The Street Fighter series has been known to release “expansions” of their existing titles with new characters, levels, and tweaks to gameplay. Street Fighter IV was the impressive return of the series in the first new titled version in some time and became one of the top fighting titles in 2009.

Now Capcom is releasing Super Street Fighter IV on April 27 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 for $39.99. Included in this expansion is ten new fighters, new Ultras, stages, the return of the bonus rounds, and tweaked online modes.

Capcom has spent a lot of time slowly releasing information on the new fighters and now Super Street Fighter IV has announced its final character: Hakan

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The second DLC pack from Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 entitled Desperate Escape has released and takes a different approach from the first DLC Lost in Nightmares by creating a more action focused mission between BSAA Agent Josh Stone and Jill Valentine. Instead of the nostalgic pairing of Redfield and Valentine, Desperate Escape is much like the title describes, trying to survive among pursing hordes.

Included in the DLC is also Rebecca Chambers and Josh Stone for Mercenaries Reunion. Capcom is also releasing Resident Evil: Gold Edition for PlayStation 3 on 1 Blu-ray and Xbox 360 which includes the original game and a download token for all the DLC.

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Lost in Nightmares is the first of the new downloadable content that expands on the story of Resident Evil 5 and will be included in the new Gold Edition releasing after the DLC has hit the PSN and Xbox Live.

Since most players have completed Resident Evil 5, most know the story of Chris Redfield and his experiences with the Umbrella Corporation and how deep their influence went in the world of Resident Evil.

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Dark Void has a lot in common with that old Disney movie, The Rocketeer. They were good foundations that tried to follow through on grand ideas, but fell short. In the case of Dark Void, the story, characters, and setting are all solid foundations that are interesting and fun to experience until the game basically felt like it ran out of ideas.

It’s sad because the game had a lot of potential for the one-man rocket aerial combat situations which arrive a little too late and don’t help to keep the game’s foundation secured. Dark Void is more of a rental than purchase, and the missions that were enjoyable early on quickly become tedious.

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