Batman: Arkham Asylum revealed by Game Informer

Game Informer subscribers are in for a real treat this month. We’re proud to bring you the world-exclusive first look at Batman: Arkham Asylum from Rocksteady Studios and Eidos. This completely original title explores Gotham City’s darkest location, the infamous Arkham Asylum. But as a routine prison transfer goes wrong, the Joker sets his demented plan into action and Batman comes face to face with an army of his worst enemies. In a dark and gritty setting reminiscent of Bioshock (with a story co-written by Paul Dini), Arkham Asylum is setting the stage for a true-to-character Batman game. Also in the new issue, readers will find the top 25 games from E3 2008, an in-depth interview with Maxis’ chief designer, Will Wright and much, much more. Stay tuned to Game Informer Online as well because Unlimited readers will get screenshots, interviews and more for our cover story plus other great content on Aug 18.

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Eat Sleep Play's Twisted Metal (PS3) to Debut at Leipzig?

Jaffe's blog indicates that his latest project, which he himself confirmed to be a Twisted Metal Project for the PS3, and was later re-confirmed in a cryptic message in their first project 'Twisted Metal: Head On' for the PS2, is supposedly in "the crunch" for a "Sony Dog and Pony" showing next week. That just so happens to coincide with the Leipzig Games Convention.

Jaffe writes, "I figured I'd share a bit of what's up with the work on my end. Out in Utah I know the team is scrambling to get a nice, sexy build of the game going for a Sony Dog and Pony next week. While I am sure I would drive some of them crazy if I was out there everyday- and the very successful, very functional alliance we've forged over the last 12 years would prob. not work with daily,real life connection- it's times like these I WISH I was out there, so I could help with the crunch. Ah well, I can always hop a flight :)"

Of course this is still a rumor and it could be an internal presentation rather than a public one, but the choice of words here leads me to speculate that we may see our first glimpse of Twisted Metal very, very soon.

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LittleBigPlanet to Embarrass Xbox Live (Devs Angry at Microsoft's Live Policy

Gameplayer has spent two days with LittleBigPlanet and its Senior Product Manager, Nick Robinson, gaining plenty of insight into what gamers can expect. It includes a look at why the game would not work on Xbox 360, and goes on to suggest that its success may force Microsoft's hand regarding their policy on user-generated content.

"We broached the subject of the Xbox 360 with Nick and whether LittleBigPlanet could function as desired on the format: the answer was a disappointed shake of the head. Echoing thoughts we heard from Epic Games Mark Rein last year regarding the issues they faced with wanting mods available for the Xbox 360 version of Unreal Tournament III (which subsequently resulted in a delay), and the frustration shown more recently by the developers of N+, Microsoft's Draconian – and frequently hypocritical (seems to be ok in Halo 3 and Forza 2) – restrictions on user-generated content is proving to the be Live's Achilles' Heel."

To read more on this.. copy and paste this link - http://www.gameplayer.com.au/gp_documents/LittleBigPlanet-Embarrass.aspx?catid=Features

21 Leaked Images (High-res) from Socom: Confrontation Beta

Hello everybody, a member from the PlayStation forums emailed these incredible photos from the Socom Confrontation Beta, which is coming out to the people that pre-ordered the game on September 1st, and for Qore subscribers on September 8th, I hope that you enjoy the pics:
Website credit to http://looking4gamenews.blogspot.com/2008/08/21-leaked-images-from-socom.html
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PS3 street fighter surprise coming

I'll let Ben Judd answer this. I can, however, tell you that there's a Street Fighter surprise next Thursday. Go to Capcom-Unity.com this Monday to find out!

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