February 17, 2012

Hello everyone and welcome to a long awaited weekend.

By the Gods, I need this is long weekend:

To start this wonderful Friday news is the announcement of the release date of the second Saints Row 3 DLC (via Joystiq). The “Gangstas in Space” DLC will throw the Third Street Saints into space to make a movie and will be available on February 21 for $6.99 on the Xbox 360, PC, and PS3. 

                                                               

                                                                     Gangstas in Space, 'nuff said

In some other news, the rumored Assassin’s Creed: Revelations DLC from Wednesday has gotten a name, a price tag, and a release date from GameStop (via Joystiq). An email sent to customers that lists downloadable titles lists that the “Lost Archive” for Revelations will be available for purchase on February 28^th for $14.99 on the Xbox 360 and PS3. Nothing involving the plot has been revealed minus the achievements noted Wednesday.

In unrelated news, Atlus recently sent out an email to its “Faithful” mailing list that had a subject line of “_____” and only a giant black image as the body. Destructoid discovered that the black image, if played with the black tint, revealed a teaser for something to come (via Joystiq). The pictured teaser shows a graphic and the words “Stay tuned”. Readers of Destructoid recognized the graphic as part of the logo for Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena, which has led many to believe this is a tease for the localization of the fighting game. Atlus has not commented as of print up. 

To finish today off is the rumor that Treyarch will release Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 this year, after multiple leaks onto the internet. The first hint of the game comes from the LinkedIn page for Hugo Beyer, an artist at Nerve Software (via Joystiq and 1Up ). Beyer’s LinkedIn page has been pulled since the story first broke but the screenshot shows that Beyer listed Black Ops 2 as a part of his current work. Nerve Software is a private corporation that has does contract work for Activision, including work on the original Black Ops. Activision, Nerve, nor Beyer has commented on the situation. The second leak comes from a listing of the game on Amazon France (via Industry Gamers, Kotaku, and Game Informer). The French game website, GameBlog.fr, reported on the find and was able to take this screen shot before the page was taken down. Activision has stated that they do plan on releasing another Call of Duty this year, and tradition holds that it is Treyarch’s year for a game.

That is all ladies and gentlefolk, have yourselves a fantastic weekend, this Chris signing off saying Oh, how have you ever felt so Goddamn strong.