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Thursday, May 24th, 2012Correction: Class of Heroes 2 Will Get English Translation for Download
Friday, May 11th, 2012Hey guys, I should let you know that I missed something when I initially reported on the failure of the Class of Heroes 2 Kickstarter. In the initial story, I made the mistake of assuming that the whole project was scrapped; that is not the case. “The soul still burns,” and Monkey Paw will still [...]
Vita’s Golden Week Not So Golden
Thursday, May 10th, 2012In Japan, the first week of May is traditionally a huge shot in the arm for video game hardware and software sales. The jumble of holidays known as “Golden Week” gives millions of people some time off, travel plans, and all the reason in the world to shed some of their expendable income on electronic [...]
Sacrifice Your Soul for the First Soul Sacrifice Trailer
Thursday, May 10th, 2012Details, brief clips, and low-quality images taken with seemingly 10-year-old cell phones have been teasing the internet about Keiji Inafune’s upcoming Vita game Soul Sacrifice for some time now. Okay, okay, there were some decent screenshots. Things get better today, as the first full-length trailer has emerged. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { [...]
Acquire Announces New Class of Heroes PSP Title
Sunday, May 6th, 2012Not long ago, we reported that the attempt by Gaijin Works and Monkey Paw Games to raise enough money to localize Class of Hereos 2 for PSP had fallen well short. As if dumping a whole shaker of salt in the wound, developer Acquire recently announced that a brand new installment — also for PSP [...]
Grand Knights History is History; XSeed Forced to Cancel PSP RPG
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012Citing a “lack of development resources,” XSeed games announced today that it will no longer be releasing Grand Knights History in North America. The PSP RPG was released in Japan last fall, and utilizes an online component as a big part of its gameplay, but through what we can gather, Vanillaware’s help in tweaking this [...]
Class of Heroes 2 Kickstarter Fails, Game Will be Download-Only
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012Update: Monkey Paw has reached out to us to let us know that it still plans to release the game digitally, and that the Kickstarter was simply for a physical deluxe edition. This was an oversight on my part and for it, I the author take full responsibility. Expect further information in the “next couple [...]
Vita’s Surge Concerto Hits Japan, Dig This 10-Minute Video
Thursday, April 26th, 2012Today, developer Gust will see its first Vita game, entitled Surge Concerto: Ciel no Surge, be placed upon store shelves across Japan. The creator of somewhat popular franchises such as Atelier, Mana Khemia, and Ar Tonelico hasn’t been skimpy on the launch media at all, with today bringing us a gameplay video featuring over 10 [...]
Dragon’s Crown Being Localized by Atlus USA
Friday, April 20th, 2012Atlus USA announced today that it has obtained the licensing rights and will be localizing Vanillaware-developed Dragon’s Crown for PS3 and Vita. UTV Ignition was previously on board to handle production and publishing, but for reasons not completely described, Atlus USA has stepped into those roles. In its announcement, the company made a point of [...]
PS Vita Import Review – Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention continues the series’ trend of appearing first on consoles and later on portables, with its jump from PS3 to Vita. The praiseworthy port is good for first-time Disgaea players as well as fans who skipped its first PS3 entry (where it was subtitled Absence of Justice). With the Vita version [...]
PS Vita Review – Sumioni: Demon Arts
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012You know that pro athlete who’s a real dynamo in the minor leagues, but only stays up with the big club for about a quarter of the season, cumulatively? Make that guy a video game, and he’s Sumioni. As a smartphone or tablet game, this would be some good stuff, but next to the Vita’s [...]
Exclusive Vita Screens: Gravity Rush
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012Sony Japan’s Gravity Rush is easily the best game I’ve played on PS Vita to this point (and I’ve played a hell of a lot of games on this thing). While I can’t put a time frame on it yet, I’ll review it eventually — not gonna do that without clearing the sucker. To help [...]
Yakuza Black Panther 2 Screens, Demo Released
Monday, March 12th, 2012On the 22nd of this month, Japan will get its second handheld Yakuza game, in the form of Black Panther 2. It’s not scheduled for launch outside of Japan at this time, but we’ve got a bunch of screenshots for you anyway.
Vita Beams Up Phantasy Star Online 2
Friday, March 9th, 2012Sega’s tremendously popular online action RPG series Phantasy Star Online will be coming to the PlayStation Vita in the form of Phantasy Star Online 2. Even better news is that it will be cross-platform compatible with the PC version, and that owners of both versions can play the same character in both.
Japanese Retailer Tsutaya’s 10 Best Selling Vita Games for February
Monday, March 5th, 2012Here are February’s top 10 best-selling Vita games, according to ginormous Japanese retailer Tsutaya.
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