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Blood of Bahamut Dated For Japan
Square Enix‘s latest effort to expand its role-playing-game horizons Blood of Bahamut has a release date. That is August 6. Blood of Bahamut is an action RPG set in a city constructed on the back of a giant creature called Gigant. Featuring 2D sprites fighting in a 3D environment, the game sees protagonists Ibuki and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Chiptune’s 8-Bit Profit
Ah, yes, 8-bit chiptune. It’s music that is performed and composed by using retro game hardware like the Famicom and the Gameboy as instruments. Love it, great stuff. And as far as Japanese indie chiptune record labels go, Vorc Records is right up there. Vorc was chiptune-centeric website originally launched way back in 2001, and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Finally, Some Heavy Rain Gameplay Footage
It’s been a bad week for PR stunts, yes. So it’s heartening to see that when Heavy Rain comes out with gameplay footage, it actually comes out with a decent amount of gameplay footage. What you make of it all is another matter. It…looks a lot like Indigo Prophecy to me. Indigo Prophecy meets They…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
John McEnroe Is “Pretty Good” At Playing Himself
Three things we have never done: Won seven Grand Slam tennis titles, married Tatum O’Neal or played a video game version of ourselves. John McEnroe has done all three. (Though, we have played tennis once, watched Paper Moon and do enjoy video games.) When Electronic Arts interviewed John McEnroe — yeah, we know — about…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom Go Crazy For iPhone Games
At the Reuters Global Technology Summit in Tokyo, Capcom’s Chief Financial Officer Kazuhiko Abe has revealed that the company will, in 2009, be getting into iPhone games in a big way. He says there are plans to release “more than 10 titles” for the device over the remainder of this fiscal year (March 31, 2010).…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Modern Warfare 2 Teaser Is A Big Tease
Yup. It’s another drip-fed PR stunt, but hey, it’s a few brief seconds of Modern Warfare 2 footage we’re talking about here. Some people are cool with that. Even if it is cynically bolted onto the existing trailer. NOTE: Embed code doesn’t seem to be working, so in the meantime, you can watch the trailer…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Snake Gets A New Job Selling Cell Phones
As seen on 2ch.net.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Iwata: iPhone Can’t Be Appreciated Like Nintendo Products Can
For a long time, Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has maintained a stance that the Nintendo DS and Apple’s iPhone aren’t competing. A stance he seems to have let slide for a day. Speaking after Nintendo’s recent fiscal year report briefing, Iwata sounds like the constant comparisons between the two devices have got to him, as…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
No More Heroes On Other Platforms Would Be “Great”
No More Heroes is a Wii game. Rumors have swirled for some time that the title was originally planned as an Xbox 360 title, but it ended up on the Wii instead. Game site 1UP asked Goichi Suda, the game’s designer, whether No More Heroes could ever appear on another platform in the future. “Actually,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Thought Starfy Was “Too Japanese”
For all Nintendo’s recent follies, one thing they’ve done right is bring Starfy to the West. But boy, it sure took a while. Want to know why? Blame Nintendo of America. In an interview with IGN, Producer Hitoshi Yamagami said that despite the fact the series had been developed with a Japanese audience in mind,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Square Enix Restricts E3 Travel Over Swine Flu
Joining the likes of Koei and Capcom, Square Enix is the latest Japanese developer to restrict employee travel to E3 because of Swine Flu. “Due to the recent worldwide spread of H1N1 flu, a limited number of executives and development team members from Square Enix’s headquarters in Japan will be attending E3 this year,” Sonia…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 22, 2009 - Uncategorized
Empire: Total War Getting New Units
Empire: Total War developers Creative Assembly have announced that, as part of an upcoming patch, a number of new units will be introduced into the game, free of charge. Some of these units are lying in the game code but weren’t, for whatever reason, unlocked for the release of the game. Others, that are currently…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Paul McCartney’s Ex-Wife vs. Capcom
Heather Mills, the one-legged ex-wife of Paul McCartney, was apparently approached by Capcom to appear in Bionic Commando. Mills, prime UK tabloid fodder, reportedly asked for a six-figure-sum and demanded to be the game’s star. The star of Bionic Commando, that is. Heather Mills. Yeah. The action game follows the adventures of one-armed hero Nathan…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Capcom “Considering” More Wii Ports
Capcom’s Chief Financial Officer, Kazuhiko Abe, has offered a glimmer of hope for Wii owners hoping to some day see a downgraded release of PS3 and 360 games on the system. While highlighting stronger-than-expected sales of Resident Evil 5, Abe says “We have not decided whether we are doing it or not doing it”. “It”…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Smells Won’t Stink Up Consoles For Decades
Sight, sound and smell. Gaming has the first two covered — and maybe soon the third as well. Then again, maybe not. In the UK, the Ministry of Defense is part-funding a project that releases foul smells during training vids so soldiers can learn to smell trouble. According to the MailOnline, this tech “is expected…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kojima Productions Teaser Countdown Ends Just As You’d Expect
What riches await patient Metal Gear Solid fans at the end of Kojima Productions’ days long countdown, now that the teaser timer has reached the zero hour? Why, more waiting of course! Kojima Productions, in a completely unexpected move, revealed another countdown today, this one an impressive 120 hours in length. Clearly, Hideo Kojima and…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
So, What Were Square Enix’s Biggest Games For 2008?
Japan’s fiscal year reporting season draws to a close, and one of the last companies to report their data was Square Enix. Contained within that data was a colourful graph showing their 2008 game sales. As you can see, it was sort of an “off” year (the fiscal year running from April 1, 2008 to…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Iwata: Remember, Miyamoto Is Not God
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata reminded attendees of the company’s financial results briefing that it does not employ a powerful deity, as famed Nintendo game designer is not, in reality, a god walking the Earth. Iwata was forced to remind the crowd of Miyamoto’s non-divine status when questioned about a few of Nintendo’s more recent stumbles.…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
Meet Poison Ivy, Arkham Asylum’s Newest Inmate
The Batman: Arkham Asylum is co-ed facility, housing many of the caped crusader’s most legendary adversaries, including the Joker and Bane, as well as more feminine foes, like Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy. Our first look at Poison Ivy in motion offers a peek at how Eidos and Batman: Arkham Asylum developer Rocksteady have interpreted…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 21, 2009 - Uncategorized
More Modern Warfare 2, Heavy Rain Peeks On GTTV Tonight
Eager for any morsel you can get from Modern Warfare 2 and Heavy Rain? Then you’d best tune in to tonight’s episode of GameTrailers TV, as both games will be featured. Expect less Modern Warfare 2 than Heavy Rain though, as the next full video reveal of Infinity Ward’s follow up to Call of Duty…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 21, 2009