BioWare Speaks on The Decline of JRPGs
Japanese role-playing games don’t command the respect that they once had. But, why is that? BioWare, a leader in Western RPG development, believes that Japanese role-playing games don’t innovate, meaning that “lack of evolution” is the reason for the JRPG decline, in both sales and quality. “The fall of the JRPG in large part is [...]
Final Fantasy XIII Hits North America March 9
Final Fantasy XIII will be hitting North American stores on March 9th, announced its developer Square Enix today – just so that you guys know, that’s the same exact month that God of War III will be hitting stores, meaning that March is going to be an amazing month for gaming. Along with this announcement, [...]
GRIN’s Final Fantasy Project Still In Development
Besides recent reports, it seems that unannounced Final Fantasy project is alive and well. According to a report posted by GameIndustry.biz, sources confirmed that the unannounced Final Fantasy project that was in development at GRIN is now in development over at Square Enix. You see, Square took the project off GRIN’s hands after only six months of development [...]
New Final Fantasy XIII Antagonists Revealed
With the Japanese release of Final Fantasy XIII slowly coming upon us, it’s time for Square to start revealing the heavy details on Final Fantasy XIII. In the latest issue of Famitsu, Square Enix did exactly that by revealing two new characters that will be featured in the game – reports the Examiner. The first, of course, is [...]
Bayonetta Pushed Into 2010, “Important New IP For Sega”
Yet another anticipated fall release has been delayed. Early this morning, SEGA announced that Bayonetta, the over-the-top action brawler from Platinum Games, has been pushed into next year. However, while the Japanese version of Bayonetta manages to keep its October release date, the western version Bayonetta will release in January 2010, almost two months from [...]
Sony Releases First Pay-to-Play Game on PSN
On the Japanese version PSN a game entitled Gomibako, also know as Trash Panic, re-released today. The title is free to download, however, you have to pay 100 yen, or one dollar, for every three lives. You die three times, you have to pay another dollar. The cycle viciously continues until you either decide to [...]
White Knight Chronicles (US) Could Have Voice Chat
For sometime now Japanese gamers have been enjoying the delights of playing White Knight Chronicles, but they haven’t had the ability of talking to one another. However, it seems that voice chat may be added by the time the game hits our shores in the US this winter. In a chat with the PlayStation.Blog, Tsubasa Inaba, producer [...]
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