Following restructuring that led to the closure of their Vancouver studio Tuesday, Nexon today confirmed that all existing U.S. games -- including free-to-play MMOs "MapleStory" and "Mabinogi," and first-person shooter "Combat Arms" -- were not affected by the layoffs. However, the fate of "Sugar Rush," a title formerly published by the defunct Humanature studio, is [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 15, 2009
Adding yet another game to their list of localized Japanese handheld oddities coming out in 2009, today Atlus has announced plans to bring the Nintendo DS's "Steal Princess" to the US on March 24, 2009. A hybrid platformer/puzzler, "Steal Princess" will offer players over 150 levels in a 3D, isometric environment. Developed by Climax Entertainment, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 14, 2009
After finally completing the Knight of the Blazing Sun and Blackguard classes in December, "Warhammer Online" marches on into new, unexplored territory fraught with danger and peril. Actually, the game is just finally officially being released in Russia. Today, Mythic Entertainment has announced that "WAR" will go live in Russia starting February 5, 2009.
Continue reading...Friday, November 21, 2008
Jimmy Soga was not a hardcore gamer when he joined US publisher XSEED three years ago -- and unlike his ten compatriots at the tiny company, he has never worked for Square Enix USA. But when he got back to his Los Angeles home after a stint as a Japanese interpreter for Tokyo Disneyland, he [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 19, 2008
GameCyte recently moved to a star-based scoring system for game reviews, in which we described a three-star game as the average entry. In my own words, I promised that extreme scores would be "more difficult to obtain as they veer farther to either end of the spectrum," and I meant that -- which is why [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 6, 2008
Though the title effectively dropped off the charts in Japan this October after selling a respectable 383,000 copies, music game Daigasso! Band Brothers DX was singled out by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata in the company's Q2 earnings presentation for being a prime example of how the company would like to embrace user-generated content. By partnering with [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Yesterday, we brought you news that after the series finished dominating slots #1, 2 and 4 on the Japanese PSP all-time sales chart, Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 2G would be coming to the United States. We neglected to mention which game was in slot #5 -- Phantasy Star Portable. Released in Japan on July 31st and [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Your days of lonely train commutes are officially over -- at the 2008 Tokyo Game Show, Capcom confirmed that Japan's smash hit Monster Hunter Portable 2G is coming to the U.S. and Europe in Spring 2009. Dubbed Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, the PSP title will feature a staggering 500 hours of gameplay, 400 missions, 1500 weapons, [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 11, 2008
I will buy Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. Without exception, every handheld rendition of the series has been stellar, and I've long maintained that Fire Emblem is the perfect portable game. Relying on the auto-save feature that saves one's progress after every single move, I would often pull out one of the Game Boy Advance titles [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Before you ask, the answer is no; Peter Pan does not appear in Neverland Card Battles, and neither does Michael Jackson. The "Neverland" in question, instead, is a long-running property from Idea Factory, a Japanese developer who has used Neverland's characters and world in a number of games. Fans of the franchise may have seen [...]
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