Gameplay trailer of the Double Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons

The remake will be released for XBLA in September Apparently there has been a recent rediscovery of the Double Dragon series: After the interesting remake of the first episode to the iPhone OS platform, with redesigned characters and stages for the occasion, here comes on Xbox Live Arcade remake of the second episode.

Will be called Double Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons and will be available in September. Developed by Interactive Barunson unknown, probably a Korean team, the game will have the burden of reinventing one of the greatest classics of the 80s, for the occasion by adopting a polygonal graphics (which, frankly, reminiscent of games for Saturn).

PlayStation Life will not arrive before 2012

The disappointing news comes directly from Kaz Hirai Kaz Hirai has confirmed that PlayStation Life unfortunately will not be distributed in the U.S. and Europe before next year. At the same time, it is quite possible for a launch in Japan before the end of 2011. The release of Sony's new handheld console was in Italy was widely attached to the Christmas season or immediately before.

Among the reasons given by Hirai to justify the postponement is that, very valid, of wanting to ensure that the launch will be accompanied by a good number of titles of great attraction.

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PES: 70 million copies sold worldwide

Konami has announced that worldwide sales of Pro Evolution Soccer series has exceeded 70 million copies. A very important news, which prepares the best company for the launch of PES 2012. The publisher has seen a growth in revenue of 3.3% in the first three months of fiscal 2012, for a total of almost 500 million euros.

The hopes for the future are decidedly optimistic note with the exit of the new PES, but also promising Neverdead Downpour and Silent Hill.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is also coming to Wii

Treyarch will be to deal with the conversion? During a meeting with shareholders, Activision Blizzard has confirmed rumors about the Wii version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. This is great news for those who had enjoyed the previous episodes of the series on Nintendo consoles. Has not yet been revealed who will look to make the conversion, although it will probably be Treyarch to do so, after treating the reductions of Black Ops, Modern Warfare and World at War for Wii.

Steam continues to install DirectX

Valve has Steam installed DirectX explained why every time you install a new game, regardless of its "age". This is not an error or a system to control the updating of the libraries of our PC. It all depends, it seems to be the same as Microsoft has "organized" the operating system. "As for us we could only do one thing," said a representative from Valve, "do a check every time you downloaded a game from Steam to see if the correct DirectX is already installed." "Given the small size of the file, however, the advantage in terms of time would not be substantial."

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Rugby World Cup 2011

It is available from yesterday, today, if you download on PSN, the demo of Rugby World Cup 2011, created by HB Studios and distributed by 505 Games. Unfortunately, in the demo you can play for only five minutes to a match between England and South Africa, a small taste of what awaits fans of rugby, which until now had not provided any next-gen game dedicated to their favorite sport, but who can finally vent their passion, not only on the playing fields.

The price of the Wii U will not be revealed until 2012

Confirmation of this is exactly Satoru Iwata during the now famous meeting with shareholders after the publication of financial results for its first fiscal quarter 2011, Satoru Iwata said that the release date and price of U Wii will be announced next year Nintendo will have or how much material representative of a tech demo to promote the new console.

Iwata also admitted that the dramatic price cut on the Nintendo 3DS could work to deter potential early adopters of the Wii U, which perhaps could expect the same fate for the next flagship of the house in Kyoto. The only way to avoid such a situation, according to Nintendo President, is to regain the trust of its users.