Justice League animation writer Dwayne McDuffie has penned the story for the brand new Justice League Heroes video game. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Zatanna, Martian Manhunter, and Green Lantern are confirmed playable, though the promise of unlockable characters might double that. Come on Hawk Girl!
Also check out a Teaser trailer from TeamXbox.

The screen shots make it look like a total knock-off of X-Men Legends, but considering how well those games did, thats not bad. Snowblind Studio is developing, and they’ve got a fairly good track record on action-RPGs. JLH is coming to the Xbox, PS2, and PSP this fall.

The title says it all. Namco/Bandai are producing a 3rd Person Shooter for the Xbox 360.
GameBrink has screens, and a torrent link to a video can be found on Xboxyde.
Its exactly what you expect: a totally rad looking giant robot shooting game.
Universal Century of course. No Seed or Wing for us.

Devil’s Due Publishing has announced a new 3 issue series being written by Larry Hama. It will delve into the origin of GI Joe itself and how the team came to form.

From the Announcement:

Chicago, IL – April 5, 2006 – This June, Devil’s Due launches the G.I. JOE franchise into the stratosphere with G.I. JOE: DECLASSIFIED #1 (of 3) (Cover A – APR063088 E, Cover B – APR063089 E). The writer that started it all, Larry Hama (G.I. JOE, Wolverine), returns to the fold this June to tell the unbelievable story of how the G.I.JOE team became the elite fighting force that they are today, in an all-new three issue limited series from DDP. In the vein of the popular SNAKE-EYES: DECLASSIFIED limited series, get the untold stories of the very beginning of the G.I. JOE saga in the 48pg, three issue, bi- monthly series illustrated by up and coming artist Pat Quinn, with a cover A by Francis Manapul (Witchblade, Tomb Raider, Necromancer), all three cover A’s will connect for one large image, and card stock vintage cover B by Tim Seeley. G.I. JOE is under license from the Hasbro Properties Group, the intellectual property development arm of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS).

This isn’t really a news item, but just something I noticed that I thought I would share with everyone else.

I have many items in my shopping cart on Amazon.com, mostly just waiting to be bought or there to keep an eye on. When I sign into Amazon.com, the interface notifies me of any price changes. When I logged in yesterday, I received the following message:

Important Message
Please note that the price of Transformers, Vol. 12: Matrix Quest has increased from $11.02 to $16.95 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart. Items in your cart will always reflect the most recent price displayed on their product detail pages.

For those not aware, Transformers: Matrix Quest is one of many trade paperbacks that reprint parts of the original Marvel Transformers Comic book run of 80 issues (plus headmaster mini-series). In this series a Decepticon named Thunderwing attained the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. In Transformers canon, that is pretty much all this character is known for. Consider that his 15 minutes of fame. Recently, a new series was announced by IDW that will most likely make its debut sometime in the summer. Stormbringer, it seems, will feature a return of Thunderwing to the front of Transformers comics. I think it is because of this that Matrix Quest has risen in price most likely because of the additional demand from people looking for background on the character.

The kicker, though, is that the same day I received an email in my inbox from Amazon.com with a recommendation for me. It was for Matrix Quest on the same day the price rose.

The conspiracy theorist in me arises again.

As at least one person commented, the first issue felt like a toy commercial. #2 & #3 solved that problem.
Spoilers follow.
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If you like your monkeys in a ball, then 4CR has some news for you!
Sega’s high-flyin’ and fast rollin’ primates will hit the PS2 and Gamecube once again later this year. Its an all out action adventure game this time, but monkey flight is still in the cards. Wonder if we’ll still have all those oddball minigames? Monkey golf was the cause of much anger and cursing on a game night not to long ago…

The first big hit for Xbox Live was FASA studios console adaptation of their hugely successful MechWarrior PC titles. Now dubbed MechAssault, it helped define the kind of gameplay Xbox Live became known for.

I see Majesco has a title called “MechAssault: Shadow War” coming to the DS. Now before I get too far ahead of myself, Rare has licensed some of their owned titles to THQ for publication on GBA, so its not without precedent. I just find the timing a little odd. Microsoft has denied up and down they’re doing a portable system, and the development in Oragami helps prove that. MechAssault 2 also kinda tanked, but that doesn’t mean Microsoft should be giving up one of its best franchises exclusivity.

Release date is set for late June 2006, but a quick google search shows no results for screenshots, announcements, etc… just pre-order pages at a dozen retailers. Is this title dead or alive? Hard to say, but if MA:SW makes it to DS, it’ll make a dandy title for online support.

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This game is worse than bad. Its BORING. High marks for graphics, as its the first time I’ve seen the Donkey Kong Country characters done as proper sprites instead of 3D models, and it looks really nice.
Main game starts out kind of good, but gets old fast. The bonus games aren’t even bonuses. One is simple called “Battle Attack!” And no matter what, they all involve racing around 3 other monkeys faster than you are.