"To celebrate the launch of X-Blades in the UK, real-life model Jodie Dart donned a specially created outfit based on Ayumi's armour in the game. The 22-year-old from Plymouth then recreated recognisable poses from artwork of Ayumi, including the stunning cover art."

kevcothirtythree via www.electronictheatre.co.uk »

Now here's a pretty good week -- looks like things are picking up following the holiday swing.

F.E.A.R. 2 is out for console and PC owners while Onechanbara treats Wii and Xbox 360 owners alike to hot bikini-clad girl zombie slashing; Deadly Creatures and The House of the Dead: Overkill provide Nintendo fans with some non-shovelware for a change, and PSP owners get LocoRoco 2, the only game really of note for the handheld in recent memory.

Enjoy, hmm?

chautemoc via www.shacknews.com »

"Moments ago, SouthPeak Games revealed the final Box Art design for the European release of the highly-anticipated X-Blades on PLAYSTATION3, Xbox360 and PC. The artwork for all three versions of the game is included below."

kevcothirtythree via www.electronictheatre.co.uk »

"Several members from the anime-inspired X-Blades development team will be present, along with Melinda Cohen, the model and in-game voice talent for Violette Summer in Velvet Assassin. Ninjatown creator Shawn Smith will have a signing session on Saturday from 2-3pm. In addition to an early look at the Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter Section 8, Comic Con will also mark the first time that the new Roogoo titles – Roogoo Twisted Towers for Wii and Roogoo Attack! for NintendoDS - will be on public dis..."

kevcothirtythree via www.electronictheatre.co.uk »

"Moments ago, South Peak Interactive issued the officially confirmed Achievements and Trophy lists set to be available in the European release of the highly anticipated X-Blades, currently scheduled for a “Q1” release in the UK. See below for details."

kevcothirtythree via www.electronictheatre.co.uk »

"I played X-blades the other day, what did you do? X-blades is a third-person perspective action title coming to PC and xbox 360 from Southpeak and Gaijin Entertainment. In X-blades you take on the role of Ayumi who is a butt-kicking, scantily-clad gunblade-wielding heroine with hordes or enemies and bosses to take out. But sometimes even the gunblades just aren’t enough and you need to start tossing some magic around, luckily you can do just that in X-blades."

SuperGuido via www.gamersdailynews.com »