Update: The reports are incorrect. According to a picture taken of the magazine (click to view NSFW), Beyonetta didn’t actually get that “prefect score”. Instead, Beyonetta manage at total of 38 points out of 40 – 40 being the highest that any game can receive from the magazine.

Original: While we’re anticipating its release here in the United States, over in Japan, Famitsu has handed Bayonetta a “perfect score” – which isn’t a honor handed out freely by the magazine.

Until today, only eleven (well, now twelve) games have ever been given that honor by the magazine. So this kind of a big deal. However, within the last two years [2008-2009] three games have been given this honor, which leaves one to question the scoring by Famitsu.

[Famitsu Awards Bayonetta A Perfect Score via Kotaku]

While it’s still unsure when we’ll be getting Gran Turismo 5 in North America, Kazunori Yamauchi has stated that they could release Gran Turismo 5 right now. However, Polyphony Digital won’t be doing that. You see, the studio wants to make sure that it has “that classic GT feel”, the studio head explains Famitsu.

“We could release it any time we want,” he tells Famitsu. But, Polyphony Digital is more interested in making the overall experience prefect for everyone that’s going to be buying the game, translates 1UP. However, although “daily progress is slow,” the Japanese developer insures that “[the game's] still going forward at a steady clip.”

With that said, this is excellent news, even if we still have to wait for a solid release date.

[Thanks to Joystiq]

There’s no doubt in our minds that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is going to blow our expectations, and the competition away when it releases next year. However, knowing Kojima, he has something surprising that we haven’t seen before to excite fans of Peace Walker.

When talking to Famitsu Magazine, Kojima took the time to tease at a “major” feature that will be unveiled in Peace Walker. “There is a system which haven’t been revealed yet, and it will be a surprise,” Kojima said to the magazine, reports PS3 Center.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is due out in 2010 exclusively for the PlayStation Portable. And with this news, we’re convinced that Peace Walker be worthy of a purchase when it releases, once again, in 2010.

Valkyria Chronicles has seem to have hit gold within the month of April with a huge sales jump from its predecessor month March, skyrocketing the game into best-seller lists, off of store shelves.

In the month of April alone, Valkyria Chronicles sales in North America increased by over 400% from, once again, March.

Half a year after a game is out, being able to say that sales doubled is a fantastic thing – that sales suddenly tripled is even more rare, said SEGA.

The burning hot sales can be attributed to community contests, DLC and the temporary price drop to $30.

Despite former Team Ninja boss Tomonobu Itagaki having previously stated that Ninja Gaiden II would be the final entry in the series, in an interview published today on Kikizo, the new leader of Tecmo’s elite Team Ninja development studio, Yosuke Hayashi, revealed that they do have plans to add another title.

“What the gamers are looking for is going to be the next chapter – the future of an outstanding series. We feel that we’re in a position of being able to make that call… That calling is already there – we feel it,” Hayashi stated.

In addition, he revealed that they are thinking of shipping the sequel, or whatever, for as a dual-platform, meaning for both the 360 and PlayStation 3.

Hayashi stated that after Sigma 2, rather than do a 360 version of it, “we’re going to have to push ourselves to the next level, and we are better off giving both audiences an entirely new game. ”

And the un-candid teasing from Kojima Productions continues, and you though you were mean. The developers behind the Metal Gear series still plan on announcing the game at E3 – revealed by a tip to 1UP sometime ago.

However, there’s an advertisement running in the latest issue of  popular Japanese gaming mag, Famitsu, which hints, and teases at an announcement on 2009.5.18 and its all written within the clouds. Anyway, right now, it’s only reported that Famitsu is running the advertisement. So, once again, hold until May the 18th for details.

In addition, it was spotted someone – we don’t know there names – some hidden clues, hidden within the advertisement.

[ Hey Look, Some Kojima Productions Ad Announcing An Announcement via Kotaku]

In the shadow of the dating and pricing of the DLC, it now seems that Sega would like to continue the story of ‘Valkyria Chronicles’ in the form of a sequel.

In a report by PS3center, it was revealed in the latest issue of Famitsu Weekly, that the games producer Nonaka Ryutaro was ecstatic that Valkyria was embraced by the Japanese public in the way it was. He was also excited about the  anime’s debut, explaining that the anime served as another means to further develop the IP.

However, in light of the recent popularity, Ryutaro told the magazine that he really wanted to do a sequel to the game, and he was adamant about not leaving the game at just one title.

Despite trying to keep the bag closed, the cat been roaming around for a while now, and even if it was revealed in a recent issue of Famitsu. The game hasn’t been officially announced yet by Tecmo, that was until GDC.

When standing in front of a area filled with game journalists, director Yosuke Hayashi officially announced that Tecmo is busy working on the PS3 version of Ninja Gaiden II, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.

Sigma 2 will feature online co-op play, with Ryu being able to team up with either of his female companions - Ayane from Dead or Alive, and Momiji from Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword. However, Hayashi explained that online play would not feature player-versus-player combat.

He also revealed that all the extra content in Sigma wouldn’t be made available for the 360, but he admitted that Team Ninja was also considereng downloadable content for the game on the PS3.

[Tecmo announces Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 for PS3 (officially) via ArsTechnica]

Update: When taking a closer look at the scan, we found that there was also was the mention of the PlayStation Network. So it maybe coming to the PlayStation Network also – to download.

Original: I guest you should stop wondering what Tecmo’s special announcement is going to be, in the latest issue of  ‘a Japanese gaming magazine’, which means its Famitsu, it revealed the development of Ninja Gaiden Σ II.

According to Famitsu, the game is coming exclusively to the PlayStation 3 and it will not be a port – just like its predecessor. The game will be directed and produced by Yosuke Hayashi, director of the first Ninja Gaiden Σ, and supported by Team Ninja. However, Ninja Gaiden II was designed by Tomonobu Itagaki, who has since left Team Ninja – I think I’ll skip on the details.

Ninja Gaiden Σ II offers lots of new features and new content, which include new weapons, new bosses, and a exclusive playable character ~ Rachel. They also revealed that the game will be revealed in next weeks issue of Famitsu. Also the game will be out autumn of this year.

Update: Well,  the games producer, Toshihiro Nogashi, revealed on his personal blog that the game has sold over 300,000 units in its first week.

Original: Well, it looks like the game is a true success in Japan because Enterbrain, the publisher of Famitsu, has revealed that Yakuza 3 has sold over 232,000 units in Japan on its first day.

This means that it’s between Metal Gear Solid 4 (465,000) and White Knight Story (207,000) when it comes to first day sales. Also, the series spin off, Yakuza Kenzan, sold only 181,000 copies during its first week on the marketing, meaning that this game has surpassed it.

[[MAJ] Yakuza 3 : c’est déjà un succès via Jeux-Actu]

What a shocker, after Capcom shut down like a million of these rumors it’s great to see that they have plans for the many fans of their Lost Planet title. But, here’s a question, whats new for Wanye?

According to PS3center, with the announcement of the Lost Planet film budget, which will cost about $150-$200 million, Capcom has also revealed, within the pages of Famitsu, that they are indeed working on another Lost Planet title.

The developer and pubilisher also revealed that the title is set to release this year on both the PS3 and 360, with some exclusive content for the Xbox 360 version.

Ending with that, YES is all I’ll say. I don’t know about you guys, but I loved the first game, and I really think it’s sad that not alot of people play it still.

In the shadow of the Lost Planet sequel announcement, Capcoms exec Keiji Inafune also mentioned to Famitsu that they are also currently working on a Dead Rising sequel.

According to Inafune, “We’re finally putting out new Dead Rising and Lost Planet games! As a main principle we’re thinking about multi-platform, and expanding upon both slightly from the Xbox 360 version.”

But, sadly, in has statements in that interview he didn’t go into details on if the Dead Rising sequel would Multiplatform. And if you don’t remember, in their shareholders it said that most of their games are going to be Multiplatform, but lets wait and see want the future holds.

[New Dead Rising And Lost Planet Mentioned, Might Be Multi-Platform via Kotaku]

For the past 15 months, or so, Famitsu, a popular gaming magazine in Japan, had polled its readers on which game they are anticipating the most.  For a long Fifteen months Final Fantasy XIII (13) dominated the results, that is until now.

According to PSU, the beloved, once Sony exclusive, Final Fantasy XII’s number one spot has been hijacked for a much, apparently, more beloved Japanese franchise for its upcoming game, Dragon Quest IX, which is on the Nintendo DS.

However, PSU says that PlayStation 3 holds 6 of the 15 spots, which is almost half of the titles on the list. So basically, the system has more titles anticipated in Japan then any other system.

But, one would come to think that this is because of the game “system hopping” onto the both the PS3 and 360, but because its lead was for so long, even after they had made the announcement, it has to be something else.

So could this mean that the Japanese public is sick of Final Fantasy, and it’s a sea on barely any information?

Update: We have been miss informed, apparently the original shipment was 250,000 copies and the game only sold about 132,000 copies.

Original: This is a real reason why Level-5 should be celebrating. After almost a super disappointing review score by popular Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, it seems that the Japanese public really knows what it wants.

According to a Japanese sales list, White Knight Chronicles has sold almost 100K copys in Japan in just one day. And because of the games popular demand in Japan an emergency shipment has been ordered.

However, because it is the holidays, Retailers have been reminded that because it the end of the year sale will most likely be slow.

As you probably can see, this is a really big marking point in the console war - mainly because games really don’t sell by that much in Japan in one day. Which makes this a very strong entry in Japan for Sony in the New Year.

Cyberconnect2 has worked on many games for the popular .Hack and Naruto series, but now, somehow, it seems that the developer maybe getting tired of working on .Hack and Naruto games.

Today, as I was going trough the pages of the popular Japaneses magazine Famitsu, I learned that developer Cyberconnect2 is making a new IP. And apparently the game isn’t similar to any of the other games that the developer has worked on, meaning it is not a .Hack and Naruto game.

According to the magazine, the game should be announced and released sometime in 2009. Also since the developer mostly does games for PlayStation the game has a larger chance of being on that console only.

As we all know, Kojima Productions currently is working on a iPhone version of Metal Gear Solid called Metal Gear Solid Touch, but if we look back sometime before the announcement you will probably see a FPS rumor. This was because Kojima had visited the offices of Infinity Ward to do god knows what, earlier that day.

Now, however according to Famitsu, Hideo Kojima tells them that he is working on two new games currently in development at Kojima Productions.

Here is how he said it was going to go down: The title that will be announced first is being made in a style similar to the way his team has already done in the past, while the second will be produced and restructured by Kojima Productions with the overseas market in mind.

Kojima’s current goal for his development team is, “a software house that can compete with the best of the best from America and Europe.” Could one of these be a FPS game?

Many of us already know the true power of Nintendo in the gaming market, but what was a real shocker, was the amount that Nintendo DSi, the newest model of the Nintendo DS, sold by in Japan. So this news should come as no shocker.

Today, in the pages of Enterbrain, the publisher of Famitsu, we learn that the Nintendo DSi has already passed more than a million units in Japan, after making it market debut on November 1.

The company, Nintendo, reveals the numbers to the point, according to them the DSi has sold about 1,062,416 units so far, compared to the DS Lite which has sold about 17,348,252 and the DS which sold 6,449,206 to date.

The system many not be that popular in the eye’s of some North America people, but in Japan it just shows how key Nintendo is to them. Today, according to the popular Japanese gaming website, Famitsu, Nintendo DSi sold over 170,779 in about two days of the system being released in Japan. They go on to report that the first shipment sold in just a number of minutes. And that by comparison Nintendo DS and lite sold in total domestic sales 23,624,419 units and by the introduction of Nintendo DSi, Nintendo looks to add to that munber.

[ニンテンドーDSiが発売2日間で17万779台を販売（エンターブレイン調べ） via Famitsu]

With all the videos shown over the past year of Final Fantasy XIII, there was only so little of it shown that can be considered gameplay. And with so much time in development we were all wondering when we would be able to seen any gameplay of the game, beside in the teaser trailers. However, according to a post on the NeoGAF Forum, there will be gameplay of the game shown by the end of this year. Square-Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura spoke about the game in an interview with Gemaga, he mentions that before the end of the year we’ll see the battle scene in FF13, which is just another way of saying game. He also revealed in the interview that they have no immediate plans to release information on the voice acting cast for the game.

[Square Enix TGS report via NeoGAF]

Whether on Xbox 360 or Wii Dead Rising remains the same and knowing Capcom they just can’t ever leave their fans empty handed. That’s why according to the latest issue of the famous Japaneses mag, Famitsu, Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop will make an appearance on the Wii in February 2009 in the land of the Rising Sun, which just happens to be Japan. The game was recent announced to feature 100 enemy’s on screen, which isn’t as much as the 360 version. This is because, as you may already know, the Wii can’t push as much as the 360 can but this is only graphic-wise.

From Software has confirmed in the pages of the popular gaming magazine Famitsu this week with it’s plans to unveil a new project based on the license Tenchu. According to Famitsu, the game will be released on October 8 at the cost of 800 Microsoft Points. This game was rumored sometime back to be a multi-platform I’m unsure how this rumor was put down, but seeing since there isn’t much information our sources state that this is mostly true. Tenchu is a popular stealth action ninja game that is a hit in both Japan and America.

According to a scan revealed by Jeux-France, the development of Final Fantasy Versus XIII is currently at a stand by because Square Enix’s PlayStation team where sent to work on Final Fantasy XIII.

[Final Fantasy Versus XIII en images via Jeux-France]

Famitsu magazine has revealed new screenshots for One Piece: Unlimited Cruise planned for a release this summer in Japan. The screenshots take place in the world of One Piece, in the game you play as pirate named the Monkey D. Luffy also called Straw Hat. The game is coming out for the Nintendo’s Wii and is based on the popular manga and anime One Piece .

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