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Dormammu in Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. Try saying that five times fast.
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Capcom adds Viewtiful Joe and Dormammu (Dr. Strange's nemesis) to the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 roster. One is a super hero who wears a helmet, and the other is a super villain whose head is engulfed in flames. You might have guessed Joe, but did you predict that the other guy would show up in the game? Be honest....
The U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority recently called out Square Enix for using Final Fantasy 13 footage from the PlayStation 3 in an ad for the Xbox 360 version of the game. They compared the two games in a test and concluded that FF13 for the PS3 -- and the commercial -- "appeared sharper and colors were more vivid than those of the Xbox 360." Square Enix admitted that the images were indeed from the PS3. Hey, for a good time tonight, make sure to check out the console-fanboy forums to see how this goes over with them. [Telegraph]
Unico National, an Italian-American focused anti-defamation group, takes Take-Two to task over what they view as the "pile of racist nonsense" that is Mafia 2. The group wrote a letter to Take-Two's chairmain, Strauss Zelnick, saying that Mafia 2 is an "inappropriate and insulting perpetuation of the pervasive and denigrating stereotype of organized crime being the exclusive domain of Italians and Italian Americans." Unico President André DiMino also says that their organization wants to "halt [the] release of the game and cleanse it of all references to Italians and Italian Americans." I don't see what the big deal is -- if it really was an issue, couldn't they use their ties to the Mafia to go and -- oh, OK, I see what they're getting at now. Plus, Shoe says that we Chinese people should have more of a reason to be upset with the game.... [Destructoid]
APB developer Realtime Worlds enters administration, and the administrator lays off a majority of the staff. Edge reports that the developer is currently attracting potential buyers from both the U.K. and the U.S. Realtime Worlds currently owes over $4.5 million to trade creditors and has retained only 53 of 210 staff positions at the Dundee, Angus (U.K.) studio -- 14 of 42 positions at the Boulder, Colorado studio. Paul Dounis, an administrator with Begbies Traynor, said that he wants consumers to be aware that APB, an MMO, will "continue." Our best wishes go out to all of the affected staff.
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