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Ninja Gaiden 2 – the teaser, the screenshots, the announcement.

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This whole saga starts yesterday, when several gaming sites got their filthy hands on screenshots of Ninja Gaiden 2, which was reportedly on the Xbox Japan website before it disappeared. Apparently, someone at Redmond Japan had screwed up the site, because the big anouncement was supposed to happen at the pre-Tokyo Game Show Presser. You can find the concerned screenshots at the bottom.

At the top, you can see the teaser of the game, which was shown off at the Presser. It shows the game’s protagonist, with chic graphics and stuff, but it’s just a godforsaken teaser. The screenshots, on the other hand, are full of blood, gore, decapitations and other ninja-ness.

What will it feature? A brand new engine and a “finishing blows” system have been guaranteed. There will be a sort of health regeneration feature with “semi-permanent damage restored at save points”, whatever that means. You will fight as Ryu again in Ninja Gaiden 2 for a good 30 or so hours of story-mode gameplay. Ninja Gaiden will be Xbox 360 exclusive and will come out somewhere in 2008.

Guitar Hero III for PC, Mac is for real!

Now, if you’re a PC-purist like me, you’ve probably been goaded endlessly by console fans for not possessing a Guitar Hero game. Fear no more PC enthusiast, salvation is at hand. Aspyr Media has announced that they will be churning out versions of Guitar Hero III for the PC and Mac platforms this very fall!

What will it have? Read it straight from the press release:

Being developed and published exclusively by Aspyr, the PC and Mac versions will match their console counterparts with explosive new content and features including a multiplayer action-inspired battle mode, grueling boss battles, a host of exclusive unlockable content and visually stunning rock venues.

With more than 70 songs in the set list, and more original master tracks than ever before, players will be able to shred from many of the freshest and hottest artists today, along with many of the most popular rock songs ever recorded.

Expanded online multiplayer game modes will also allow PC and Mac enthusiasts to rip head-to-head against players around the world and across either platform, raising the level of competition for true legendary rock status.

Impressive, indeed! For more details, head over to Aspyr’s page!

Halo 3 Midnight Launch Schedule

While 10,000 retailers across the nation will be opening at midnight to sell Halo 3, only four will have a true “Midnight Madness.”

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New York City – Best Buy, 529 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10017
Seattle – Best Buy, 457 120th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98005
Los Angeles – Gamestop, 1000 Universal Studios Blvd, Universal City, CA 91608
Miami – Circuit City, 8575 Northwest 13th Terrace, Miami, FL 33126

Will all feature free merchandise and get a chance to play Halo 3 with local celebrities in on-site Game with Fame sessions!

If you’ve ever watched the StuffWeLike.com Podcast before – you’ll know where we’ll be. We’ll be doing the podcast at Universal Citywalk (seems like we always do…)

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Microsoft continues the Halo 3 propaganda with several other sweepstakes:

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Leak of the Day 2: AO Manhunt 2 leaked onto BitTorrent sites

Manhunt 2 became the next game after GTA: San Andreas to hit mainstream news because of its “Adult-Only” labeling and subsequent banning in several countries. Now, Rockstar has a reputation of such things, but it didn’t want any more. It immediately announced that Manhunt 2 will be revised and toned down to get a Mature rating.

But before Rockstar could say “Don’t ban us”, their Adult-Only version of Manhunt 2 hit the internets. Now all hell has broken loose on BitTorrent sites, as that’s where the (supposedly)secret AO version of Manhunt 2 is. Again, details on who made the leak and what Rockstar is going to do them, as well as whether they will use torture or just mutilation on them is unknown.

According to “Team Slonik”, who got the game onto the Internet, the game is a beta, and so you shouldn’t be complaining. But if you prefer a more complete (and cleaner) game of Manhunt 2, wait for the official release on October 31st, for the Wii, PS2 and PSP consoles.

[Via ars technica]

Blizzard’s “really awesome” project is codenamed Hydra

We brought you news of Blizzard working on a secret, “really awesome” project some 2 months ago, but you’ve probably forgotten all about it. Here’s a bit of a refresher. The game is under development by a certain “team 3” comprised of 40 members. Nothing is known about the game other than Frank Pearce’s (Blizzard Sr. VP of Product Development) words: “really awesome”.

Now, the snoopy reporters at The Inquirer did some invisibility-cloak-enhanced spying on Blizzard employees and heard the following conversation:

Blizzard Employee 1: What are you working on?
Blizzard Employee 2: Starcraft II, and you?
Blizzard Employee 1: I am working on Hydra.

The codename “Hydra” has been confirmed, though it makes one wonder as to whether it will be the actual game’s name. Are we still staring at the game that will one day become the hugely-anticipated Diablo III? One can only be left in the shadows at this point.

[Via Kotaku]

Lego Star Wars is NOT the “Big Wii Lightsaber game”

There were rumours abound of a lightsaber game for the Wii a few months ago. Then again, I wonder if it were possible not to hear rumours of a Wii lightsaber game. Then there came a massive wave of fan disappointment when it was found that this mysterious Wii lightsaber game was Lego Star Wars – The Complete Saga. Lego Star Wars is a respectable line of video games, but us fans were hoping for some with, well, a little less plastic.

Well, it has just so happened that Mark Montuya,from LucasArts has leaked that Lego Star Wars’ Wii-induced lightsaber action is “just a taster” for a future release involving lightsabers. This sounds awesome! Can it be a Force Unleashed port or sequel? A Jedi Knight sequel? Whatever the case, Montuya’s words imply that such a game must be in planning stages, or heck, may have already entered production!

I can’t frikkin’ wait! But if you wish to play Lego Star Wars – The Complete Saga, you must. LSW – TCS gets released on November 7 for the Wii, DS, Xbox 360 and the PS3.