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Super Street Fighter IV got its final character announcement today. Hakan is your last addition to the roster before the game’s release date. The only word I can seem to come up with to describe Hakan is creepy. He seems to focus around Greco-roman styled wrestling, and he oils up before every fight. Not only before each fight either unfortunately. The first game-play footage provided, courtesy of IGN, has him oiling up several times during the fight.

In Japan Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise is huge.  And by huge I mean ridiculously huge as it’s one of those games people will stand in massive lines to obtain a copy, take a day off from school/work to play and boatloads of tie-in products are released to coincide with the latest Monster Hunter adventure.

There’s been a lot of back and forth in the gaming community about whether Super Street Fighter IV is going to be worth a purchase. There has been plenty of talk about if there was enough content to warrant another disc-release or if it should have be DLC. Personally I think with the inclusion of three more characters added to the roster this week (Dudley, Ibuki and Makoto) it’s probably warranted at this point.

With Lost Planet 2 a mere two months away Capcom has announced the inevitable pre-order bonuses for gamers who wish to get a little something extra out of their excursions on E.D.N III.

If your anticipation of Lost Planet 2 is so high that you feel compelled to pre-order the game then head to GameStop as you’ll be able to download two maps for the competitive multiplayer modes.  The two maps called “Helix” and “Back to the Island” look to add a nice change of pace from what we’ve so far and to be honest Helix looks downright awesome.

At this point I’m honestly getting tired of the almost constant teases of impending announcements. Seriously, there’s a difference between gradually hyping something up and teasing an announcement of an announcement to the point where no one will be satisfied with the actual reveal. But today we have another tease of a announcement thanks to the folks over at Capcom.

After jumping ship to the Wii and Xbox 360 the Monster Hunter franchise could soon be returning to the PlayStation family if a recent rumor is to be believed.  According to Hong Kong game magazine Gamewave Capcom will be releasing a PSP port of the upcoming Monster Hunter Tri, which is currently exclusive to the Wii.

The announcement that the Xbox 360 version of Dead Rising 2 would be getting exclusive DLC wasn’t the only DR2 news to come out of the recent X10 event as Capcom also demoed the game for the first time since TGS last year.

Last month out of nowhere it was announced that Lost Planet 2 would feature the hardcore and extremely stoic dudebros that are Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago from the Gears of War series as guest characters. Obviously when you combine two massive franchises like Lost Planet and Gears of War the results are going to be good, even if it’s almost a cameo appearance of sorts.

Seeing Rebecca Chambers and Barry Burton once again shoot endless hordes of monsters almost brings a tear to my eye. Sure, Rebecca may not be as hot as Sheva or Jill and Barry isn’t packing massive pythons like Chris but they’re still both awesome characters. In the wake of the recent announcement that Barry and Rebecca would be in RE5: Gold Edition, Capcom has released videos for both characters showcasing their fighting prowess.

It’s been a little while since we’ve heard anything from Capcom about Dead Rising 2. The last bits of information that trickled out were regarding the combination of weapons that was going to be available to help you hack your way through the hordes in the upcoming sequel. Today Capcom decided to make up for the DR2 drought by providing us with two rather large announcements.

TGS 09 was a bit lackluster but one good thing to come out of it was Capcom’s announcement of a new RPG for the PSP called Last Ranker. The game may follow a few of the usual traits of a RPG game but it has an amazing roster of talent with team members who worked on games like Devil May Cry and Kingdom Hearts.

Earlier this week Famitsu revealed that the classic characters Barry Burton and Rebecca Chambers, who first appeared in RE1, would be playable characters in the Mercenaries Reunion mode of Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition.  Today Capcom has released the first images of what Barry and Rebecca look like in RE5 and yes, Barry’s beard is still awesome.

With today being the slow news day that are most Monday’s I’m resorted to writing a quasi-fluff story based on a piece of Twitter info. Yes, once again Twitter is showing that it’s becoming an actual source for news instead of being a place where I can post that I’m having a nervous breakdown.

After watching this new trailer for Lost Planet 2 I don’t know whats not to like about this game. It looks gorgeous thanks to the power of the MT Frameworks Engine, it has intense action, a nice sci-fi style, big monsters and most importantly mechs.

If you’re a mech love then I think Lost Planet 2 has something to appeal for everyone as long as you’re not expecting them to whip out a laser sword or combine with one another. Having mechs with chainsaw type weapons and mechs that transform into vehicles makes up for those that don’t look like Mobile Suits.