‘We would like to apologize’ I know it’s not theMega Man Xrevival we all wanted,but there’s still hope for that. While Capcom is still hard at work ontheir realMega Manmystery game, Capcom Taiwan is moving forward withMega Man X DiVE(known asRockman X DiVEin Japan): a co-op multiplayer game featuring multiple characters from theXuniverse. The idea is that it won’t step on existing toes nor will it be a reboot: instead, it follows a dream/virus world all-star showcase of theXseries....

May is going to be messy Nintendo released over 100 screenshots forSplatoontoday, my favorite of which are in the gallery below, that reveal new characters, enemies, modes, weapons, maps, and clothing for customizing characters. Looks like there are going to be evil girls with octopus tentacle hair in the game, as well as a shaky looking old man. Some of the new weapons include what appear to be a shotgun and some kind of pulse sound gun....

2 + 2 = 5 Human or not, Australia’sClassification Board has decidedOutlast 2is too obscenefor sale even with an R18+ rating, thus making the game impossible to sell in its current, unedited form. The scene in question suggests, but doesn’t explicitly show, the main character being sexually violated off-screen by a female monster while he objects. The Board says the game “depicts, expresses or otherwise deals with matters of sex, drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting or abhorrent phenomena in such a way that they offend against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults to the extent that they should not be classified....

The Statue of Liberty has a plaque upon its base with the following inscription etched in bronze:“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, temptest-tosses, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”If that quote doesn’t sum up the general feeling here at PAX 2007, throw in a few instances of the term‘clusterf*%k’and the phrase‘like herding cats with your penis’and you get the general feel for what happens when two web comic creators try to pull off the ultimate in gaming conventions....

LittleBigPlanetis a game I desperately want, but have tried to shove to the back of my consciousness sometime last year after I realized it wasn’t coming my way anytime soon. It looks like I can finally reclaim my sense of excitement, because the PlayStation Experience and PlayStation Patrol trucks are scheduled to travel again this year — and they are offering gamers a chance to finally playLittleBigPlanet! Woo! ThePlayStation.Bloghas a ton of cool pics of what the trucks will look like this year inside and out, including aRock Bandstage, aSingStarstage, and aGran Turismo 5area, complete with Logitech Driving Force GT steering wheels....

It’ll require more work though A common thread in sports/sports entertainment is hyping up re-used events. Ignoring repetition is a great tactic, and now Niantic is once again bringing back the “legendary dump” event from last year. This time though, instead of just encountering them, you’ll need to pop Research Breakthroughs and put in some work. As announced by Niantic, by doing field research in December you’ll have a “chance” to encounter Suicune, Entei, Raikou, Moltres, Zapdos or Articuno....

PS Plus Premium members are getting a neat extra perk for their subscription. Sony announced on PlayStation Blog that cloud streaming is coming forselect PS5 titleslater this month. These titles range from ones available on the PlayStation Plus catalog to digital purchases already in users’ libraries and Game Trials. Supported titles range from theResident Evil 4remake to free-to-play games likeGenshin Impact.In-game purchases are also available for streaming, which Sony compares to purchases from downloaded games....

Rock this way The headliner, like any good rock star, is keeping the crowd waiting. Everyone presumed it’d be ready to rock when the Oculus Touch controls released. Nope. Headliners go on stage when they’re damn well good and ready. Harmonix has just revealed thatRock Band VRwill release on March 23. It comes with 60 songs, three of which are Aerosmith’s “Walk this Way,” The Killers’ “When You Were Young,” and Paramore’s “Ain’t it Fun....

What’s the weakest possible source for a rumor that you may imagine? A random tweet from a dude who says he’s already got a copy of the newMetroid Vs. Star Foxgame because his uncle works for Nintendo? A guy on the train who claims that he’s a window washer for Microsoft, and can confirm that he saw Bill Gates and Hideo Kojima drinking Ecto Cooler and playingMetal Gear Solid 4all night on the Xbos 360?...

Here is another bundle deal from thefolks over at Groupee; this time it’s a bunch ofretro-themed PC indie gameson offer. For the price of just $1, you can get six game:Dead Pixels,Smooth Operators,Forceline,Hit and Run,Sylia, andLove+. If you pay a minimum of $3 you’ll also get8-bit Commando,AnodyneandBleed. It looks like the bundle will reach its fifth stretch goal of 5,000 bundles sold, so if you hold off for a bit, you’ll be able to get the soundtrack toAnodyneas well....

Every so often, I think of how crazy Sega’s Dreamcast era was. It came out with a huge bang, then fizzled so hard that Sega got out of the console game completely. Given that I still play my Genesis/Mega Drive, Sega CD, and Dreamcast in my spare time, it’s like it never died: but it did! That’s why it’s so amazingto me that the Sonic franchise has not only endured but is constantly debuting on a system run by its former competitor, Nintendo....

Greatness is exiting Sony will be shutting down the servers forModNation RacersandLittleBigPlanet Kartingon the PS3 this July. The former game will run its final lap on July 10 while the latter will hit pole position on July 2. Not only that, butGravity Rush 2is still scheduled for a shuttering of its online services on July 19 and the cross-buy enabledCounterSpywill be going silent on June 1. I wonder if this will also be affecting the Vita entryRoad Trip....

All Hands on Deck Valve has announced that its Steam Deck Repair Centers are now fully operational and anyone encountering any issues with their expensive handheld hardware can now send it away for evaluation and repair — though the publisher was quick to add that you probably would never need to, of course. “If you encounter an issue and need to send your Steam Deck for repair or replacement, devices will now go to one of our repair centers,”writes Valve in a statement on Steam....