Nintendo have announced that Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be released in the UK on the the 11th June 2010. I really loved the first Super Mario Galaxy game, and still feel it is the best game currently available on the Wii.

However, this sequel is looking pretty tasty after watching the trailers and seeing the screenshots. I have high hopes for this game and will be pre-ordering it so I can play it on the 11th June 2010. It will be interesting to see what adding Yoshi brings to the game and Mario’s new skills.

And also check out these nice looking screenshots featuring Yoshi!

Super Mario Galaxy is out now and Super Mario Galaxy 2 is released on the 11th June 2010 only on Wii.

The internet is currently buzzing with all the talk over the latest trailer for the upcoming Tron: Legacy film (to be released Dec 2010). On the back of this film there is a new Tron game called Tron: Evolution. The game is set between the first Tron film and Tron: Legacy. You can check out the HD trailer for Tron: Legacy below.

One of the few available screenshots of the new Tron: Evolution game:

Tron: Evolution is due for release Nov/Dec 2010 on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

If you have any other PS3 console than a PS3 Slim, DON’T TURN YOUR CONSOLE ON TODAY – 1st March 2010.

Sony has a problem. I’m not going near mine. There’s no way I’m screwing up my saved games. Nice one Sony. Check out what they had to say about it.

The full statement follows:

As you may be aware, some customers have been unable to connect to the PlayStation Network today. This problem affects the models other than the new slim PS3.

We believe we have identified that this problem is being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system.

Errors include:

* The date of the PS3 system may be re-set to Jan 1, 2000.
* When the user tries to sign-in to the PlayStation Network, the following message appears on the screen; “An error has occurred. You have been signed out of PlayStation Network (8001050F)”.
* When the user tries to launch a game, the following error message appears on the screen and the trophy data may disappear; “Failed to install trophies. Please exit your game.”
* When the user tries to set the time and date of the system via the Internet, the following message appears on the screen; “The current date and time could not be obtained. (8001050F)”
* Users are not able to playback certain rental video downloaded from the PlayStation Store before the expiration date.

We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies, and not being able to restore certain data.

As mentioned above, Please be advised that the new slim PS3 is not affected with this error. We are doing our best to resolve the issue and do apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Update 2nd Mar 10: All fixed now! It was a problem with the PS3 incorrectly recognising 1st March 2010 as a leap year!!!

Cinematic, innovative, unusual, bloody annoying and repetitive are all words that I would use to describe Another World. There really was nothing like it when it was originally released in 1991. It looked different to other games due to its graphics being entirely composed of polygons rather than sprites. It was a big change for the time, and something it should be congratulated for.

You can watch the entire game being played from the talented people at Recorded Amiga games. After watching this I probably only made it half way through the game. I always died at the falling rocks sequence, and could never be arsed to play it over and over again in order to learn the rock patterns. This game did have a great intro sequence and fantastic music and sound effects too.

SquareEnix has released details of the official UK launch of Final Fantasy XIII. This event is taking place almost 3 years after the Final Fantasy XII (PS2) launch at the same HMV on Oxford Street, London which Weefz covered in her post.

Fans attending the UK launch event on 9th March will be treated to a very rare opportunity to meet both Yoshinori Kitase, the producer of the game, and Isamu Kamikokuryo, the game’s art director, who will be available to sign games and answer questions. High-profile DJ and TV presenter Alex Zane will also be entertaining fans as the MC for the event.

The first 50 people to attend the signing dressed in Final Fantasy costumes will be given a free Final Fantasy XIII soundtrack and everyone who attends the launch will have the chance to win goodies.

You will be able to check out the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and limited collector’s edition of Final Fantasy XIII at the event.

Event Summary:

• Date: 9th March 2010
• Time: 5.30pm – 7:30pm
• Photocall: 6:05pm – 6:15pm
• Address: HMV, 150 Oxford Street, London, W1D 1DJ
• Entry: Free to everyone

Final Fantasy XIII is released on the 9th March 2010 on PS3 and Xbox 360.

I mentioned in my Assassin’s Creed II review that 2 bits of DLC were going to be published by Ubisoft. Well, Battle of Forli (the first DLC) turned up last month to a fairly muted reception. Too easy, too short and therefore too expensive. Here’s hoping that the Bonfire of the Vanities DLC fairs a bit better.

Ubisoft’s Christophe Grandjean has posted 2 pictures taken from the latest Bonfire of the Vanities DLC via his twitter account. Take a look:

Interestingly, the action forms part of memory 13 in which Ezio gains a new move – spring jump – which isn’t available in the rest of the game. I guessing Ubisoft have come up with some suitably clever way of making Ezio “forget”" this new move before the end of the memory sequence. Mmmm, decapitation, head trauma, excessive exposure to lolcats maybe?

Update 18th Feb 2010: This DLC is now available in 2 flavours. For 360 MS points you can get the new memory sequence missions. But for 560 MS points you get 3 secret Templar lairs to explore which were includes in the black edition of Assassin’s Creed.

Assassin’s Creed II – Bonfire of the Vanities DLC is out now on Xbox 360 and PS3.

Looks like this is the closest that we will get to playing Goldeneye 007 on the Xbox 360, given that game is tangled up in all sorts of copyright ownership problems (i.e. Nintendo probably own it as it was a N64 exclusive).

When Perfect Dark was originally released on the N64 in 2000 it was just too ambitious a game for the hardware available at the time. Rare enhanced the GoldenEye 007 game engine (more gore, better lighting, higher screen resolution and various other enhancements) to a point arguably beyond what the N64 could cope with. This resulted in shockingly bad frame rates at frequent intervals through out the game. This tarnished what was otherwise an excellent game.

So now that Microsoft has announced that it has updated the original game with HD visuals we might now be able to see the game that Rare wanted us to play 10 years ago. Hopefully, Microsoft will have left all the hidden cheeses for us to find, just like in the original Perfect Dark.

Features:

• Remastered full HD visuals:1080p at 60 frames per second and upgraded 3D models (characters, weapons) and locations.
• Action-packed and authentic. Based on the original code. There are nine missions across 17 levels in solo, co-op and counter-op modes available.
• Multiplayer modes. Battle online with up to eight players on Xbox LIVE over six different multiplayer scenarios across 16 levels.
• Microsoft staff faces to replace the Nintendo staff faces featured in the original (e.g. Shigeru Miyamoto).

Screenshots:

Trailer (via Joystiq):

Perfect Dark will be released on the Xbox 360 (for 800 MS points) on the 17th March 2010.

The LEGO Universe beta sign-up page has gone live. LEGO Universe is a Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) based on the LEGO play experience. I’ve no idea when the beta is due to go live or what it’s going to be like. But what the hell, it’s LEGO!!!!!

LEGO Universe will be available sometime in the future on PC.

All registered Cerberus Network members (i.e anyone who didn’t pirate or buy the game second hand) will be able to download the Cerberus Assault Armor and M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun from 7pm GMT on the 9th Feb 2010 for free.

Cerberus Assault Armor:

• Cerberus assault armor is designed for shock troops
• Increases heavy weapon ammo capacity by +10%
• Increases shields by +10%
• Increases health by +10%

M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun:

• The M-22a Eviscerator Shotgun is a longer-range shotgun with armor-piercing loads
• This design also violates several intergalactic weapons treaties, so the M-22a is not distributed to militaries

The MAG launch event that I attended earlier on this month is featured in the latest Eurogamer TV show.

For those eagle eyed TAG readers, you get to glimpse me playing MAG at 2:56mins and 3:05 – 3:07mins in the Eurogamer TV video as well as the following MAG players: flamingcarrot and FlecheMe (these are their PSN IDs).

What is a little more obvious in the video is my tweet which was projected onto one of the walls at the event. Check it out at 4:40 – 4:44mins:

It kinda summed up just how useless Team IGN were on the night ;-)

MAG is out now only on the Playstation 3