Archive for the ‘Video Games’ Category

Japan’s Nikkei business daily is reporting (subscription required) that Capcom is preparing games for launch on Facebook starting next month as a response to decreasing home market sales and a desire to jump into the social gaming phenomenon currently experiencing massive success on the social networking portal. The report goes into further detail stating that [...]

PopMatters is a blog dedicated to pop culture with a heavy focus on articles written by random contributors.  One such article found via Fark deals with Street Fighter’s Chun-Li and how the sexualization of her legs and thighs by a growing minority defies typical beauty standards. “What is interesting about the way that Chun-Li has [...]

The Hori LCD3 portable display that I previously reported on for the PS3 Slim earlier this year is up for order at Play-Asia, though they only have four in stock at the time of this post.  For those that don’t remember, the HDLCD 3 is an 11.6 inch portable display for the PS3 that clamps [...]

The venerable R4 card, responsible for spearheading the wave of DS homebrew development, has been ruled illegal for import and sale in the whole of the United Kingdom after years of lobbying from Nintendo to have such products banned under claims that it and related products encourage piracy. Below are statements issued by Nintendo in [...]

For those that were watching the EVO Grand Final between Daigo Umehara and Ricky Ortiz online when the stream crashed out during the climax, Level-Up Series has posted the match on YouTube and can be found below. [via @LeveUpSeries]

   The UK-based MangaGamer, distributor of officially licensed and English translated visual novels via digital download, has announced that it plans to sell a limited print run of the all ages version of KiraKira and the Higurashi Question Arc (Chapters 1-4) on PC DVD-ROM during the convention at a special price. In related news, the [...]

The latest issue of Famitsu is full of information regarding the recently revived Parasite Eve: The 3rd Birthday game now slated for the PSP since being first announced for the NTT DoCoMo network as a mobile game and appearing at E3 exactly one week ago.  Hit Read More for the full spread courtesy of OtakuWiki [...]

Bloomberg is reporting that Sony is close to signing a deal with News Corp and NBC Universal owned Hulu to integrate the service as a premium option on the Playstation Network, which is also being offered to Microsoft for potential integration into Xbox LIVE. The service is expected to consist of access to major network [...]

WalMart.com is currently offering the God of War III Ultimate Edition for the Playstation 3 for $59.98 from its $89.98 release price, a savings of $30 over its original price. The Ultimate Edition comprises a hand-sculpted replica of Pandora’s Box, hardbound art book and downloadable content exclusive to the Ultimate Edition along with the “Blood [...]

The first game trailer for the previously stillborn third entry in the Parasite Eve survival horror RPG franchise has surfaced at E3 with a new development team behind it in the Japan-based Hexadrive. The game will be released later this year for the Sony Playstation Portable.