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Level-5 Bringing The Little Battlers Overseas, Well At Least The Anime & Toys

Spencer — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:51:05 PST

The Little Battlers Experience is coming to Europe in fall 2013 starting with the anime series.

Fire Emblem: Awakening Makes You A Main Character

Spencer — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:21:26 PST

"Two sleeping dragons – one a sacred ally of mankind, the other its sworn destroyer. Two heroes marked with the symbols of the dragons. Their meeting heralds the dragons' awakening – and the world's ending."

New LovePlus Visits Easter Island, Moai Here Are Friendlier Than Gradius

Spencer — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:22 PST

Three videos of New LovePlus leads Nene, Rinko, and Manaka at Easter Island.

Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy Goes Old School With FF1 Event Scene

Spencer — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:10:46 PST

Select Final Fantasy IX's or Final Fantasy X's event and you'll see FMV clips. What about the original Final Fantasy? Is Square Enix going to play the intro movie from Final Fantasy Origins? The short answer is no.

Bandai Namco Studio Will Staff 1,000 People – Including The Tales Studio Team

Spencer — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:39:34 PST

Starting on April 2, Bandai Namco Studio will handle franchises such as Soulcalibur, Tekken, Taiko no Tatsujin, Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds on the Battlefield, and Tales series.

Artwork Straight From Persona 4′s Mayonaka Arena

Spencer — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:09:43 PST

Persona series artist Shingenori Soejima drew this piece (probably without the SAMPLE labels, though), which shows the characters contending to be the ultimate persona users.

Lollipop Chainsaw’s Premium Edition Costumes Revealed

Spencer — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:34:15 PST

New screenshots of rainbows flying out of zombies and Juliet using her chainsaw like a grenade launcher.

Ragnarok Odyssey Has The Highest Sellthrough Of Any Vita Game To Date

Ishaan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:25:40 PST

Ragnarok Odyssey has the highest sellthrough for a PlayStation Vita game to date.

One Piece: Pirate Warriors Screens Of Luffy’s Story And The Game-Only Another Log

Spencer — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:56:49 PST

One Piece: Pirate Warriors, a Dyansty Warriors take on the One Piece universe, has two story modes. In the Main Log you'll follow the anime plot with manga style cutscenes.

The Art Of BlazBlue Part 2 – Animation Phase

Spencer — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:17:48 PST

Find out the five key stages every character goes through from concept art to the final sprite. Plus see if you can guess how many frames of animation each BlazBlue character has. (It's probably higher than you think!)

Touch My Katamari Has Pac-Man And Toro Cameos

Spencer — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:42:50 PST

Namco Bandai has even weirder missions for Touch My Katamari than the Maid Paradise downloadable content revealed last night.

Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom Playtest: Inaccurate, But Incredible Shinsengumi

Jenni — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:00:07 PST

I was a little disappointed when Aksys picked Hakuoki as the first otome VN release, but I got over it after playing through it twice. Aksys picked the perfect Idea Factory game to localize.

Lack Of Big Releases Led To Slow U.S. Software Sales In January

Ishaan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:06:26 PST

A lack of high-profile game launches led to a 38% decline in retail software sales compared to January 2011.

Final Fantasy XIV Scales Down From 18 Worlds To 10

Spencer — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:31:20 PST

Say bye-bye to Wutai, Figaro, and Cornelia. Hello to New Worlds 1-10.

Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior’s Rise Is Coming From Phantom Breaker Publisher

Ishaan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:48 PST

The game has both co-op and versus multiplayer modes, along with unlockable upgrades and items.