Lollipop Chainsaw Behind the Scenes May 17, 2012

Since PAX East, I have been following the development of Lollipop Chainsaw.  Not only is it a totally unapologetic game with extreme themes but its director is responsible for one of my favorite games for the Wii, No More Heroes.

Director Suda51 and writer James Gunn talk about the origins of the game and what they expect to accomplish with it.  And hey, they shot it in the bus they showed off at PAX East.  As you know, I didn’t get a chance to see the inside of this bus, so it’s nice that the video shows just what was inside for people that weren’t fortunate enough to check it out first hand.

And for those of you who would like to see a recent trailer, here’s the game’s brand new TV Spot, which should be coming to a channel near you.

Lollipop Chainsaw is coming June 12th, 2012 to the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.  Unfortunately, according to the Official Twitter Feed it doesn’t look like there will be a PC version or a demo.

New Harley Quinn’s Revenge Trailer Shows Playable Robin May 17, 2012

Many have been looking forward to the latest DLC coming for Batman: Arkham City since it was announced, either because they intend to spend the money and download it from their respective digital marketplace or because they intend to buy the Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year Edition when it comes out on the same day.  Well, the first full trailer for Harley Quinn’s Revenge has been released, and there’s a huge suprise when the game shows its plotline.

That’s right folks, looks like we have a playable Robin in Arkham City.  While Robin had been a downloadable character for Arkham City since launch (he was a downloadable character for people who preordered from Best Buy and then later became paid downloadable content for anyone who got the game elsewhere), his campaign was restricted only to the game’s challenge maps.  He was not a playable character in the campaign like Batman or Catwoamn was, and you could not use him to soar around in Arkham City.  From the looks of it, that’s about to change.  While he may not be able to have full free roam access to Arkham City, from the looks of it, he will be playable during this expansion campaign, and bring his own unique moves and fighting style along with it.

Batman: Game of the Year Edition and Harley Quinn’s Revenge is coming May 29th, 2012 for Xbox 360 and PS3.  Cost will be $49.99US for the Game of the Year Edition.  If you already have a copy of Batman: Arkham City, Harley Quinn’s Revenge will be $9.99US or 800 Microsoft Points for the downloadable content.

Playstation Store May Offer Early Downloads May 17, 2012

From the looks of it, the concept of preordering from the Playstation Store is about to get a major revamp.  I have talked earlier when Sony started to take preorders from the Playstation Store for unreleased games, and it looks like there has been a new development in that department.  When Sony started to take digital preorders I questioned the logic of this move.  Preordering digital content, unless there’s some sort of monetary bargin on the consumer’s end, is pointless.  The reason being that unlike with a physical medium, you have no danger of running out of copies of something, and unlike STEAM, the user would still be forced to download their game upon release just as anyone else who takes the second to purchase it on release day does.

There have been reports coming in that Sony intends to allow early downloading of games preordered for the Playstation 3, which will become unlocked on release day.  STEAM has had this feature since it was founded, in fact this has partially been the reason why sales for STEAM have been so successful, because it allowed users to play their games at the very second of their release.

The first game to offer this feature looks to be Sorcery.  However, the reports that I’m reading from this are all coming from the UK and as such I don’t know if this option will be avalible to US users (who are still waiting on that Playstation Network iPhone app, Sony).