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Rock Band 2 Details

By Gosha • Jul 14th, 2008 • Category: Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, Video Games

Today Harmonix revealed a lot of new details revolving around Rock Band 2.  A full press release was issued with these details.  Below is a highlight of those detials”

The title will release with an exclusive launch window for Xbox 360 and later this year to the Playstation 3, Playstation 2 and Nintendo Wii.
Rock Band 2 [...]



Play-Asia summer sale! 25% off in-stock items!

By Gosha • Jul 12th, 2008 • Category: Video Games

Play-Asia is having a Summer Sale this week only! A whopping 25% discount has been applied to Play-Asia.com’s regular selling price. This means that already discounted products have become even cheaper. Prices listed in this news post already reflect the latest sales price.
Only products listed as “shipping within 24h” availability are still discounted, so [...]



Konami will and does sue… Viacom over Rock Band

By Gosha • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: Video Games

It looks like Konami is at it again with lawsuits in the waging war of the music game economy. This time its against Viacom and Harmonix over the Rock Band series. No word on how this’ll effect the development of Rock Band 2.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aHQODoKwFYrA
From the article…
Konami Corp., the Japanese creator of the “Dance Dance [...]



PAX 10 Independent Game Showcase Winners Announced

By Asura • Jul 9th, 2008 • Category: Events, Featured, Video Games

I recieved another press release via Flash Fire Communications today in an email. Let’s hear it for the winners of PAX 10!
PAX 10 INDEPENDENT GAMES SHOWCASE WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Top submissions to be displayed at Penny Arcade Expo Aug. 29 - 31
SEATTLE - July 9, 2008 - After sifting through over 80 submissions from a wealth of [...]



Dance Dance Revolution X Arcade officially announced

By Gosha • Jul 9th, 2008 • Category: Video Games

Konami website update they’ve added a splash page for the Japanese arcade version of Dance Dance Revolution X. The site itself is just a mere splash page, which usually entails the announcement of a location test.
The splash image features what looks like a possible cabinet redesign, which would be a welcome addition to the [...]



Tatsunoko vs Capcom Debut Japanese Gameplay trailer

By Gosha • Jul 9th, 2008 • Category: Video Games

I don’t know where this video surfaced from, but its the deput Japanese trailer for Tatsunoko vs Capcom. The trailer features brief clips of each character that has been revealed so far, in addition to a good chunk of gameplay. Check it out below!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hPgVoZ-neQ



Persona 4 gets a US release date

By Gosha • Jul 6th, 2008 • Category: Playstation 2

I just got an email from Atlus stating that Persona 4 would be seeing release in the US. Along with this news, they also gave a set release for December 9th. I’m sure fans of the series will be happy to have it come out so soon.
The game is a deluxe 2-disc [...]



Zero Punctuation on gaming web comics

By Gosha • Jul 2nd, 2008 • Category: Entertainment, Video Games

I usually don’t post these Zero Punctuation movies, but I thought the one this week was actually pretty funny.
This week, Yahtzee takes apart the making of a successful gaming webcomic, or how to make millions of gamers happy with the minimum amount of effort.



Chrono Trigger DS? Countdown site appears

By Gosha • Jul 1st, 2008 • Category: Nintendo DS

A new countdown page recently appeared on the Japanese Square-Enix web site. The page features an all-too-familiar clock on it synced to Japanese time.
The page on the site shows the Nintendo DS logo and the URL of the site also suggests that its Chrono Trigger. Hmm… I’m sure more details will appear [...]



Alex & Yatterman in Tatsunoko vs Capcom

By Gosha • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Video Games

According to N4G.com, 2 magazine scans of the August issue of Arcadia showing Alex from Street Fighter 3 on the Capcom side, and Yatterman No.1 on the Tatsunoko side. The game is slated for a Winter 2008 release in the Japanese Arcades.
This also brings the current roster to the following…
CAPCOM: Ryu, Chun Li, Batsu, Alex. 
Tatsunoko [...]