This Week in Gaming - Week 3

Playstation 3

•  Perhaps the biggest launch this week is DC Universe Online from Sony Online Entertainment and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The PC and PlayStation 3 game lets players create their crime fighter or villain, and because it is set in the DC Universe, such locales include Superman's Metropolis and Batman's Gotham City. 

Xbox 360

• Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas developers, Bethesda, have sparked rumours about their next 3 DLC packs as they filed for 3 trademark names this week. The names were: “Old World Blues”, “Lonesome Roads” and “Honest Hearts”, which all sound very Vegas-esque, making the rumours seem even more truthful. The company’s latest DLC pack, “Dead Money” was largely successful since its late December release. 

Handhelds

• Out this week for the Nintendo DS is the new Kingdom Hearts game, Re:Coded. Also, here is a list of new releases out tomorrow and Wednesday, courtesy of Gamespot UK:

JANUARY 11
101-in-1 Sports Party Megamix--WII--Atlus Co.
DC Universe Online--PS3, PC--Sony Online Entertainment
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective--DS--Capcom
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded--DS--Square Enix
Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood!--PSP--NIS America

JANUARY 12
SpellForce 2: Faith in Destiny--PC--JoWooD Entertainment
Zeit 2--X360--Ubisoft

Other News

• It has been announced at CES 2011 that the PC WILL get Kinect....Eventually. It was revealed that When asked "Will you be able to plug a Kinect into a PC?" by the interviewer, Ballmer answered thusly: "We'll support that in a formal way in the right time, and when we have an announcement to make, we'll make it." So just wait, PC gamers, just wait. 

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