Today Aksys Games released the first English trailer for their upcoming release of Muramasa Rebirth, the upgraded port of the Wii exclusive Muramasa: The Demon Blade. The VanillaWare developed title is set to be released on the PlayStation Vita on June 25th in both a standard package and a special...

Today Aksys Games announced that they will be continuing their trend of releasing otome games. Their latest localization is called Hakuoki: Memories of the Shinsengumi which is a 3DS port of the PSP game released in 2012, Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom. This 3DS version of the game features six new...

Aksys Games have just announced a limited run special edition of Muramasa Rebirth called the Muramasa Rebirth Blessing of Amitabha Collector’s Edition. The new limited special edition of Muramasa Rebirth will allow you to fully immerse yourself in the stunning awe-inspiring world of Muramasa. The...

BIT.TRIP Presents… Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien Developer: Gaijin Games Publisher: Aksys Games Platforms:  PlayStation 3, XBox 360 (reviewed), Wii U, PC Release Date: February 26, 2013 Price: $14.99 – Buy Now Overview In a day and age where rhythm games, as this generation has...

Aksys Games has not let the 2nd Anniversary of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster go unnoticed. From March 11 to March 15, Aksys will be donating $5 for every item purchased to the American Red Cross for relief efforts in Japan. Have any games from Aksys that you would like to purchase?...

Today Aksys Games has announced that they will be bringing a unique looking game to the Xbox Live Marketplace sometime this summer. The game is called A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda EX and if that sounds a bit familiar to you, then you may have heard of the original version of the title, A.R.E.S. Extinction...

Welcome to another episode of Xbox Live News with Pipper! This week we can expect a little bit of old – very old – and a little bit of new. Sega is dominating the Deals of the Week with discounted prices on old games which should be free by now. Once again Games on Demand has added quite a few...

Today, Aksys Games have released BIT.TRIP Presents… Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien. The sequel to the critically acclaimed and IGF award-winning ‘BIT.TRIP RUNNER’ is available for $14.99 on the PlayStation Network and 1200 MS points on the Xbox Live Arcade. Satiating your...

If you happen to be a fan of the Ragnarok Online game or Ragnarok at all then you’ll be happy to hear that one of the game’s related to Ragnarok is currently on sale. Aksys’ Ragnarok Tactics which was released a few months ago in 2012 has been discounted to $19.99, a $10 drop from the...

Whenever a console is released, they require a lot of third party support or else consumers will move away from the system. You see, without multiple titles worth playing from everyone’s favorite developers and series. As such, during their PlayStation 4 presentation Sony decided to toss up an image...

If you’re ready to delve deeper into the world of Hakuoki then you’ll be pleased to hear that Hakuoki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi is now available for the PSP. This game takes the story beyond dialogue and into actual combat as players take control of six different playable characters and...

Keiji Inafune is your uncle (how awesome is that?!) and you are his niece: Saki Inafune. One day Keiji Inafune opens a theme park and as his niece you can’t wait to visit. However things quickly go wrong when Count Hogstein appears on the scene and bombs a ferris wheel and kidnapping a bunch of...

After it was announced that Aksys Games would be bringing Muramasa: The Demon Blade over to North America sometime this year, the company has chosen to give one of their upcoming PSP games a little bit more love. To be a bit more exact, Aksys has released a trailer for Hakuoki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi...

Today Aksys Games has announced that they will be bringing the PlayStation Vita version of Muramasa: The Demon Blade to North America under the new name of Muramasa Rebirth. The title features a number of upgrades from the original Wii version which was originally released by Ignition Entertainment, such as...

Today the official website for Compile Heart was updated saying that they will be making a “big announcement” on December 25th. Why should you care you ask? Well while Compile Heart has made a few titles that have not made it to Western shores over the years, many of their franchises make the...

Aksys Games have just announce that the compilation of the original BIT.TRIP series for the Nintendo 3DS, BIT.TRIP SAGA, will be available for digital download on the Nintendo eShop starting December 20th, 2012.  Each game has been masterfully recreated in 3D specifically for the Nintendo 3DS. BIT.TRIP...

While gamers in North America and Europe currently have no idea when BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma will be released on consoles, gamers in Japan can already play the title at various arcades around the nation. Now Arc System Works is planning on releasing an update to the arcade version of Chrono Phantasma and...

Some of you may recall that in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Aksys Games began a fundraiser linked to their recently released Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward title where the company would sell off the highly sought after watches for $19.99 and all proceeds from these sales would be donated to the...

To continue in the celebration of the 3rd anniversary of BlazBlue’s US release, Aksys Games have announced a further two contests which are live right now. One is titled “Caption the Blue”, and requires an entrant to write one set of captions for a pre-determined image. That image can be...

Ragnarok Tactics Developer: AppoloSoft Publisher: Aksys Games Platform: PSP (Available for download on PS Vita) Release Date: November 6, 2012 Price: $29.99 – Available Here Overview: Many gamers have likely heard of the Ragnarok franchise thanks to the fact that it’s star title, Ragnarok Online,...

Aksys Games offered a very nice pre-order bonus for Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward in the form of an awesome looking watch which was made to resemble the in-game watch that would kill the characters if their points hit zero. Now these watches were limited and many people missed out on the watch if...

PSP owners who want something new to play are in luck this week, as an absolute treat has been delivered. Aksys Games new strategy RPG Ragnarok Tactics has hit shelves today, delivering an epic story with five different endings, as well as that familiar Ragnarok universe that fans know and love. Here is...

If you picked up the Nintendo 3DS version of Aksys’ latest release, Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward then you should be careful of where you save your game because a save corrupting bug has been discovered. Many players have created a large thread on NeoGAF explaining the issue and identifying...

Today Aksys Games announced that they would be bringing the PSP game Hakuouki: Bakumatsu Musou Roku over to North America. This game, which plays similar to Dynasty Warriors but with a much more in-depth and interesting storyline, will now be called Hakuoki: Warriors of the Shinsengumi and the company has...

Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward Developer: Chunsoft Publisher: Rising Star Games / Aksys Games Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita (Reviewed) Release Date:  US October 24, 2012 – EU/AU November 23, 2012 Price: $39.99 – Available Here Overview: A couple of years ago, Aksys Games...

You better double check your car next time you start it up, because Zero is now looking for more participants to take part in the Nonary Game. Either that, or you could play it safe and simply head out to the store and pick up either the PlayStation Vita or Nintendo 3DS versions of Zero Escape: Virtue’s...