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The fan favorite publisher steps in to help Vanillaware finish their dream project.

Vanillaware is a company that’s synonymous with lush, 2D graphics and classic gameplay. Best known in the West for Odin Sphere and Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Vanillaware has been hard at work on their next big title: Dragon’s Crown. This side-scrolling action game—a spiritual successor to the Japan-only Princess Crown for Sega Saturn—has been an idea that director George Kamitani has been shopping around for thirteen years. Rumors began to surface recently that the PS3 and PS Vita title had ceased development and was set to be canceled. Enter Atlus, who will support Vanillaware in their ongoing development, as well as publish the game in North America.

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Vigil holds the game back a couple months for polishing.

Darksiders was the definition of a sleeper hit. The 2010 release started off slow, but gradually built up steam over the course of the year, gaining an appreciative fanbase for the “Zelda for adults” approach that the game took. While it wasn’t a smash hit, it did well enough to warrant a sequel, which has been gaining hype thanks to its position as a Wii U launch title. Today we’ve learned that the game is getting a small delay, and even though it’s easy for people to speculate that it may have something to do with the recent layoffs at Vigil, the reality is much better news.

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Something Odd this way comes...

Oddworld: Hand of Odd has had a rather strange journey.  Development for the game began in parallel with Munch’s Oddysee on the PlayStation 2.  When Munch jumped the Sony ship to be a launch title on Microsoft’s original Xbox, Hand of Odd was left in limbo and development on what was to be some sort of real-time strategy game came to a screeching halt.

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PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita owners will be able to fight against each other online.

Capcom revelead during this year's Captivate that when Street Fighter X Tekken releases on the PlayStation Vita, owners will be able to fight PlayStation 3 players online. Furthermore, PlayStation Vita owners will be able to take the game online using 3G, as well as the standard WiFi connection.

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The first batch of extra content will be free.

Capcom is extending the life of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City by releasing DLC for the game tomorrow on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. The content will include seven new missions and four new versus mode maps. All of the content will be free.

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