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Crackdown 2 players have reported major issues with the recently released Toy Box DLC. According to posts on the official Ruffian Games forums (spotted by Shacknews), both the free and paid versions of the add-on are affected by bugs.
Upon acquiring the DLC, some players note that the game stalls on the title screen. Others report that unlocking certain Achievements can lead to the Achievement voiceovers repeating on an infinite loop -- eventually dragging the framerate down to an unplayable state.
Ruffian co-founder Gaz Liddon chimed in on the forum thread with an...
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Following comments made by Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter suggesting that Mafia II was unlikely to be profitable, Take-Two has come out and stated that it not only expects the game to be profitable, but that it's "off to a great start."
"Mafia II's average Metacritic score of 74 is well below expectations, and consumer interest appears to be waning, as the game's position has dropped in many best-seller lists in its first week," Pachter recently said (via Gamasutra). "With six years in development, we believe the game is unlikely to achieve...
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Telltale has officially revealed the identity of its mystery game, titled "Poker Night at the Inventory." It stars Tycho, Max, Strong Bad, and the Heavy as they gamble over iconic items from their own respective worlds. The blog teases that Max, for example, gets excited over the prospect of winning the Heavy's gun -- which we're sure the Heavy won't like one bit.
The new teaser image (above) doesn't shed a lot of light on the subject, but if you're attending the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) this weekend, you can get a first-hand look at it. Telltale will be showing it off...
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In space, no one can hear you scream...unless you're screaming into your voice chat headset, probably. GamerNode reports (via Eurogamer) that at the annual GameStop conference in San Antonio, Electronic Arts evidently revealed a little bit more about Dead Space 2's previously outed multiplayer mode.
The mode will apparently involve "soldiers" (which we assume means characters that'll play the same as single-player protagonist Isaac), and the series main enemies, Necromorphs. This would tie in with what EA CEO John Riccitello previously said about Dead Space 2's multiplayer...
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U.K.-based developer Just Add Water has announced that as their first project in cooperation with Oddworld Inhabitants, they'll be bringing a hi-def remake of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath to the PlayStation Network "next Easter."
Stranger's Wrath was the last entry in the Oddworld series, and came out on the original Xbox in 2005. It featured a blend of third-person action and first-person shooting, with the stand-out feature being the use of "live ammunition" in the form of literally living critters like skunks and wasps. The remake will add improvements like updated...
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L.A. Noire 'Debut' Trailer
Despite finally taking the wraps off of L.A. Noire earlier this year, Take-Two has decided to hold back the oft-delayed game once again.
An analyst previously predicted the delay after speaking with retail representatives, so the news comes as a little surprise. L.A Noire was announced way back in 2005, but has had a difficult development, to say the least.
Take-Two confirmed the delay in their latest set of financials, in which they reported net revenue for 354.1 million. They attributed their success to the Rockstar-developed Red Dead...
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With just a couple days to go before PAX, Ubisoft has taken the wraps off Outland, which is scheduled to make its debut this weekend (via IGN).
As it turns out, the upcoming game has nothing to do with the sci-fi film of the same name. Instead, it will be a downloadable platformer utilizing a color switching mechanic similar to that which is found in Ikaruga.
As in Treasure's classic shooter, it will be possible to switch between light and dark forms to avoid enemy attacks. In addition, light forms can only hurt dark foes, and vice versa.
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The controversy that has been steadily brewing around the ability to play as the Taliban in Medal of Honor has gotten the upcoming shooter banned from military stores (via Kotaku).
The Army and Air Force Exchange Services confirmed that no store located on an Army or Air Force bases will be able to sell the reboot. That ban includes 49 GameStops located across the continental U.S., and to all military bases worldwide.
In an email sent out to employees, GameStop said they will be pulling all marketing material relating to the game from those stores. Customers wishing to reserve a...
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Final Fantasy From Art to Finish
4 Heroes of Light illustrator Akihiko Yoshida explains his artistic inspirations, including a bunch of lovely concept art from the game.
By Jeremy Parish
Most gamers probably attribute the "look" of the Final Fantasy series to longtime character designer Tetsuya Nomura, or the stylized paintings of Yoshitaka Amano. Sitting on the proverbial sidelines, however, is the equally talented Akihiko Yoshida, who has contributed character designs and illustrations for games...
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Love 'GDC 2009 Gameplay Demo' video
Not quite sold on Eskil Steenberg's one-man-MMO-show Love? What if it were completely free? That's exactly what's going down this Friday, as the developer just announced a free weekend for the procedurally-generated online game.
Beginning tomorrow, September 3 at 1:00 a.m. Eastern, you'll be able to download the Love client from the game's official website. From there you should have free access to the game servers until around 7:00 a.m. Eastern on Monday.
For the uninitiated, Love boils down to a co-operative shooter in which large...
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Before Irrational Games decided to make BioShock Infinite, it was testing prototype ideas that will show up in a few different 2K games. We chatted with Ken Levine in the latest stop on our Cross Country Game Tour (above), who said that the eventual decision to make BioShock Infinite relied on some of the concepts that had come before.
"We finished BioShock, and we really didn't know what was going to be next," he said. "We actually prototyped a bunch of stuff... kinda decided it wasn't [right], and sat in a room and said, what else is interesting us? The idea of doing...
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Before Irrational Games decided to make BioShock Infinite, it was testing prototype ideas that will show up in a few different 2K games. We chatted with Ken Levine in the latest stop on our Cross Country Game Tour (above), who said that the eventual decision to make BioShock Infinite relied on some of the concepts that had come before.
"We finished BioShock, and we really didn't know what was going to be next," he said. "We actually prototyped a bunch of stuff... kinda decided it wasn't [right], and sat in a room and said, what else is interesting us? The idea of doing...
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Actor, composer, director, screenwriter, and Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA is about to add a DJ Hero 2 appearance to his long list of credits. Activision just announced that the 41-year-old hip-hop star will be a playable character in the upcoming rhythm game sequel.
"I'm very excited to be involved with DJ Hero 2," reads a statement attributed to RZA. "As both a DJ and gamer from an early age, the game combines two of my passions. I loved working with the team and am excited for the fans to hear the two brand-new mixes I put together just for this game. Bong bong!"
RZA...
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The game streaming service OnLive is preparing a set of new promotions to bump its subscriber listing as we head towards the holidays. This Labor Day weekend, the service will offer all of its cloud-service games at 50% off. In addition, the company is extending its "Founding Members" program to the end of the year, which gives a free first year and an optional second year for about five bucks.
The company also announced that it will be rolling out a beta program of Wi-Fi connectivity for the service, so users will no longer need to have a hard-wire. The press release...
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The PlayStation 3's Move and Xbox 360's Kinect are right around the corner, but even when all three major consoles have dedicated motion controls, Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami thinks it'll still be a decade before such controls really become "mainstream."
Speaking to PSM3 magazine (via CVG), Mikami -- who, in addition to creating the Resident Evil series, also worked on the Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe series -- said he's still not interested in what motion controls currently have to offer. "I don't think motion controls will be in the gaming mainstream in the...
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Recently Capcom made clear their intentions to significantly reduce the time between releases in their major franchises, and it looks like they're following through. Speaking to Spanish website 3DJuegos (via NeoGAF), Keiji Inafune, global head of production at Capcom, said they intend to put Resident Evil 6 on the fast-track to retail shelves.
"Given the great success which led to us Resident Evil 5, we want Resident Evil 6 to hit the market as soon as possible," Inafune said. "In fact, Capcom will have news about this soon..." If that's in fact the case, it seems likely we...
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The original Super Mario Bros. was first released in 1985. This is meaningful to you because it would make 2010 the 25th anniversary of the series, and that has apparently compelled Nintendo to celebrate by readying a revival of Super Mario All-Stars for the Wii...at least in Japan.
Andriasang reports that Nintendo held a retailer briefing in Japan recently, with news leaking out that they plan to release "Super Mario Collection Special Pack" on the Wii on October 21. Presumably this will include the same compellation of Mario games -- 1, 2, 3, and "Lost Levels" -- as Super...
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Earlier today, we had a brisk and information-dense presentation followed by some quick play sessions of the multiplayer features for Call of Duty: Black Ops. The easy assumption to make with Black Ops would be that it simply features "more stuff." Take the current number of quantifiable items like killstreaks, perks, weapons, and levels, and crank out a bunch more. And that is indeed one aspect of Black Ops' multiplayer.
Examples of the above include stuff like an expanded Killstreak list that includes Cold War-ized versions of popular Modern Warfare multiplayer tropes; the UAV...
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The promised update that will add 3D support to the PlayStation 3's Blu-ray playback won't be out until next month (via Endgadget).
The announcement came during Sony's IFA press event, which was held today. The promised patch will make it possible to watch films like Avatar and Alice in Wonderland in 3D when they arrive in November.
Sony released a similar patch for PS3 games back in April, with the Blu-ray patch originally scheduled to arrive this month.
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The apparent completion of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II has brought with it a round of layoffs at LucasArts.
LucasArts confirmed the cuts in a statement (via Kotaku), "LucasArts is reorganizing its teams to better address the needs of the internal studio. Unfortunately, this means adjusting staffing,"
"LucasArts continues to be committed to creating a first-class internal studio ? and to fostering relationships with trusted external partners ? in order to deliver quality games that amaze and inspire fans."
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MAG players can now add extra characters to their roster for a nominal fee.
Over on the MAG blog, Zipper Interactive announced that an additional character slot can be had for $0.99. Up to two additional slots can be purchased.
As it turns out, it's not a one-time fee either. The extra character will last 30 days, after which they will become unavailable unless the subscription is renewed. Additional characters that aren't renewed are stored in MAG's server until the subscription is reactivated.
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I'm a big fan of seeing America through the eyes of others, especially in videogames. Whether it's how Rockstar satirizes the American dream in Grand Theft Auto, or how the Polish perceive the Western in Call of Juarez. And there was a little bit of the "foreigner getting hyperbolic and silly about American culture" vibe in Platinum Games' MadWorld; that same sense of style and exaggerated "American-ness" is present in Shinji Mikami's upcoming Vanquish.
The easy way to describe Vanquish would be, "the Japanese take on Gears of War," as there's a pretty equal blend of...
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After two long years (and more than a million copies sold), Castle Crashers is finally available on PlayStation Network, bringing with it a couple of minor feature enhancements, and most notably, functional online play at launch.
Revisiting the game on PSN, I found the game to be just as original, vibrant, and damn near brilliant as when I wrote 1UP's original review (read that for expanded impressions) in 2008, as the multiplayer gameplay and overall presentation are still a knockout. Despite the strides seen in downloadable game quality in recent years, Castle Crashers retains a...
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PlayStation Move Launch Center
Your complete guide to Sony's new motion controller.
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By 1UP Staff, 09/01/2010
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Apple debuted several new devices at a news conference today, including a new model of iPod Touch with a distinct focus on multiplayer gaming. The device includes the Game Center app, which serves as a back-end to multiplayer games similar to the features found on Xbox Live or PlayStation Network. Players can meet up with friends or choose random opponents, purchase games from within the app, launch games, or check out achievements and leaderboards. The Game Center app will also keep users connected to their friends lists as they launch into other game applications.
Game...
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First, the obvious: Sports Champions is basically Wii Sports (or rather Wii Sports Resort) for PlayStation Move. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. Just like Wii, Move is soon going to be inudated with cheap, hastily put-together minigame collections, and at its heart, Sports Champions is just that, a minigame collection. But like its Wii Sports cousins, it's composed of games you'd actually want to play. They all control well, and in some cases, they're superior to what you get on Wii.
The game is easy to understand: you can choose from six different events (Disc Golf,...
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Bangai-O for Dreamcast was a cult hit, that's for sure. Bangai-O Spirits, the DS sequel, was also a cult hit. You could come up with several depressing theories why: It's too wacky, too hard, unappreciated by the unwashed masses, and so on. But with gaming platforms like Xbox Live Arcade around, Bangai-O can not only attain a visual splendor it hadn't completely reached, but it could reach a lot more people, too.
D3 Publisher and developer Treasure might be going for just that with Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury, the name of the new game for XBLA and coming out in November. And if...
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Rockstar announced today that a new version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is headed for the iPad next week. The developer is calling it "Chinatown Wars HD," thanks to its crisper, updated graphics. The game will also give users the ability to listen to their own music using the Independence FM radio station. It's due next Thursday, September 9, and will cost $9.99 on the App Store.
iPad users may have already gotten a taste of Chinatown Wars with the iPod version released alongside a free "Lite" trial. Like all apps, it could be upscaled to play on the iPad, but the...
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At an Apple event this morning, representatives from Epic Games announced the first iPhone game to use the company's Unreal Engine.
Named Project Sword, the game looks to be a multiplayer game revolving around sword-based combat. The game is being developed by Shadow Compex developer Chair Entertainment.
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Valve sure knows how to keep its audience guessing. Company co-founder and managing director Gabe Newell recently sat down with the UK's PC Gamer magazine and discussed what's on the horizon for the Half-Life developer.
"I can guarantee you people are going to be surprised at stuff we do. That isn't going to stop any time soon," Newell told PC Gamer (via CVG). "I'm just laughing because... people will be shocked again."
He continued, "We have three pretty big surprises in the next 12 months at least."
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At Sony's IFA 2010 press event in Berlin this morning, Sony clarified yesterday's rumor by announcing that its cloud-based digital music and video service Qriocity will be expanding to the PlayStation 3 later this year.
The service is currently available on most of Sony's current Bravia televisions and Blu-ray players, though today's announcement on the European PlayStation Blog is the first official word we've heard of it coming to the company's game consoles.
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Infinite Interactive announced today that Puzzle Quest 2 is heading to the PlayStation Portable. This PSP version will include the features from the DS and XBLA versions of the game, along with a new exclusive "Elite" mode with tougher battles and better loot. Specific release details weren't discussed, but the company mentioned on its Facebook page that it's scheduled for Q4 of 2010.
Both the first Puzzle Quest and its less popular follow-up Galactrix appeared on the PSP, so it was only a matter of time before Infinite Interactive made the transition with this one as...
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You can't avoid comparing PlayStation Move's bowling motion controls to Nintendo Wii's. And, basically, they're the same: you hold a controller in your hand and you swing your arm. But what Wii Sports Bowling stripped the sport down to its basics; you threw the ball down the lane and tried to knock over all the pins. High Velocity Bowling for PlayStation Move, however, brings real-life variables into play, things like oil patterns on the lane and the quality of your bowling ball, in an attempt to create a more challenging, well-rounded gaming experience. Unfortunately, if...
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It's not exactly a new Trials game, but RedLynx is bringing a new side-scrolling racing game to the Wii. Entitled MotoHeroz, this WiiWare game is a hybrid racing/platforming game with multiplayer support for up to four players.
According to the October issue of Nintendo Power, there are four characters to play as and more than 100 levels, each of which is set in one four distinct (albeit very standard) settings: Forest, arctic, desert, and a fourth, unannounced setting. The game features tracks full of loops and jumps, as well as what the magazine refers to as a "robust,...
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Curious what Telltale has in store for Marty McFly and friends? USA Today's Game Hunters blog snagged some early details on the upcoming Back to the Future games from the Sam & Max developer.
The USA Today article confirms that 71-year-old Christopher Lloyd is set to reprise his role as Doc Brown in Telltale's episodic series. Original Back to the Future trilogy screenwriter Bob Gale is also on board to work on the plot for all five of the planned episodes.
Expect plenty of references to the films, including the DeLorean, Hill Valley, and even characters modeled after the...
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Madden has once again topped sales charts in the month of August. Though NPD numbers won't be out for several weeks, EA has already issued a statement talking up the game's success in August, trumpeting it as the best selling game last month.
"Madden NFL 11 is the number one selling game in August, and the game has created enormous enthusiasm in the online community," said EA Sports president Peter Moore in the statement. "Each day on consoles, fans are playing as many games online as the equivalent of 750 full NFL seasons."
The press release offers up various facts to...
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Blizzard announced today that Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty has unsurprisingly sold a lot of units. More specifically, the game has moved over 3 million copies worldwide in its first month, making it the fastest-selling real-time strategy game of all time. We know that half of those sales were in the first two days, so after the initial zerg rush gamers calmed down and only bought another (staggering) 1.5 million.
"We appreciate all the enthusiasm that players around the world have shown for StarCraft II," said CEO Mike Morhaime in the press release. "It was important to...
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Arkham City might still be more than a year away from release and many details remain unknown, but it appears that one huge bit of information has been released: It will include a multiplayer game mode.
According to PSM3 magazine (via ArkhamCity.co.uk), "Multiplayer is a certainty, but [there are] no details on this yet." Multiplayer doesn't necessarily mean a straightforward deathmatch mode, as some might assume; multiplayer might simply indicate a co-op mode where a second player assumes the role of Catwoman or Robin. If it is co-op that's included in Arkham City, it's...
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When first booting up Tumble, I fully expected this Move launch title to be an HD Boom Blox copycat, minus the cute charm factor. And then while making my way through the slow-paced tutorial -- complete with that unenthusiastic, personality free, nearly monotone voice-over people seem to associate with "futuristic" -- I was worried I'd also be missing out on the absolute satisfaction of knocking down block structures like in Boom Blox. Indeed, the first real level of Tumble merely requires you to build a relatively short and rudimentary tower from rectangles and squares. Surely,...
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To this day, a derisive descriptor for most Wii titles would be, "it's like Game X, but with waggle!" It's pretty stupid and lazy, and definitely fits the "snarky forum quip" category more than the "reasonable critique" one, but on occasion, it's brutally accurate. And so shall I appropriate that forumism for Sony's Start The Party!, which can be described as, "It's EyeToy: Play, but with waggle!"
Like EyeToy: Play, Start The Party! is a compilation of simple little minigames that each feature a camera or motion-control-specific game. There's Group Play (hotseat-style...
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We hope you really love Tom Clancy games, because it looks like we'll be seeing more of them before we see much else new out of Ubisoft for a while. In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Ubisoft European managing director Alain Corre said Ubisoft is steering clear of introducing new IPs until the next generation of consoles, and instead will focus on improving their established brands.
"To launch a new IP you have to invest much, much more marketing to establish it, and if you add up the huge costs of development plus the investment in marketing you cannot be 100 percent sure...
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For a game where you ride office chairs and other wheeled objects down city streets, Kung Fu Rider is something that most people expect to have explained to them. However, it doesn't need an explanation, and the game knows this: the title screen shows you all you need to know: private detective Toby and his bubbly (in more ways than one) secretary Karin hide behind their doorway as a group of mafia goons wait outside for them. The two argue with each other for a few minutes, worrying about their fate, but once you start the game, they're already on the run when they find an...
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Last week, rumors of a potentially imminent announcement for Valkyria Chronicles 3 started to swirl after it was revealed Sega registered the website valkyria3.jp. Now those rumors are swirling even more fiercely thanks to a new teaser site Sega just launched, which shows the mysterious image above.
As you can see, the image only reveals a silhouetted array of stylized and well-armed warriors, standing behind the silhouette of a tank. So no, there isn't any certainty yet that this website is teasing a new Valkyria Chronicles game, but it's an image that is certainly evoking the...
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There's been some confusion out of Microsoft over just how much voice recognition functionality would be included in Kinect when it launches in November, but now they've finally confirmed the extent to which Kinect will know what you're saying -- and the regions where it won't. Speaking to Eurogamer Spain, Microsoft revealed Kinect will only recognize American English, British English, Japanese, and Mexican Spanish at first.
On top of this, though, Microsoft also says Kinect's voice recognition will be region locked. What this bizarrely means is that even if you live in a...
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The city of Tokyo is home to a teeming variety of animal life -- cheetahs in the zoo, cute Chihuahuas in the apartments, about eight hundred million stray cats on the streets. But what if the human race suddenly vanished one day? What would all these animals do; how would they survive? Sony Computer Entertainment has a theory: They'd all fight each other in a vast, visceral bloodsport, clawing and biting their way to the top of the food chain through wits, cunning and brute force. Even the chickens and ostriches.
Tokyo Jungle, tentative title of a PlayStation 3 game Sony...
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The fabled PSP version of PlayStation 3 RPG White Knight Chronicles, which we reported on back in June, is finally beginning to step into the light a bit. Sony Computer Entertainment revealed a few more choice details behind the game in this week's Famitsu magazine, including the full name of the thing: White Knight Chronicles Episode Portable: Dogma Wars.
What'll be most interesting to those who played the PlayStation 3 WKC is the setting. Episode Portable is set a whopping 10,000 years before the original WKC and its Japan-only sequel, long before Leonard uncovered the...
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It's safe to say that the game announcement rush before the Tokyo Game Show kicks off September 16 is well underway. Square Enix's contribution today: The first word on a Nintendo DS remake of Final Fantasy Legend III, a classic RPG released for the black-and-white Game Boy in 1993.
Titled SaGa 3: Shadow or Light in Japanese, the DS remake follows in the footsteps of the Final Fantasy Legend II remake Square Enix released in Japan last year -- a remake that's sadly yet to see an English release.
The original 2D RPG is getting a full 3D remake, replete with new cutscenes and...
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In this week's issue of Famitsu magazine, Irem Software Engineering took the wraps off Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4, a third-person action game set in a city reeling from a massive earthquake.
The game, which is due out for the PlayStation 3 sometime this winter in Japan, marks a return to home consoles for the ZZT series, which has been something of an underground success on both sides of the Pacific. The first two games in the saga came out on the PlayStation 2 and were released in the US under the names Disaster Report and Raw Danger! respectively; the third title, a PSP...
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Capcom revealed in this week's issue of Famitsu magazine that Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, the third game in what's become a million-selling PSP series in Japan, is hitting stores sooner than most folks expected.
The game is due out December 1 in the country for a price of 5800 yen, placing it well into the holiday shopping season for Japanese gamers -- who, if they're fans of the portable monster hunting genre, may find themselves scrambling for time and/or spending money in a few months. It'll come hot on the heels of Square Enix's Lord of Arcana (October 14), Namco...
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Sony may be set to announce a major iTunes competitor tomorrow that will run on its videogame consoles, according to an online report.
An article by the Financial Times (warning: registration required) citing "sources in the media industry" says that the service, which covers both music and video and is subscription-based, will be unveiled at tomorrow's IFA technology show in Berlin.
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