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Okay, wow.... upon completing my beginning-of-the-day reading of Kotaku, I now have (not counting this one) 6 tabs open, that's a lot. So without further ado, let's get started...

----The Headliner----
=Okay, I'm calling this the big one for today since I am fairly certain that it will affect most of our fanbase. Assume from it what you will, I personally think its going to be used for polish time, which will be good for a game of this calibur... Okay, you guys ready? Sitting? K? Good.... Bioshock 2 has been officially delayed "until fiscal year 2010". Past that, no date anymore.

---Major Stories---
=First on the docket is something that has almost no impact on me, but who would i be to deny it because of that? The story comes out of good ol' Bethesda Softworks. The Fallout 3 developers have decided to delay and rearrange the DLC release schedule for the PS3 version of the post-apocalyptic hit. In the interview, Bethesda is saying they hope to have it by "the end of September". The rearrangement brings some good news through, as the release schedule still seems to be frequent and steady, once started. The first release is the level-cap-raising Broken Steel. Afterward, Operation: Anchorage will release with Bethesda planning to get The Pitt out alongside it. Later on in the schedule is the two newest DLC's, Point Lookout and the yet-to-be-released Mothership Zeta.

---In Other News---
=Apparently, a few days ago, someone leaked some concept art of a possible reboot of the Tomb Raider series. This has today been confirmed as authentic art from Crystal Dynamics, with them saying it has been released without their permission.

=No More Heroes, the cult hit on the Nintendo Wii, might move on to different platforms after the sequel, NMH2: Desperate Struggle, drops in early 2010. Goichi Suda said this, "I think ['No More Heroes 2'] is the last ‘NMH' that is going to be developed on the Wii. To expand ‘NMH' to new possibilities, we need a new platform. Wii is a great platform, but we've done everything we can with it now."

=Xbox Live's Deal of the Week has changed today, and a good one this week for those who love Bullet Hell shooters, or just really good, fun, but frusterating, beautiful looking games. That's right, Ikaruga (originally on the Gamecube, but later ported to XBLA) is now only 400MSP (50% off 800MSP original price) for Gold Members. Get on it, masochists!

---Reviews---
Alright, since I recently got this game, I am posting review spots for it, but I will not shirk off other games in this spot because I don't get them. That said... today's Review section is on BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger on the 360 and PS3. Earlier today, Kotaku released their site review on BlazBlue, hailing its colorful cast, beautiful art and design, lag-free online, multiple modes and the inclusion of a spectator option online as well as shortcut commands for the trickier moves in the game. The only cons posted were unassisted learning curve and the possibility of too much going on at once.

I personally agree with all of those statements, but do not let the cons throw you off at all. As with every fighter, there is a difficulty changer and a tutorial mode, you just aren't required to use them. The game, plain out, looks beautiful. It plays and handles wonderfully, even without an arcade stick. I woud easily call this one a buy, and I'm not even big on the fighting game genre.

Other reviews for BlazBlue are as follows:
TeamXbox gave it an 8.8 out of 10. IGN, a 9.4/10. 1UP gave it an A. OXM gave it an 8/10 and Game Informer gave it the lowest rounded score of the bunch with 7.75/10.

---Weather---
Orlando: Mostly clear with a 100% chance of awesome.
Minneapolis area: Possible cloud cover, chance of later day storms. Higher chance of ass-whoopery.
Southern California: Uber-clear with a high chance of a double-teamed cousin takedown.


Sources:
Bioshock 2 delay- http://kotaku.com/5313745/bioshock-2-delayed-to-fy-2010?skyline=true&s=x

Fallout 3 PS3 DLC delay- http://kotaku.com/5313512/ps3s-fallout-3-content-pushed-back-to-sept-reordered

Tomb Raider reboot leak- http://kotaku.com/5313447/looks-like-that-tomb-raider-reboot-is-real

No More Heroes story- http://kotaku.com/5313452/no-more-no-more-heroes-for-the-wii

Ikaruga Deal story- http://kotaku.com/5313446/its-a-good-week-to-buy-ikaruga

BlazBlue Kotaku review- http://kotaku.com/5313114/blazblue-calamity-trigger-review-rebel-yell?skyline=true&s=x

All other review scores obtained here- http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/blazbluecalamitytrigger/review.html?mode=web&tag=scoresummary;critic-score