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Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer hasfighting wordsfor Sony this morning, offering his first-party games to go up against Sony’s any day of the week. Absolutely merciless in his challenge, Spencer states that he “loves” comparing the Xbox 360’s first-party software to the PS3’s. That’s some confidence right there. “Let’s start from the beginning of both consoles – PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 – which first party has had more success on their own platform?...

Get hype! Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remixis hitting Japanese shelves this Thursday, and Square Enix has started their television advertising campaign with these two commercials titled “Friend” and “Story.” The “Friend” trailer can be seen above. Check out “Story”here. The collection is comprised of high-definition updates ofKingdom Hearts II Final Mix,Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Final Mixin game form andKingdom Hearts Re: Codedin cut scene form. Western fans won’t have to wait too much longer to get their hands on the collection, as it hits North America on December 2 and Europe on December 5, only on PlayStation 3....

$4.99 for each character otherwise After getting word ofwhatthe new DLCforPlayStation All-Starsandwhenwe would be able to get our hands on the new characters, we were left wonderinghow muchwe would have to shell out (if at all) for the batch of DLC. Killing the suspense, Seth Killian himself has wrote words over on thePlayStation Blogthat should clear any of this up. Should you buyGod of War: Ascensionon March 12, you will be happy to find a free voucher for Zeus and Isaac Clarke waiting for you inside the case, redeemable a week later on March 19....

A blind boy really likes Rhythm Heaven While Nintendo does some confoundingly weird things like alienate hundreds of thousands of fans with archaic YouTube practices and the like, they’re also known to break corporate character in ways that many other publishers don’t. One such gesture was done recently, as evidenced by a tweet from Twitter user @kentarock1020, who sent in a letter from his blind son telling Nintendo of Japan how much he loved theRhythm Heavenseries (known asRhythm Tengokuin the east)....

Put the vroom vroom into my heart Project Carscomes fromNeed for Speed: Shiftdeveloper Slightly Mad. It’s their first shot at their crowd powered “World of Mass Development” portal that attempts to leap frog traditional publishing costs. It’s been “crowd funding” for years, before the Kickstarter boom. And it looks damn good. And it’s coming to PS4, Xbox One, PC, and even Wii U. And it supports 4K and, best of all, the Oculus Rift....

Scooby and the gang Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy, which for the sake of brevity will be referred to asLayton’s Mystery Journeyfor the rest of this review in progress, begins with a changing of the guard. In the fog of London, a young Katrielle watches as her father, the great Hershel Layton, disappears, presumably after telling his family he was just running down to the store to pick up some cigarettes....

Yesterday,Matt toldusabout theRhythm Heavenevents going on this weekend all around the country. I headed to the one at the Burlington Mall, not expecting it to be anything worth reporting on. I didn’t even bring my camera — that’s how sure I was that it would be a wash-out. I was totally wrong. Good thing I brought my DSi. Bad thing that the DSi camera takes pretty fugly pictures. Can you tolerate seeing some pixel-y photos of a guy wearing a neck tie with the “SCRATCH-O” DJ on it?...

Pre-orders are up now, too By way of a new trailer, Capcom has confirmed thatMega Man Battle Network Legacy Collectionis out on April 14. Amazingly, the extent of the collection’s online play has been revealed (Netbattle), with support for private and public matches. This is in addition to chip, style, and program trading (which will only be supported inMega Man Battle Network 3“and beyond”). As previously confirmed, the collection series will also have “over 180 songs” to listen to, as well as “over 1,000 images” to peruse in a gallery....

New info on anime, plus console and mobile games Japanese studios Marvelous! and Honey Parade Games have announced a live stream, set for August 2, that will feature news and updates on a selection of projects in conjunction with cheesecake brandSenran Kagura. The “Senran Kagura New Title Presentation 2018” live stream will include new information pertaining to the second season of the buxom franchise’ anime series, the Nintendo Switch titlePeach Ball: Senran Kagura, as well as mobile titleShinobi Master Senran Kagura: New Link....

While the Spider-Man movies might just now be dipping their toes into the multiverse, it’s a concept that’s been long established in the comics and shows for over 30 years now. As such, you may imagine all the pure weirdness the webhead has been involved in. Marvel, compared to the other titan of the comics industry, DC, likes to dabble in the bizarre. With Santa Claus himself being an omega-level mutant, it can’t be that shocking that old gods like Dagon also share space among the various universes....

‘League Battle’ Glixel had a chance to sit down with the development team forSplatoon 2and clear up a few eSports related topics. For one, the game will be getting a brand new competitive mode called “League Battle,” which focuses on groups of two or four. Over a two hour period you’ll be battling it out with other teams for points, and at the end a giant leaderboard will be posted. It’skindof like the Trials of Osiris mode inDestiny....

Access Flash! Back when Studio Trigger announced the newGridmananimeat Anime Expo ’17, I was happy to see Akira Amemiya (Inferno CopandNinja Slayer from Animation’sDirector) being involved in another project based on the ’90s tokusatsu. If it looks familiar, you likely saw it in the form ofSuperhuman Samurai Syber-Squad, which borrowed the Japanese version’s action scenes. Thanks to the show’s new trailer shown atAnime Japan 2018, we get to see the cast who might support Gridman in his fights against large monsters....

I see a lot of videogame music covers which make their way over toWeekend Destructainmentquite frequently. For the most part, they’re usually good covers but it’s been rare, especially as of late, to findgreatcovers. Enter WaltzForLuma, and her amazing piano arrangements of various videogame songs. As her name is based on the game, Luma’s YouTube contains a large number ofSuper Mario Galaxycovers. Other games includeFinal Fantasy, Secret of Manaand variousZeldagames. I picked a few of my favorite pieces for your enjoyment here and there’s plenty more overon her YouTube....