Gaming Headlines: 2/18/10

New Kingdom Hearts and Hitman games are talked about, Platinum Games latest is dated and more news today. I’m the most excited about the Hitman news, as it’s been way too long since there’s been and entry in the series. If you find any of these stories interesting, let me know what you think in our comments section

1. Since both PS3 & 360 are getting motion controls, Disney may bring Epic Mickey to the platforms. Regardless of the platform the game comes out on, I’ll be playing Warren Spector’s latest game when it is released. (CVG)
2. The voice actor for Agent .47 in the Hitman series put up on his personal site that he’ll be playing the role again in the next Hitman game. That game hasn’t been officially announced, but has been rumored for years. (HitmanForums)
3. Platinum Games has gotten a lot of attention from Mad World and Bayonetta, but their next title is coming to the DS and has finally been dated. On March 26th you’ll be able to play the Space RPG. (Eurogamer)
4. Tetsuya Nomora has stated that the next Kingdom Hearts title won’t be Kingdom Hearts III and it won’t feature Sora. It is supposed to bridge the gap between the previous games and is rumored to be out in 2011. (Magic Box)
5. Lost Planet 2 isn’t everything Capcom hoped it would be since they had to cut significant amounts of content to get the game to fit on an Xbox 360 disc. I’m willing to bet they’ll fix that issue with some post launch DLC. (Kotaku)
6. THQ is at it again. They’re giving away Saints Row 2 if you pre-order Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising. I’ve only heard good things about the Dawn of War series and I love Saints Row, so this sounds like a good deal for all. (Destructoid)
7. Threshold Entertainment is taking WB to court over the rights to the Mortal Kombat film liscence. WB has announced a new MK movie without the help of Threshold. Ed Boon expressed annoyance on his Twitter, just wishing the dispute would be solved so the film could be released. (MortalKombatOnline)
8. Yakuza 3 now has an English demo up on the US & EU PlayStation Store. DOWNLOAD IT NOW! The game truly feels like you’ve been transported to Japan. Besides that, we have the latest trailer at the bottom of this post.
9. The Haunted has one the Make Something Unreal contest. The mod features horror action gameplay. (Unreal Technology)
10. Uwe Boll won’t stop making people feel badly about Bloodrayne. He’s making a third Bloodrayne movie. (comicbookmovie)
11. Magic Carpet PSone has been rated by the ESRB, so it should be on the PlayStation Store soon. (Destructoid)
12. Despite assumptions that a horror title should be rated M, Alan Wake has been confirmed to have a T rating by the ESRB. (Destructoid)
13. Dante’s Inferno is being marketed with it’s own hellish ramen in Japan. (Japanator)

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