Rumor: Mike Haggar in Marvel vs. Capcom 3

When he’s not busy being the mayor of Metro City, Mike Haggar is appearing on Capcom employees’ computer monitors during Halloween parties. Spotted above, Haggar is seen in what appears to be the Servbot stage of Marvel vs.

Gran Turismo 5 takes the Red Bull X1 prototype for a spin

Forbidden fan technology?

GameStop details digital distribution storefront, XBLA games ‘coming soon’

GameStop recently pulled away a bit more of the veil covering its ” Store of the Future ” initiative, releasing a whole mess of details on how its digital distribution storefront functions. A new page on the retailer’s site explains the purchasing process for the site’s downloadable PC games (of which there are currently over 2,000), as well as a handful of free trials and, in the near future, add-on content. The page also reveals that XBLA content will soon be sold through the website, which gives the purchaser an unlock code which they can input into the Xbox Live Marketplace to retrieve their content.

Xbox Live Fall Dashboard update coming November 1

Looks like the handful of folks with early Kinect games who’re locked out of Xbox Live won’t have too much longer to wait — Microsoft emailed fall Dashboard preview users last night with the announcement that the forthcoming Xbox Live update will go public on November 1. “On November 1, 2010, there will be a mandatory service update to Xbox Live. This update will both add new features to your service and also enhance the interface, navigation, and responsiveness of Xbox Live,” the email reads.

Enslaved DLC trailer explores Pigsy’s motives

If it weren’t clear why everyone says Enslaved: Odyssey to the West has great voice acting, the latest trailer for its upcoming DLC starring the game’s playable sidekick, Pigsy, shows it off at its best. Head past the break to see for yourself

Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is rushing for a costume

Okay, okay, this happens every year and we always manage to pull through at the last second. We need a costume — something clever, and relevant, and cheap, and not bulky, and not inherently unattractive

LittleBigPlanet 2’s Sackbots are ready to do your bidding

The PlayStation blog has posted a featurette on Sackbots , which are little AI versions of LittleBigPlanet 2 ‘ s Sackboy (or girl). Sackbots allow you to add a lot more movement and intelligence to characters in LBP2 ’s levels — you can set them up to follow Sackboy around, interact with the environment, or, as the video shows, teach them to dance .

EA discounts Mass Effect, Dead Space and more for PC Halloween sale

EA’s mobile offerings aren’t the only games the publisher is marking down in honor of this most spooky holiday — the EA Store currently has half-off deals on PC blockbusters like Mass Effect , Mass Effect 2 , Battlefield: Bad Company 2 , and Dead Space . Peep all the temporarily low prices below.

Appreciate the quiet side of Bulletstorm in these new screens

You know, it’s hard to focus on the art of Bulletstorm while watching gameplay footage, as most of your attention probably gravitates to bon mots like “yum-yum, blister juice.” Why not soak in some of the game’s visuals in a recently released batch of screenshots, posted below? Continue reading Appreciate the quiet side of Bulletstorm in these new screens Appreciate the quiet side of Bulletstorm in these new screens originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 30 Oct 2010 13:31:00 EST.

Tokyo Jungle invades European PSN next year

SCEE has announced that the weird, kind of disappointing animal survival game Tokyo Jungle will migrate to Europe in 2011. Tokyo Jungle stars a collection of wild and once-domestic animals attempting to survive — and eat — in a post-humanity version of Tokyo. No announcements have been made regarding a North American release of this game

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