Leaked magazine scans have new info about the upcoming Lost Planet: Extreme Condition sequel. Dubbed Lost Planet Colonies, this sequel has been traveling through the rumor mill for some time but no information was available until now.
According to the scans, Colonies will have one new female character and new weapons and monsters, in online-play you will be able to play either as human or as a bug and the title will feature cross-platform play between PCs and Xbox 360s (no word about PS3 yet).
The mag scans also state that Lost Planet Colonies will be released in Japan on May 29.
Source: Kotaku
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When there’s no gaming news, there are gaming rumors. When in Rome, do as the Romans do: Let the rumors start flying.
Is Apple dipping further into the gaming industry?
Recently Apple has extended its trademark to include “hand-held units for playing video games”, and “stand alone video game machines.”
Microsoft has big news for Japan?
It’s no secret that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 isn’t all that popular in Japan. So it should come as no surprise that Microsoft is coyly teasing an announcement next week in the land of the rising sun.
Left 4 Dead shambles on to PS3?
Gamers across the nation are eagerly anticipating Turtle Rock Studio’s co-op zombie shooter Left 4 Dead. Word on the street is that in addition to being on PC and Xbox 360, the game will be coming out on PlayStation 3.
As usual, feel free to drop a comment on which rumors you think are true…now adjourn your asses.
Believe it or not, Wii Fit finally lost the number one position in this week’s Famitsu weekly rankings. This week’s #1 is given to Super Smash Bros. Brawl–as we expected it to be one of the major titles for this month.
Devil May Cry 4 for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 also showed a decent sales score. Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi is another popular title that is based on a popular light novel titled Haruhi Suzumiya written by Nagaru Tanigawa.
The ranking as follows:
1. *NEW* Super Smash Bros. Brawl
2. *NEW* Devil May Cry 4 (PS3)
3. *NEW* Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi
4. *NEW* Tales of Destiny director’s cut edition
5. Wii Fit
6. *NEW* Disgaea 3
7. *NEW* Devil May Cry 4 (XBOX360)
8. *NEW* Assassin’s Creed
9. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
10. Pro Evolution Soccer Ubiquitous Evolution 2008/02/07
Source: Famitsu
Brain Age creator Ryuta Kawashima turned down almost $22 million (¥2.4 billion) in royalties from the hit Nintendo DS title based on his best-selling book.
Dr. Kawashima is a respected Japanese neuroscientist, and the author of Train Your Brain: 60 Days to a Better Brain. The game is based upon the book, and features Kawashima as a character.
Not a single yen has gone in my pocket. Everyone in my family is mad at me but I tell them that if they want money, go out and earn it.
In fact, Kawashima has directed some of the royalty money (¥700 million) to Tohoku University for new laboratories.
Via Gamernode.
It’s been 10 years since gamers first feasted their eyes on the one true racing simulation experience, Grand Turismo for the PlayStation.
Announced today, Gran Turismo 5: Prologue will finally hit North American soil on April 17, 2008. The game will be available for purchase in two forms. There’s digital download from the PSN, which will run you $40 dollars, and gamers will also have the choice of picking up a hard copy for the same price. The hard copy will feature a behind the scenes hi-def video entitled “Beyond the Apex.” Continued…
Wii Fit won the weekly sales battle again for the past week. The Wii Fit effect now influences sales of the Wii and possibly causes a pinball sales effect for other titles.
As you should know, the Wii has already sold more than 5 million units in Japan. The ranking follows:
1. Wii Fit
2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS)
3. Mario Party DS
4. Wii Sports
5. Wii Play
6. Monster Hunter Portable 2
7. Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box
8. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
9. Super Mario Galaxy
10. Mario Party 8
Source: Famitsu
Konami will release Contra Dual Spirits for Nintendo DS on March 13. The price will be 5,229 Yen.
Contra Dual Spirits is the newest title of Contra series — the first of which was released in 1987. Contra Dual Spirits inherited the traditional 2D action game system from previous Contra series. This title is a port of the American-developed Contra 4.
The new title fully uses the advantage of dual display that Nintendo DS has, and there will be impacting stages and bosses. A new feature (familiar to North American players) called “Grappling Hook” enables to move character on both displays. Also, players are able to use wireless LAN connectivity to play cooperatively.
For this title, a 20th memorial of original Contra privilege is included which has 40 challenge stages. In addition, by playing challenging stages, players can unlock privilege items. The privilege content includes interviews of Contra and Super C, artwork and more.
Source: Dengeki
First we learned there is one Nintendo DS handheld for every 7 people in Japan. Now the DS has outsold the PlayStation 2 - in all time sales.
Since its release in Japan on March 4, 2000, the PS2 has sold 20,901,468 units. As of this week, the Nintendo DS sold 20,954,157 units.
The DS has been on Japanese shelves since December 2, 2004.
The figures come from Japanese media firm Media Create.
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DSvision, a product to allow DS owners to watch movies on their handheld, is slated to launch in Japan next spring. The product is supported by Nintendo.
Users will need to buy a ¥3,890 ($37) kit; a USB dongle with a microSD card slot, a 512MB card and an adapter that fits into the DS Lite cartridge slot.
Movies have to be purchased from the DSvision website on a PC, then transferred to the microSD card with the supplied hardware.
There will be around 300 films, TV shows, manga and e-books available at launch.
Via Digital World Tokyo.
Sony’s PlayStation 3 sold more units than Nintendo’s Wii in Japan for the first time this month, according to Britain’s The Times.
Sony sold 183,217 PS3s in the island nation in November, against sales of 159,193 for the Wii.
This is bad news for Nintendo, which has seen the Wii sell as many as six times as many units as the PS3 in recent months. Continued…
In its second week on Japanese shelves, Halo 3 dropped completely off the sales chart after dominating in week one, according to sales figures quoted by Next Generation.
Last week, Halo 3 was the first ever Xbox title to debut in the number one spot, with 60,000 copies sold. It was the second-best ever Japanese opening for an Xbox title (after Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s Blue Dragon).
So what happened? According to NextGen: Continued…
