Birds of Steel Review
You cannot stop two bogeys from shooting at the fragile posterior of your plane. They are on your tail and you know it. Then, your plane suddenly goes into a fall-spin just as you started planning your evasion tactics. What was it that caused the fall-spin? It was a great number of bullets ripping through [...]
Bleszinski Says Japanese Games Need Multiplayer
Responding to internal and external criticism of the Japanese industry, Epic’s infamous Cliff Bleszinski told Gamasutra: “My advice to Japan is that ina disc-based market right now, you cannot [ignore multiplayer].” “I’m not saying tack multiplayer onto every game,” he continued, before referring Shadows of the Damned and Vanquish as examples that could have greatly [...]
Furious Driving Music Lives on in Ridge Racer Unbounded
- A Powerhouse of In-game Music From Skrillex, The Crystal Method, Legendary NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. Composer Hiroshi Okubo and Many More- NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. stuck its head in the bass bin today and had its ears rattled by the onslaught of electronic music heading onto the soundtrack of RIDGE RACER UNBOUNDED. [...]
PlayStation Vita Sales Reach Over 1.2 Million Units Worldwide!
Playstation Vita Sales Reach Over 1.2 Million units Worldwide boosted by launch in North and Latin America, Europe and PAL territories Rapid Sales Signify Strong Demand for the Ultimate Portable Entertainment System; Software Sales Maintain Brisk Pace and Surpass 2.0 Million Units at both Retail and Across PlayStationNetwork. Sony Computer Entertainment Inc, today announced that [...]
Sony Santa Monica, Other Internal Studios Helping with The Last Guardian
SCE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed that several of the company's internal studios have been helping out with Team Ico's beleagured PS3 debut The Last Guardian, including God of War developer Sony Santa Monica. When asked to confirm reports that Sony Santa Monica staff had travelled to Japan to aid in development, Yoshida [...]
Warriors Orochi 3 Will be Download-only on PS3
One of my favourite announcements this year has been that Warriors Orochi 3 will be coming to EU and US territories in March. The Warriors series might not appeal to everybody (outside of Japan), but to those of us that it does appeal to, we'll just buy pretty much everything Koei decide to release and [...]
PlayStation Vita in Trouble, Says Japanese Newspaper
The PlayStation Vita has had its fair share of obstacles and criticisms since its launch. Most recently, an anonymous quote from Japan's Nikkei newspaper was published today, indicating an unpromising future for the new hand-held. In the story, an unnamed source from the Japanese game industry claimed that "Major Japanese companies are cancelling all projects [...]
Ni No Kuni Gets Japanese and English Voice Tracks, Winter 2012 Release Date
Ni No Kuni, the game which has been given the "Wrath of the White Witch" subtitle in the West, is slated to come in both English and Japanese voice tracks, according to a new announcement by its publisher Namco Bandai. The game will also be subtitled in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian. In addition [...]
Binary Domain Demo Hitting February 15
Sega has announced that a demo fro Binary Domain will be released on Xbox Live and PSN this Wednesday, February 15. The demo will include two missions from early in the game, offering a taste of the game's squad-based shooter mechanics and unique Consequnce System, which allows you to interact with your teammates to build [...]
Sony Regrets Not Publishing Demon’s Souls Worldwide
Sony Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida has admitted that not publishing Demon's Souls in North America and Europe was one of the company's biggest mistakes this generation. In an recent interview with Game Informer, Yoshida said that Sony "dropped the ball" by passing on the game's Western publishing rights, explaining that they were unable to [...]
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