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Love Plus Cake Draws Long Lines
It's a Christmas tradition in Japan to eat cake with your loved ones. So here's where Konami's DS love simulator Love Plus comes in. More »Konami Game Inspires Schoolgirl Massage Parlor
Love Plus is a popular DS dating sim from Konami — in Japan, it's the sleeper hit of the year or something! The game allows players to date in-game characters. This Love Plus is something else entirely. More »Castlevania Soundtrack Whips In At 19 Discs
It's too late for Christmas 2009, but that special Castlevania fan in your life may appreciate it for Christmas 2010. "It" being a Castlevania series soundtrack collection coming in at a crazy 19 discs. More »Konami Gives Fans A Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Demo For Christmas
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Review: Daddy Issues
It is the tenth anniversary of Konami's Silent Hill series, a franchise that has focused more on the psychological side of horror than its peers. The latest, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, delves further into the psyche than ever before. More »This Is What Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Vampires Look Like
Wonder what the vampires of Hideo Kojima and MercurySteam's take on the Castlevania franchise will look like? Well, there you go. Keep in mind this is *a* vampire, not *the* vampire, according to producer David Cox. More »Silent Hill, The Stage Play
Konami's scary franchise Silent Hill getting a Swedish stage send up. How frightening. Kidding! More »Metal Gear Solid 4 Music Man Joins The New Halo Team
Microsoft's internal Halo team, 343 Industries, has a new member. Sotaro Tojima, formerly of Kojima Productions and credited with Metal Gear Solid 4's sound direction, has joined the Halo publisher. More »Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Dated For North America
Konami has made a date with Naked Snake for his next North American outing, penciling in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker for the PlayStation Portable, expected to arrive on these shores May 25, 2010. More »Metal Gear: Peace Walker Hits The UK Next May
So the next game in the Metal Gear franchise hits Japan next March. But what about Western gamers? When can we expect a copy in a language a little closer to home? More »Report: Silent Hill's Akira Yamaoka Says He's Left Konami
Earlier this week, gaming site Aeropause reported that Silent Hill musician and producer Akira Yamaoka had parted ways with Konami, his employer for nearly two decades. While Konami hasn't yet chimed in, it appears Yamaoka has. More »Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Dated For Japan
The latest entry in the Metal Gear Solid will be hitting the 2010 in Japan on March 18 game mag Famitsu reports. More »Japan Gets Limited Edition Pro Evo PlayStation Portable
Next week sees the release of Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 on PSP in Japan. Or, as its known in the game's homeland, Winning Eleven 2010. To celebrate, there'll be a Winning Eleven PSP-3000 on sale. More »Rumor: Silent Hill Composer Leaves Konami
According to game site Aeropause Games, Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka has apparently left Konami. He has worked at the company for the past 16 years. More »Resident Evil Director 'Circling' Castlevania, Metal Gear Movies
Castlevania? Thought that movie project was dead. Apparently not, and apparently Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil, Death Race, Mortal Kombat) is "waiting on a script." Oh, and he'd like to adapt Metal Gear Solid for the silver screen, too. More »Do Sports Games Offer Truly West - Japan Game Industry Competition?
EA Sports exec has stated that the company is working to appeal to Japanese gamers. That works appears to have paid off: FIFA 10 is a hit in Japan. But could that be for a deeper reason? More »Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Review: You Only Sing When You're Winning
In recent years, as EA Sports' FIFA series has gone from strength to strength, the once-mighty Pro Evolution Soccer has slipped, unable to keep pace in the current generation. Is now the time for Konami to stage a comeback? More »Konami Might Buy Music Label
Game maker Konami is currently in talks with JVC Kenwood over the sale of music subsidiary Victor Entertainment Inc., reports Japanese newspaper The Daily Yomiuri. More »Is Konami Going To "ReBirth" Jackal On Wii?
Konami may be reaching ever deeper into the intellectual property well, revitalizing one of its more obscure franchises, Jackal, as a Wii game. Do images of a "working prototype" of what appears to Jackal mean a remake is incoming? More »Konami Forecasts Sharp Fall In Revenue
2008 was a good year for Konami — you could say it was solid. This year isn't so solid. More »Saw Review: Do You Want to Play This Game?
First off, full disclosure: I've never seen any of the Saw movies. I'm not sure why. I guess I just fail to see their appeal. Along those same lines, I'm not really fond of survival horror games, either. In this case, though, I have a very good reason. It's because I'm a giant wuss. More »