February 2010 page 3

15th of February 2010

Namco Bandai’s God Eater has sold well to start with but is it any good? More

Developer Arika, creators of Endless Ocean, are working on a bullet hell game for the Nintendo Ds, called Aa Mujou Setsuna. More

Max Factory, publisher of Eroge games, is giving away se.kirara. It's on the PC and if you can understand Japanese, then give it a try, it's free remember. More

Remedy and Microsoft will be releasing a premium version of Alan Wake. It is pencilled in for May this year, and includes behind the scenes footage, the soundtrack, a book entitled “The Alan Wake Files” and game wrapped to look like a hardcover novel. More

Tecmo are marketing Dead or Alive Paradise by getting into the Valentines spirit. More

Namco Bandai have announced that they're working Fullmetal Alchemist: To the Promised Day for PSP. It will be an rpg. More

5pb, creators of Xbox 360 version of Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi, have implied that the game should soon be finished and Japanese retailers have reported that the game should be released on April the 22nd. More

Capcom are releasing another version of Resident Evil 4 for the iPhone. Haven't they already milked this game to death already? More

Just for Valentines day, a chocolate bar based on Resonance of Fate has been released. More

Browser Game Pick: Cat Tank Battle (kyucon)

Cat Tank Battle is a turn-based multiplayer game in which up to six players can join a room to battle it out against one another and be the last tank standing at the end of the conflict. In addition to the normal artillery rounds, you can also teleport, fire a high-powered warhead or even three consecutive shots with just one turn, although players are only allowed to use each of these just once in every game.

You can find Cat Tank Battle on Mogera and Facebook too. No registration is required to play the game.

Another day in a Japanese office

13th of February 2010

Makoto Asada, producer of the Xbox 360 version of Deathsmiles and Mushihime-sama Futari Ver. 1.5, has almost completed Espgaluda II. This game will be released on February the 25th and is also working on an un-named project as well. More

For valantines day, Atlus is shifting the magic focus of Demon’s Souls back to white. More

Cave are one of the greatest companies to make bullet-hell games. (I personally prefer Psikyo) Is Deathsmiles as good as there previous iterations of the genre or just another cash in for the hard-core fans. More

Siliconera has side-by-side screen shots of Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. More

Mega Man 10 will be released on all three consoles by the end of March but is being released on the Nintendo Wii first. More

NIS America will be releasing Persona -Trinity Soul the anime series and I for one can't wait to see how this series is interpreted. More

You don't hear this everyday; a fan requested a version of Street Fighter IV on the PSP and “Nakky” Shiozawa, Assistant Producer said that she would like to. OH MY GOD! A producer that's actually listening to their fans? More

The Tetris company is releasing a Tetris ring but the ring will start at $329.00 which is one spicy meatball. More

Valkyria Chronicles 2: War In My Pocket has a lot to live up too but is it good or not? More

Obsidian Entertainment will be releasing games based on Robert Jordon’s 'The Wheel of Time'. The publisher/producer will be Red Eagle Games. Nothing is known about the first game or whether Obsidian Entertainment will follow the books sequentially. More

Here's a lovely looking indie gaming bundle you may want to pick up - for the next 7 days, get And Yet It Moves, Auditorium, Aztaka, Eufloria, Machinarium and Osmos for $20. Hell, you might have even paid $20 for Machinarium on its own, so that price for all six is pretty ridiculous. Grab before you regret.

Browser Game Pick: High Speed Chase 2 (JohnnyTwoShoes)

High Speed Chase 2 is a top-down driving bash-a-thon which expands somewhat on the original. Given a number of targets, your job is to hunt them down, then ram and shoot them into a fiery submission.

It all starts off pretty easy, but once the enemy start shooting back and the police get involved, it can get a bit hectic, especially at the silly speeds you'll be travelling at. There's a bunch of different power-ups to collect that will make the job easier, medals to obtain by driving like a carefully calculated maniac, and of course lots of explosions.

Play it here. Available for your iThing too!

How's this for a piece of concept art?

11th of February 2010

Black/Matrix 00 will be soon released on the Playstation Network. It will cost 600 yen. ($7) More

Yoshinori Kitase, Producer of Final Fantast XIII, has been talking about seeing what the game would look like in 3D Stereo. More

Okamiden, the sequel to Okami will be released in Europe some time this year. More

Why did Tri-Ace produce Star Ocean: The Last Hope for the Xbox 360 first? More

Level 5 is working on a game based on time travel. Nothing else is known at this moment in time. (irony; love it!) More

When Yakuza 3 is released in Europe, it will include 4 DLCs in the premium edition, to make up for the delay I would guess. More

Freeware Game Pick: EX -extra-

EX -extra- is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up with two ships to choose from and five levels to play in total, featuring the usual array of power-up items and boss fights seen commonly in the Seibu Kaihatsu's Raiden series. Each ship is equipped with their own set of primary and secondary weapons, but by holding down both shot buttons together a powerful beam with a limited range can be fired instead.

Arcade veterans should be able to finish the entire game using just one credit, and extra lives are awarded whenever a player achieves a milestone score during the mission. There is no end sequence, and if you beat the final boss you will be sent back to replay the entire thing again from stage one without any noticeable increase in the difficulty level. Download EX -extra- here. (Windows, 23.3MB)

10th of February 2010

Play-Asia has a $6 off coupon for Bioshock 2 on the Xbox 360. The game is region free, so won't matter if you don't come from Asia. The new price is $49.99 and if you quote the code BIOSHOCK, you will get the reduction price for the game. More

Microsoft will be bundling Final Fantasy XIII with the Xbox 360. It comes with a 250 GB hard drive, headset and two wireless controllers for $399. More

Koei will be adding a talking clock to Hokuto Musou limited edition. (AKA Fist of the North Star) That makes sense; post apocalyptic society and a talking clock; Not! More

Level 5, creators of Professor Layton, will be opening a North American office. More

Now that The Last Story has been announced, Hironobu Sakaguchi has been talking about the game on his own blog. More

Glow Artisan (Powerhead Games)

Powerhead Games have released a new trailer for their DSiWare title Glow Artisan.

The game won Best Mobile Game Design and is now in the running to be crowned Best Mobile Game. It's available in the DSi store now, so if this looks like your kind of deal, you know what to do.

Kotaku has an interesting article that asks the question; is LovePlus better than love? The premise is the dating game called LovePlus, where the fans cued up for a ridiculous amount of time. Is artificial love better than the real thing? More

8th of February 2010

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has cited "visibility in society" as one of the factors that caused the decline of European DS software. I think piracy played a major role as well. More

Sunsoft have just announced Blaster Master Overdrive for WiiWare. It is meant to be a re-imagining of the game. (trailer below) More

Square Enix have trademarked Deus Ex: Human Revolution and the net is wondering if this could be the title for Deus Ex 3? More

Nippon Ichi have announced their financial results for the last nine months and it's not good. The profits dropped by 97.5%. More

Siliconera talks to someone at Capcom about 3D gaming. More

Developer Compile Heart, is working on So Ra No Wo To: Maiden’s Quintet. Now that's a mouthful to say. More

Blaster Master re-imagined

Zeno Clash XBLA Coming March 30th

Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition AKA the XBLA release now has a confirmed release date, landing in the Xbox Marketplace on March 30th. Between now and then, ACE Team are planning on showing off each of the enhancements and additions, starting with the above demonstration of the new attacks.

Along with the fresh ways to hurt various faces, the Ultimate Edition will include a rebalanced combat system, improved animations and some new modes and content. The Tower Challenge will also be available as a multiplayer game, both online and split screen.

XBL Indie Game Pick: Your Doodles Are Bugged! (Spyn Doctor Games)

If you've been looking for something to spend those spare 80 MS Points on, look no longer. Your Doodles Are Bugged! is an absolute steal for $1, and deserves a place in your game library. I mean, it's Lemmings with a pen, for crying out loud, what more do you need!

Each level sports lots of little jumping bugs, random drawings all over the place and a finishing point. Your job is to draw bridges connecting a route from the bugs to the finish, so they can bounce their way to victory. Your pen doesn't have unlimited ink, however, so you need to find the shortest route possible - you might need to erase some of your past work to make room for further passage.

It's a little buggy (yeah, I went there) in places and the critters will try to venture everywhere but where you want them to actually go... but honestly, you'd be foolish like a huge fool not to check this out. Well worth the price, download it from the Xbox Marketplace.

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