See a new video of Bladewolf dicing up enemies using the chainsaw attached to its tail.

Years before George Kamitani founded Vanillaware he worked on Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom, an arcade game developed by Capcom. This belt action game was the source of inspiration for Dragon’s Crown.

D3 Publisher and Sandlot are giving Earth Defense Force 2025 a significant upgrade from its budget roots by adding full online play. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 has an online cooperative mode that supports up to four players.

A few more details about Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate slipped online. The upgraded version adds Momiji from the Ninja Gaiden series as a playable character and a new ninja themed stage called Sky City Tokyo.

“There are a lot of shooters out there, aren’t there? And third person shooters have been multiplying over the years, and have perhaps taken the crown from [FPS]. But for us, what’s been missing a real dedication towards creating an amazing cooperative experience.”

Dead or Alive 5 is getting a “super” version with extra characters, according to Famitsu. The magazine announced Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate which adds Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword alum Momiji as a playable character.

Cave usually adds extra content to their arcade ports and DoDonPachi Saidaioujou has an Xbox 360 exclusive character named Saya who carries a stuffed teddy bear and a pink bunny.

Injustice: Gods Among Us gets its first DLC character today. Lobo will be able for download via Xbox Live and PlayStation Network for 400 Microsoft Points or $5.

In Japan, there are 24 paid DLC costumes for 300 yen each. Add in the Akatsuki and Kage hats packs which are a 100 yen each and we have a grand total of 7,400 ($74) yen for Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 downloadable content.

Backbone Entertainment pitched a new Streets of Rage game to Sega. Concept art for Axel Stone, Blaze Fielding, and Adam Hunter – the original trio from Streets of Rage – was shared by a former Backbone Entertainment artist.

The makers of the Liberation Maiden visual novel are also working on a new visual novel called Disorder 6. A boy and girl who are bound by cuffs. Memory loss. Escape. What truth lies behind their lost memories?

“On top and beyond of character balance, what we needed to do was also to ensure that characters who appear to be strong in the original manga and anime series, should ideally feel like a strong contender in the game,” said Matsuyama.

It looks like Batgirl may be another of the four DLC characters in Injustice: Gods Among Us.

Zone of the Enders HD Collection’s transition from 30 FPS to 60 was not as smooth as Kojima had hoped for.