As we mentioned a while back, Shoji Kawamori had been hired to design a new plane for Ace Combat Assault Horizon. Well, 4Gamer now has a piece on the plane and has a fair few nice shots of it in game. Now called the ASF-X, the DLC will be available on the 26th October for either 960 yen (PSN) or 640 MSP (XBLA). As we said previously, this plane doesn’t transform into anything (unfortunately). For those that have played the game, then this DLC will be somewhat of a futile gesture. Whilst it has sold initially well, the reaction by gamers has been pretty scathing. Much of this ire is aimed at the DFM mode that effectively removes any form of skill from the game and instead tries to appeal to supposed “humans” that have the cognitive capacity of a brain damaged newt. At least Kawamori’s plane looks pretty cool, which is at least something I suppose.

The forthcoming 1/60 scale VF-17S Nightmare from Macross 7 has been previewed over at Amiami. Considering that Bandai made some pretty decent toys back when the show aired, we’re still pretty stoked to see this being re-done by Yamato. The variable fighter has had a bit of mixed gaming history though, as the PSone era versions packed beam weapons by default. The recent PSP iterations were subsequently far more faithful. The toy is out in November and you can pre-order it here.

After a good few years of, well, nothing about the much anticipated MechWarrior reboot (courtesy of Piranha Games) it appears that the game hasn’t died after all. From the somewhat oddly emphatic tweet from Bryan Ekman that there has been “no legal battle” over the usage of the Unseen designs to the slightly cringe-worthy viral twitter feed for the game itself. Either way, we’re just happy the game is still being made and that maybe one day we’ll get to play it.

A new Gundam based RTS has been announced for the PSP. Developed by GameArts it will be called Mokuba no Kiseki (or “Path of the Wooden Horse”) and track the story from the original Gundam, the reference to the horse being the nickname the White Base was given during the original series and movies. Interestingly the player will act out the role of Bright Noa and command the crew of the White Base. Considering that Bright’s voice actor has recently been re-cast for his appearance in Gundam Unicorn, as the original actor Hirotaka Suzuoki died in 2006, the focus of the game on the character is somewhat bitter-sweet for us. The game is scheduled for release on January 26th, which to the observant of you is the same day as Armored Core V’s release.

Update: Famitsu has a nice update about the game with some screenshots too.

In a new update over at 4Gamer, they’ve gone into more detail about the Trial Mission setup in the upcoming PS3 port of Gundam Extreme Versus. From the addition of battleships that will now fly through the environment dispensing mega particle love, there will also be some new mobile armors included too. With the MA-05Ad Big Rang being a somewhat odd choice. Interestingly, you can also destroy the battleships too. To make these new missions more interesting the game will also feature increased amounts of cannon fodder, whilst not at Gundam Musou levels of enemies it does look more than the average battle in the Gundam Versus series. Considering how close we are to release now, as the game’s out at the beginning of December, we can’t wait to finally get our hands on this.

The upcoming SD Gundam Generation 3D received a site update a few days ago, with some new in-game movies as well as some new unit updates. The latter was entirely from Gunpla Builders however, pictured above, so make that what you will. The in-game footage looks good though and whilst we’re obviously unable to judge the usage of 3D, the core graphics look solid. Admittedly they aren’t as shiny as SRWZ2’s, but nothing really is to be fair. We’ve included the original full length PV below though.

Updated: Game Watch has a nice new update on the game too.

The official Armored Core V site has been updated with a new section on the recently announced order matches for the singleplayer as well as a slew of very sexy new screenshots. To clarify on how awesome the singleplayer is looking for the game, check out some Gamescom footage (in HD no less) below.

Along with a slew of other kits at the 51st All Japan Model & Hobby Show, with the Nineball still being suitably lovely, the awesome Blaster from Super Robot Wars Z 2 Hakai Hen will finally get a kit based rendition. This is also being handled Kotobukiya, so expected highly affordable sculpted awesomeness. In terms of price, no details as yet but it’s scheduled for release sometime next year (probably to coincide with the second PSP game on the way).

At the 51st All Japan Model & Hobby Show it seems that Kotobukiya have finally shown their kit for the Vic Viper LEV from Anubis. No word on price as yet but it’s supposedly meant for release in Spring of 2012. Whether the kit will feature the transformation, as seen in the game, remains to be seen though but it looks possible from the pictures of the above prototype. Whilst this is not the first kit of the design, as Authorize already did a garage kit, this will be the first injection plastic kit ever made for Vic Viper. Admittedly there’s a toy on the way as well but this will be a fiercely sculpted kit, as per all of Kotobukiya’s output, so we’re pretty happy to see this.

4Gamer has a follow on piece for Armored Core V regarding the reveal of the Moonlight and Karasawa. It seems that the huge MT-esque enemy “TypeD No.5” (shown above) will be part of an extra mission framework. Where four players, minus an operator, will square off against particularly difficult enemies. The update also shows some new areas as well as various turret types used for territory defense.

Updated: Famitsu has also a pretty nifty update about the game’s Order Matches.