• Naughty Dog would totally make an Uncharted game for PS4 if the public would still interested in it. Obviously a bit obvious. But yeah, please.
• Xbox 360 bundles coming this holiday include: a 250GB HDD, Kinect, Kinect Adventures and Carnival Games: Monkey See Monkey Do; a 250GB HDD, Fable III and Halo: Reach, with 3-months of Live.
• Turbine has sent forum users and those who play its games a mail, suggesting folks change their passwords. Apparently, someone attempted to access forum account information. We got the mail earlier on this.
• Minecraft users have created a homage to Indiana Jones, and others recreated the intro to Link’s Awakening. We salute you crazy kids.
• Rumor has it Myst might be coming to 3DS. Oh God, we hope so.
• Get a Mega Man Powered Up/Mega Man Maverick Hunter X PSP bundle for $14.99, or if Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and Monster Hunter Freedom 2 are more your thing, get it instead for the same price.
• A new EVE Online developer blog has teased new player customs offices.
• Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space hits the US on PSN today, and it comes bundled with The Devil’s Playhouse.

• This is kind of cool – your Final Fantasy Type-0 characters can continue levelling while the console is asleep. Oh, and Diablos is in it.
• Jonathan Knight has left RockYou for Zynga. Headhunting!
• There’s a very limited Metal Gear Solid Edition of Risk out now.
• Capcom is going to put Darkstalkers costumes in Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.
• Indie iDevice hit World of Goo is coming to Android.
• NBA 2K12 will release on iPhone, too.
• EA has asked fans to vote on which golfers should appear alongside Tiger Woods in PGA Tour 13.
• Microsoft’s put in a patent for a parental control system powered by Kinect – it guesses your age and is all like, “nuh-uh, no Mortal Kombat for you, shorty”.
• Activision is running another indie gaming competition, with $175,000 up for grabs for the best submission.
• LA Noire and Kinect earned a place in Popular Mechanics’ 2011 awards.
• A tademark has been filed for the PlayStation 3 version of Ni No Kuni, from Studio Ghibli and Level 5, suggesting a Western release. Keep an eye out for official word.
• The PS3 is getting an update which will let it support 4K output; alas, almost nobody has a 4K projector, and there’s very little 4K content out there.

Today’s unrelated street art.

A brand new free quest for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite arrives tomorrow, July 17, and it’s a challenge quest.

The two-player online challenge has you tasked with slaying the Nargacuga, who is like a Tigrex, but meaner.

If you play this title, you can get more details over on Snow’s blog at Capcom Unity.

The new DLC Quest for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is live, according to Capcom Unity.

Looks like you will have to fight off some Felynes and Melynx.

If you beat the quests, you get tickets to make a new shirt/armor called the Hunter T-Shirt.

More details are through the link.

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite PSP The Best have now shipped more than 3.5 million units between them in Japan, Capcom said today.

The game initially released in March 2008.

The next in the series, Monster Hunter 3(tri-), will ship for Wii in Japan on August 1.

Press release here.

Capcom will release Monster Hunter Freedom Unite downloadable content, for free, every Friday for the next few months starting today.

Today’s “Epic Hunting Quest” is “The Triumvirate of the Sands” which features monsters Daimyo Hermitaur, Tigrex, and Plesioth.

To get the DLC, just fire up your PSP and click Download from the start menu.

Via D’toid.

The European PSN update is not too shabby this week, and has loads of add-on content.

PSP users get Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, Numblast and Rock Band Unplugged DLC. Also, there’s plenty of Tiger Woods to go around, along with more MotorStorm: Pacific Rift content.

Here’s the full thing courtesy of Joystiq.

Playable Content

• James Pond 2: Codename Robocod PS1 game (£3.99)
• Numblast full game (£3.99)
• Punisher: No Mercy full game (£6.29)
• Topotai full game (£7.99)
• Red Baron demo (free)

Add-on Content

• Lots of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 DLC (varies)
• LittleBigPlanet Statue of Liberty costume (free)
• MotorStorm Pacific Rift Speed Pack expansion (£4.79)
• MotorStorm Pacific Rift Monarch Signature Livery pack (free)
• 4x Dynasty Warriors 6 armor packs (free)
• Guitar Hero DLC (continued)
• Rock Band DLC (continued)

PSP Content

• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite full game (£24.99)
• Numblast full game (£3.99)
• Donkey Xote full game (£7.99)
• Super Hind full game (£15.99)
• James Pond 2: Codename Robocod PS1 game (£3.99)
• Rock Band Unplugged DLC (continued)

Rock Band DLC

Vans Warped Tour 3 Pack (£2.49)

• “Sweet Talk” — Dear and the Headlights (£0.99)
• “Hey John, What’s Your Name Again?” — The Devil Wears Prada (£0.99)
• “Image of the Invisible” — Thrice (£0.99)

Foreigner Pack (£2.49)

• “Blue Morning, Blue Day” (£0.99)
• “Feels Like the First Time” (£0.99)
• “Headknocker” (£0.99)

• “Weapon of Choice” — Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (£0.99)

Guitar Hero DLC

Epitaph Punk-O-Rama pack (£4.39)

• “21st Century Digital Boy” — Bad Religion (£1.59)
• “Linoleum” — NOFX (£1.59)
• “Ruby Song” — Rancid (£1.59)

Videos

• WipEout HD Fury expansion trailer
• Battlefield 1943 Coral Sea Challenge trailer
• MotorStorm Pacific Rift Adrenaline expansion trailer
• 3x Batman: Arkham Asylum trailers
• Bayonetta Second Climax trailer
• Mini Ninjas gameplay video
• Astro Tripper trailer

Rock Band Unplugged DLC

• “Losing My Religion” — REM (£0.99)
• “Sin Wagon” — Dixie Chicks (£0.99)
• “Still Alive” — GLaDOS and Jonathan Coulton (£0.99)

Rock Band, Guitar Hero and video content is after the break.

Capcom has officially announced The Gathering Hall, the UK’s first and only dedicated Monster Hunter gaming center to be opened on July 3 at the Lazarides Gallery in London.

Three floors of space should be plenty of room for you to mingle and enjoy the free sodas, art, exclusive downloadable content, and people playing Monster Hunter on Ad-Hoc.

Hours of operation are from 10am to 8pm, seven days a week and will remain so until September 1.

The Gathering Hall is open to everyone for free, providing they own a PSP and a copy of Monster Hunter and it’s only a stone’s throw away from Tottenham Court Road tube station in central London.

Monster Hunter is the biggest game in Japan by far, outselling Pokemon and Wii Fit last year.

Press release after the jump.

UK’s First Ever Dedicated Monster Hunter Gaming Centre To Open
Capcom Brings The Sensational Japanese Phenomenon To British Shores

London, England – DATE – Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of videogames, can today announce the exciting news that The Gathering Hall, the UK’s first and only dedicated Monster Hunter gaming centre, will be open to the public from 3rd July.

Monster Hunter is the biggest game in Japan by far, outselling Pokemon and Wii Fit last year. Home to over three million players, Japan has seen the growth of a new kind of social gaming in recent years as this PSP game has won over the hearts of gamers across the country. Players can be found in most tube compartments, in many cafes and fast food restaurants, and even just congregating on street corners. Festivals have been held in all the major cities attracting thousands of players and Monster Hunter package holidays are also popular.

Only a stone’s throw away from Tottenham Court Road tube station in central London the Gathering Hall will be the ultimate destination for Monster Hunters. Aiming to recreate the social gaming environment enjoyed by Monster Hunters from the east, people will be able to meet other players easily, download exclusive quests, learn how to play on dedicated tutorial nights and meet the developers when they visit the UK. The Gathering Hall will be open seven days a week and entrance will be free and exclusive to anyone with a PSP and copy of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is available exclusively for PSP from 26th June. The Gathering Hall, situated at 121 Charing Cross Road, will open on Friday 3rd July at 12pm. For more information about the game or the Gathering Hall itself, please contact Leo Tan (leo.tan@capcomeuro.com).

ABOUT CAPCOM
Capcom is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment for game consoles, PCs, handheld and wireless devices.  Founded in 1983, the company has created hundreds of games, including best-selling franchises Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Devil May Cry. Capcom maintains operations in the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Tokyo and Hong Kong, with corporate headquarters located in Osaka, Japan.  More information about Capcom can be found on the company web site, www.capcom.com.

The Monster Hunter Freedom Unite PSP bundle for Europe has been screened.

Well, the box at least.

Inside that pretty box though, is a Mystic Silver PSP-3000, a carry-pouch, screen wipe, branded skin cover, the game, and a dragon pendant.

Expect it to land in stores on June 26.

Highlights from the US PS store update this week include demos for inFamous, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.

User can also expect two PS1 games and the usual DLC along with the LittleBigPlanet Monster pack.

You can get the full list after the break, courtesy of Joystiq.

Playable Content

• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six PS1 game ($5.99)
• Ford Racing PS1 game ($5.99)
• inFamous demo
• Up demo
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 demo

Add-on Content

• LittleBigPlanet DLC (continued)
• FEAR 2 Armored Front map pack ($6.99)
• HAWX Russian Falcons pack ($4.99)
• MotorStorm Pacific Rift Patriot Signature Livery pack (free)
• PAIN The Ded Baron character ($0.99)
• Guitar Hero World Tour DLC (continued)
• Rock Band DLC (continued)

LittleBigPlanet DLC

• Monsters Level Kit ($3.99)
• Monsters Costume Kit ($2.99)
• Bride of Sackula costume ($0.99)
• Sackula costume ($0.99)
• Werewolf costume ($0.99)
• Zombie costume ($0.99)

Rock Band DLC

Alice Cooper 6-pack ($9.99)

• “Billion Dollar Babies (Live)” ($1.99)
• “I’m Eighteen (Live)” ($1.99)
• “School’s Out (Live)” ($1.99)
• “Under My Wheels (Live)” ($1.99)
• “Poison” ($1.99)
• “Vengeance Is Mine” ($1.99)

Taking Back Sunday 3-pack ($5.49)

• “Liar (It Takes One To Know One)” ($0.99)
• “MakeDamnSure” ($0.99)
• “What’s It Feel Like To Be A Ghost?” ($0.99)

Guitar Hero World Tour DLC

European track pack 5 ($5.49)

• “Disconnected” — In Flames ($1.99)
• “Look Good In Leather” — Cody Chesnutt ($1.99)
• “Oh Yeah!” — Housse de Rocket ($1.99)

Videos

• Pulse 5/21 edition
• MotorStorm Pacific Rift Signature Livery trailer
• Fat Princess Dev Diary 1
• 2x inFamous trailers
• 4x Red Faction: Guerrilla trailers
• Terminator Salvation trailer
• 2x Virtua Tennis 2009 trailers
• Passengers trailer
• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans trailer
• Paul Blart: Mall Cop trailer
• The Sky Crawlers trailer

Themes and Wallpapers

• PAIN Ded Baron theme (free)
• FEAR 2 multiplayer theme ($0.99)
• Gangsters theme 2 ($1.49)
• Tigers theme ($1.49)
• Hockey Hotties theme ($1.49)
• Argyle Girls theme ($1.49)
• Sky Crawlers wallpaper (free)

PSP Content

• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite demo (free)
• Pulse 5/21 edition
• Argyle Girls theme ($1.49)
• Hockey Hotties theme ($1.49)
• 2x Gansters themes ($0.99 ea.)

The CAPTIVATE embargo just lifted, revealing impressions on Dead Rising 2, Lost Planet 2 and plenty me. Don’t trawl the web: we’ll do it for you. We’ll add everything as it appears.

Lost Planet 2

• Eurogamer preview
• Eurogamer screens
• Eurogamer.fr boss battle trailer
• “Downloadable Lost Planet 2 demo at E3″ (Eurogamer)
• Lost Planet 2 Demo Announced, PS3, PC Versions Possible (Kotaku)
• IGN jungle combat trailer
• “Capcom: We’re only working on 360 Lost Planet 2″ (NowGamer)
• Unity details
• IGN preview

Dead Rising 2

• Eurogamer preview
• Kotaku impressions
• “Dead Rising 2 does have multiplayer” (Eurogamer)
• Eurogamer.fr screens
• 1UP preview
• IGN preview

Dark Void

• Eurogamer hands-on
• Eurogamer.fr gameplay trailer
• Eurogamer.fr announce trailer
• Eurogamer.fr screens
• Eight direct-feed IGN videos
• Kotaku impressions

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

• Eurogamer preview
• Eurogamer.fr screens
• Destructoid trailer
• IGN preview
• Kotaku impressions

Spyborgs

• Eurogamer screens
• Eurogamer.fr trailer
• Gamespot hands-on
• IGN preview
• Kotaku impressions

Resident Evil Archives

• Eurogamer screens
• “Resident Evil Wiimake out this June” (Eurogamer)

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

• Eurogamer.fr screens
• “Sony plans major Monster Hunter push” (Eurogamer)
• PSP Bundle and Demo Announced (Kotaku)

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth

• Eurogamer.fr screens
• Eurogamer.fr trailer
• “Ace Attorney Investigations Hits North American DS This Winter” (Kotaku)

Capcom’s announced that Monster Hunter Freedom 2G and Monster Hunter Freedom 2G PSP the Best have shipped three million units between them in Japan since last March.

Last year, Monster Hunter Freedom 2G sold more than any other game in the Japanese market, the now infamous adhoc “Party for PlayStation Portable” pushing the game hard.

March 11, 2009 is the fifth anniversary of the release of the first game in the Monster Hunter series, which to has sold a cumulative 8.5 million units.

The game will be heading Stateside this spring, retitled Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.

Press release after the jump.

Capcom Co., Ltd. (Capcom) is pleased to announce that “Monster Hunter Freedom 2G” for the PlayStation®Portable (PSP®), together with “Monster Hunter Freedom 2G PSP® the Best”, has shipped 3 million units in Japan.

Last year, “Monster Hunter Freedom 2G” sold more than any other game in the Japanese market (according to internal findings). And, the fact that it was the first title to use Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (Japan)’s new “adhoc Party for PlayStation®Portable beta version” service, which makes PSP® ad-hoc play possible over a network, contributed to that success. Since we released “Monster Hunter Freedom 2G PSP® the Best”, as a way to tap into a new user base, it has sold more than 500,000 copies, making “Monster Hunter Freedom 2G” the first Capcom game for PSP® to ship more than 3 million units.

The ever-popular “Monster Hunter” franchise is a series of action games centered on epic battles with giant monsters set in the grandeur of the great outdoors. The heart and soul of this series is the groundbreaking ability to play cooperatively with friends in order to take down enormous beasts. This feature has fostered a new level of communication and interactivity. Thanks to the overwhelming support of our many fans, this title has become a major phenomenon with people in all walks of life since its release on March 27, 2008. Since that time, Capcom has held many Monster Hunter-related promotional events in an effort to increase the proliferation of the Monster Hunter brand and exceed fans’ needs and expectations.

Additionally, March 11, 2009 will mark the 5th anniversary of the release of the first “Monster Hunter” game. Over the past 5 years, the series has sold more than 8.5 million total units (as of December 31, 2008), and has grown into Capcom’s leading franchise. We will continue to drive forward multifaceted business development plans in order to increase the level of customer satisfaction.

The title will be renamed Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.

Sporting around 500 hours of monster-grappling action, the game also features four-way online co-op.

Whether or not Capcom can rack up another 2.4 million sales in Europe remains to be seen.

More through the link.