Nintendo has published a new 3DS system update in North America. In addition to typical system stability improvements, it adds the much-anticipated StreetPass Mii Plaza DLC.

Europe and Japan received the same functionality last month. Users are able to buy four new games after performing another upgrade inside the StreetPass Mii Plaza: Mii Force, Flower Town, Warrior’s Way, and Monster Manor.

Pricing is set at $4.99 per game. Alternatively, you can purchase the bundle for $14.99.

Updating your system will bring the 3DS firmware to version 6.1.0-12.

Sabretooth has been confirmed for LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, thanks to a new blog post on LEGO’s official website. It’s unclear how he’ll play at the moment, but we do have one screenshot showing the character in action. We’ll likely be hearing more about Sabretooth in the coming weeks.

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Splinter Cell: Conviction, the last game in the series, didn’t emphasize stealth as much as previous titles. Longtime players won’t have to worry about a dearth of stealth elements with Splinter Cell: Blacklist, however.

Speaking with VideoGamer, creative director Maxime Béland assured fans that Blacklist primary focus is indeed stealth, stating:

“The [game’s] economy system is balanced to push you towards [playing stealth]. If you play Assault, or if you play clumsy, you’re going to make some money and if you play Panther, you’re going to be making more and be rewarded more.” Béland said.

“If you play Ghost, it’s harder: not being detected is really hard. You need to be conscious of the environment, you need to listen well… but you’re going to be making a shit load more money if you’re playing [that way]. I’m hoping regardless what your play style you’ll come in and [start] gravitating towards Ghost.”

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Capcom laid off a number of its staffers in the US. One of those affected is none other than Christian Svensson, the company’s senior VP of planning and business development Christian Svensson.

Capcom confirmed that the layoffs were a part of the company’s “overall organizational restructure”.

The full statement reads:

“Capcom today laid off several employees from the US office as part of an overall organizational restructure of the company. The transition to the new generation of hardware and changing industry landscape have required us to adapt our business to best meet our new goals. We sincerely thank each individual for their contributions and wish them well.”

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Siliconera has gone to the trouble of translating the latest One Piece: Unlimited World Red details from this week’s Jump. Details on what was shared in the magazine can be found below.

– One Piece group is living in “Transtown”
– Help built up Transtown by battling and exploring
– Gather raw materials
– Use materials to help the town grow and increase its facilities
– Townsfolk will help you with hints
– Some similarities to Monster Hunter
– Game assigns unique abilities to each character, which almost separates them into classes
– Ex: Usopp can be a sniper
– Another example: Franky can create a cannon on the spot

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Geoff Johns and Jim Lee are two well-known figures in the comics scene. Johns primarily writes, while Lee has acted as an artist, writer, and more.

Both are now contributing to Scribblenauts, as they’ve been seen “recording something”. Given their impact in the comics industry, one would think that they’ll be involved with Scribblenauts Unmasked in some fashion.

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Capcom has laid off a number of its staff, and now-former senior vice president Christian Svensson is among those affected.

Svensson stepped down voluntarily as the publisher reorganizes. He isn’t the only one to go, writing on Facebook that “sadly, I’m not the only one affected by the reorganization today. Over the next few days, I’ll be gathering resumes from as many as I can and will be sending them out to my contacts around the industry to see if there’s a ‘love connection’ to be made.”

Svensson also said:

“I’ve had the opportunity to interface with the best fans any company could ever hope to have. I know that I wasn’t always able to deliver what they wanted, but I promise that I did my best to champion their needs and wants. So thank you to the fans who made my job rewarding, challenging, and, if nothing else, interesting.”

“While I wish the company the best of luck, Capcom is going in a different direction and the need for people at my level, relative to other areas, is lacking. Those who know me well, know that I’ve been ready to go for quite some time. We tried some things that worked. We tried others that didn’t. We fought fights that were worth fighting and even won a few. I’m proud of what we accomplished.”

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