Software developer Gate Five is taking Beyoncé to court. According to New York Magazine, the company says she backed out of a deal to appear in a music game and is seeking over US$100 million. Gate Five calls the contract breach “callous”, adding that the popstar singer destroyed Gate Five’s business and drove seventy people…
“Lehman Shock” is how Japan described the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. “Shock” (ショック) is en vogue in Japan, and a quick way to describe the impact of something often unexpected, like the “Fukushima Shock”, for instance. But “Nintendo Shock”? The Japanese press is using it to describe Nintendo’s current situation: falling Wii sales and underwhelming…
Once upon a time, Takafumi Horie was the most feared, loved, and hated man in Japan. That time has passed. Horie was the founder of Livedoor, an internet portal that was once one of the country’s biggest success stories. By 2004, Horie was looking to expand his business (and brand) and unsuccessfully tried to purchase…
As far as stupid countdown clocks go (and boy are they stupid!), at least this one, with its candle and gently turning book pages, is soothing. [via Namco Bandai]
FOOTLOOSE | TOKYO, JAPAN: Microsoft shows off Dance Central. Nice stripes. (Photo by Game Watch Impress) You’ll Never Guess How Much These Drawings Cost Dreaming of Nintendo’s Next Console You’ve seen our buddy Sam Spratt give us his take on the next Nintendo console’s controllers and appearance, but what about you, dear reader? What about…
Deza Egg is a Japanese after market game hardware customizer. So if you’re not happy with the 3DS colors Nintendo is offering, Deza Egg can help. Deza Egg has sixty colors that users can choose from, and users can either send in their 3DS to be painted with prices starting at ¥19,980 (US$244) depending on…
The PlayStation Network’s outage impacts more than PSN games and online play, it also holds up DLC. Capcom was planning to release a Super Street Fighter IV “Ultra Complete” costume pack today, but that’s not happening, obviously! The pack is delayed. [via Capcom]
The father of music games, PaRappa the Rapper creator Masaya Matsuura, is bringing his innovative rhythm game sense to the iPhone. Again. Masaya Matsuura developed an iPod game a few years. This time, he’s back with another music game for the iOS, titled WINtA, which is inspired by the Marvin Gaye lyric “War is not…
Hyperdimension Neptunia, a game that should have been more exciting, is getting a sequel. With very young girls. And Keiji Inafune. In 2010, Keiji Inafune, best known for his work on Mega Man and Dead Rising, became an internet iconic in Japan. He’s opinionated and quotable. That’s not all—he appears to be a summons in…
Well, besides the fact that Wii sales are on a downward slide, Wii games don’t look good on HD televisions and the console is starting to show its age. Besides all that, there must be a reason. “It’s become hard for software makers to surprise customers with the current Wii,” Nintendo honcho president recently told…
It’s April. Soon it will be May. And to fill out the rest of 2011, Nintendo is going to release games. Most of them have already been revealed, but here’s a handy list of titles Nintendo plans out putting out in 2011. Here’s a rundown, courtesy of Nintendo. Some titles, such as Paper Mario, are…
In Japan, No More Heroes is going adults-only with No More Heroes: Red Zone, a Move-enabled PS3 port of No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise. This is the game’s debut trailer. The trailer runs through what makes the game different: adult content, online rankings, five popular characters from No More Heroes 2, ten missions that were…
While Sony did introduce its new PlayStation tablet, the company did not address any of the issues plaguing the PlayStation Network, reports The Wall Street Journal
During the days that followed March’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan, game companies donated money and musicians donated songs. And illustrators? Why, they drew pictures. Japan’s most famous adult game and character illustrators put original drawings on online auction sites, hoping to attract sizable bids for quake relief donations. Contributions include drawings by visual novel…
Today in Tokyo, Sony revealed that its latest PlayStation hardware, the 9.4 inch Sony S1. It’s the first tablet that is (officially) capable of playing PlayStation games, such as PlayStation 1 games or Sony-approved titles for mobile platforms. It is the first Sony tablet to carry the “PlayStation Certified” logo. The S1 is slated for…
NEON GENESIS SUPERMARKET | OSAKA, JAPAN: The toy aisle is looking more fetching than usual. (Photo by Brian Ashcraft) Nintendo Confirms Wii Successor. It’s On Sale In 2012. Today in Japan, Nintendo confirmed the upcoming release of the Wii’s successor. The still-unnamed console will be revealed at this year’s E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles…
And if it is a Photoshop, it’s starting to seem like the phonies are copying images that could very well be phony. Fantasy feeding fantasy! [Thanks everyone who sent this in!] [Update: Added a second image. Then fixed my post, because I screwed it up. –Joel]
Japanese website Geimin.net has a list of the top thousand selling games during 2010, based on Media Create data. On the the list, there was one game that stands out. It’s an oddity of sorts. There were 291 Nintendo DS games that made the top thousand, 288 PSP games, 176 PS3 games, 108 Wii games,…
With the Wii successor, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said, “We would like to propose a new approach to home video game consoles.” However, don’t count on a 3D home console like Nintendo’s newly released 3D-glasses free portable, the Nintendo 3DS. According to Bloomberg, Iwata said, “It’s difficult to make 3-D images a key feature, because…
Let’s! The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time won’t be out on the 3DS until the June, but let’s go ahead and watch the game’s opening movie. June’s so far away. It really is. 『ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ3D』オープニングムービー公開 [インサイド]
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