Posts Tagged ‘Launch’

With the launch of Monster Hunter Tri from Capcom this week, Nintendo and Capcom have also jointly launched the newest controller for the Wii in the Classic Controller Pro. Bundled with the game for an additional $10 premium, the controller is designed for standard action games that typically would not benefit from the Wii’s motion [...]

Atlus has announced the forthcoming US release of Metal Slug XX on the Playstation Portable in an email sent out this morning on February 23rd for $19.99. The newest installment follows up Metal Slug X originally released on the Sony Playstation in 1998 and features ad-hoc multiplayer support over Wi-Fi, a new “Combat School” practice [...]

According to an email sent to Icarus Comics, Google will launch its Editions e-book sales platform next year and is providing publishers with assistance on preparing for the consumer launch of the platform in a bid to expand its reach beyond Google Books and compete in the same space as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. [...]

Sony has officially announced the launch date and pricing for its forthcoming electronic manga service in Japan. The PSP console will receive a worldwide firmware update on the 19th to 6.20 which will add the comics store in Japan and the US/EU ahead of the service launch on December 12th in Japan with the aforentioned [...]

Nico Nico Douga, or Simley Smiley Video in English is Japan’s interpretation of YouTube where users post videos and comment on them, with the trump card (or “killer app”) being that the user comments are overlaid over the video in real-time, imitating the experience of a live broadcast with real-time commentary. The company behind NicoNicoDouga, [...]

The forthcoming photobook Cosplay Fever is set to be released later this month in the UK, featuring over 300 photographs of fans in various kinds of cosplay as well as documenting the rise of cosplay in the UK. Photographers Peter Lumby and Rob Dunlop will be displaying photos from the book at the launch party [...]

Microsoft has officially launched the long-awaited Zune HD with a very special discount from Dell for 1 day only. The media player is the successor and evolution of the Zune media player with a 3.3 inch OLED widescreen touch display at 480×272 resolution, HD radio tuner, 16/32 GB flash memory capacities, HD video output, web [...]

Online newspaper Japan Today reports that Japanese megacarrier NTT DoCoMo is considering launching services in the US next year as a full service virtual operator leasing network capacity from either AT&T or T-Mobile, as DoCoMo has business relationships with both carriers in the US via their DoCoMo USA subsidiary. Currently, NTT DoCoMo has a subdued [...]

Noted writer Tim Rogers of ActionButton.net has contributed a feature to Kotaku detailing the recent launch of Dragon Quest IX for the DS in Japan, which began at 12AM CST. Within the feature, he deftly uses text and video to describe the shift in Japanese video game culture from a group that would collectively wait [...]

Viz has announced in a press release that it will begin publishing the US version of Rumiko Takahashi’s RIN-NE on October 20th, 2009 for $9.99 as a part of the launch of the Shonen Sunday imprint. Viz will also announce more titles to be published under the new imprint in 2010 at its panel at [...]