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NIS America to localize Imageepoch’s games for Western release

Travis Bruno
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Remember last week how we covered a handful of new announcements by Japanese RPG developer Imageepoch? There was great question as to whether or not these games would ever make their way to North America or Europe and it was not looking very good. That however has quickly changed as Ryoei Mikage, who is the CEO of Imageepoch, has announced a partnership with NIS America.

Speaking with Dengeki Online, Ryoei Mikage described that release plans for their newly announced games will be handled overseas solely by NIS America inside of North America and Europe. The games will be fully translated into English and be treated as full releases by NIS America. May I say that this is quite a quick announcement considering more often than not JRPGs are released in Japan, and either never see an American release date, or release a year later at the best.

The reason that Mikage happened to choose NIS America for handling their releases is because of NISA’s Disgaea sales that exceed 150,000 – 200,000 copies sold. While that number is very small compared to blockbuster releases, for games like Imageepoch is making that is quite impressive to them. Looks like Imageepoch’s announcement that they were planning to revitalize the JRPG genre is true.

The games in case you forgot that have been announced, and therefore are to be localized are Tale of the Last Promise, Chevalier Saga Tactics, and perhaps most exciting of all; Black Rock Shooter: the Game. One can also note that Black Rock Shooter has seen zero release overseas so it will be interesting to see how well these will be handled. Keep in mind that these games were just announced in Japan by Imageepoch so expect a nice little wait after they get released. Black Rock Shooter itself is set for a Summer 2011 release date so no news as to when the localization can even be expected. But hey, at least we know one is coming!

Source: Dengeki Online via Siliconera

Rabbids make Figurines of themselves

J. Bradshaw
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The rascawy,* raving, radical rabbids have returned in all new game from Ubisoft on the Nintendo Wii.  That game is: Raving Rabbids Travel in Time. This adventure takes them across time so that they can change the past, including the time periods of the Egypt and the Far West.  To celebrate, they have also gone and made figurines of themselves.  They will be available at GAME stores starting today for the price of $4.99.  There is also a deck of 60 playing cards available to buy.

*Yes, that is cross franchise alliteration.  It is it in there just for you. 😉

Epic Games to reveal unexpected Gears of War gameplay at VGA

Travis Bruno
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Excited for Spike’s Video Game Awards yet? Well if you aren’t excited about the awards themselves then it’s time to start anticipating the various game announcements that will happen that night, and Epic Games isn’t looking to let us leave empty minded. In a new trailer for the VGA on Spike we see a small teaser by Cliff Bleszinski.

Cliff Bleszinski, design director at Epic, tells us that there will be new gameplay revealed December 11th on the VGA and that “It’s not what you’re expecting.” So we currently know that there will be some sort of reveal for Gears of War 3, but what could it be? Possibly news of going multi-platform? Kinect motion control for parts of the game? An entirely new thing we can’t imagine? No idea, but what do you think it could be?

You can catch the video where Cliff teases everyone with this announcement on Spike’s website.

THQ announcing that they will announce a “Core Kinect title” in the near future

Travis Bruno
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If you have a Kinect then you are most likely dancing or petting your pet tiger instead of reading this, but if you did manage to pull yourself from the kinect then you will be happy to know we have a little bit of news. Well more like an announcement that there will be an announcement in the future. As it turns out Danny Bilson, who is THQ’s core game vice president, announced on his twitter page the following:

We will be announcing one Core Kinect game soon.

Exactly when this announcement will be is unknown, though with the VGAs coming up in a few weeks then we can expect that it will take place during the awards, especially considering earlier he also tweeted about a big game announcement at the VGAs so these could coincide together. Unfortunately there isn’t even a mention as to what the Kinect game will even be about, so stay with us as we find out more from Bilson.

Trio Of Halo: Reach Noble Map Pack Videos

Dylan Radcliffe
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Trio Of Halo: Reach Noble Map Pack Videos

Many of you are probably looking forward to the new map pack for Halo: reach. A series of new achievements, 3 new maps to play on, a new map for invasion, and space Combat. Well, Bungie has so far released tons of videos showing off each of the new maps located in the Noble Map Pack.

Below you will find one video for each map. Sure they have been out already for a bit but for those of you who haven’t seen them, they are new to you. For those of you who have already, be prepared to play them all night long when the DLC drops tomorrow.

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr6a2lXFsCM&feature=player_embedded[/pro-player]

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYUgGAUHl8Y&feature=player_embedded[/pro-player]

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC-Qncg6kV8&feature=player_embedded[/pro-player]

Dara O Briain – Gaming comedy routine

Justin Mienkiewicz
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Dara O Briain – Gaming comedy routine

Check out this quick little clip from a comedy show by Dara O Briain.  I think as gamers we can all relate to something from this routine.  Truly hilarious.

Warning: Language

This Week On XBLA (11/29/2010)

Dylan Radcliffe
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This Week On XBLA (11/29/2010)

The deal of the week this week consists of 4 buggy games. When I say Buggy, I mean literal bugs… These 4 titles all have to do with bugs, most notably… the worm!

As for games actually coming out this week, there are none that have been announced. However, if that makes you sad, you could always go get the “super secret” access page and then download the full game from there. That should cull you over until more games get released, and I’m sure you are still busy playing that feast of games that went on sale last week.
Notable DLC of this week include the Noble Map Pack for Halo: Reach and the Big Thrills Pack for Trials HD.

Super Mario Bros….on Kinect?

Dustin Spencer
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Super Mario Bros….on Kinect?

For those who rushed in thinking an announcement was made such as Nintendo giving up rights to Mario to Microsoft for the Kinect, that is not the case. Instead, a new video has gone viral with a user who hacked his Kinect to play Super Mario Bros. completely utilizing the camera control on a PC. Now the control doesn’t appear to be the sharpest, but for such an early hack I have to applaud the genius of the idea as well as the execution.

In my opinion this shows how well the Kinect can actually work and gets me more excited for what we may see in the future as the Kinect has a lot of potential. Can you imagine if Ocarina of Time, Metroid, or evn a title such as Final Fantasy VII were recreated this way? The possibilities could be endless, even if it is still quite humorous to watch the jumping and flailing the user has to do to activate the controls. Check out the video below for yourself and be amazed for what could be the future of gaming.

Nintendo sells over 1.5 Million Consoles on Black Friday…

Dustin Spencer
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When it came to video games on the year’s Black Friday, it seems Nintendo might be the dominating brand yet again. According to Nintendo’s sales estimates, the company sold 900,000 DS/DSi units & 600,000 Nintendo Wiis between Sunday, Nov. 21, and Saturday, Nov. 27. These are incredibly high numbers for a holiday and one can assume that the new Red DSiXL & Red Wii as well as the new green and orange DSi bundles were responsible for such high numbers.

It should also be noted that this is the first holiday since the launch of the black Wii and DSiXL to start with, so it looks like many were waiting for the appropriate time to make the upgrade. This should also quiet rumors that Nintendo has hit a slump as of late sales wise. I am really curious now more than ever of how many Xbox 360 units with the Kinect were sold as many are predicting dominance from Microsoft for this year’s holiday sales so that will be a report to watch out for.

Brain Age 3 Now in Development….

Dustin Spencer
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One thing in the gaming world that has baffled me was the huge success and disappearance of the Brain Age series on the Nintendo DS. Well, let me rephrase that, the games are great, but what I mean is that after selling over 33 million units the series sort of just packed up and called it a day besides a few trickles of DSiWare over the past few years. There have been countless clones and knock-offs since the release of Brain Age 2, but it is now looking that an official sequel is on it’s way.

Professor Ryuta Kawashima, you know, the floating head that scares knowledge into player in the Brain Age series has confirmed that a new game is on the way under the name “Farewell Brain Games”. Adding to this speculation of what console the game might be for, Japanese gaming  journalist Hiroki Tachibana recently posted an article mentioning that it looks like the 3DS will be getting what appears to be the finale in the series. Not much else is known, but we will keep you updated if anymore information comes forward. I for one wouldn’t mind being compared to an 88 year old man again, and in 3D no less, but it looks like we have a bit of a wait before then.

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