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We make the game to be quite hard. It’s harder than any of the previous titles, and the enemies are also powerful… We strengthened the bosses, stuff like that. - Yuji Horii, creator Well, that makes me feel pretty bad. I haven’t even tackled the first Dragon Quest. I guess I don’t have any [...]

Cambridge, Mass. – July 6, 2009 - Harmonix and MTV Games today announced 28 tracks from artists including Green Day and artists performing at the RockStar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, as well as back-catalog tracks from The Presidents of the United States of America, The Offspring, Lamb of God and more, coming this week to [...]

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…there are some puzzles in the episodes that I think are hard, but they’re not cruel. I think that lack of cruelty is an important feature if adventure games are going to be palatable to large audience. - Telltale’s Dave Grossman I really think this is a hurdle that developers have to get over. The [...]

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London, United Kingdom - July, 6, 2009 – The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), the UK games publishers’ trade body, today released UK videogame sales results for the first half of 2009. The figures, compiled by GfK Chart-Track, show family-oriented and educational games have become the most popular with the UK public. [...]

There has only been one other game on a Nintendo platform in Japan that has gained a Z rating. That title would be Killer 7. Now that game won’t be so lonely anymore, with GTA: Chinatown Wars earning that rank. This is the first DS title on the Japanese market to grab [...]

Another year of American independence isn’t the only thing we’re celebrating this week. With new releases, including the hotly anticipated game BIT.TRIP CORE, Nintendo crosses the 100-game mark in its ever-growing WiiWare™ game library, a milestone that ought to keep fans ooh-ing and ahh-ing long after the Fourth of July. Other WiiWare offerings this week [...]

Even with crappy weather, we managed to get out today and play some Frisbee, go for a swim in the ocean, and then hang out by the pool. All this physical activity has me pooped! I’m off to bed, but I’ll see you guys in a few hours. Remember, I am keeping [...]

“He (Spielberg) had an entourage… and he said to his friend ‘it gives us a lot of ideas, it’s very inspiring’. I was thinking, like, wow. If we made a game that inspires Spielberg then [censored], we’re doing something good here.” - Ubisoft’s Maxime Bernard I think it’s very easy to see how Mr. Spielberg [...]

I think this picture was taken just moments before the receiver of the hadouken burst into flames. Pretty sure this is going to be a K.O.. Link

Nintendo told the world that they’d be helping to promote Dragon Quest IX. They started that help with the promo video that hit the Nintendo Channel last week, and now they’ve released a pamphlet. The pamphlet is aimed at those that have just started with the Dragon Quest series. Looks like Nintendo is trying [...]

“With the spread of cell phones and the internet, there are fewer people who spend their free time on games. However, there have always been fans who say ‘If it’s Dragon Quest, I’ll play it,’, so we’d like to cross the 4.9 million mark of the last entry.” - Dragon Quest series creator Yuji [...]

North Americans and Europeans have been slow to pick up GTA: Chinatown Wars, but official numbers do put the title at over a half million sold. Now we find out that Japanese gamers are going to have a chance to contribute to that total. Cyberfront has signed a publishing deal to launch GTA: Chinatown Wars [...]

The official Japanese site for Final Fantasy Gaiden: Four Warriors of Light is now open. No longer do you have to stare at that teaser! Unfortunately, all that the site offers right now is a look at the staff, a developer note, some very minor games details, and a great bit of music. [...]

If there is a game that is coming from Japan to North America, you can be sure that the issue of audio localization will come up. Some people want the game to retain the original Japanese voicework accompanied by English text, and others want to enjoy the game with a fully English voice track. NIS [...]

If you were to put together a short summary of all Zelda games that feature Ganon, what would you say for the end? Would you conclude your tale by saying that Ganon was killed by Link, or would you say that he was merely subdued? When you start to pick apart each Zelda [...]