Atlus announces the coming of Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard for Nintendo DS. Expect more dungeon crawling exploration filled with fiendish FOEs as well as new character classes and improved mapping system. The odyssey resumes June 17th. Read more about the game after the jump.
A new Street Fighter IV character has been revealed: Abel! Described as “a man without a past,” he searches for clues from the remaining members of Shadaloo. Abel, along with the rest of the already revealed cast, will be playable at this weekend’s AOU 2008 Expo in Tokyo, Japan.
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Happy Valentine’s Day Gifts! The Patapon demo for PSP goes live today on the PLAYSTATION Store for PC. Check the jump to see how to set things up.
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Super Smash Bros. X sells one million it two weeks! It took Wii Fit seven weeks to hit a million while Wii Sports took eleven weeks. This makes Super Smash Bros. X the fastest selling Wii game!
Source: Famitsu
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Even Netflix knows what’s up with the HD-DVD format going dead. The online movie rental service has announced that they will now be stocking high-def DVDs exclusively on the Blu-ray format only.
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The first look at The King of Fighters XII is to be unveiled (in video-form) at this weekend’s All Nippon Amusement Machines Operators’ Union (AOU) 2008 Expo in Tokyo, Japan.
Source: Taito - AOU 2008 Expo
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Koei has announced plans to restructure the company in order to better focus on different videogame markets. To do so, they’ll be forming two business divisions, one to concentrate on Western audiences while the other on Asian audiences.
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Join Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates as they search for the ultimate treasure in a brand new adventure exclusively for the Nintendo Wii. We check out Namco Bandai’s One Piece: Unlimited Adventure. Read more after the jump.
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MTV and 1UP are having live Rock Band competitions on Feb 13th at the Virgin Megastores in New York, Los Angeles, and Orlando. Contestants are to form their own band and battle against other bands for a chance to win a bunch of prizes including a $500 Virgin gift card! Read more after the jump.
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The guys at Racoon City Times have put together a small interview they conducted with Silent Hill V co-writer Patrick J Doody. They discuss his involvement in the game’s development and venture into getting some hints of the game’s storyline. Check some of it out after the jump.
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IGN has uploaded 2 new vids for Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core. They feature how some of the English voice-overs sound like. Check ‘em both out after the jump.
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Following the DVD release of The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, The A.V. Club has put up an interview they conducted with Billy Mitchell and his portrayal in the film. The article also includes interviews with producer Ed Cunningham and director Seth Gordon in which they try to make sense of how things really happened. Thus the saga continues… Read more after the jump.
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The release date for Square-Enix’s Dragon Quest Swords for the Nintendo Wii has has been pushed closer! Previously Feb 26th, the game will now come out a week earlier on Feb 19th instead.
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The HD-DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 is now officially priced at $129.99 (previously $199.99). Perhaps this price drop will help keep the format competitive for a bit before it officially dies away.
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IBM announced details of a 45nm cell that will use 40 percent less power and 34 percent less die area than the current 65nm cell which powers the PS3. Like the previous size reduction on Blu-ray lasers, cheaper manufacturing will lead to cheaper overall costs. Read more after the jump.
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During the DICE 08 conference, Blizzard Entertainment announced the cancellation of some of their titles. Don’t worry. Most of them are lesser known but among them were Pax Imperia and Warcraft Adventures. Read more after the jump.
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CollegeHumor has put up Part 8 of their long-running online series, Street Fighter: The Later Years. Check it out by clicking the link below:
CollegeHumor - Street Fighter: The Later Years - Part 8
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Here are scans from the latest issue of Famitsu Magazine of Capcom’s highly-anticipated fighter, Street Fighter IV. Check ‘em out after the jump.
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Eidos has released a new batch of screens for their upcoming Tomb Raider: Underworld. Check em out after the jump.
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The creative team behind the renowned PaRappa the Rapper series is making a return with Major Minor’s Majestic March for the Nintendo Wii. The game will have you build and lead a marching band using the Wii Remote as a baton. Read more about the game after the jump.
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Word on the street is that GameStop Retailers have begun receiving advertising materials for a “NEW COLOR!” DS which would be in stores February 10, 2008.
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At the IMAGINA 08 Conference in Monoco, Sony’s PlayStation Home was on display with several changes made to it as a result of user feedback during its beta testing. Among some of the changes are new open areas and redesigned entrance points to key content areas like the Bowling Alley and Theater. Read more about the changes after the jump. PlayStation Home is currently set for a Spring 2008 release and will be available as a free download for all PlayStation 3 users.
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During the 2008 Winter Tecmo Press Conference, it was announced the next Fatal Frame title will be jointly worked on by Tecmo and Grasshopper Manufacture for the Nintendo Wii. ‘Rei ~Tsukihami no Kame~’, roughly translated as “Zero - Mask of the Lunar Eclipse”, will have ‘memories’ as a central theme. The game is currently set for a Summer 2008 release.
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News of the new Skype Service and Firmware 3.90 for PSP has been trickling in that they may be available for North America as soon as this week. With this, the Official PlayStation Blog has put together a quick tutorial on how to set things up.
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Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s Rez HD and Ubisoft’s Chessmaster Live are both now available on Xbox Live Arcade. Both games can purchased at 800 pts each.
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The guys at PlayStation Universe have uploaded a new batch of screens for the highly-anticipated Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core for PSP. Check out a few of them after the jump.
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Prima is including an exclusive code for an in-game red parrot for those that purchase their Pirates of the Burning Sea: Prima Official Guide. Additionally, those that purchase the eGuide from their online site are automatically entered into a drawing for a 8″x10″ high gloss ship print signed by the game’s development team.
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Here are the first screens for The Eye of Judgment Set 2 Expansion. Carrying 100 new types of characters and spells, Set 2 will be hitting Japan on March 27th for 3500yen. A Set 3 is expected to follow in Summer 2008.
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The new MTV UMDs have been spotted to be carrying an “ALL” region label instead of the usual region number. Could this mean Sony is opting to make future releases also region free? If so, this is good news for those that bought imported PSPs and suffered because of region coded UMDs.
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A new laser unit just 3mm thick is being developed that should allow smaller space required for newer Blu-ray drives. With cost savings coming from simpler manufacturing, this should result in better yields for mass production. Read more after the jump.
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