Not content with just one HD return next year, Cody, Guy and Haggar will be reunited when Final Fight: Double Impact is released on XBLA and PSN in April 2010.  FF: Double Impact is not one, but two classic Capcom scrolling beat ‘em ups titles given the HD makeover and a new soundtrack in one bundle.

First up is Final Fight, where players follow the heart-pounding adventures of Cody, Guy, and Haggar – three heroes fighting their way across crime-ridden Metro City in hopes of saving Haggar’s daughter from the evil clutches of Mad Gear. There are 6 stages filled with perilous challenges where the only hope for justice is the unique fighting techniques mastered by each character.

In Magic Sword, users will take on the role of the “The Brave One,” a fierce warrior who bears the daunting responsibility of cleansing evil forces from an ancient tower. As a consequence of his actions, he will inevitably meet the source of this scourge upon humanity – the dark lord Drokmar. But fear not as the hero is accompanied by eight allies who will lend their assistance through out the game. All of them bring specific skills and talents to contribute to the fight. It’s an amazing side-scrolling action illustrated in classic fantasy stylings, making a perfect pairing with Final Fight.

Final Fight: Double Impact will make the classics look better than ever by utilizing Capcom’s proprietary graphics engine to make the games shine in crisp and clear HD glory. Alternatively, purist pixel junkies can toggle back to classic and arcade cabinet modes to render the game in its original form.

You can see screenshots of the different graphics modes for both games after the break.

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Capcom have revealed that Final Fight refugees Cody and Guy along with Adon will all return to the Street Fighter series in the upcoming Super Street Fighter IV where they will join Dee Jay, T. Hawk and new girl Juri as 6 of the 8 extra characters the new version will include, swelling the roster to an eye watering 25 fighters.

Along with the new characters SSF4 will see the return of the classic car and barrel smashing bonus stages from SF2 as well as 2v2, 3v3 and 4v4 elimination team battles, a true arcade style ‘winner stays on’ online mode and a replay mode so you can brush up on your tactics.

Super Street Fighter 4 is scheduled for release in Spring 2010, but to satisfy you hunger for now you can check out screenshots of Cody, Guy and Adon in action after the break along with the games fact sheet.

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So you can now stream TV programs directly to your PC, PS3, Wii and even your mobile phone to watch whenever you like thanks to the BBC iPlayer program, so what about Microsoft’s big white box ‘o joy?  Well The Telegraph are reporting that the deal between MS and the BBC has been put on hold indefinitely due to Microsoft refusing to make the service free to all users, instead wanting the feature to become another incentive to sign up to an Xbox Live Gold subscription.

“This does not fit with the BBC’s model and Microsoft will not budge at the moment. It is really frustrating for those involved on the BBC side who want to make sure iPlayer is rolled out on as many popular entertainment platforms as possible,” they added. The BBC cannot charge the British public for access to the iPlayer as it is already included in the licence fee This situation is a marked contrast to the deals the BBC already has in place with the other two home games consoles. Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3 both offer free access to the BBC iPlayer. Earlier this month the BBC recently relaunched its service on the Wii and now offers its own dedicated iPlayer channel.

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After Smells Like Teen Spirit appeared in Guitar Hero 5 most Rock Band fans gave up on the idea of ever seeing the song land on their platform of choice, assuming that Activision had snapped up an exclusivity deal.  If that was you then your prayers have been been answered, as this week will see the 3 missing songs from ‘Nevermind’ released as DLC, sort of…  Whilst we are treated to the studio version of their biggest hit, we get the Unplugged in New York version of “Come as you Are” and “Lithium” from the recently released ‘Live at Reading’ album.  Personally I’d hoped for the studio versions of them all to complete the album, but I guess these will have to do.

Alongside Kurt & the gang are 3 tracks from Night Ranger.  The 3 tracks are split between the bands classic 80’s material and their current output and features their singles “(You Can Still) Rock in America” and “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me”

Each of the 3 track packs will be available for 440/£2.49, alternatively you can purchase any of the tracks individually for 160/£0.99 each when they are released on Tuesday via Xbox Live Marketplace or Thursday on Playstation Network.

Full tracklisting with video links after the break.

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What you see above is actually a photograph taken at Georgia Aquarium. The costumes were created by graphic designer Harrison Krix, and in this series of photos I think he’s done a pretty damn good job of bringing Bioshock into the real world.

I’m sleeping with the lights on tonight!

Also, the Big Daddy costume (including fully functioning drill) is currently for sale on eBay, so you can live out all of your Bioshock fantasies in the comfort of your own home.

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The first couple of Terminator movies are easily two of my all time favourites. Pure unadulterated entertainment. I was really looking forward to the third, Rise of the Machines, but it turned out to be a horrible waste of time. That third movie managed to severely dent my interest in anything with the word “Terminator” in the title. Because of this I avoided the first season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles like the plague. As a huge fan of actor Christian Bale I decided to give Terminator Salvation a chance. My faith in humanity was somewhat restored – or at least my faith in murderous time travelling cyborgs from the future and that’s what really matters. My renewed interest coincided with the release of the second series of Chronicles on Blu-Ray which gave me the perfect opportunity to check it out.

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I have a ritual when it comes to Football Manager. I install the game, start it up, and choose Celtic as my first team to manage. I wanted to shake things up a little for this review and decided to start in the English Coca-Cola League 2. Since an unfamiliar challenge was my intention I decided to start from the very bottom and manage Burton Albion who had a media prediction of 24^th in the league. This was going to be an uphill struggle but I was looking forward to it.

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It’s not often we report on the Wii’s Virtual Console here on TTB, but I pretty much had to when I saw the news. You see, this week, lucky Wii owners will be treated to the classic Super Mario Kart from the SNES, and the classic Boy and His Blob – Trouble on Blobolonia from the NES.

A Boy and His Blob is particularly interesting because of the recent Wii re-imagining, a fantastic game that we were very impressed with. Of course, any Mario Kart has got to be good, and the original SNES outing takes some beating even after the series of fantastic games that have followed it.

• Super Mario Kart (SNES) support 1-2 players and will sell for 800 points.
• A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia supports 1 player and will sell for 500 points.

Good times to be a Wii owner!

That’s right, lovestruck Japanese gamer Sal9000 (presumably not his real name) married his Love Plus virtual girlfriend Nene Anegasaki on Sunday. The wedding was broadcast live on Japanese video site Nico Nico Douga, and the bride’s best friend even gave a speech. Aww.

It’s reported that our happy couple then took their honeymoon in Guam, as you do, but no word yet on how the wedding night actually went. As if you wanted to know anyway.

(OK, so we do want to know…)

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I am sure you all remember that game which came free with the Halo 3 beta.  It was named something like controversial like Cocainebelow or Crackdown.  Well, that turned out to be pretty damn good.  Not only was that  game damn good it did well enough to produce a sequel, this time an actual proper game!

Below are lots and lots and lots of Crackdown 2 images, in various shapes, sizes, and formats, for your eager eyes. Enjoy!

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