Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

Russ tells of console sales and other RPG deals as he begins, September may have a lot of games coming out for it, so it is a good thing the prices of the 360 and PS3 dropped. Plus you still might be able to grab a decent computer during the back to school sales. Gaming triple play ahoy!

Gamerzines, the site behind the free magazines for Xbox 360, PC games, PSP and DS, has launched its free PlayStation 3 magazine to co-incide with the UK launch of the console. As with other Gamerzines, the magazine is written by professional games journalists and offered for free in a digital format. All that is required is Adobe Reader 8 on a PC. The magazine is enhanced with videos and multimedia that play on the pages themselves. Issue 1 is available for download immediately and covers every single European launch game, as well as lengthy preview feature highlighting their pick of the top 20 games still to come on the PS3 this year. The magazine is to publish a new issue for free every month from launch, to match the other existing Gamerzines for other platforms.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today announced that PLAYSTATION®3 will be launched in the PAL territories including the United Kingdom on 23rd March 2007 at a price of £425.

Activision today announced that the company's key launch games for the PLAYSTATION 3 and Wii have shipped and are now available at retail locations in North America. The robust launch lineup features some of the world's most popular game franchises, including Tony Hawk's Project 8, Call of Duty 3 and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance for the PLAYSTATION 3 and Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam, Call of Duty 3 and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance for the Wii. Additionally, Rapala Tournament Fishing and World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions for the Wii will ship on November 22, 2006. These titles anchor Activision's holiday offerings, which includes games for both the next- and current-generation consoles and handheld platforms.

The PS3 could launch with 24 titles and Wii with 30 titles according to new documents detailing the two companies' plans. PlayStation 3 Resistance: Fall of Man - Sony Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom - Sony Genji: Days of the Blade - Sony Gran Turismo HD - Sony NBA 07 - Sony Call of Duty 3 - Activision (600,000) Marvel Ultimate Alliance - Activision (300,000) Tony Hawk's Project 8 - Activision (300,000) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Bethesda Softworks Fight Night 3 - Electronic Arts (400,000) Madden NFL 07 - Electronic Arts (700,000) NBA Live 07 - Electronic Arts (500,000) Need for Speed Carbon - Electronic Arts (800,000) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 - Electronic Arts (400,000) Mobile Suit Gundam: Target In Sight - Namco Bandai Ninja Gaiden Sigma - Namco Bandai Ridge Racer 7 - Namco Bandai Full Auto 2: Battlelines - Sega Sonic the Hedgehog - Sega NBA 2K7 - Take-Two Interactive (400,000) NHL 2K7 - Take-Two Interactive (200,000) Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII - Ubisoft Rainbow Six: Vegas - Ubisoft F.E.A.R. - Vivendi NINTENDO Wii Wii Sports (bundled with hardware) - Nintendo The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Nintendo Excite Truck - Nintendo Call of Duty 3 - Activision (200,000) Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Activision (200,000) Rapala Tournament Fishing ¿ Activision (50,000) Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam - Activision (300,000) World Series of Poker - Activision (50,000) Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 - Atari (200,000) Trauma Center: Second Opinion - Atlus Madden NFL 07 - Electronic Arts (500,000) Need for Speed: Carbon - Electronic Arts (500,000) Elebits - Konami The Ant Bully - Midway m (100,000) The Grim Adventure...

Here are the top ten games across all platforms for the week of 10/1/2006 - 10/8/2006: 1.Halo Wars (X360) 2.Assassin's Creed (X360) 3.Gears of War (X360) 4.BioShock (X360) 5.Alan Wake (X360) 6.The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii) 7.Mass Effect (X360) 8.Fable 2 (X360) 9.Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (X360) 10.Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)

German game site www.gameguide.nl posted today the ultimate list of 160 game tittles in production for the ps3. Within the 160 tittles ,95 of them will be ps3 exclusive . (TBA = To Be Announced ) List of ps3 games in development: 2K Games/Take-Two/Rockstar - College Hoops 2K7 ~Visual Concepts, TBA~ - The Darkness ~Starbreeze, 2007~ - Grand Theft Auto 4 ~Rockstar North, Q4 2007~ - NHL 2K7 ~Visual Concepts, TBA~ - NBA 2K7 ~Visual Concepts, TBA~ - Red Dead Revolver 2 ~Rockstar North, TBA~ Activision - Call of Duty 3 ~Infinity Ward, Launch~ - Marvel: Ultimate Alliance ~Raven, Launch~ - Spider-Man 3 ~Treyarch, Q2 2007~ - Tony Hawk's Project 8 ~Neversoft, Launch~ Atari - Alone in the Dark 5 ~Eden Studios, TBA~ Atlus - Shin Megami Tensei 4 ~Atlus R&D1, TBA~ Beuna Vista - Turok ~Propaganda, TBA~ Capcom - Devil May Cry 4 ~Capcom Studio 1, Q4 2007~ - Monster Hunter 3 ~Capcom Studio 1, 2008~ - Resident Evil 5 ~Capcom Studio 4, Q4 2007~ ~ - Untitled ~Action~ ~TBD, TBA~ Codemasters - DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road ~In-house, 2007~ D3 Publisher - Dark Sector ~Digital Extremes, TBA~ Eidos - Untitled ~Action~ ~TBD, TBA~ Electronic Arts - Army of Two ~EA Montreal, TBA~ - Battlefield: Bad Company ~DICE, 2007~ - Def Jam 3 ~EA Chicago, 2007~ - Fight Night Round 3 ~EA Chicago, Q4 2006~ - Half Life 2: Complete Pack ~Valve/EA, Q1 2007~ - Lord of the Rings: The White Council ~EA Redwood Shores, Q4 2007~ - Madden NFL 07 ~Tiburon, Q4 2006~ - Medal of Honor: Airborne ~EALA, 2007~ - NBA Live 07 ~EA Canada, Q4 2006~ - NBA Street Vol. 4 ~EA Canada, 2007~ - Need for Speed: Carbon ~EA Black Box, Q4 2006~ - Skate ~EA Black Box, 2007~ - Tiger Woo...

Today we've got three new Marvel: Ultimate Alliance videos to share. That makes 11 so far if our counting abilities are to be believed. Then we realize that the game has 20 playable characters and more than 140 cameos - could they all be getting their own special videos? Does the internet have enough space left to contain all this

Suffering from Nightcrawler withdrawals after his non-appearance in X-Men: The Last Stand? Of course you are. His dramatic, acrobatic debut in 2003's X2 was one of the coolest damn movie moments of the year, and we're happy to say this little Marvel: Ultimate Alliance video is right up there on the "whoa" meter. Hit the Movies tab to check it out. So far, the various trailers for brawlin' RPG Alliance look amazing - we hope the game is just as fun to play as these are to watch. Hell, they're

We've used our superhuman powers to gather up a full complement of new Marvel: Ultimate Alliance screens, publisher Activision's superhero RPG heading for a PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, PSP and GBA release this November. To see them, just hit the Images tab above. We've added a whopping six videos (a trailer and some character-specific highlight flicks) to the Movies tab, too. The game allows you to hand-pick a team of four superheroes from a total of 20 playable Marvel characters, then