Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Is Too Big to Appear as DLC

The new fighters alongside the many improvements brought forth by the upcoming Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 title make it difficult to release it as a downloadable expansion for the current Marvel vs. Capcom 3, at least according to the producer of the game.

Capcom pleased lots of gamers in February when it launched Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of the Two Worlds on consoles like the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360, featuring some of the most popular fighters from the two companies.

Last week, the Japanese company confirmed that a bigger version of the game, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, is scheduled to arrive, with new fighters and an array of improvements made to its overall performance.

The game will appear later this year, and, as you can imagine, disappointed many owners of the standard Marvel vs. Capcom 3, who were hoping that the new content would appear as an expansion for their own titles.

This isn't possible, however, as the game's producer, Ryota Niitsuma, talked with Siliconera about this problem.

"Right now, we’re only thinking about releasing a disc version," Niitsuma said about the lack of a Ultimate DLC for Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

When asked if this were a data problem, the producer explained that, "Given the development schedule, there wasn’t enough time to work out all of the details to release it as downloadable content, as well. Also, for the reason you mentioned, there is so much data in the game it was easier to go this route."

Many fans were no doubt hoping that Capcom would replicate the current offer for Super Street Fighter IV owners, who can get the Arcade Edition as a downloadable expansion, not just as a standalone game.

Sadly, as you can see, this isn't going to happen, so, until November, when Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is out, they'll need to start saving up cash in order to buy the $39.99 fighting game.

LG Thrill 4G Now Available for Pre-Order at RadioShack

Although AT&T has yet to unveil the LG Thrill 4G release date, major retailer Radio Shack has just announced that is already taking pre-order for the smartphone.
While Radio Shack states that the phone's is expected to hit shelves on August 7, this has yet to be confirmed by the carrier.

However, those who wish to reserve the LG Thrill 4G are required to purchase a $50 gift card. Furthermore, it appears that the handset will sell for $79.99 on new and upgraded two-year activations, with a data plan of $15/month or higher.

Customers who wish to purchase the LG Thrill 4G without activation will have to pay $549.99 upfront.
It looks like The Shack is one of the first major retailers that has started to take pre-orders for the LG Thrill 4G, but it is likely that others might soon follow.

Also known as LG Optimus 3D, AT&T's Thrill 4G is powered by Google's Android 2.2 (Froyo), which is upgradable to Gingerbread.

Unfortunately, the Korean handset manufacturer recently announced that the Optimus 3D won't receive its Gingerbread upgrade until October.

For AT&T users of the LG Thrill 4G, this means that the Android 2.3 Gingerbread software update will be deployed even later than October 2011.

The smartphone features LG's unique 3D user interface on top of the operating system, as well as accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, proximity sensor for auto turn-off and Gyro sensor.

Equipped with a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor clocked at 1GHz, LG Thrill 4G boasts a PowerVR SGX540 GPU (graphics processing unit).

More importantly, the phone fully supports AT&T 4G network and offers users data transfer speeds of up to 14.4 Mbps download and up to 5.76 Mbps upload.

LG Thrill 4G packs 8GB of internal memory, 512 MB of RAM, as well as microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB).

A Gamer's Week: July 24

Hello and welcome to a new edition of A Gamer's Week, our own special feature where we look back on the last 7 days and highlight the most important gaming news from the industry, as well as the original content we posted here at the Games section of Softpedia.
Once again, we've been quite busy, posting a review of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, a quick look at Bastion, as well as continuing the ongoing Pro Cycling Manager 2011 Tour de France gamer diary. What's more, you can also check out a weekend reading piece on the necessity of economic simulators.

After all that content, let's recap someAfter all that content, let's recap some of the biggest news of the week, starting with Monday, when we heard AMD pitched its view of the next Xbox 360 console, saying that the presumed Xbox 720 would have graphics like the Avatar movie. What's certain, however, is that only Xbox 360 owners will be able to enjoy the Call of Duty Elite beta, as PS3 owners need to wait, while PC users might not even get it at all, until the service is officially released.
On Tuesday, Neil Burger, the new director of the Uncharted movie, talked about the project and how he is aware fans want Nathan Fillion to play the protagonist, Nathan Drake. Modern Warfare 3 bragged a bit with its pre-order figures, which are even bigger than last year's Black Ops, so, if it wasn't clear already, a huge amount of gamers are keen on buying the new shooter from Activision.

Wednesday saw the release of a new patch for The Witcher 2, taking it to version 1.3 and resolving lots of issues, while adding a new quest. BioWare also posted a few more details about Mass Effect 3, and how it will look great on all platforms next year, when it's finally released.

On Thursday, EA finally opened up the pre-orders for Star Wars: The Old Republic, offering three distinct versions to the legions of Star Wars fans out there. Konami also surprised a lot of people by releasing the first details on PES 2012, the first soccer simulator that lets you control two players at the same time.

Friday saw L.A. Noire developer Team Bondi speculate on whether the oft-rumored Grand Theft Auto V might use the MotionScan technology seen in the detective simulator a couple of months ago. Star Wars fans were in for another treat, as Microsoft presented the limited edition Star Wars Xbox 360 Kinect bundle, with a R2-D2-like console, a C-3PO-like golden controller and a white Kinect.