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You know something serious is about to go down when you hear “We got a real match!” before anyone has even hit the start button.

As I approach the 10 year mark as a competitive fighting game player, I can honestly say during my time, I never expected to see a crossover game between Street Fighter and Tekken. Even when rumors of the game’s development began to spread across the Internet, I still couldn’t believe it. The general tone of the rumors from players was, “how would this even work?” — and for good reason. The two games play so radically different from each other, that it’s hard to fathom how characters from each universe could even engage in battle. There are no projectiles in Tekken and, for the most part, Street Fighter characters have always fought on a 2D plane.

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift is ARC System Works much needed revision of last year’s title, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. While Calamity Trigger was a fast-paced, unique, and easy-to-pick-up fighting game, the unbalanced roster resulted in only a few of the characters being viable on a competitive (or even casual) level, which led to many players dropping the game after only a short while. Continuum Shift not only addresses the balance issues of the previous game, but adds new characters and tweaks to the overall gameplay system, resulting in a far more complete package.

If you’re new to the BlazBlue universe, you’ll find the game has a small cast compared to other fighting games on the market, but makes up for it with a diverse roster. The four main attack buttons — A, B, C and D — chain together easily to form combos with each character’s Drive attack, which makes each feel immediately distinct. For instance, Arakune’s Drive Attack lets him curse his opponents, while Ragna’s can absorb his opponent’s life with each attack.

Capcom has announced Mega Man Universe, an ambitious and mysterious new title in its long-running franchise.

Very few concrete details were given in today’s announcement, though a teaser trailer does provide some clues, including the potential for Mega Man to use the powers and abilities of other Capcom game stars.

IncGamers reports that BioWare has added an inhabitants page to the official Star Wars: The Old Republic site.

Anyone wanting to read up on the various creatures, droids and species that fill the SW:TOR universe can now refer here to find out all they need to know.

The Lost Gamer writes:

It seems that this week has become a frenzy of excitement regarding Bungie’s latest title within the acclaimed Halo universe, Halo: Reach. The retail SKU’s have been unveiled, ViDoc #2 has been released and a whole host of screenshots have served to wet our appetite ahead of the Beta – so, anything more? In short, yes.

Dave Whitelaw of TheGameReviews writes: "Over the last year or so, triple-A titles have spewed forth at an alarming rate. Keeping up can be a hard task, one that hurts the wallet in these trying financial times. But there are alternatives. Games that are easily accessible from any modern computer. Games that are completely free of charge. All you need is a little free time and a web browser. There are some great examples out there from the stunning simplicity of Canabalt to the vast sprawling universe of Runescape. Regard this piece as an opportunity to grab some of those browser-based games that may have slipped under your radar."

Monaco is a co-op action stealth game, think Gauntlet crossed with Hitman. The game is set in an Ocean’s 11-style universe, with each player taking the role of a Locksmith, Prowler, Hacker, Cleaner, or one of a number of other unlockable classes. You can play with up to four people on a single screen, or over the internet. And you can play single player too!

Underground. Carbon. Shift. Undercover. Most Wanted. Do we really need another Need for Speed ?  The folks at EA studio Black Box seem to think so.  So fire up those engines, load up the nitrous, and get ready to head out onto an all new road.  Over the course of the next few months, thousands of players worldwide will have the opportunity to claim one of the limited slots in the PC beta for Need for Speed World.

“Need for Speed World is the world’s first MMO racer – a completely new entertainment experience for speed junkies all over the world,” said John Doyle, Need for Speed World Senior Producer. “We have expanded Need for Speed’s classic adrenaline fueled racing with an all-new power up system and deep RPG style progression to create a truly massive, socially-connected white-knuckle Need for Speed experience.”

Need For Speed World is jointly developed by Black Box, the developer of the Need for Speed franchise, and EA’s online studio in Singapore.  Need for Speed World takes popular cities from the Most Wanted and Carbon entries to create the biggest, most exciting race world ever released in the Need for Speed universe.  Racers seeking to conquer all 150 miles of open road should enlist at world.needforspeed.com.

Sharing: It’s Win/Win

PROS: The world is interesting and has some fascinating ideas serving as building blocks; it definitely makes you want to read the novel.

CONS: It’s a rather lackluster introduction to a universe that obviously has something worthwhile to say. Some obvious design flaws scuttle the gameplay as well.

AOTF: Ever since Bungie announced that Halo: Reach would be their final development title in the Halo Universe, many have speculated as to what the company might be up to. Some have speculated that they will focus their efforts on multiplatform titles, others have guessed a little closer to their roots in a Marathon redux. We recently came across a trademark registration that Bungie filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on March 9th, 2010. It looks like Bungie is going inter-galactic.

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