Today, at the Consumer Electronics Show (and on their Unity blog), Capcom revealed that Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 will be swinging and jumping (both! At the same time, even!) to the HD consoles right at the start of February. PlayStation 3 owners will get a slight head start when the game launches on February 1st. Xbox 360 owners will have to wait until February 2 to start swinging themselves, but now they can take those extra 24 hours to grow a mustache for themselves, just like Rad Spencer! Then they'll be properly equipped to play the game.
== TEASER ==Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 has been in development at Fatshark, one of several Swedish studios made of former employees of the now-defunct studio GRIN (which worked on the original BCR). In developing this sequel, Capcom not only brought on some of the game's original developers, but also Simon Viklund, the composer of BCR. That's especially heartening to hear, as BCR's incredible electronic remixes of the original Bionic Commando's NES chiptunes (as well as a track from the Commodore 64 release of Commando) was one of that game's highlights.
However, not everything about this sequel will be the same as its predecessor. For example, the price will be higher; Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 will cost $15 (or 1200 Microsoft Points) when it launches in early February. Yes, the original BCR cost just $10 dollars, but this is the far flung future of 2011, and downloadable games don't cost $10 on consoles anymore. To be fair, BCR2 features a jump button and a mustache, so at least you know where the extra $5 went.
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