March 2009

Konami sent over a few more screens for the upcoming port of Metal Gear Solid for the iPhone aptly titled Metal Gear Solid Touch. MGS Touch is based on the most recent MGS title, Guns of the Patriots.

The first 12 stages of the title will be available this month as an Advance Edition of the game, with the remaining 8 stages available as a free update when complete. READ MORE

The Behemoth, the guys behind Castle Crashers and Alien Hominid, announced on their dev blog that they would reveal their new title shortly before the Tokyo Anime Fair (March 20-21). An early version of the game will be on display at the event.

Castle Crashers, the company’s last game, was 2008’s best-selling XBLA title.

Potentially worried about the nostalgic success of Nintendo’s Punch-Out!! sequel, EA has countered with…Mike Tyson.

EA let fans vote on whether Tyson or Muhammad Ali would grace the cover of Fight Night Round 4, and decided that both should.

Full release after the break. READ MORE

Independent California developer WayForward, the team behind Contra 4 for the DS, is reviving classic NES title A Boy and His Blob for the Wii.

Described as a “reimagining” in the press release, screenshots show a colorful 2D world with the titular boy and blob looking straight out of a children’s storybook. The original 1989 NES game A Boy and his Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia was designed by Pitfall creator David Crane and featured unique gameplay revolving around the blob’s jelly-bean-powered shape-changing abilities. A Game Boy follow-up, The Rescue of Princess Blobette, was released in 1990, but nothing has been heard from the series in almost 20 years. READ MORE

Capcom has been hard at work completing the patch for Street Fighter II HD Remix. Over on the official blog, they’ve given more details about their progress including the the full list of issues this update addresses.

The patch will be available in a few weeks.