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The PS Vita’s weakness – Memory and batteries

The PS Vita’s weakness – Memory and batteries Since the Playstation Vita’s announcement and pricing plans were revealed, it seemed as though this system would have no equal, and that it would roll over its competitor and might even take a nice stab at mobile gaming. However, at TGS 2011, two announcements were made that made this system much...
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Persona fighting game caught on video at TGS 2011

Persona fighting game caught on video at TGS 2011 The development team behind the BlazBlue fighting game series, Arc System Works, have been rumored to be creating a Persona based fighting game. The gaming magazine Famitsu also confirmed that this would be happening. However, at TGS 2011, 10 minutes of video was recorded of the game, and it IS actually...
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Street Fighter X Tekken – TGS 2011 trailers

Street Fighter X Tekken – TGS 2011 trailers Capcom is in a frenzy at this years Tokyo Game Show. In addition to releasing a hilarious Street Fighter X Tekken trailer set in a bar (which you can see and read about if you click here) they released 3 other videos detailing other characters and the story that is present in the game. A box named Pandora...
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Kinect Sports 2 Impressions at Tokyo Game Show 2011

Kinect Sports 2 Impressions at Tokyo Game Show 2011 The absolute highlight of my day at Tokyo Game Show 2011 was spending the time with the coolest dudes on the planet Brent Poynton (right) and Travis Ryan (left) from RARE. Travis and Brent were kind enough to run us through the latest two modes revealed in Kinect Sports 2: Skiing and Baseball....
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Microsoft attempts to make strides in Japan

Microsoft attempts to make strides in Japan Although Microsoft and the Xbox 360 have faced a rough market in Japan, they are still trying to capture the hearts of consumers there. According to Major Nelson, “TGS is also about marking the Xbox commitment to Japan, which is home to some of the most legendary games creators in our industry. One...
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TGS 2011: Saints Row The Third: Hands On Preview

TGS 2011: Saints Row The Third: Hands On Preview Today at their Tokyo Game Show press conference, THQ revealed some details for their upcoming game Saints Row The Third. The first glimpse into the game came in the form of a short trailer, which features the Saints infiltrating a group of cyber criminals called the Deckers. Characters delve into a virtual...
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More Dance Central tracks revealed at TGS 2011

More Dance Central tracks revealed at TGS 2011 Harmonix has revealed 7 new tracks that will be available on the Dance Central 2 disc. In addition to these 7, over 40 songs will be included for you to shake it to. Plus, you’ll be able to import your Dance Central 1 disc music, and we expect to see some DLC for this game too. The 7 seven songs...
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Forza 4 to have four Japanese racing tracks

Forza 4 to have four Japanese racing tracks At TGS 2011, Turn 10 has said that they are bringing some Japanese racing tracks to the next game in their series. Forza 4 will include “four legendary Japanese tracks – Motegi, Fujimi Kaido, Tsukuba and Suzuka.” Which track is your favorite? Forza 4, which continues the critically acclaimed...
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Kinect Disneyland Adventures and Kinect Star Wars Impressions at TGS 2011

Kinect Disneyland Adventures and Kinect Star Wars Impressions at TGS 2011 Today at Tokyo Game Show, I had the opportunity to speak to Jonny Plumb, producer over at Microsoft Studios and got some one on one time with both Kinect Disney Adventures and also Kinet Star Wars. Both titles were announced at this years E3 for the Xbox 360 Kinect and I was eager to try out the updated...
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Battlefield 3 Razer Black Widow Ultimate & Onza Controller – TGS 2011

Battlefield 3 Razer Black Widow Ultimate & Onza Controller – TGS 2011 Along with the great announcement of the Razer Arcade Stick mentioned at this years TGS 2011, Razer have also been working together with DICE to bring us the Battlefield 3 Keyboard and Xbox 360 controller. Hilmar Hahn, product Evangelist runs us through our hands on preview on the Battlefield 3 Blackwidow...
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Razer Arcade Stick Preview – TGS 2011

Razer Arcade Stick Preview – TGS 2011 Today we spoke to Hilmar Hahn, Product Evangelist for Razer at this years Tokyo Game Show 2011.  Hilmar walks us through the Razer Ultimate Arcade Stick for the XBOX 360 and PC.  The Ultimate Arcade Stick is co-developed by Razer and the arcade stick community.  The Arcade stick is being developed with...
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First-look at F1 2011 on PS Vita for TGS 2011

First-look at F1 2011 on PS Vita for TGS 2011 Codemasters gave gamers their first hands on with the PlayStation Vita edition of F1 2011 at Tokyo Games Show today. It’s the first time the public has got a glimpse at the handheld build of the game, despite being told of its existence and plans to release the game sometime after the console version....
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Soul Calibur V: Hands on

Soul Calibur V: Hands on Soul Cailbur V is set to release Q1 2012 for the Xbox 360 and PS3, we recently sat down for a hands on experience with the game. The story and art direction are set for an overhaul, Namco Bandai for the first time collabarted with outside companies to produce the game. The developers promised a deep,...
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Tekken Hybrid: Hands on

Tekken Hybrid: Hands on We recently sat down with Tekken Hyrbid at Namco Bandai’s Pre TGS Event, this release aims to combine a few different entries into the series, it’s a cocktail of button mashing. It’s pure fan service and I played the fan favourite Tekken Tag Tournament 2 “prologue”, multiplayer...
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TGS 2011: Namco Bandai announce three PS Vita titles for launch

TGS 2011: Namco Bandai announce three PS Vita titles for launch During a Pre TGS event which we had the pleasure of attending, Namco Bandai announced a few new games for the PS Vita. The titles have been rumoured, however this was the official announcement with some minor details revealed: Ridge Racer First Screenshot: We were shown a trailer, which was quite...
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TGS 2011: Tekken 3D Prime Edition Hands On Preview

TGS 2011: Tekken 3D Prime Edition Hands On Preview If for some reason stepping across the threshold into Namco Bandai Headquarters in Tokyo doesn’t put me into the category of extraordinarily lucky, then being one of the first in the world to play the upcoming Tekken 3D Prime Edition certainly does. While the game may have been rather limited in terms of...
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TGS 2011: Ace Combat Assault Horizon Hands On Preview

TGS 2011: Ace Combat Assault Horizon Hands On Preview At Namco Bandai’s pre-Tokyo Game Show event, a couple of the Capsule Computers team members were lucky enough to have a play through of the soon to be released title for Xbox 360, Ace Combat Assault Horizon. Despite having some impressive graphics, from what we played the game didn’t seem to be the most...
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TGS 2011: Q and A with Armored Core V Software Producer Toshifumi Nabeshima

TGS 2011: Q and A with Armored Core V Software Producer Toshifumi Nabeshima Capsule Computers joined other Namco Bandai enthusiasts at the pre-Tokyo Game Show event held at Namco Bandai headquarters in Tokyo on the 14th of September. One game we had the privilege to play was the soon to be released Armored Core V for Xbox 360. After 30 minutes of game play between us, getting to...
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Robotics;Notes Trailer – TGS 2011

Robotics;Notes Trailer – TGS 2011 The creators of the amazing Steins;Gate and Chaos;Head visual novels, 5pb Games had some big things on show at Tokyo Game Show 2011. The biggest of which was their trailer for their upcoming title, Robotics;Notes! 5pb are known for creating visual novels that focus on science-fiction with a dash of romance...
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Daisuke Sato says that Yakuza: Of the End would have “tweaked controls” if localized for West

Daisuke Sato says that Yakuza: Of the End would have “tweaked controls” if localized for West It seems that a few things will be adjusted if Yakuza: Of the End actually sees a localization for Western release. Daisuke Sato, the director of Yakuza 3 and Binary Domain spoke with Joystiq during Tokyo Game Show and there he responded to a question as to how Binary Domain would compare to Yakuza: Of the...
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Metal Gear Solid HD Collection given Japanese release date of November 23rd

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection given Japanese release date of November 23rd Kojima Productions and Konami revealed at Tokyo Game Show that the Metal Gear Solid HD Edition is going to be released on November 23rd in Japan. Both the PlayStation 3 version of the game and the Xbox 360 version of the game will be priced at ¥5,480 ($72 US) which is relatively cheap for a Japanese game...
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Asura’s Wrath gets a Tokyo Game Show trailer

Asura’s Wrath gets a Tokyo Game Show trailer Asura’s Wrath is going to be a bit of a strange game. Not only does it involve a guy who will have both of his arms literally ripped from his body only to grow back six new ones, giants bigger than a planet, swords that can reach from the moon to the Earth but now it also has some science fiction...
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New trailer for DmC shown at TGS!

New trailer for DmC shown at TGS! Love or hate Dante’s new look, you have to admit that DmC is looking fantastic as far as actual gameplay goes. Capcom have now released a new trailer for the game, and it looks like Ninja Theory have gave this reboot some serious attention when it comes to the combat within. In the clip, we see Dante...
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Kingdom Hearts 3D to feature characters from The World Ends With You!

Kingdom Hearts 3D to feature characters from The World Ends With You! Remember the unique Nintendo DS RPG title, The World Ends With You? Well Square Enix sure does and with their upcoming Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance for yes you guessed it the Nintendo 3DS, all your favourite characters from The World Ends With You will make an appearance in the game. However, it...
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PlayStation Vita game packaging and cartridge revealed

PlayStation Vita game packaging and cartridge revealed Seems like Sony is doing most of their minor appearance reveals for the PlayStation Vita by just sticking stuff in glass cases. The Japanese website My Game News Flash snagged a picture of what the PlayStation Vita’s game packaging is going to look like when it hits store shelves. I’m assuming...
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PlayStation Vita sample colors snapped by Hideo Kojima

PlayStation Vita sample colors snapped by Hideo Kojima Snapped meaning picture. No he didn’t go and break all of them. Hideo Kojima shared a picture of one of the stands for the PlayStation Vita which shows a bunch of different colored versions of the system inside of a glass case. The image comes from his Twitter account as he is tweeting various images...
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