According to Impress R&D, the Japanese Manga industry is worth 52
Billion Yen. Companies are worried about the digitisation of
their products. They worry about piracy and the loss of
revenues.
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Even
though Capcom has done a lot in recent years to revitalise the arcade
scene, the market is still shrinking. What else can the
manufactures do?
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The
Fullmetal Alchemist series created by Hiromu Arakawa is set to end
in two months.
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Capcom
believes that we will soon see the winners and losers for the Japanese
gaming market. “As the domestic market is reaching its
maturation in Japan, the competition for market share will intensify,
and we may see a clear distinction of ‘winners’ and ‘losers’.”
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This
must be some kind of joke. Final Fantasy is being
released in Europe on the Nintendo Wii. Who cares about this old
game?
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Final Fantasy IX has been given a date for its release in Japan,
on the Playstation Network. You will be able to enjoy the game
from May the 20th.
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Aksys
has confirmed that they will be publishing River City Super Sports
Challenge and River City Soccer Hooligans in North America.
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Lost Planet 2 will require a mandatory install on the Playstation
3. It uses 4.61 GBs of space.
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Gust
has released a new trailer of Atelier Totori: Alchemist of Arland 2,
which showcases the animations of the game’s main characters.
See below.
Namco
Bandai have announced the top ten selling games for the last fiscal
year and it's not a surprise that Tekken is their top seller.
Tekken 6 – 1,840,000 Ben 10: Alien Force – 1,080,000 Ben 10: Alien Force 2 – 810,000 Dragon Ball: Raging Blast – 700,000
God
Eater – 610,000
Ben 10: Protector of the Earth – 610,000 Active Life: Extreme Challenge – 600,000 Tales of Vesperia – 500,000 Tekken 6 (PSP) – 470,000 Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus – 430,000
Atelier Totori: Alchemist of Arland 2 trailer
Mega Man the movie is being screen on ScrewAttack.
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6th of May 2010
I must be popular these days; someone hacked half of
my site and injected links to malicious websites. It has taken me two
days to delete the site and then re-upload the near three gigs of data and
then get my web host provider to remove anything else. I am grateful
the them for their help.
For
one week, Siliconera has a special on Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
What will this game turn out like is anyone's guess at the moment.
I personally hope that they return back to the original game rather
than the gimped sequel.
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Dragon Quest Monster Battle Road II will be released under the
title Dragon Quest Monster Battle Road Victory. It's a
card battling game but why the name change, I don't know.
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Square
Enix are in talks with Sony Computer Entertainment to re-release
Final Fantasy IX. Why they would want to re-release Final
Fantasy IX on the Playstation 3 with Final Fantasy XIV on
the way is anyone's guess.
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Rocket
Knight Returns to console next week on the Xbox 360. Axel Gear's
old nemesis Sparkster, has also taken up the title of knight in his
absence.
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Gaia
are making Sword & Poker II for the iPhone and will cost $3.99.
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With
the completion of Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley, Natsume
are now working on Witch's Wish for DS. It will probably
be another RPG but it might be fun.
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Freeware Game Pick: Challenge from Kiyoshi (8bits
fanatics)
Challenge
from Kiyoshi is a 2D platformer that was designed to be extremely
unforgiving, with plenty of instant-kill traps more likely to cause
frustration than a feeling of amusement. Some puzzles require the player
to think out of the box, and there are even a couple of invisible
platforms that can only be found by trial and error.
Pressing the X key causes your character to jump, and you can leap even
higher if you press the same button while squatting down. Tap the D key to
throw a couple of punches and kicks, or use the Tab key to kill yourself
and return to the checkpoint at the start of the stage. The space key can
be used to pause the game at any time, while pressing the F4 function key
switches between full screen and windowed mode.
Challenge from Kiyoshi is a game that will not appeal to casual players,
but it does provide the sort of entertainment that fans of difficult
platformers will definitely appreciate. Get the English version here.
(Windows, 8.44MB)
Freeware Game Pick: His Dark Majesty (Jakub Debski)
His Dark
Majesty is a turn-based strategy game for 8-bit Atari computers, where
players get to command troops in battle by issuing orders to units one at
a time. The first few stages do an adequate job of teaching players about
individual unit specialties and battle strategies, but to learn what each
icon and status symbol stands for you will have to visit the
FAQ section on the official
site.
The one-button control works fairly well for issuing commands to your
troops, and you can cancel orders by holding the assigned action key for a
few seconds while the selection box is over a friendly unit. Carrying out
the same action on an unoccupied tile ends your turn, and you can even
examine an enemy unit's movement and attack range by selecting them.
Fans of strategy games who don't mind booting up the emulator will enjoy
His Dark Majesty quite a bit, although large skirmishes and battles could
take over an hour to play when both sides have plenty of units to order
around.
The Humble Indie Bundle
Is this the greatest indie gaming bundle ever? The
Humble Indie Bundle contains five big indie releases, DRM-free, choose how
much you pay for them, part of your payment goes to charity... yep, sounds
like the real deal to me.
The five games in question are World of Goo, Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru HD and
Penumbra Overture. Altogether they cost a total of $80, but for the next 7
days they can be yours for any price you like. Part of your donation also
goes to the Child's Play and Electronic Frontier Foundation charities.
The nicest thing about this bundle is that you can customize how your
payment is split between the developers and charities. If you'd rather it
all went to charity, you can select that. If you love World of Goo so much
that you feel it all deserves to go to 2D Boy, that's possible.
If you don't own all five of these games, you need to grab this bundle
sometime in the next week. In fact,
go and grab it right now.
Trailer: The Dark Void (DigiPen)
This is a
presentation trailer for a DigiPen second
semester freshman game, created by a team of four students. The Dark Void
is an Advance Wars-style tactical turn-based strategy game that features
diverse gameplay elements, challenging AI and realistic explosions.
The restriction for the project was that it had to be an ASCII-based game
coded with C. Charlie Ngo (alias Kairos, creator of Varia) is one of the
members on the team, so you know the game is just going to be awesome. The
Dark Void was also one of the five freshman games selected for
presentation at the DigiPen Student Showcase.
Metal Slug models
How the hell does this guy move with this armour
on?
Today is bank holiday in the UK, so I will be going
out and having fun. The news is quiet as a result.
How
much does it actually cost to produce Eroge games? The imagery
looks expensive but that shouldn't cost too much right?
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Dengeki has a detailed look at Level 5's new game Ni no Kuni: The
Another World. They have confirmed that the game will be
ready for a release in the fall.
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There
are rumours that Castlevania: Harmony Of Despair will be
multi-player on Xbox 360. The game is alleged to allow support
for up to six players with cooperative and versus play as well.
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The Independint Charles Show: Episode 1
You wouldn't believe that this was an official
Microsoft video series if it weren't for the logo at the start. Kudos to
MS for picking up Scottish comedy writer Robert Florence for what turns
out to be hilarious, and kudos for giving Xbox Live Indie Games a bit of
much needed publicity, even if it is only 2 games!
Freeware Game Pick: Eternally Us (Ben Chandler and
Steven Poulton)
Eternally Us is a short 2D adventure game
that tells the story of Fio and Amber, two friends who have known each
other since childhood. An incident occurs that separates the both of them
while they were feeding birds in a park, so it is up to the player to help
reunite the best buddies together again.
None of the puzzles should trouble you too much, since any inventory item
acquired will be used in the same room that it was found at. Download the
game here. (Windows, 43.4MB)
A version of Mechwarrior 4 is available to
download for free.
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