This week sees the launch of TEKKEN Hybrid, exclusively on PlayStation 3.

Created by NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc., the TEKKEN fighting game series is one of the world’s most popular gaming franchises. And TEKKEN Hybrid brings you some of the very best that TEKKEN has to offer, all on the one Blu-Ray disc:

TEKKEN Tag Tournament HD

Originally released on PlayStation 2, TEKKEN Tag Tournament gave players a new kind of freedom with the TEKKEN fighting engine. With the introduction of a partner tag system, you could now set up new combos and play styles with teams rather than individual characters. And now you can experience this PlayStation classic remastered in full HD for PS3, and complete with Trophy support. Pair up in the tag-team arena with the likes of King, Jun and Kazuya Mishima, and unlock the classic TEKKEN Bowl mode in this definite title for the fighting genre.

TEKKEN Tag Tournament 2 Prologue

This is the one everyone’s waiting for – the chance to get hands-on with the future of TEKKEN. TEKKEN Tag Tournament 2 Prologue is a new stand-alone fighting game vignette in TEKKEN’s classic ‘Tag Tournament’ style, based on TEKKEN Tag Tournament 2 which is currently in Japanese arcades. It features four playable characters that appear in the movie TEKKEN Blood Vengeance (see below); Ling Xiaoyu, Alisa Bosconovitch, Devil Jin and Devil Kazuya. Plus TEKKEN Tag Tournament 2 Prologue is playable in 3D and features Trophy support.

TEKKEN Blood Vengeance

Set after the events of TEKKEN 5, this brand new feature length 3D CG movie is a must-see for TEKKEN fans. Digging deeper into the corrupt underbelly of the Mishima Zaibatsu, Ling Xiaoyu and Alisa Bosconovitch uncover dark secrets that could destroy the Mishima family forever, but will they survive long enough to reveal all? Penned by Dai Sato (Cowboy Bebop and Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex) and directed by Yoichi Mouri, the movie was created by Digital Frontier, the animation studio that created the awesome TEKKEN 6 and TEKKEN Tag Tournament 2 CG intros.

Now a word from the man himself, TEKKEN creator and project director Katsuhiro Harada, “”We are very happy to be able to release all of this content on one Blu-Ray disc, and hope that it will be a truly compelling proposition for TEKKEN fans everywhere”.

More from Harada-san to come…. keep an eye on the blog for an upcoming Q&A.

See you all in the arena.

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A brand new patch for White Knight Chronicles II featuring game fixes is live now, and next week sees the launch of over 100 pieces of DLC content. The DLC launched this week in the US, but due to our necessity as an EU publisher to localise the content for multiple languages, unfortunately this means that we’ll be following one week later.

The biggest DLC addition is that you will now be able to create your own Guilds so you can join up with your friends online, compare your Guild stats against other Guilds and even build your own exclusive Guild HomeTown on the Georama.

As a Guild member each day you will be provided with three Guild tokens, whilst Guild masters receive four.  Guild tokens can be used when creating or joining in quests, and should you do so, completing the quest will earn GeoStones and prestige points for your Guild, raising your reputation in the online rankings. You can only carry up to three days’ worth of guild tokens at once, so you’ll need to log in frequently to use your allotted tokens. However by purchasing a Guild Token Storage Ticket, you will be able to keep up to seven days’ worth of Guild tokens. Within your Guild you can also now purchase the right to choose your favourite WKC character to act as your Guild concierge, and they will manage your HomeTown and provide information on particular quests.

The update features Prism tickets now available for purchase, allowing you to use them to acquire statues for your Georama – choose the right combination of statues and you will receive stat bonuses. With 5 Prism tickets you can also re-customise your game avatar for a brand new makeover.

Georama receives a big update with lots of new items available like trees, fountains, shops and many more. Collect them all to make your HomeTown the envy of your friends!

And finally there are more colour palettes for you to choose from for your Incorruptus, plus artifact plans that will allow you to create additional Incorruptus armours.

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In a worldwide exclusive, the TEKKEN team have today released the first 7 minutes of much anticipated, feature length 3D CG movie TEKKEN Blood Vengeance exclusively via the TEKKEN channel on YouTube. The screening will run for 7 days, starting today and ending on Thursday 24th November.

TEKKEN Blood Vengeance digs deeper into the corrupt underbelly of the Mishima Zaibatsu, Ling Xiaoyu and Alisa Bosconovitch and uncovers dark secrets that could destroy the Mishima family for ever, but will they survive long enough to reveal all?

“There’s a lot that TEKKEN fans will learn when they watch TEKKEN Blood Vengeance, and I’m excited to give people this sneak preview,” said Katsuhiro Harada, TEKKEN Project Leader at NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. “The film is a taste of the future for the TEKKEN franchise and I really want you all to watch it!”

The movie footage features the English VO, but if you click on the CC button on the bottom right of the video frame you can access subtitles for French, Italian, German and Spanish, as well as Japanese, Russian, Korean and Chinese.

TEKKEN Blood Vengeance is set to feature on next week’s PS3 release TEKKEN Hybrid. TEKKEN Hybrid comprises three great pieces of TEKKEN content with 3D CG movie TEKKEN Blood Vengeance, the classic TEKKEN Tag Tournament remastered in HD, and an exclusive prologue to TEKKEN Tag Tournament 2 which is currently only available in arcades across Japan and some countries in Asia.

For TEKKEN fans everywhere, TEKKEN Hybrid is an absolute must-have.

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Here’s the last of our three trailers revealing the crazy weapons in Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One.

Today’s trailer is all about doppelgangers, invisibility and turning yourself into a destructive bowling ball.

Next week we’ll have our single player trailer – the one I’m sure many of you Ratchet fans are waiting for!

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Hope you all enjoyed the recent Gamescom trailer. We’ve got more Ratchet & Clank treats for you today.

Here’s the second in our three part reveal of the awesome array of weaponry you’ll have at your disposal in Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One.

Today’s trailer is all about fire, ice and giant fists!

Part three coming very soon….

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