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.

Indian National Security Guard Targeted by Hackers

The website of the Indian National Security Guard (NSG) was defaced by hackers and the email accounts of some officers were compromised.

NSG is one of India's special response units that is mainly involved in counter-terrorism activities. It is headquartered in Mehramnagar, Palam.

Following the hack, all officers at the headquarters were ordered to avoid using the Internet.

"The situation is not alarming. There was report of some damage of the NSG website following which cyber experts were called in to investigate into the matter.

"It is too early to say if there was any data theft. But the services have not been restored yet," a NSG spokesperson told Times of India.

The Indian government has been repeatedly targeted by hackers in recent weeks who acted as part of Anonymous' Operation India.

Mozilla Firefox Mobile WAP Browser – Coming soon for Mobile Phone Download

When it’s about Mobile internet browsing Opera Mini is widely used as a wap browser worldwide. Now, there is a good news for Firefox Likers. Mozilla Firefox is working hard these days to come up with their Mobile browser version. As a beta version, it is currently available for Nokia N900.

Download Firefox for mobile:

Visit Firefox.com/m on your Nokia N900

Download Firefox 1.1 beta:

Visit Firefox.com/m/beta on your Nokia N900

The version is able to encrypt all the information a user receives and sends it back through the cloud. Also it can sync with the desktop version of the browser.

Also Mozila which is considered to be the parent company of Firefox, is developing versions for Google’s Android as well as Microsoft’s Windows operating systems.

Those who have, iPhones and want to have Firefox on their desktop, they will have to wait a bit, as the company has to synchronize their desktop.

But still Opera is considered to be the most popular mobile browser at present. It is available for many mobile handsets.

Features: Firefox, a well known browser, is preparing to unveil its version for mobiles. Jay Sullivan who was in charge of the project said that the mobile version underwent various tests and would be launched by the end of the year. He also added a user would not have to sit in the evening and work on their PC, instead he would be able to walk. In case he received some urgent documents that he had to read there would be no necessity to back home and check his e-mail, as his mobile would be equipped withFirefox mobile version.

It’s built on the same engine as the desktop Firefox 3.6 and is packed full of familiar features. Watch the video to see how you’ve helped us get here and where we’re going next.