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One thing that mostGears of War 2players could be finding out today is that romance isn’t always about hugging and kissing for the soldiers of the COG. One of the main subplots of Cliff Bleszinski’s latest offering is sidekick Dom’s search for his missing wife, Maria, amidst the larger scale conflict presented in the game. Recently,MTV Multiplayerspoke to Bleszinski about adding romance into a highly action oriented game and the reason it is not commonly done....

Asreported,Final FightandMagic Swordare heading to PSN and Xbox LIVE Arcade this April as part of a lone release calledFinal Fight: Double Impact. Publisher Capcom made it official-official in a press release blasted this afternoon. Calloused thumbs may aid recalling what these two games are all about: moving from left to right while hitting people at the same time. How retro. Most of the games’ content won’t be altered — the descriptions in the press release feel familiar....

Also, Mega Man was supposed to have a Mega family!? Captain N: The Game Masteris a show that simply couldn’t exist today. A gathering of videogame heroes and villains from all your favorite NES games, of both the first- and third-party variety, interacting and going on adventures together? It’s one thing to have a crossover game likeSmash Bros.orProject X Zone, but the number of licensing hoops that an animation studio would have to jump through just to be allowed to use these characters’ likenesses is ridiculous....

I’ll never get tired of seeing tanks slip into the frigid depths This first entry in a series of developer diaries forCompany of Heroes 2covers most of the major talking points new to the real-time strategy game, from its brutal weather conditions which drastically affect troops, the ability to vault over cover, and Relic’s TrueSight system. So, nothing we haven’t already heard before, but at the same time, it’s nice to hear anything about the game at all — to know that, yeah, it’s still on the way....

Cairo, Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Chameleon Deadfall Adventureshas a new trailer available for viewing, which shows off the Egyptian locale James Lee Quartermain will traverse on his globetrotting adventure. It’s making me wonder why it is we don’t see Egypt more frequently portrayed in games. It’s also making me never, ever want to walk across a log over a pit what has alligators swimming around. Doesn’t look like it’s going to win any awards, but could be a fun romp all the same....

Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memoriesreceived its debut trailer and some shiny new screenshots today. Developer Irem previously announcedDisaster Report 4for PS3 back in 2010, but it was delayed and then canceled shortly after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in 2011. The canceled title is now being rebooted for a PS4 release under a new developer, Granzella. The debut trailer is very similar to the originalPS3 trailerfrom 2010, only it now features the female protagonist....

Beautiful ’70s explosions We saw a bit ofStar Wars Battlefront‘scompetitive multiplayer earlier today, but at Sony’s press conference tonight, Patrick Bach of DICE showed off its cooperative survival mode. A small team of rebels fight off the Imperial forces on a desert planet resembling Tatooine. The effects are really impressive, to the point where some in the Destructoid editor’s chat room expressed doubt as to whether it would end up looking like that....

Get to know the people that make great videogames [Sup Holmes is a weekly talk show for people that make great videogames. It airs live every Sunday at 4pm EST onYoutube, and can be found in Podcast form onLibsynandiTunes.] Last Sunday on Sup Holmes we welcomed Johnnemann Nordhagen, former programmer at 2K Marin (Bioshock 2) and Fullbright (Gone Home) to the program. Johnnemann has had already had an amazing career, and he’s just getting started....

Screening next Thursday at Sundance A few months ago, Nintendo held a Wii U video challenge, asking 30 of YouTube’s top content creators to produce short videos inspired bySuper Mario 3D WorldandThe Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD. After viewing all the selected videos, Nintendo selected theHey Ash, Whatcha Playin’?team to work with fellow YouTube personality Freddie Wong on a short film inspired byDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. The short film is set to debut at the Nintendo Chalet in Park City, UT during the Sundance film festival at 10:00am on Thursday, January 16, where visitors will also be able to play titles such asWii Fit UandThe Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worldswhile hiding out from the cold....

It’s a good’un Hope you didn’t forget how to use a shield after all theBloodborne-ing this year. From the looks of it, you’ll need all the blocking and rolling you can muster to bestDark Souls III‘s many lumbering foes. They’re even in a flower garden! Is nothing sacred?! Right on the heels of its finally confirmedApril 12 release date, From Software shows us what it has in store for this weekend’s PlayStation Experience....

Super Mario Makeris playable on the show floor at PAX, and it turns out Nintendo is giving players a rather generous amount of hands-on time with the game. If you’re patient and don’t have anything else to do (also if you’reinsane), the 20 minute timer starts counting down the moment the GamePad hits your hands. The level I designed within those 20 minutes was stupid and terrible and all sorts of fucked up and no one could beat it....

Get on this Nintendo It might not be real, but The Pixel Kingdom has shared their vision of whatRocket Leaguewould be like if it took place in the Mushroom Kingdom. And you know what? I can dig it. Lightning power-ups, items that morph the size of the ball, and bananas? Since there’s no Wii u edition of the game yet, I can easily see a partnership involving Psyonix and Nintendo for the upcoming NX....

Irrational Games is working onBioShock Infinitebecause they haven’t yet said everything theywanted to say aboutBioShock, according to the studio’s director of product development, Tim Gerritsen. But theyaredone with Rapture, even though many folks seem to think that Rapture is at the heart ofBioShock. Gerritsen disagrees, although he does believe that the effectiveness of the originalBioShockwas very much tied to its now-iconic underwater setting. Having said that, the focus ofInfiniteis to keep the ethos ofBioShockand bring it to a new,undiscovered location....