Kojima is planning a series of 10 pure gameplay trailers for MGS PW leading up to the Japanese release on 29th April. The first trailer is out today. Continue reading here: Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker New Gameplay Trailer Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

The third entry in the Pokemon Ranger series on Nintendo DS has cruised to an easy victory in the weekly Japanese sales charts, with sales of 161,000 units. Its predecessor sold 193,337 units in its debut. The second highest new entry of the week, at number two, is Namco Bandai’s .hack//Link with 60,000 unit sales Read the original here: News: Third Pokemon Ranger title tops Japanese charts Bookmark... 

We grab a PlayStation Move and hit it big on reality television. Tonight, Sony officially lifted the curtain on its PlayStation Move motion controller, and in doing so, they also lifted the curtain on a number of party games that will arrive in conjunction with the new peripheral. Aside from the new SOCOM, and a game in which you slug your way through back-alley brawls, most of these games seemed... 

The intrepid reporters over at FFXIVCore have dug up some early leaked details on Final Fantasy XIV from upcoming issues of Japanese magazines Famitsu and Dengeki. See the original post here: Final Fantasy XIV – New Famitsu and Dengeki Leaked Info – MMORPG.com 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,”... 

We suffer a nasty cut above the eye with our latest look at EA’s upcoming mixed martial arts brawler. The public slanging match between THQ and EA’s competing mixed martial arts franchises has been heating up of late, with both sides more than happy to take shots at each other, including UFC VP Don Gold and MMA fighter King Mo . EA is the latest to take a swing, unveiling more details... 

SCRAWL: “The latest Famitsu is out and Yakuza 4 has racked in an impressive review score. The weekly Japanese magazine has given the fourth numbered iteration of the action game a thirty-seven out of forty. Review scores were broken down into a 9, 10, 10, and 8. That’s pretty damn good, if you ask me.” Go here to read the rest: Yakuza 4 scores 37/40 in Famitsu Bookmark It Hide... 

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... 

James Bishop of TheGameReviews writes: “I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t concerned about the direction that the main series seems to be taking with its newest installment, released today in the US and Europe, Final Fantasy XIII. It’s not as if I am opposed to shaking up the role-playing game genre and, more specifically, Japanese ideals as to what constitutes an RPG Read more: Final... 

Basically every time a new Japanese game gets released in the west, hordes of western gaming journalists scramble to dissect it as ruthlessly as possible, criticizing it with a negativity bias that is very rare in reviews of western games, no matter how bad. Classy Gamer analyzes this trend, and the difference in standards between reviews of Japanese games and western games that can be noticed between... 

For years, the Final Fantasy series has stood as a seemingly timeless pillar of Japanese role-playing games. With fantastic characters, intricate stories and complex battle systems, Final Fantasy is one of the most recognizable names in the videogame world — and for good reason Continue reading here: IGN: Final Fantasy XIII Review Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

Japanese developer Cing has filed for bankruptcy in Japan, with the company reportedly suffering from liabilities of 256 million yen (USD 2.9m/EUR 2.1m). Read this article: News: Nintendo developer Cing files for bankruptcy – report Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

Spike’s PSP beat-’em-up brawls its way to top software billing, outpacing fellow debut Super Robot Wars OG: Saga Endless Frontier Exceed; PSP tops hardware, barely. Most titles that appear atop Media Create’s weekly Japanese sales chart have at least a measure of international appeal. That’s not necessarily true for the latest chart-topper, as Spike’s beat-’em-up... 

Sony’s standard PlayStation Portable held its number one slot in the Japanese hardware sales charts this week — but in total, the combined Nintendo DS platform held onto its leadership position. According to data from tracking firm Media Create for the week that ended February 28, 2010, Wii improved by nearly 5,000 units to 36,241 for the week, a week-on-week gain of 13.8 percent —... 

Sony’s standard PlayStation Portable held its number one slot in the Japanese hardware sales charts this week — but in total, the combined Nintendo DS platform held onto its leadership position. According to data from tracking firm Media Create for the week that ended February 28, 2010, Wii improved by nearly 5,000 units to 36,241 for the week, a week-on-week gain of 13.8 percent —... 

Has Final Fantasy XIII emerged a failed experiment, or does it represent a bold new direction for Japanese RPGs? Find out in the official GameTrailers review of Final Fantasy XIII. Read the original here: Gametrailers Final Fantasy 13 Video Review Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →