Came Back Wrong.

As we’re now only a little over a month away from Mass Effect 3′s release, I’ve decided it’s finally time to start getting my hopes up and my hype on. Everything’s looking very slick so far, and this multiplayer trailer definitely goes a way towards alleviating my concerns that the multiplayer mode would be tacked on and gimmicky. I’m still not looking into ME3 too much because I really don’t want to spoil things for myself, but I’m glad it’s looking so sharp.

Pretty cool Resident Evil 6 trailer from Capcom. They’re bringing zombies back, which might win back some of those grumpy old purists who’ve been complaining about the series’ direction for the last few games. But it seems like there’s even more explosive fast-paced action than in Resi 5, which is good news for most but probably won’t impress the people who wanted their clunky survival horror back. Still, we can’t always get what we want.

In other Capcom developments, this trailer shows off what is likely to be the full extent of the exclusive characters included in the PS3 version of Street Fighter X Tekken. Brace yourself.

So there’s some wacky stuff going on there. Can’t say I’ll miss any of these characters while I’m playing on the exclusiveless 360 version, but at least a lot of people are getting a good chuckle out of the inclusion of ugly American box art Mega Man. More interesting to me is that they’ve outright confirmed that they couldn’t secure any exclusives for the 360 version, a completely different approach than the stringing things out and letting people get their hopes up that’s usually favoured in these situations.

And finally, the demo for Fable 4 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoining was released last week. It’s actually quite entertaining. The combat is fast-paced and smooth and there’s what seems to be a fairly deep levelling and skill system in place. All of the mechanics feel very similar, whether they’re from Lionhead’s Fable series or elsewhere, but at least it all works together well. Definitely seems worth looking into. I might pick it up but I’ve still got a lot of backlog from before Christmas to catch up on and there’s not long until Mass Effect 3 comes out so maybe I can’t squeeze it in right now. But here’s an old trailer anyway.

Zee.

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