Yesterday, for April Fool’s, NCSoft detailed this amazingly bad ass and obviously fake Commando profession for Guild Wars 2. However, the profession that is amazingly bad ass and thankfully very real – is the Thief.

At the beginning of the month I was puzzled why 5pb, in bringing Cave shooters Ketsui and DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label to the Xbox 360 in Japan, would choose retail as their distribution medium when digital download seems so much more fitting. As it turns out, they were given no choice… by Microsoft.

Originally released back in 1988, Bionic Commando is back. Here at Ripten we can present you with a selection of new screenshots and artwork of the game that will grapple the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC in 2008.

Little known facts about Capcom: Their name is pronounced Kapukon in Katakana, the writing system designated for foreign words in the Japanese language. Megaman is actually referred to as “Rockman” in his native Japan. And the name Capcom is actually a partial acronym taken from the company’s original name, Japan Capsule Computers.