A feature included in Persona 2: Eternal Punishment will allow players to import save data from Persona 2: Innocent Sin into the game. According to Atlus, you won’t have had to beat the game either in order to take advantage of the feature, as all it needs are stats and level data. The “fusion skill list, monster conversation commands, and spare tarot cards,” will also transfer into Eternal Punishment, reports Siliconera, and it is being hinted that some of the save data transferred may change some of the scenes as well. Eternal Punishment releases in Japan on PSP May 17.

Al Lowe is determined to make things right with fans of Leisure Suit Larry after years of less-than-stellar sequels have sullied the poor little fella’s name.

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Major League Gaming and the Korean eSports Association have announced an exclusive multi-year global partnership which will merge the western and Korean StarCraft competitions. As part of the collaboration, KeSPA players will compete in US MLG events for the first time in eSports history. The partnership kicks off during the MLG Spring Championship in Anaheim, CA on June 9 where KeSPA Pro players will compete in a StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty tournament. Participants from the top KeSPA teams will be selected and are to be announced in the coming weeks. The exposition match and the entire Spring Championship will be broadcast live online via MLG. The Spring Championship runs June 8-10. Thanks, Talkar.

Naughty Dog has released preliminary patch noted for Uncharted 3 update 1.11 which will be released at the end of the month, which also hails the return of The Lab.

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BioWare said during its weekly SWTOR community Q&A it’s looking into a technical issue preventing a modifiable offhand with some classes, and that it plans on added a new augment slot to existing modifiable items. The developer also there there are currently no plans for making companions more interchangeable, and also discussed the various rates of gear acquisition in progress tracks for PvE and PvP players. You can read the full thing through here. Thanks, Massively.

SEGA has posted a decline in revenues and profit for full FY11 and cited a weak demand in the home console market as the main culprit for the the losses.

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Gamespot has posted a video for The Secret World which details just a few of the MMO’s skillsets – of which there are over 500s. The eight minute video posted below provides you with enough information to get you started, and gives you a glimpse at the ability wheel and weapon types. The first beta weekend for the game kicked off yesterday and runs through Sunday. Game’s out in June.

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THQ won’t have a booth at gamescom this year, a representative for the firm told GI International, however, it’s still “discussing options,” meaning it might have a presence – only slight. The firm confirmed earlier in the month it wouldn’t have a presence on the showroom floor at E3 either, but it will be on hand to speak with the press regarding upcoming titles.

Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski feels multiplayer should be embraced by Japanese development studios in order to appeal to western audiences.

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A report on TechCrunch states Zynga is currently testing the sequel to FarmVille in the Philippines under the codename Big Harvest. Word of the game, currently in beta, was sent to the site via a tipster who also sent along a screenshot of the social game. According to the source, the game contains revamped graphics as well as gameplay changes such as growing crops to feed your farm critters. Zynga declined comment on the game, but said it’s always “looking for ways to bring players the best experience,” and “continuously innovating” its titles. The original FarmVille is staill a major cash cow for the firm, and made up 29% of the company’s online revenue in the last fiscal quarter.

SEGA has released a video showing off graffiti it asked Jet Set Radio fans to create back in February. The winners of the contest will have their creations included in the game when it releases this summer on PC, PSN and XBLA.

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A demo for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance will be released North America, according to director Tetsuya Nomura. Speaking with Famitsu, Nomura confirmed the demo will include the Sora scenario Traverse Town which is currently the demo available in Japan. A date for the demo wan’t noted. The full game is slated for release in the US and Europe in July. Thanks, Gematsu.

Blizzard has said there is an issue with the German and EU English versions of Diablo III’s digital install downloader causing it skip some necessary files. Those who pre-downloaded the digital version of the game in these languages before 10.00am CEST (9:00 AM GMT) today, will need to get the downloader in order to install the game properly once it’s released on May 15. For instructions and link to the new downloaders, hit up Battle.net.

GOG and Steam have some nice sales going on at the moment, allowing you to acquire some nice titles and even nicer prices. Here’s just a sampling: GOG – 1C Classics 50% off, Alan Wake 50% off, Steam – Company of Heroes 80% off ($1.99), Avernum Bundle 20% off, and even GameStop has many PC games on sale with some 75% off. Head on through the links to find more savings.

Studio Japan along with Keiji Inafune and Marvelous presented the Vita title Soul Sacrifice to the media during the Tokyo International Forum. The presentation is posted below in three videos courtesy of AGB. Game’s expected to release this winter in Japan.

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Ubisoft Toronto GM Jade Raymond has said the industry trend to copy games that sell millions of copies due to being risk adverse is disheartening. In her opinion, more companies should shy away from the status quo and shake the medium up a bit.

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Ronimo has announced that over half a million Awesomenauts games have been played on PSN and XBLA combined and a patch and DLC is currently in the works.

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EA has denied claims it shut down any official servers hosted by it or DICE, forcing players to play only on rental servers. “DICE is not shutting down servers,” an EA representative told Gamespot. “If DICE-managed servers appear unavailable, it is because they have been rented and customized by players. DICE will continue to add servers and will reserve a percentage of servers for players who prefer to connect through DICE-hosted servers.” Earlier in the week players were complaining that it was almost impossible to find a server to play on that wasn’t rented, and an official server search conducted by VentureBeat found 17 EA run servers, but no servers run by DICE.

Blizzard and Valve have announced a mutual agreement over the use of DOTA. Valve will continue to use DOTA commercially, while Blizzard’s DOTA will be called Blizzard All-Stars.

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Publisher Mail.Ru Group has announced the Crytek-developed F2P MMOFPS, Warface, has seen 28,000 players competing simultaneously in Russia, and as of May 10, one million players have registered in the region.

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