Capcom has just released the next trailer for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City which introduces the six members of the US Spec Ops team.

In Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City players take on the role of an elite member of the Umbrella Security Service (USS) squad and battle against all the opposing forces at play in Raccoon City. With the zombies and B.O.W’s adding chaos to the action and the return of favorite Resident Evil enemies all roads will lead to hell when Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City releases on March 20, 2012 in North America for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The PC version will follow shortly after console release.

The newest trailer, titled ‘Triple Threat’ shows off team members Tweed, Dee-Ay, Harley, Willow, Shona and Party Girl as they are dispatched to Raccoon City under orders to determine the source of the mysterious T-virus outbreak. The US Spec Ops team will use their elite skills and training to defeat the Umbrella Security Service (USS) team and ensure the truth behind the outbreak is revealed.

The new trailer shows off the brutal triple threat combat between the USS, US Spec Ops, and zombies and B.O.W’s. How many RE2 era baddies can you spot?

Last year’s Mortal Kombat was a lot of things. High scoring receiver of reviews all around. A critical reboot to the franchise. One of the best fighting games of 2011. It was a runaway success.

Choosing to take that success and run with it, Warner Bros. has officially announced Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition, a re-release of Mortal Kombat which will come including all previously released downloadable content in one box.

Every character DLC (including Freddy Krueger) will be front and center in the Komplete Edition along with the Mortal Kombat: Songs Inspired by the Warriors album, the 1995 Mortal Kombat film (available via PSN or Xbox Live Zune Marketplace). Also featured will be three classic Fatalities for Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Reptile and the Klassic Skins Pack which features 15 old school costumes for various characters.

Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition will be available February 28 for Xbox 360 and PS3.

Konami has officially backed up the rather confusing chain of notices that the upcoming Silent Hill HD Collection has been delayed.

The series of rumors started off when Amazon sent notifications out to customers that the release date for Silent Hill HD Collection had been changed to March 6. Eventually, Gamefly and GameStop also got in on the act adjusting their own release schedule to show the same thing. Konami finally broke silence informing everyone that the game would be pushed back to March 6, 2012.

Originally, the HD collection which consisted of both Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 was scheduled for release January 24, 2012 after having originally been schedule for release November 2011.

Since last year’s E3 announcement that Sony and AT&T were partnering up for 3G coverage for the upcoming handheld (and the subsequent deadpan reaction to the news), the two partners had been pretty quiet on dishing out further details. Today, Sony and AT&T announced the structuring of the Vita’s 3G data plans and there’s good news: no contracts.

CES 2012 is underway and Sony revealed today the topic that’s had a lot of people guessing. As the Vita launches in February, consumers can opt to pay $15 or $25 monthly for 3G data on the handheld. $14.99 gets you a 250MB plan while $25 nets you 2GB. Both plans are month-to-month plans and do not require any contractual commitment (no obligation for bills to AT&T). The plans are similar to AT&T data plans offered for smartphones but the specifics don’t go into how billing defers if you go over plan.

With the Vita coming in 2 different models (a WiFi model for $249 and a 3G+WiFi  model for $299), the burning question is whether or not $50 more for the handheld is justified when you look at the expense of having a 3G data plan?

News has popped up that a Monster Hunter title is slated for release in Japan for the PS Vita during the second half of 2012.

This is currently big news for owners of Sony’s newest handheld following troubling news that the next title in the series (Monster Hunter 4) was reported to be a 3DS exclusive as sales of previous Monster Hunter games have made the PlayStation Portable as smash success in Japan. Reports claim that the series will arrive on the handheld but no word has been made if this will be a port of current Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (which was demoed on the Vita) or a remixed version of Monster Hunter 4 (which is supposed to be exclusive to Nintendo’s handheld).

With a Monster Hunter title on the horizon for PS Vita, this could also be the proverbial “booster shot to the arm” needed to pull up the system’s reportedly weak sales.

PlayStation Vita releases in February for the US. As more information comes up (particularly on any US release plans for the series) we’ll keep you posted.

EA has dropped the newest trailer for February’s upcoming release of SSX. This newest trailer is actually just a remixing of the previous trailer, but splashed with accolades galore. Check it out!

SSX releases on PS3 and 360 on February 28 in the US and March 2 in the UK.

In case you’re wondering, the featured song is RUN-D.M.C’s It’s Tricky which was the original theme for 2001′s SSX Tricky for PlayStation 2. The classic hip-hop song gets the remix treatment by electronic music artist Pretty Lights.

Wondering what you should be brushing up on for this year’s EVO? The coordinators for Las Vegas’ annual fighting game event has blessed us with the upcoming line-up of games to be featured for the tournament.

The List is headlined with Street Fighter X Tekken and Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. Here’s the complete line-up for the upcoming event:

• Street Fighter X Tekken
• Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
  
• Soul Calibur V
  
• King of Fighters XIII
  
• Mortal Kombat
  
• Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver. 2012

The annual fighting game tournament happens in Las Vegas, July 6-8.

We published an article about Sony getting put under the spotlight by Anonymous yesterday in retaliation to the company’s support over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) that is currently being tossed around Congress.

In an interesting move of turnabout, Sony has gone the same direction as both Microsoft and the Business Software Alliance (early on supporters of the act) and have removed themselves from the list of supporters. We’re not 100% sure, but maybe the message from Anonymous shook them up?

Nonetheless, Sony isn’t the only one to bow out of their support for an act that has the entire internet mad. Nintendo and EA have also jumped off the bandwagon now after more and more fallout (and possible future spotlight from the hacker group) ensues over the proposal.

For some more clarification, SOPA, along with the PROTECT IP act in the Senate, give content-producing companies the right to order a take down for a website that they believe is infringing on a copyright. If you even host links to content that infringes on a copyright, you have to take it down. Or the law gets involved.

Joystiq managed to get a comment from EA stating that ”EA never expressed a position for or against SOPA.” Sony and Nintendo had yet to respond.

At the moment, not all of Sony’s miscellaneous branches have rescinded their support, as Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Music Nashville still appear on the list. Time will tell how long it is before the company has a complete withdrawal, but one message is clear: When stockholders fear for their money, they pay attention to their consumers.

Once again, the crazy train that is known by the name Anonymous is back at it again. And back to breathing down Sony’s neck.

Announcing their intentions to come after Sony once again over Sony’s support of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). What’s funny about this latest announcement (decried via YouTube) is that they solely target Sony even though companies just as big and influential as Sony (Microsoft, and Nintendo to name a couple) have also loaned their support to SOPA. Other names were named in their message against SOPA including Kim Kardashian and Lady Gaga, who are all named as supporters of SOPA but the message was really angled against Sony.

I’m not going to preach the legalese involved in what SOPA means, but technically it’s online censorship that threatens to take people offline. You can get a full view of what it’s about on Wikipedia including a list of its supporters (politically and fiscally).

In case you missed it, the word is out: Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II is coming.

Following the recent release of Sonic CD for the current platforms, Sega officially gave a statement for the next entry in the Sonic the Hedgehog 4 project. Episode II, currently in development, is set to focus on Sonic’s rivalry with Metal Sonic, following their last encounter during the events of Sonic CD and sidekick Tails has been announced as a playable character.

Episode I generated some tremendous hype when it was first announced but that hype seriously crashed and burned when the final product hit consoles and mobile platforms in Fall 2010.

The game, while definitely delivering an old school Sonic experience to the current era of console gaming, did a bang up job of pissing off every fan of the Sonic series to unimaginable degrees with a God-awful physics engine that sent many players flying to the internet in a collective rage fest. Our very own review of the game detailed some of the problems with the game including ‘phantom collision’ (that’s not the name of a Sonic stage) where Sonic would be at a full-speed buzzball jump and suddenly stop mid-air and go into a classic “Sonic pushing a block” animation which resulted in our hero plummeting to his death.

Let’s hope that Sega has paid a lot of attention to the critical feedback on this game. After releasing a certified hit with Sonic Generations, it’d be terrible to see Sonic go back into the depths of gamer hell.