Now I’m not an Anime fan, but when I heard about Afro Samurai becoming a game I was immediately intrigued. I had been shown the program a number of times and had liked what I saw. It seemed to me that it would make a really good hack n’...
With the announcement that SEGA are giving the PS3 the Yakuza touch for an upcoming bundle, it seems that themed bundles (and consequently PS3′s) will be flooding the Japanese market in 2009. Today Sony have announced that they will are putting together a ‘special’ bundle (Japan only)...
Japan is getting Resident Evil 5 on March 5. Nice news to hear for the Japanese, but thats the tip of the iceberg for what else is coming their way. Japan will also get its own Limited Edition of the game, and this thing is serious. It...
This one goes out to all you PS3 owning JRPG fans. The Japanese box art for Level 5′s highly anticipated game has been revealed. I’ve no idea if this will remain for the Western releases, but it does look quite nice.
Early adopters in North America (or those of us with North American copies) of LittleBigPlanet are getting some free downloadable content, you remember the Spacesuit and T-Shirt? Of course you do. Today it was announced that Japanese consumers will be treated to an Ape Escape themed Sackboy...
With Media Molecule’s masterpiece LittleBigPlanet only a mere two weeks away we’ve gotten word that the Japanese market is getting a pretty cool bundle. Sony is going to be bundling a copy of LittleBigPlanet with a DualShock 3 controller, which is a pretty cool (if unoriginal) idea....
Siliconera have pointed out that Konami have trademarked “Metal Gear Existence” with the Japanese Trademark database. Could this be a new Metal Gear game? I would love it if it was, but it’s unlikely. It’s more likely that ‘Existence’ would be a re-release like ‘Substance’ or ‘Subsistence’....
Sony have released the 2.43 firmware update for the PS3. You are not required to download it but you can download the rather trivial update by clicking the ‘ System Update’ icon in the XMB. Nothing special or for western audiences here this is basically just a...
Square Enix are going to be releasing a 90 minute demo with the blu-ray release of Advent Children, but what about all of those people who don’t want to shell out £20+ for a blu-ray? Well Squeenix have decided they’re going to release the demo seperately. Good...
