Me! Infaplat filled in for me last week while I dealt with the fallout of having my XBOX account hacked. But, as always, it’s my pleasure to be back at the helm of this gaming-news-delivering ship. The Fall lineup is coming. Naturally, as we move into gaming’s busiest season, the industry comes to life with all sorts of news. Let’s take a peek, shall we?

- Diablo III may or may not be releasing this year, and the fans are absolutely ravenous. To help whet appetites, Blizzard released a talent calculator earlier this week. You can check out a full talent tree for each of the game’s five classes. Talent trees made on this official calculator are shareable. So, if you’re a Diablo die-hard, you may want to head over and start scheming about your characters’ skill paths before the game drops.

- In the 1990s,  LucasArts released some of the most critically adored flight combat games: the X-Wing series. Aside from receiving critical adoration, these games set a new standard for space-based flight combat games that definitively shaped the entire course of the genre. After the Rogue Squadron series was released, the X-Wing series mostly disappeared. LucasArts set message boards ablaze the other day when their career opportunities page called out for developers for an aerial combat title. While it’s definitely too early to see where the project is going, it never hurts to hope, right?

- The Metal Gear Solid HD Collection was recently officially street-dated for November 23rd. The Japanese edition will contain a download voucher for the original Metal Gear Solid and physical copies of Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance and Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence. The North American edition, set to release this winter for the PS3 and XBOX 360, will contain MGS 2 and 3 and a console port of the PSP title Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker.  

- Some news for the upcoming 3DS entry for the Kingdom Hearts series, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, was announced this week. Neku, the protagonist in the sorely under-appreciated The World Ends With You, will be joining Sora and Riku on their latest adventure. As with every other portable title, KH3D will tie-in to the main series canon. A tech demo for KH3D was on-hand at the 2011 Tokyo Game Show, but no release date has been confirmed yet.

- Speaking of Square Enix and TGS 2011, during Sony’s press conference, an HD remake of Final Fantasy X was confirmed for PS3 and the PS Vita. No official release date or sneak peeks were given though.

- While the main Super Smash Bros. franchise lies in development (with Wii U and 3DS versions in the works), some fans took up the task of “de-making” the series; that is, imagining what the game would have been like if it released on the original GameBoy. The result, Super Smash Land, is a very enjoyable, if not slightly frustrating, experience.  The game is available for free on the previously linked website. If you’re a fan of the series, or just looking to have some cheap fun, you really can’t go wrong with Super Smash Land. Check out this charming “de-make” in action:

That’ll do it for Gamer Pulse this week. In the meantime, check out some stuff from our other video game writers. Elizabeth Hourigan took the wheel with this week’s Throwback Thursday, and Robb Orr covered the new trailer for the long-awaited Max Payne 3. Show them some love, and, as always, thanks for reading. Stay tuned to Comic Booked as we head into the Fall release season!

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Written by Kyle Black

Kyle Black has been a gamer his whole life. Recently, he has decided to merge his love of gaming with his love of writing. The resulting product: a gig here on Comic Booked writing about, what else, video games!

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