Thursday Shorts – part deux: Shinji Mikami action figure, Monster World 4, IL2 Sturmovik, Earthrise, Gears 3

By Stephany Nunneley

It’s time for your evening edition of shorts. Tiny stuff for the win, and all that.

• Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami has been given the action figure treatment. We’re not lying.
• Gears of War 3 to be featured in upcoming film titled ‘N00BZ’.
• IL2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover has a launch trailer to watch.
• Monster World 4 is heading to XBL and PSN, not Virtual Console, according to the ESRB.
• Those who play the MMO Earthrise should know that enhancements are a comin’.
• Walmart has announced it will have the exclusive track “Another Part of Me” for Michael Jackson: The Experience.
• SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs has a Walmart pre-order exclusive called the SU90-S Shotgun.
• Take On Helicopters has been announced with screens and a trailer.
• Forsaken World has a new dev dairy and  will sell Red Cross items in the game store to help the Red Cross with Japan’s tsunami and earthquake relief.
• Lesta is bringing Time Machine: Rogue Pilot to PSN this spring with multiplayer.