It seems as though BioShock 2 will be released sooner in Europe then in North America. A nice change of pace from normal release schedules. At 2k Marin’s company conference, Take Two CEO Ben Feder announced that BioShock 2 should be coming out in Europe on October 30th. The game will follow with a North [...]

Two location tests were recently posted on the Konami of Japan web site for This theme will be based around astronomy, constellations and stars. Sirius, aka the dog star, is the brightest star in the sky located in the constellation Canis Major, translation: big dog. Location testing starts tomorrow at the Cat Eye’s Arcade in [...]

Offworld reports that VG accessory maker, Innex, is releasing an adapter for the Wii which will allow one to plug in NES, SNES, and N64 controllers. This is perfect for VC games like Sin and Punishment and Starfox 64. Nostalgic players will also likely enjoy playing their NES and SNES game on their respective controllers. [...]

It looks like chiptunes artist Haeyoung Kim, AKA ‘Bubblyfish’, will be developing the soudntrack for the upcoming Bit.Trip Beat sequel, Bit.Trip Core. The original game featured music from popular chiptunes artist, BitShifter. Bubblyfish will be creating the music for bother the games title screen and ending credits. You can check out some of her work [...]

Yeah, really objective reporting going on here. Popular shmup developer, Cave, recently released Deathsmiles 2 to Japanese arcades. The game offers a unique new distribution method which gives arcades the option of receiving the game for free, in exchange for them sharing a share of the game’s profits with Cave, thus minimalizing the risk brought [...]

While browsing The Royalty Network web site today, I noticed a few surprises! First there is a new Lips game mentioned on the site. I’d assume this is a sequel to the Xbox 360 game. The site also listed a couple of new tracks for both the upcoming Dance Dance Revolution games and Guitar Hero [...]

Gamespot.com just put up a new trailer for the Final Fantasy IV sequel, The After years, which hits soon on Wiiware. The game will be released as 9 episodic games. The pricing for each episode has yet to be announced. You can catch the trailer below.

Famous for creating Sim City, The Sims, and of course his most recent hit Spore, Will Wright decides to step out of the video game limelight and thus, EA. He declared he’s leaving to concentrate his efforts to further development his think-tank “Stupid Fun Stuff”. Started in 2001 he aims to “develop new forms of [...]

Nintendo and Capcom recently announced a new limited edition DSi console, to be released in conjunction with upcoming Gyakuten Kenji: Ace Attorney. The system is set to release on May 28th in Japan and will be bundled with a copy of the game for ¥23,940 (USD$240). Here are a few pictures of the unit.

In my previous editorial I may have sounded harsh towards towards the people Japan defines as ‘Otaku‘. I referred to them as vile, scum-sucking pedophiles, or something along those lines. But what I didn’t touch on is what defines an otaku.