Now admittedly, this free to play isometric action MMO is looking pretty sweet. Not only do you get to play as your favourite Marvel characters in a story penned by the famous (for Civil War) and infamous (for Secret Invasion) Brian Michael Bendis, but the game promises infinite replayability with it’s randomized multiplayer zones and unique abilities.

Will the gameplay transgress beyond the typical beat-em-up style of play that Marvel Ultimate Alliance pioneered? Because that could wear thin after a couple of rounds. Hopefully, there will be enough of a plot and variety in the side-missions to spice things up.

You also can share save data between the Wii U and 3DS versions of the games, if you have copies for both (of course, a separate app will be needed to achieve this). For all it’s new monsters, it’d certainly be fun to hunt side-by-side with other players online, and thankfully, you can do just that, no matter which console players are on.

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate will be out in March 2013 for both Wii U and 3DS.

They’re be featuring a multiplayer demo, free autographed card, exclusive silk-screen poster, special access to the closed beta and two fact-filled panels for highlighting the graphic novel tie-in (also serving as a prequel to the property), the presentation of which will be held on October 10th.

Mel Caylo, Archaia Marketing Manager stated, “It has been amazing to work with Meteor and Adhesive this past convention season to get the word out about the HAWKEN game and graphic novel, so it is only fitting that we go out with a bang in the best city in the world, New York! Play the game, get free swag, learn some cool info — what more could you want?”

But that’s only the beginning. The team specifically set out to run several War Games on the show floor (purely for the sake of competition and gentlemanly spirit, of course), besides signing autographs and elucidating further on the Halo universe as a whole. All this, and Frank O’Connor, author of the Halo series of novels.

Halo 4 is being published by Microsoft Games Studios and for release this November exclusively for the XBox 360.

Source: Examiner

At Comic-Con when asked how the film was proceeding, Raimi responded:

Actually, they don’t have me directing World of Warcraft anymore because when I took the Oz job, they had to move on to another director. They had to start making it.

This isn’t the first time the World of Warcraft film is without a director – nor will it be the last, with the way things are going. Raimi would’ve been a good fit, proving his competence and directing chops but Oz obviously presented more potential than a stalled project,

As it stands, however, it may be another long wait before a WoW film truly see the light of day.

This will be punctuated by the presence of the 3DS XL, an update to Nintendo’s current 3DS handheld with 90% larger screens. The 3DS XL will reportedly launch on August 19th.

The playable games, however, are worth looking into and Nintendo has provided an official release for the same. The following will be available to play at Nintendo’s gaming lounge.

Nintendo 3DS / Nintendo 3DS XL
– New Super Mario Bros. 2
– Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
– Kid Icarus: Uprising
– Mario Kart 7
– Super Mario 3D Land
– Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate (Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.)
– Heroes OF Ruin (Square Enix)
– Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] (Square Enix)
– LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

Nintendo DS family
– Pokémon Conquest

Wii
– Kirby’s Dream Collection: Special Editio n
– Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft)

It’s exciting because the former comes from a strong pedigree (that many thought wouldn’t work), while the latter has had a long development cycle leading it. Of course, the fact that Gearbox Software, the mad minds behind Borderlands, are in charge means a lot for this shooter.

Sega will feature Danica Patrick’s custom No. 7 Sonic the Hedgehog/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, fielded by JR Motorsports for promoting Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.

But that’s not the best part. Concept designer and visual futurist Syd Mead will be signing limited prints concept art for the USS Sulaco, seen in the movie Aliens and featured in Colonial Marines.

Dark Horse, in collaboration with Sega, will be giving away an exclusive free Aliens: Colonial Marines comic during the Con. To top it off, an original 12 foot Alien Queen prop used from Aliens will be present, courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.