Sun, May 22, 2011 | 16:45 BST

Saturday Shorts: Kain, SR3, LBP2, Zelda timeline, Vaz

Loads of stuff out of Japan today, and loads of stuff regarding Sony as well. However, there was more stuff. Get that stuff in short-form after the break, and stuff.

A really cool LBP2 level has been made in homage to Silent Hill 3.
PC Gamer has a small preview of Saints Row: The Third.
Keith Vaz wants folks to drop their joysticks (snigger) and go outside and play. He also wants “carefully controlled” games sales to those under 18.
UK has won a partner deal with gamescom, and it is good.
A survey has popped up asking about titles to a possible new Legacy of Kain game. We hope like hell it pans out.
Check out this trailer of NASCAR: The Game 2011 for Wii. It’s at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in NC.
The Learning Company is suing Zynga over Oregon Trail missions in FrontierVille.
The Zelda series has a secret timeline. If you knew what it was, Nintendo would have to kill you. Or make you hang out with Navi. Peaches, pears and all that.
Kid Icarus’ music is being handled by a composer who worked on Smash Bros. X.
Microsoft has shuttered Pioneer Studios which made gadgets like the Courier.
IndieGames as a beta preview of World of the Living Dead. Sign up for the beta here.
By November, you should be able to buy stock in PopCap if you can afford it.
Gameloft CEO Alexandre de Rochefort believes something is wrong when a company like Zynga is worth $10 billion. Like PopCap, it may go public soon as well.

11 comments

Hunam
21/05/11, 10:56 pm

That SH3/LBP2 thing is amazing. I approve of it. Though I have to go watch the SH3 intro/attract/trailer again because it’s one of the best ones ever made to one of the best games ever made.

Phoenixblight
21/05/11, 10:56 pm

I hope for a new Kain game. The things I would do for it, unforgivable things.