Sony boss Kaz Hirai was heckled at the recent investors meeting in Tokyo over Sony's poor performance, AP reports. One investor, for example, asked how Sony had lost its glory and expressed disappointment in Hirai.
There's a new King of Fighters game! It's...a network-based mobile game that's based on KoF 2012 but has role-playing game elements. Called King of Fighters M, it will be out the first half of this year in South Korea. No word on a Western release. [Thanks, Sang!]
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The Xbox One will finally be heading into China later this year. Microsoft's home console, the first console…
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The 13 year-old video game console ban was "lifted" late last year with the creation of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone. Since then, there have been revisions to the regulations on how the FTZ will be governed. Today, People's Daily reports that the regulations are now set and game consoles are okay for sale in China.
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The only PSP color left, it seems, is "Piano Black." The Japanese PlayStation site shows that that the other colors will no longer be released in the country. No word yet about outside Japan.
StoryBundle, the outfit created by former Gizmodo editor Jason Chen, is back with a new bundle of video game-themed writings. Have a look!
Popular Japanese manga Bleach is going on a five-week hiatus so its creator Tite Kubo can recharge. He'll need his full energy, because once the manga resumes in September, it will begin its "final act", with Kubo giving, what sounds like, the last story arch his all.
Looks like that "New Title" Namco Bandai has been counting down to is for the 3DS. Read more
John Szczepaniak's Kickstarter to tell the untold stories of Japanese game development is just a few yards away from the finish line. Here's hoping he pulls it off. Read more
Gamasutra's got a fascinating article about how the developers behind Japanese games like Paladin's Quest create worlds and characters. Go check it out.
"We do not want to make a dark and hopeless world. We are not doing Blade Runner." Here's CD Projekt RED on Cyberpunk 2077 over at IGN. Though the developers haven't shown anything particularly concrete, gameplay-wise, the title still sounds intriguing so far.
This might seem obvious to some, but it's still kind of sad: as people grow older, they tend to care about video games less according to Facebook data. Do you think this will happen to you? Read more
Check out Sacrilege. It's about going clubbing and formulating a "fuckplan"—the idea is to get laid. You'll find possibly familiar figures: the one that wants you but you feel nothing for, the one everyone knows is in love with you, and so on. It's a Twine game that captures desire well—enough that it's one of the… Read more
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Looks like your town in Animal Crossing: New Leaf offers sweet places to shop—which, sure, is neat, but not as important as finding out that K.K. Slider's club is called Club LOL and not Club 101. Curious name for a club, that.
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Well that didn't take long. Here's Daft Punk's single Get Lucky, done in the style of a retro video game by YouTuber Floating Point. For comparison's sake, here's the original song.
Are you unemployed or under-employed, yet still buying and playing video games? We want to hear your stories. How do you clear space in your budget for an expensive hobby? Have you ever spent money on a video game that you really shouldn't have? What have you done to help pay for your gaming habits? Send an e-mail to j… Read more
According to the BioShock Wiki, April 19th, 1874 is Booker DeWitt's birthday. Today is April 19th. So, let's celebrate! This obviously calls for tiaras and sparkles, if you ask me.
New Nintendo Direct coming Wednesday at 10am Eastern. "Focused on the latest information on 3DS," Nintendo says.
Harebrained Schemes has announced that Shadowrun Returns, the 2D cyberpunk turn-based RPG funded a year ago through Kickstarter, will be coming out in June. Read more