PSP to PS3, New Voice for Harley, The Witcher 2 to Consoles, and Duke Nukem Forever is Golden

Hey guys, a few news items that I want to talk about. First about the blog. As I said in my blog post about Monster expect the review up next week and hopefully System Shock 2 within the week or two. Next week I'll also begin talking about E3, making my predictions and expectations known to you. The biggest trade show in gaming is less than two weeks away and while I may not be attending, I'm content with relaying information to the rest of you.

So anyways on to industry news.

On the PS3, with tighter controls? HELL YES!!!!

Sony is announcing intentions to port a few PSP games to the PS3. In my mind, this can only be a good thing as many awesome games on the PSP could have been better had they had a second analog stick. Chief among them might be my favorite game on the PSP: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.

There have been rumors going around that at E3, Konami and Sony will announce of port of the game to the PS3 along with a few others. As said above, one of the only problems with Peace Walker was the lack of a second analog stick which made it difficult to control. So please bring her over Sony and Konami.

As I've said before, with Mass Effect 3's delay, Batman: Arkham City is now my most anticipated game yet to be released this year. The Penguin has been added to the villain roster, but one item has caught a few peoples' attention. Arleen Sorkin will not be voicing Harley Quinn. I am not sure as to the reasons why as I have seen no comment from either Rocksteady or Sorkin.

Her replacement will be veteran voice actress Tara Strong. Before people want to get up in arms, I can understand the disappointment. But let me say this, Tara Strong is a talented voice actress, a very talented voice actress. She's arguably one of the best out there up there with people like Jennifer Hale. That and I don't think any of us noticed much of difference in Harley's voice in the gameplay trailer, so I don't think we have much to worry about.

The Witcher 2 has been getting excellent reviews. I haven't played it yet so I can't make my opinions on it known. Hell I still have to play the first game. But a recent ESRB leak has almost completely confirmed that The Witcher 2 will be coming to consoles.

Personally I'm probably going to pick it up on PC, due to the fact that the first game is only on PC and you can transfer your choices like in Mass Effect. Hopefully my PC will be powerful enough to play the damn thing, but if not, at least I'll have a fullback option (at least if the port is good).

Finally, DUKE NUKEM FOREVER IS FINALLY DONE!!!! After 14 F*#KIN years, it went gold this week confirming that the longest development time for a game in history is finally over. Though considering that this is Duke Nukem Forever we're talking about, don't be surprised if I write up a report about a freak fire accident that burns every copy in existence.

If that freak fire or some other unfortunate accident does not happen, than Duke Nukem Forever will FINALLY be released on June 14th. So preorder your copy or put it into your GameFly queue and get set because (knock on wood) the Duke is HOPEFULLY almost back.