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Capcom’s decided to tease Street Fighter IV owners with a new warrior.

The final announcement is due on September 29th.

Who, or what will it be? A new character, a clone of a current one, or an old one brought back?

Electronic Arts has announced that Battlefield Heroes has hit the 2 million registered players mark.

The end of the month will see a brand new map and update released as well.

EA is also accepting proposed names for the new map from players via the Battlefield Heroes website.

Fans of The Witcher have been excited this week by the news and video footage of the upcoming sequel.

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is still very much in development though and the end of 2010 is a likely release target, even pushing into 2011.

It has now been confirmed for a PS3 and XBOX 360 release as well, hopefully offering some good news for those that were looking forward to The Witcher: Rise of The White Wolf.

As the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 draws closer, the hype is starting to build and become frenzied.

Every trailer or video that gets released drives the hype and whets the appetite of potential players.

It is debated whether the Infinity Ward developed title will break records for week one sales and beat Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV from 2008, only time will tell.

A plethora of content, a strong franchise, pre-orders advertised for over 6 months, midnight store openings and a massive publishing push. These terms could be applied to either of the two previously mentioned games. Activision though is aiming to make Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 the entertainment source of the year, ahead of other big game releases and ahead of top music, TV and movie releases.

Who would bet against them succeeding?

It seems that the Italians know how to rock out.

Italy has set a world record for the largest number of participants to play in a single Guitar Hero session over a 24 hour period.

594 people turned up at the FNAC store in Verona to take part in the Guitar Hero 5 Jump In Jump Out Challenge.

The Italians beat the likes of Sweden and France to take the record.

Chart-topping Batman: Arkham Asylum will be getting a free instalment of downloadable content during September.

Eidos has confirmed that the PC, XBOX 360 and PS3 editions will each be receiving it.

No confirmation on the exact quantity of the DLC, yet.

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As the football season get underway, so does the hype and intensity surrounding the next editions of FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer.

Electronic Arts and Konami go head-to-head once again as FIFA 10 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 aim to capture the top spot when both are released in October.

FIFA 09 was the biggest selling UK title of 2008, beating its Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 rival.

The FIFA 10 Demo is heading out on 10th September, so fans can get an early taste of the game.

The competition in the manager’s dugout is also fierce at this time of year though, with Championship Manager 2010, FIFA Manager 10 and Football Manager 2010 jostling for position as the fans choice for the ultimate football management title.

As has been widely reported, Disney has purchased Marvel Entertainment.

The acquisition means Marvel’s vast collection of comic book characters will now be in the hands of Disney.

The likes of Iron Man, Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk have had game spin-offs from the blockbusting movies.

What will this mean now for the way these characters will be re-created on the computer screen?

Batman: Arkham Asylum has been awarded a Guinness World Record for the Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever.

The game, developed by Rocksteady Studios, has broken the Guinness World Record in this category by achieving the highest average score of 91.67 from reviews around the world.