Record of Agarest War, released in 2007, is a PS3 breeding RPG. And breeding means doing it — and what did that mean? Not that much. Anyway, the game has a “Soul Breed” system in which players must capture the heart of the game’s heroines so that they can create their successor. When this happens,…
Besides video games, Capcom founder and chairman Kenzo Tsujimoto makes wine. That, and lots of money. Tsujimoto has gotten into wine-making and last year, he launched his first vintage made at a Napa Valley winery. The property was purchased by Capcom USA in 1990, and Tsujimoto later bought it as a private property. He has…
While Capcom’s Bionic Commando has been vaguely dated as “May” for the West, the game now has a firm release date for Japan. Bionic Commando will be released in Japan on June 25 and priced at ¥7,340 (US$75). The game is an updated version of the classic NES title by the same name. Bionic Commando…
Resident Evil 5 is a big hit. Know what Capcom likes better than big hits? Making big hits into big hit sequels. According to RE5 producer Masachika Kawata, “We haven’t decided whether we’re going to make Resident Evil 6 yet… But if we do, it could take anywhere up to eight years, but hopefully only…
PS3 role-playing-game Cross Edge features characters from game players Capcom, Gust, Idea Factory, Namco Bandai and Ippon Ichi in turned-based battles and cosplaying. The game is peppered with characters from Ar tonelico, Atelier Iris, Darkstalkers, Disgaea, Spectral Souls and Mana-Khemia 2. To gear up for the game’s North American release this May, NIS America is…
Namco Bandai is paying tribute to fan favorite franchise Katamari Damacy with, um, Katamari DamacyTRIBUTE. It’s slated for release this year. According to Famitsu, this game is the first in the series to output in 1080p, aka full HD. The in-game placed items have been increased drastically, and there’s a new black & white stage…
Japan’s Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association polled over one thousand individuals between the ages of 3 and 79 about the declining interest in video games. The number of those that consider themselves gamers dropped 30.3 percent between 2007 and 2008. If that percentage is expanded Japan’s national population, that’s a decrease of 6 million gamers. Only…
Japanese financial news source Nikkei.net predicts that the Nintendo Wii will break 50 million in worldwide sales this month. The Nintendo Wii went on sale in Japan in December 2006. This latest milestone means that the Wii will have sold faster than the PS2 did during its first three years when Sony achieved 50 million…
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The iPhone is a slick looking machine. More and more developers are starting to make iPhone games, and the platform could give the PSP and the DS a run for its money. But, according to insiders, the phone itself might be developer friendly, but Apple is not. Apple is forcing a rather nasty contractual amendment…
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The Nintendo DSi, Nintendo’s latest DS iteration, has sold 2 million units in Japan. Earlier this month, three new DSi colors went on sale in The Land of the Rising Sun. The portable console went on sale on November 1, and as of December last year, the console had sold 1.28 million units in Japan.…
SEGA confirmed that its Gearbox-developed Aliens: Colonial Marines is still alive and kicking. As of January, the game was slated for the April-June window. Last November, rumors swirled that Gearbox had dropped Aliens: Colonial Marines — which Gearbox president Randy Pitchford dismissed. In the late April issue of UK game magazine Powerstation, there’s a teaser…
The PS3 has been out for a couple years now. Developers are getting a better handle on how to make PS3 games. Sony has announced that developing for the system is getting easier. Sony Computer Entertainment introduced new developer tools this March in North America and Europe/PAL territories at US $2,000 and €1,700 respectively, and…
Maximum Risky is equal opportunity — as long as it’s risky, it’s fair game. We’ve already posted posted Resident Evil 5‘s sexy secret Sheva costume. It’s only right and just that we bring you this. Over at NSFW site Humplex, there’s a Resident Evil 5 flash game that is short on the zombies and long…
The trailer for Xbox 360 title Ninja Gaiden II was a pure gore porn, complete with bloody slicing and dicing. The trailer of the PS3 reworking Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 seems, well, different. For starters, the action scenes don’t look like a butcher shop. In place of decapitation, the trailer shows innocuous red slashes and…
Previously we brought word of a new Super Robot Taisen ad from Japanese geek princess Shoko Nakagawa. From the making of pictures, we gathered there was saluting involved. We just didn’t know how much saluting. Watch the actual ad and making of in the above clip. The ad is super short. And the making of?…
Japanese anime, music and game company Marvelous Entertainment has asking for a number of its employees to retire. The exact number, according to Marvelous, is “in the range of 20” workers (about 17 percent). Those who voluntarily retire between March 23 and April 3 will receive a special severance payment. Their retirement would commence on…
Pitcher Curt Schilling has announced he’s retiring from Major League Baseball. During his career, Schilling posted a win-loss record of 216-146 and chalked up 3,116 strikeouts. In his official blog, Schilling wrote: “The game always gave me far more than I ever gave it… The game was here long before I was, and will be…
Capcom has announced that the “Versus Mode” DLC for Resident Evil 5 has been delayed. The mode pits players against each other in a contest of survival, according to Capcom. Earlier this month, Capcom announced that this mode would be coming in the coming weeks; however, it apparently had a release date for Japan: March…
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