Console Domination's Weekly News Roundup: 29/01

CD_roundup29 In bringing the month of January to an end and welcoming February - the true start of 2012's gaming season we bring you the latest news roundup from the land of gaming. We have some solidified release dates for Dragon's Dogma and Gotham City Impostors, a novel tie-in on the way for Darksiders II and an interesting marketing ploy that has seen characters from Soul Calibur V carved into the side of a mountain in Sweden. In addition we have our latest podcast, hands-on demonstrations of the PSVita and SSX, some new reviews for Carnival Island, LEGO Harry Potter 2 and the latest Assassin's Creed: Revelations DLC. we also have more videos than you can poke an over sized, novelty rubber finger at. Get going!

Episode 19 - For our second podcast episode of 2012 the Console Domination team discuss the latest news including the Resident Evil 6 announcement and reveal trailer, Sony's PS Vita can stream PS3 titles, THQ decides to drop the kiddy games and Xbox Live Arcade sees a large growth in 2011. We also have a solid round-table discussion about the next generation of Microsoft consoles and the rumoured removal of Microsoft points in favour of currency and the idea that used games will no longer work on consoles. We also review the Fenix Rising DLC for Gears of War 3 and Quarrel for the Xbox Live Arcade and of course we take your reader mail questions and introduce Damon who is our first site guest to appear on the show

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February is on its way very shortly, so check out what we can expect from it gaming-wise in Console Domination's Month in Preview: February.
Phillip took one for the team as he got to go hands-on with EA's anticipated snowboarding racer SSX before its release next month.
In addition, Mark Ankucic was able to take a PSVita for a test drive and wrote an interesting preview article entitled - '10 minutes with the PSVita'

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Phillip reviews Carnival Island for Playstation Move.
Boosty gets his block on with his LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 review.
In a double dose, Boosty gets back in the animus to try out and review Assassin's Creed: Revelations' new piece of DLC the Mediterranean Traveler Map Pack.

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Activision announce and detail the contents of the RADNET edition of Prototype 2.
EA and Bioware reveal some of the all-star voice cast that is helping to bring the universe of Mass Effect 3 to life.
Capcom reveal that their anticipated open world action RPG, Dragon's Dogma will release this May.
The Modern Warfare 3 DLC season is set for a belated start on PSN, with the first pieces of DLC dropping at the end of the month.
Following a successful stint on the PSN and PC, Deep Silver has announced they plan to bring Back to the Future: The Game to retailers.
After a couple of delays, Gotham City Impostors has finally got a concrete release date.
THQ dish the dirt on their 'season pass' and post-launch DLC offerings for UFC Undisputed 3.
THQ announce there will be a novel tie-in to be launched as a primer to their anticipated action RPG Darksiders II this May.
Upcoming arcade title Sine Mora to feature mechanical boss designs by one of the most prominent Japanese Anime creators.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 fights its way through time and space to find itself on retailer shelves.
Konami has also released their interesting third-person shooter NeverDead.
Bandai Namco has bought Soul Calibur V kicking and screaming into retail outlets.
In an interesting advertising coup, Namco Bandai have had two iconic Soul calibur V characters immortalised in stone on a Swedish mountain.
Microsoft invites businesses around the world to innovate with Kinect for Windows.

Console Domination's Weekly News Roundup: 29/01 - 04/02

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