Pretty self-explanatory but it's good to have text to go with blog posts. These are screenshots from Marvel vs. Capcom 3, the latest installment in a classic fighting series dating back to the ancient 90s.

The sprites we've grown to love because Capcom re-used them in every game are gone, replaced by strangely-smooth and shiny 3-D models. Oh well, looks good to me!

The new stream-lined fighting system should allow for easier game balance as well. Can't wait to play this.

After 10 years, one of the best fighting series gets a much-needed (but tastefully postponed) iteration.

Dante, Trish (Devil May Cry), Thor (X-Men), Viewtiful Joe, and other join the party, as well as returning favorites Ryu, Iron Man, Wolverine, Morrigan, and Co. Shuma-Gorath and Kill Valentine will cost some DLC change (I think, but can't confirm $5 a piece). A special edition with both characters included is available for $70.

I've demolished Marvel vs. Capcom 2. My digital camera is clogged with pictures of me beating it in arcades across the country (and I'm not too shabby 1v1!), so I'm pretty excited about this new "update." The control style will borrow from the (sadly never released in America) Capcom vs Namco. The controls should be simplified, which is probably for the best. Capcom seems to be restraining themselves, even if only slightly, with this release. You won't get the 200 character roster you may have expected.

No arcade model to speak of, except XBOXs set up in cabinet to play this game.

Marvel vs. Capcom 3 launches with a retail price of $59.99 for the PlayStation 3 and XBOX360.

Supposedly the game is finished and launching in the USA on May 3rd for PS3, XBOX, and PC. This is great news for DOS gamers and FPS fans; the Duke Nukem series was known for possessing edgy action humor and (in the case of Duke Nukem 3D) an in-game strip club. Sales were exceptional.

The DOS platformers are fun and clunky, but Duke Nukem 3D is a masterpiece. This is really the game that popularized Duke and brought him out of the drugstore shareware bin and onto home consoles into gaming magazines.

No surprise then that 3D Realms decided to make another game, to follow up on the success of Duke Nukem 3D. Well they did, 14 years, except it's been in development ever since. Long ago, everyone abandonned any hope of playing this game. Duke Nukem would go the way of Commander Keen and Hugo. Sad, but typical. However, deep within the 3D-Realms office block, underpaid grad students continued to tinker with Duke Nukem 3D and kept slowly working on the game, until now.

One day, they say, "Z.O.M.G. We finished this shit!"

Executives response, "Whoa wtf! No way!"

It now uses a modded Unreal 2.5 engine, which is great because it should be fast-paced, smooth, and lend itself to online play and further modding (but who knows?).

These are the interesting, new screenshots, which don't show too much to be honest. Story screenshots? Sigh.

In any case, it's almost time to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And I'm all out of gum.

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