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Sumioni: Demon Arts wowed our own Brian Ashcraft at last year's Tokyo Game Show, so much so that he declared it the prettiest thing going on Sony's new handheld. While it seemed likely that the Acquire-developed game would head westward, things were still up in the air even after Sony announced the launch line-up for PlayStation Vita in non-Japan territories. More »
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Sumioni—a wonderful, upcoming PS Vita game—is getting a new female character, a princess named Mitsuhime. You must rescue her! More »
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I'll be honest. I'm not a huge Wizardry fan. The original was programmed at my alma mater Cornell, which merits it default cool points in my book. And I like Acquire, the developer behind Labyrinth of Lost Souls, very much. More »
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After receiving a rather lukewarm reception on the PlayStation Network, Acquire is bringing the Japanese-flavored old fashion turn-based dungeon crawling of Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls to iOS next week. More »
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Sumioni, aka "Ink Demon", is a stunner. Looks can be deceiving, and looks aren't everything. Thankfully, Sumioni's beauty is more than skin deep. More »
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Sumioni is one of the most striking and arresting games I've seen in a long, long time. More »
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Gladiator VS is the upcoming Gladiator game from Acquire. You know, that game that had the underboob lady at the Tokyo Game Show. More »
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In Akiba's Trip, players are tasked with tearing random strangers' clothes off in order to discern who is a vampire (and who is embarrassed). Forget garlic, because in Akiba's Trip, stripping is how you find out who's a bloodsucker. More »
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In Akiba's Trip, the PSP game in which an otaku dude strips "vampires", a black machine appears in-game. It looks like an Xbox 360. In fact, that's what I thought it was. That assumption, however, is totally wrong. More »
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Set in Tokyo geek mecca Akihabara, Akiba's Trip is crawling with vampires who are dressed as geekdom's typical inhabitants. It's up to 18 year-old kid to figure out why his friend has gone missing and save the area from those pesky vampires. How to kill them? Strip off their clothes. More »
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The original Dungeons & Dragons-flavored first-person dungeon crawler makes its current-generation debut on the PlayStation Network this spring, as XSEED Games brings Japan's Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls to North America and Europe. More »
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Recently released Way of the Samurai 4 doesn't come on your typical game disc — makes sense as it's not your typical game! More »
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The streets are lined with shops and populated with otaku. This game's setting looks like Akihabara, and that's because it is. But where are the strippers? More »
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Countdown clocks are boring, dull and blergh. But men's boxers strewn on the Akihabara streets? Now this is something we can get behind. More »
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Swords-and-sandals saga Gladiator Begins for the Wii quickly became known as an underboob-and-slave-girl saga at the 2009 Tokyo Game Show thanks to a model in a teeny bikini. The PSP version, however, ditched the slave girl and went all beefcake. More »
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Acquire's Gladiator Begins for the PSP is perhaps best known for its underboob-heavy, gladiator cosplaying mascot girl, one who engages in Japanese office publicity stunts hijinks that violate most corporate dress codes. America, how do you respond? More »
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With free-to-play games like Farmville proving massive successes, it seemed like it would only be a matter of time before that model game to home game consoles. That time has come. More »
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Not anyone can embrace, hump, whatever this Kentoushi: Gladiator Begins dakimakura ("hug pillow"). But maybe, you can! More »
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Today Sony Computer Entertainment America announced the domestic release of the game previously known as One Million Ton Bara Bara, now known as Patchwork Heroes, an original action puzzle game for the PlayStation Portable. More »
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　The PSP version of Acquire's Gladiator Begins will be beginning a little late. The game's Japanese release date has been squeezed back a bit. More »
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Sharing one booth at TGS were three companies that don't have much in common. More »
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Former PlayStation exclusive series Way of the Samurai is making the platform jump. Publisher Spike announced its intentions to bring Way of the Samurai 3 to the Xbox 360 in February. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5121824&view=rss&microfeed=true Good news, cat ninja lovers: Tenchu 4 is getting a Western release. Previously confirmed only for a Japanese release, developers Acquire have signed a deal with Ubisoft that'll see the game distributed throughout North America and Europe. No word on a release date, but the game will be playable at TGS, so we'll check it out then, see if the cat handling's up to scratch. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5053456&view=rss&microfeed=true From Software and Acquire are bringing Tenchu-style ninja action to the Wii with Tenchu 4, the eleventh game in the series. This promotional clip, via Insert Credit, shows that Acquire is on the right track, finally letting us take control of kitties for some of the game's stealthier sections. It would appear that ninja-trained cats needs a bit of coercion to enter stealth mode, but when they do, expect serious pussy action. More »
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The New York Times is reporting that MTV is set to acquire Harmonix Music Systems, creators of super kick-ass music game Guitar Hero, for $175 million in cash. More »
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