Welcome to the Rumour Mill, where I dig up the latest Video game related rumours and the likely hood of them being true or false.

Marvel VS Capcom 3

“Marvel vs. Capcom 3″ will be announced in May. According a confident “leak” by a poster named Henaki at Team Spooky. Henaki also claimed that a PC version of “Super Street Fighter 4″ would be unveiled sometime soon. He may be believable on both fronts, as he leaked the entire “SSF4″ fighter roster before it was public.

Team Spooky is a video game based blog that often runs live stream events. A few days ago, Team Spooky were posting news and stories from Capcom’s yearly event known as “Captivate”, which is used to distribute information to the press and takes place in Hawaii. Currently the editor or Marvel.com is in Hawaii on business. This only makes the earlier leak about Marvel VS Capcom more believable. Team Spooky also claim that Capcom sent out a few letters to specific venues after the leak, telling them not to post anything.

To top this rumour off, Capcom have apparently bought a new sub domain at VSCapcom.com. Also just recently, the official Marvel VS Capcom Twitter page went active with updates after going months without any updates at all. Team Spooky also claim that, there will be one new character from the Resident Evil franchise in this game.

Official Story:

A new Marvel VS Capcom game would be great and would be what many fans would love to see. However its really hard to confirm if all of this is true or not. Henaki leaked the Super Street Fighter 4 character roster before it was made public and his information was correct. So he is a reliable source of information. The Captivate event and what happened there, only adds strength to the rumour. Then with the added Marvel VS Capcom twitter page getting a bunch of updates and Capcom buying a new sub domain all points to its going to happen. The only thing I’m not entirely sure on is the news about a new character from Resident Evil. I’m going to bet my money on that this is true and we can look forward to a new Marvel VS Capcom game very soon. Keep your finger’s crossed fighting fans. In fact watch out for the next few days, as this is when Capcom will be announcing new games and information to the press.

UPDATE: Capcom have comfirmed Marvel VS Capcom 3. It is reported that it will be a classic 2D fighter with improved visuals. A couple of old favorite fighters are confirmed for the 3rd installment. They are Wolverine, Hulk, Magneto, Spider-Man and Storm. Capcom said they will be blowing fans out of the water with the sheer number of characters that will be in ‘Marvel Vs Capcom 3′. Expect more news to follow.

Portal 2 for PS3?

So I’m in my local supermarket browsing the magazine section, when I spot a certain UK PS3 magazine, called “PSM3”. On the front of this magazine, I saw the words “Portal 2”. Now where as the first Portal, which was included in the Orange Box was ported from the PC to the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, I do recall reading that Portal 2 was only stated to be on the PC, Xbox 360 and Mac(which valve are now fully supporting).

Since Valve’s last games, Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 didn’t make their way onto the Playstation 3. It looked like Portal 2 wasn’t it to make it onto the PS3 either. Gabe Newell, CEO of Valve has stated many times before in the past about the problems with the platform’s Cell processor being difficult to work with and outsourced PS3 porting duties for the Orange Box to publisher Electronic Arts.

Well now it seems EA are also going to be publishing Portal 2 onto the Playstation 3; at least according to “PSM3” anyway. Portal 2 is listed on the front cover of the magazine under “36 must-play PS3 games” along with Fallout: New Vegas, Brink, Crysis 2, and the Medal of Honor reboot.

Official Story:

I asked Valve and sadly the Valve spokespeople had nothing to say. I didn’t hear back. I doubt Portal 2 will be on the Playstation 3, especially since Gabe Newell dislikes the console so much. But at the same time, six months ago, if you would have told me that Valve will have a fully working Steam and games running on a Mac, I wouldn’t have believed it. So perhaps there is just a slight chance that PS3 owners wont be missing out. As to why “PSM3” had it on their cover…well who knows. There could be many reasons why, false information or perhaps a simple typo. PS3 owner’s, don’t hold your breath for Portal 2.

BioShock: The MMO

According to a “mysterious source”, game site Destructoid is reporting that 2K Games is working on a massively-multiplayer online title based on the world of BioShock. This rumour has popped up briefly before. When 2K made interest in the past of the MMO genre. Bioshock has been named as a potential franchise candidate for exploitation before.

Official Story:

Sadly, this is all the information I could dig up on this rumour. Since it’s from a “mysterious source”, we don’t know how reliable it is. So for now, take it this as just a rumour. Sadly, I’m going to guess that the only people who know if this is true or not are 2K Games themselves.

Sonic 4 and Dreamcast Games for Xbox Live Arcade

Someone has been a bit naughty and leaked a few unreleased Xbox Live Arcade games out onto the internet. Including Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I. The good news however is that we get to take a little peak at the new upcoming games for Xbox Live. The following games have been confirmed by the leak:

• Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 1
• Sonic Adventure
• Crazy Taxi
• Metal Slug XX
• Neo Geo Battle Coliseum
• Raystorm HD
• The King Of Fighters 2002 Unlimited
• Quake Arena Arcade
• Hydro Thunder Hurricane

As you can see, some of these are Dreamcast ports, which is great news. Also it’s rumoured that there’s a few other games yet to be leaked.

Official Story:

True, we just don’t know when Microsoft are planning to release the games to the public.