Final Fantasy XIII is out and doing extremely well, over 5 million units have shipped between Japan, the US and EU. But some have complained about the latest installment in the venerable series, and how it lacked some of what made the franchise great, like instead of cutting out towns, why not improve them? See more here: For Square-Enix, Next Final Fantasy Will Feel More Like Old Times Bookmark... 

We get up to ridiculous speeds in our first hands-on with this DSiWare racing exclusive. Aussie dev studio Tantalus may have found the most success so far with its Pony Friends game, but it’s focusing on horsepower of a different kind with its latest title, the DSiWare exclusive Drift Street International. As its name implies, the game is an arcade racer with a heavy emphasis on drifting, and... 

Media Create software rankings in Japan for the week that ended on March 7th. See the article here: Media Creat Software Weekly Ranking, 03.01.2010 to 03.07.2010 Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

One day after JPRG’s Western launch, Square Enix announces shipment milestone; Final Fantasy series stands at 96 million units shipped life-to-date; SF launch event video inside. Nearly five years after it was first teased at 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo , Final Fantasy XIII finally launched in the US and Europe yesterday. And though the final day-one sales numbers have yet to be tallied,... 

Leaked hardware sales estimates from Japan have been released. Read more: Japanese hardware sales estimates (3/1 – 3/7) Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

One day after JPRG’s Western launch, Square Enix announces shipment milestone; Final Fantasy series stands at 96 million units shipped life-to-date; SF launch event video inside. Nearly five years after it was first teased at 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo , Final Fantasy XIII finally launched in the US and Europe yesterday See more here: Xbox 360 | Final Fantasy XIII ships 5 million units Bookmark... 

Square Enix has shipped over five million units of Final Fantasy XIII globally, according to a report from Adriasang. Read the original here: Final Fantasy XIII Ships 5 Million Copies Worldwide Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

A recap of the best games due to hit Japanese shelves next week, courtesy of Famitsu magazine’s review pages: – Yakuza 4 (9/10/10/9, 38 points): We haven’t gotten Yakuza 3 quite yet, but the sequel’s already out in Japan, and it’s apparently a scorcher. Everybody loved the new game’s multi-viewpoint storyline to bits. “The heroes are packed with personality,”... 

Though Final Fantasy XIII didn’t release in the West until this week, Square Enix has already shipped five million copies of the highly anticipated RPG worldwide. The publisher shipped three million of the game’s PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 copies to North America, Europe, and Australia. In Japan, where Square Enix released Final Fantasy XIII last December exclusively for PS3, the company... 

The latest software top ten sales estimates in Japan from Famitsu have been released. Read the original: Famitsu software sales (3/1 – 3/7) Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

New release Final Fantasy XIII has shipped 5 million units worldwide on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, according to publisher Square Enix. The game was released simultaneously in North America, Europe and other PAL markets on Tuesday, 9 March with the game previously having been released, as a PS3 exclusive, in Japan on December 17, 2009. Read more: News: Final Fantasy XIII ships 5 million units Bookmark... 

With “Star” in Japan accumulated successful experience, the game play Cool Orange’s R & D team re-create a new style of MMORPG lovely masterpiece “Divina”, apart from funny cute pet system and the Variety role modeling, … Original post: Gamania Announced 6 new mmorpg, including Project Core and Divina … Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

Another thing that’s awesome about Japan: Video game designers are often seen as rockstar celebrities. More: The Five Most Badass Japanese Game Designers Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

IGN writes: “I just finished Yakuza 3, and I’m pretty sure that I love it. The game looks a bit dated because it was released in Japan a while ago and SEGA took its sweet time getting it over here, the “beat all these guys up” gameplay can get repetitive, and the entire thing’s in Japanese so you better be ready to read some subtitles. But, despite all of that, Yakuza... 

In Japan, it’s the end of two eras this month, as the final PS2 RPG is shipped as well as the final .hack game. Link: Japan’s RPG releases: J-Shop Watch March Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

Infinity Ward director of communications Robert Bowling has announced that the total number of unique users for Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has hit 25 million players. Writing on Twitter, Bowling also stated that Modern Warfare 2 downloadable content details would be released this week. Follow this link: News: Modern Warfare 2 hits 25 million unique users Bookmark It Hide...