ToyArk.com is apparently wandering the hall at SDCC a little early and managed to snag a picture of the first wave of Marvel Legends after their multi-year hiatus.

It is with great pleasure I can tell you the wave consists of:
Klaw
Constrictor
Steve Rogers
Thor
Extremis Armor Thor
Hope Summers
Ghost Rider (I have no idea what version this is. New to me. Movie?)
and the previously announced Build-A-Figure; Terrax.

So we have 2 villains, a movie figure, an X-Man and the Avengers core team to round out the first wave. Seems pretty well balanced to me.

More images can be seen here at Marvelous News.

A great deal of concern has been voiced in the Transformers fandom about the fate of the Generations line after the Dark of the Moon toy line runs its course and the Transformers Prime toy line gets kicked off at the end of the year. Online retailer, Kapow Toys checked in with Full Metal Hero to let us all know that they just received solicitations for a new wave of Generations figures along with a case breakdown for the new wave.

The case will include:
2x Wheeljack
1x Sergeant Kup
1x Warpath
2x Black Shadow
2x Junkion

Black Shadow is expected to be a Thunderwing repaint with a newly tooled head. We heard of this based on the instructions included with Thunderwing. I believe we heard that there were three heads created for the Junkion mold. One was for Wreck-Gar, another for the Japanese exclusive E-Hobby set and the third was set for an North American release. It can be expected that this Junkion will have the aforementioned third head.

Today Capcom announced Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 for November 2011, an updated version of Marvel vs Capcom 3 which came out in February. So far the only officially announced new characters for the updated version are Strider (Capcom), Firebrand (Capcom), Ghost Rider (Marvel), and Hawkeye (Marvel).

Joystiq noticed that art for character profiles was on Capcom’s web server and was able to download the full list of new characters. Capcom has since taken them down, but it seems likely this is the final lineup.
Capcom: Strider, Firebrand, Vergil, Frank West, Phoenix Wright, Nemesis
Marvel: Ghost Rider, Dr Strange, Nova, Rocket Raccoon, Hawkeye, Iron Fist

After being leaked earlier this week, the official version of the teaser trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man has been released online.

This morning, I caught wind that LEGO had gotten the full DC Comics license. The deal will allow LEGO to create figures and playsets based on the characters and properties of DC Comics. The line will launch in January with 13 characters including Joker, Bane, Lex Luthor, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. The first pieces from the line will be on display at the LEGO booth at SDCC 2011 this weekend along with 3,000 Batman and Green Lantern exclusive figures as part of a promotion for the line.

The Marvel announcement stated that their deal would similarly cover figures and playsets. The license would take effect January 1, 2012 and would start seeing products roll out about May of 2012. The Super Heroes Marvel Collection would focus on the Avengers movie as well as classic Spider-man and X-Men characters. Some of the characters specifically mentioned included Wolverine, Nick Fury, Magneto, Deadpool, Spider-man, Doctor Octopus, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Loki and more. Select items, again, will be on display at SDCC 2011 this weekend.

It looks like both licenses will be brought under LEGO’s new Super Heroes line. LEGO scored a major coup with these two licenses and surely dealt a very strong blow to Hasbro’s up and coming construction block brand, KRE-O. Can KRE-O strike back with Star Wars?

See the press releases after the jump
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Remember back in the days when instead of Japanese developers making games that appeal to American audiences, it was the other way around? Well, not necessarily American developers making games for Japanese audiences, but rather American developers making Japanese-style games? Well, Shogo: Mobile Armor Division is a relic from that era. Developed by Monolith (F.E.A.R, Condemned, Blood 2), Shogo takes its inspiration from Japanese anime such as Robotech and Gundam, putting players in control of a big robot. Rather than being a mech simulator like Mechwarrior, Shogo is a straight forward first person shooter. Playing as a young man named Sanjuro, who is a commander in the UCS, you step into the midst of a war over the planet Cronus. Sanjuro’s brother, childhood friend, and girlfriend were killed during the war. The game features a mix of mech and on-foot sections. Taking a cue from role playing games, players can sometimes hit enemies with a ‘critical shot’ which does increased damage. The game even features multiple paths and multiple endings. It was Monolith’s first game using their Lithtech engine. The character models and sparse textures show thier age, although the plot is much deeper than most FPS titles from it’s day and the gameplay is as fast paced as ever. The source code was released for the game some years ago, and there is probably a modding community that still supports it. If you love old school fps games and anime tributes (as cheesy as they might be), then you’d do well to check this out. It’s available at gog.com on the cheap.

The first DLC character for Transformers: Dark of the Moon is now available. Sideswipe is available for 80 spacebucks, which by my estimate is roughly a dollar. The PS3 version is similarly 99 cents. You know what I have to say to that?

Here are some screenshots of what this character looks like:

Want to see the character in action? Check out me playing a multiplayer game and getting destroyed below:
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SDCC 2011: Mattel Exclusives Announced
SDCC 2011: Voltron: Defender of the Universe coming to XBLA and PSN in October
SDCC 2011: LEGO gets both the DC and Marvel licenses
SDCC 2011: Marvel Legends returns with Wave 1 lineup
SDCC 2011: My Little Pony exclusive poster
SDCC 2011: Preview Night Image Dump
SDCC 2011: Venture Bros. go 3 3/4 inch with BifBangPow
SDCC 2011: MOTU Classics 2011 vehicle is the Wind Raider
SDCC 2011: Preview Night – Toynami
SDCC 2011: Preview Night – 6 inch Star Wars figures spotted at ThreeA booth
SDCC 2011: IDW Comics making Transformers #81 happen in 2012
SDCC 2011: Amazing Spider-man movie teaser poster
SDCC 2011: Exclusive Star Wars XBox 360 with Kinect bundle
SDCC 2011: Preview Night – MOTU Classics
SDCC 2011: Preview Night – Four Horsemen’s FanEx Raven and Outer Space Men
SDCC 2011: Talia Al Ghul confirmed for Batman: Arkham City
SDCC 2011: Drive Red Band Trailer
SDCC 2011: New Batman: Arkham City trailer featuring The Penguin
SDCC 2011: Preview Night – Ghostbusters
SDCC 2011: Marvel Announces Day and Date Digital Releases
SDCC 2011: Mortal Kombat Legacy Panel, DLC and final episode
SDCC 2011: Jim Lee talks about DC Universe Online and new DLC
SDCC 2011: Risk gets the MGS Treatment
SDCC 2011: My Little Pony Display and Exclusive Toys
SDCC 2011: Want a 92? TV? Find the Voltron Lions!
SDCC 2011: Speilberg’s Terra Nova Pilot Debut
SDCC 2011: New Info from the Walking Dead Game
SDCC 2011: The Dark Knight Returns And Other DC Animation
SDCC 2011: Last Airbender: Legend of Korra Trailer Released
SDCC 2011: Avengers Concept Art And Teaser Posters
SDCC 2011: Olivia Munn Cosplays as Sailor Moon
SDCC 2011: Haywire official trailer
SDCC 2011: Knights of Badassdom trailer
SDCC 2011: Voltron Force Exclusive Sizzle Reel
SDCC 2011: America’s Next Top Model Winner Adrianne Curry Kicked Out of Comic-Con for Sexy Æon Flux Cosplay
SDCC 2011: Clips From the Napoleon Dynamite Animated Series
SDCC 2011: Mattel’s Mattypalooza panel
SDCC 2011: Toy Masters movie trailer