Posts in "Games"

About time for me to pick up a PSP? Project DIVA- 2nd by Sega out on 7/29. Luka, Rin and Ren joins Miku in the opening movie below. And some of the gameplay below. You is being owning a PSP?Yes 0%No 0%Vote recorded. Thanks!Your vote has already bee...

Damn. I'm a sucker for new Nintendo DS's - looks like I'll be on the hunt for the new DSi LL. Almost exactly one year since the DSi was released in Japan, Nintendo have announced a new version of the console: the DSi LL. This is the fourth version of...

This is the land of the rising sun where we get to use tomorrows technology today. The future is here once again.

Have only completed one level on Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 but already have a game that I need to get - Bayonetta. Brought to us from the same guy who brought us the Devil May Cry series featuring a megane musume running around slashing and shooting at th...

A Thai dating sim called Re Angel has received so much support from Japanese gamers that they recently released a Japanese version of the game. If your Japanese skills are a wee bit better than your Thai then you may want to give the trial version a...

In the past, Nintendo has tried many times to crack down on companies that make backup devices for the Nintendo DS - the devices known as "Majikon" [マジコン] in Japanese. Now Nintendo has a new strategy - get the public to report shops selling thes...

Find out why everybody is nodding their heads by watching this promo vid for Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. Very much looking forward to the game even though I didn't get round to completing Sigma 1 on the PS3. Did finish it on the NDS though but was disappo...

X-Men Origins: Wolverine has just been released in the theaters over here and despite the amount of moolah that they are pouring into TV advertising and what have you, there are no plans to release the game "X-Men Origins - Wolverine - Uncaged Editio...

Nintendo DS dating simulation Love Plus by Konami has just been released and it looks like its a very very popular game.

PS3 Slim launched yesterday. So how did it go? Well it didn't seem to be as popular as the launch a few years ago - understandable as its only a different shape with no new cutting edge features.

Its been nearly 3 years since the launch of the PS3. The first model weighed ton and even today, it sounds like its going to take off when the fan kicks in. I use the PS3 more for watching AVI's these days rather than play games. The last game I got...

Looks like eroge maker Minori has blocked access from outside of Japan who will see the following message:- minori official website. This website cannot be browsed excluding Japan. Some foreigners seem to be having an antipathy against EROGE. Theref...

The game that your Wii has been waiting for - Muscle March by Namco. Original text from Nrvnsqr below.This is quite possibly the single most glorious WiiWare title I have ever seen. I would happily sacrifice an infant or three of Namco could localiz...

Most awesome trailer for the up n coming Star Wars: The Old Republic. I feel like dusting down my Vader armor all of a sudden. The dome of the helmet fell off though - need to find a way to secure it. Original text from AnimeRookie below.Choose yo...

Looks like details for Sony's PSP upgrade is out. Still no touch screen? Some details from Kotaku below. • Gran Turismo, LittleBigPlanet, Jak & Daxter and Metal Gear Solid are all either confirmed or mentioned. • The Go's 16 gigs of flash memory and...

"Ryojyoku" [凌辱] is a term in Japanese to refer to the act of insulting or violently raping. The game Rapelay by Illusion is a ryojyoku eroge where the player can violently rape girls on the train and also rape their younger sister, mother, impregna...

So you've seen a load of Japanese eroge but what about eroge developed outside of Japan? Jacob at Fakku has a QA with one of the developers of an up n coming game called Katawa Shoujo. Some nitty gritty about the game taken from the official site be...

"The future looks like its going to be amazing!" says the lady in this video clip after learning what the up n coming eroge Tech48 is about. The game comes with some sort of webcam which detects the players movements and adjusts the view on the scre...

According to a report over at Impress the Japanese gaming population dropped by 30.3% between 2007 and 2008 which has been estimated to be drop of about 6 million people. They also have statistics from folks who don't game - 45.4% said they have no i...

A Majikon [マジコン] is the word used to refer to devices that allow you to play opensource/homebrew games on a games machine - like the AceKard2. Up until a while ago, one could do a search on Yahoo auction and come up with a load of results for th...

How creative could you be if given 500 USD? Indie filmmakers have filmed the first two episodes of their new Half-Life-2-based miniseries for a total budget of $500. Now, that's an indie filmmaker budget! "Originally envisioned as a project to test...

Out in the next two days in Japan - Street Fighter iV. The clip below reminds me to go get a copy. Remember being so excited back in 1991 about the arcade version of Street Fighter II which I spent quite a few 10 pences on. Found the game most intere...

Latest Final Fantasy XIII trailer. Looks pretty awesome. Am more of a shooting or 2D platform game person myself. What genre of games do you prefer? Original text from Mirage below.Recently, Final Fantasy XII's countdown revealed a new trailer. Thi...

Another practical use of Wii remote jackets. Maybe they could also be used as Tenga too? Via hirorentina <ul> <li><a href="http://www.akihabaranews.com" target="_blank">Akihabara News</a> - Gadgetry from Japan (<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Ak...