blast-o-rama.

Raise your hand if you’re actually surprised about this one.  What, only a few of you? Good, you’re getting smart.

Continuing in the trend of Super Street Fighter IV following Street Fighter IV and dozens of other variants of prior fighting games being released prior, Capcom has announced that superhero based mega fighter Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 will be getting an upgrade on both PS3 and 360 this November – Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3!

To be sold as a stand alone disc for $40 (sorry, DLC lovers), this game includes the full roster from MvC3 proper (including both DLC characters) but adds eight new levels, a spectator mode to online play, enhanced balancing, and perhaps most importantly a dozen new characters.

Here, I’ll let the two announcement trailers do the talking (thanks, Joystiq!)

For those of you wanting to keep track of all of the new characters, here’s how they breakdown by grouping…

Marvel gets the following new characters:

• Ghost Rider
• Dr Strange
• Nova
• Rocket Raccoon
• Hawkeye
• Iron Fist

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Hands down, the game I am most excited to play this fall has to be Batman: Arkham City.

The highly anticipated sequel to the first Batman game to really get it right, Batman: Arkham Asylum, it extends the gameplay from the constraints of being within the Asylum proper, to being in a full scale version of Gotham City.

We’ve already seen that joining Batman on his quest will be the playable Catwoman, but as Warner Bros Interactive has just revealed, Batman will also be joined by Robin!

As seen in the image above, Robin certainly looks way more badass than usual in this go around, almost looking like Cole from Infamous, if he were the latest Robin.

For the continuity nerds, it’ll be the Tim Drake version of Robin appearing in game, but there are two very key caveats.

1. Robin will only be playable in the different challenge maps.

2. Robin will be a Best Buy pre-order exclusive.

Yeah, it’s the latter that really bugs me.  I don’t understand why key content is being locked away for different retailers.  Granted, if Warner Bros continues as they did with Mortal Kombat, all exclusive DLC will be available eventually, but it still bothers me.

Oh well, at least it’s not Gamestop exclusive, am I right?

Batman: Arkham City hits shelves on October 18th, 2011.

Source:  Superhero Hype.

So after the super success of Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batfans and gamers all across the globe are anxiously awaiting this fall’s Batman: Arkham City.

But what if I told you that there was ANOTHER Batman game coming?

Sure enough there is, and it’s not really a traditional Batman game by ANY means.

Being produced by Monolith Productions (F.E.A.R.), Gotham City Impostors is a fast-paced, online multiplayer first person shooter similar to the ultra popular Team Fortress 2, but with 2 very unique classes.

Instead of being say a Spy or Heavy Gunner, you have 2 crews…The Batz and The Jokerz.

While the game is very early on in production, early word is that it is some silly, over the top fun, and currently supports battles of up to 8 players.  If you want to get an idea of how unique of a Batman game this will be, take a look at this first piece of promotional art.

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Yeah.

Gotham City Impostors is set to hit PC, PSN and XBox Live at a date to be announced.

Source: Kotaku.

If you’re a big arcade gamer from the early 90′s, that wonderfully engrish laden post title should be enough to get you excited.

But for those of us who aren’t quite getting it, I’ll cut to the chase.

The classic, and downright amazing for it’s time, six player X-Men arcade game from 1992 by Konami will be coming to XBox Live Arcade and the Playstation Network.

Unique because of it’s six player cabinet (although in some locations, a 4-player cabinet was available), this X-Men game has never been available for home systems, and unless you’re lucky enough to have a machine near you, hasn’t been played regularly by gamers in nearly twenty years.

That’s all going to change with this downloadable only release, where the only changes being made are the addition of online co-op (for up to 6 players) and adjustable difficulty.

No release date is set at this time, but if you’re like me, you cannot WAIT to play funky, 80′s styled Cyclops, Colossus, Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, or Dazzler!

This release was officially announced at New York Comic Con this weekend, to (understandably) much yelling and excitement.

Now if only they could port the Simpsons arcade game…

Source: Kotaku.