So, you’re thinking of making the leap from Phantasy Star Universe to Phantasy Star Online 2. You know that, yes, PSO2 is free-to-play, but what else? Twitter user Dawy posted an image that shows the difference between Phantasy Star Universe and Phantasy Star Online 2 in one fell swoop. That’s right, more realistic undergarments to…
Scrolls, the upcoming game from Minecraft developer Mojang, is entering alpha today. Yes, that means that Mojang is sending out alpha codes for players; however, before it does, the studio gave a rundown of how the codes will be sent out and what the alpha includes. According to Mojang, the alpha codes are being sent…
In Soul Sacrifice, players take on the role of an imprisoned servant awaiting imminent death who must fight their way to freedom by wielding the magic of sacrifice. Apparently pulling out your spine and wielding it as a sword is too dangerous to do alone. Two companion characters have been announced for the game: A…
On July 2 at around 2:20pm, three young men in their twenties allegedly stole 98 comic books from a video rental store in Sendai, Japan (at Japanese video stores, manga are often available for either rent or purchase). The total value of their alleged pull was ¥56,000 or US$702. The trio escaped in a small…
Japan loves KFC. The fast food chain is somewhat of a cultural institution in Japan: whether that’s Christmas dinners or baseball superstitions. It’s no accident that Japan digs The Colonel so much: the boneless Japanese dish chicken karaage resembles fried chicken. In Japan, KFC is a tad upscale for fast food—it’s pricier than McDonald’s, but…
Namco Bandai recently posted a teaser site for a new Japanese game “All Star Battle” (not to be confused with Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale) which featured a daily countdown and an image that slowly revealed itself. People anxiously waited, wondering what the reveal might be. Finally, the full image was revealed to show an image…
According to a Federal Communications Commission filing, there appears to be a new PlayStation 3 on the horizon. The model numbers are CECH-4000A and CECH-4000B; the current model number is CECH-3000. Thus, this new model would usher in the 4000 seres. The FCC label position on the CECH-4000 PS3 is different. While the filing does…
Slated for a 2013 release in Japan, upcoming 3DS title Monster Hunter 4 was first revealed with a concept trailer. Now, have a look at the game’s concept art. Monster Hunter 4 [Capcom]
Meet Akatsuki Tsukasa. She’s a Taiwanese cosplayer, who is starting to make a splash outside her homeland by catching the attention of Japanese cosplay blogs like Asagawo In her homeland, Akatsuki appears at tech and game promotional events. She’s also done traditional fashion modeling. But it’s her cosplay that Akatsuki is best known for. Colorful…
Sony’s latest PS Vita commercial is set in a junior high classroom and features “an exchange student with a mysterious name”. The exchange student’s name is Permetalpower Velersmiku (ペルメタルパワ ベラーミク). It’s more of a mystery why a 40-something year old man is an exchange student, but that’s not what is on display here. Having a…
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This is Hotline Miami. It looks like the most gruesome 1980s action movies come to life, only instead of coming to life wearing bandanas and grenade belts, it’s wearing hot pink and a pulsing soundtrack. It’s also sporting one hell of a logo. Hotline Miami is the work of indie dev Jonatan Söderström, aka Cactus,…
Chris Matthews is a senior artist at Crytek UK, the studio formerly known as Free Radical (Timesplitters). The art you’re about to see, then, has not only some Crytek stuff such as Crysis, but also some art from the developer’s cancelled Battlefront III project. Just to tug at the heartstrings a little more Having been…
Have I gushed about ArmA III lately? OK, fine, have I done it today? No? Then let’s continue. Here’s another of the super-realistic military sim’s E3 videos, which are new for most of us since practically none of us saw the game at E3. Remember, this is a sandbox game. Those hills in the distance…
EVO 2012, the world’s biggest fighting game tournament, is about to go down. And poor Woolie, Woolie has drawn Daigo Umehara in the very first round. Daigo is only the most acclaimed Street Fighter player of all time Rather than despair, Woolie has embarked on a training regime that would put Rocky to shame, in…
They’ve never really stopped trickinling out since the genre’s heyday in the 1990s, but it’s been a while since people could get truly excited about a space-based “4X” (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) strategy game on the PC. So it’s cool seeing people get excited about Endless Space. The game, out now on Steam, promises…
Last we heard, Devil’s Third – the latest game from Ninja Gaiden mastermind and badass Tomonobu Itagaki – was on hold as publishers THQ looked to offload it. Well, now they’ve offloaded it, giving all rights back to the developers, Itagaki’s Valhalla Studios. “THQ confirms that the company will not be publishing Devil’s Third,” a…
A few days after the emails first went out, Ubisoft has responded to its accidental leak of around 500 fans’ email addresses with…another email. While a “sorry” might have been appreciated, all users received was a short message that read: Dear User, Ubisoft takes privacy matters seriously. Recently we discovered some users’ email addresses were…
That’s not to degrade the rest of the game, which is due out this fall. It looks just fine. It’s just a testament to how glorious Metroplex is. I mean, transforming into a fighter jet or a truck is cool, I guess, but transforming into a city? That’s how you get stuff done. This isn’t…
The best thing about zombie mod DayZ is that, because there’s not much to do in the thing aside from kill/avoid zombies, people are left to their own devices. Some like to roam solo. Some like to team up and stay alive. Others like to gang up and kidnap other players. Aussie writer Adam Ruch…
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