player campaign necessitate such a requirement? The recently releasedGran Turismo Sportdid the same thing and it makes little sense. When a game is focused entirely on multiplayer or couldn’t exist without internet connectivity (like an MMO or even some arena shooters), then it becomes easier to swallow, but how doesMetal Gear Survivenecessitate such a stipulation?...

“There’s something wrong, isn’t there?” Yes, Harry. Something is deeply wrong. I’m staying far away from thealternate-reality gameforSOMA. Not because I’m not interested in what Frictional Games is cooking up for its underwater horror title, but because brighter minds are on the case, putting the pieces together. I’ll stick with watching the live-action videos, thanks. There are some unsettling implications in this one, that’s for sure. If you missed it, the prior video shows a woman sobbing until she sees some whales, uh, hugging....

Even though this is being presented as a rumor, it seems so damn inevitable that it’s almost worth running as a “Captain Obvious” post before it’s even been confirmed. Nevertheless, rumblings suggest that Sony’s new handheld —the NGP— will max out at five hours of battery life. This would bring it in line with the original PSP, which also boasted a notoriously short lifespan. If anything, it’d be shocking if the battery life wasn’tlessthan four-to-five hours....

Intended to speed product distribution in Japan Nintendoannounced earlier todaythat it has made a deal to acquire JESNET (Japan Entertainment Software Sales Network) for the equivalent of $46.5 million. JESNET is a production and distribution network native to Japan, and it’s likely that Nintendo acquired it to assist in the rollout of its upcoming console, codenamed NX, early next year. Prior to the acquisition, the company was probably best known for making anime figurines....

Steam Game (in)Fest(ation) You always want to test drive a car before you buy it. Take it around the block, get a feel for how it moves, kick the tires a few times. You’ll have that opportunity with Obsidian’sGrounded, but this test drive mostly serves to clear up some curiosity. Obsidian has revealed that its upcoming survival adventureGroundedis getting a public demo in June.Groundedis part of the Steam Game Fest: Summer Edition which runs from June 9 through June 14....

More smol than ever before Atlus are getting the week off to a flying start with their latestPersona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinthcharacter trailer, which today features the delightful duo fromPersona 5’sVelvet Room, Caroline and Justine. As jailers and underlings of Igor, Caroline and Justine are responsible for the overseeing of protagonist Joker’s rehabilitation, as well as the execution, registration and fusing of various Persona, so there’s some real darkness behind their sweet appearance....

When I posted about thePersona 3 Socialmobile game yesterday, many of you reacted along the lines of “blah blah blah where’s myPersona 5on current-generation consoles?” Well, this new game,Catherine, isn’tPersona 5, but short of an official announcement forthatgame it’s the closest you’re going to get. Don’t be disappointed though, because from the looks of things,Catherineis easily as intriguing as anyPersonasequel, and involves keyPersonaseries staffers likeP3/P3Pdirector/producer Katsura Hashino and series character designer Shigenori Soejima....

Remember when Makoto thought she was a ghost? How we laughed It seems that Good Smile Co. are on a mission to announce more Nendoroid pre-orders than anyone can hope to keep up with. Today sees the reveal of brainiac cutie-pie Futaba Sakura, computer genius andalleged“Best Girl” from Atlus RPG soap-opera,Persona 5. Standing at a dinky 100mm, Futaba is rocking her classic “Summer clothes/Winter coat” aesthetic and comes with a selection of fun accessories....

He admits he’ll never make his perfect game Peter Molyneux has a well-deserved reputation within the gaming industry of being an overly excitable and dramatic guy. It seems that those characteristics follow him in defeat, too. Speaking toDevelopat Casual Connect, Molyneux stated thatFable III“was a trainwreck.” Molyneux gave his two cents with regard to the creative process, saying there’s an “empirical decay” between what a developer envisions at a project’s outset, and what the final product ends up being....

Well, that’s my day made This is the exact news I was hoping I’d get to cover following word ofQ Games’ collaboration with Double Eleven. The latter studio is indeed porting a belovedPixelJunktitle to PlayStation Vita.PixelJunk Monsters: Ultimate HDwill bring updated visuals, optional touch-screen controls, and all of the content found in the Encore expansion and Deluxe edition ofMonsters. Double Eleven COO Mark Southsays there were discussionsabout lowering the difficulty with checkpoints and the like — this is a rather challenging tower defense title, if you haven’t played — but they decided against it in the end....

PLEX writes checks Doing good sometimes has a domino effect. That’s the case with contributions to the Nepal earthquake fund. First, theFar Crydevs started matching donations. Then,Bungie sold t-shirtsto help the cause. Now, CCP’s hyper-warping its ships to offer some relief. CCP just fired up another PLEX for Good drive in which players can donateEVE Online‘s in-game subscription currency. For each PLEX received, CCP will chip in $15 to the Icelandic Red Cross to fund their efforts in Nepal....