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Does Evangelion Have Much Of A Sound Impact?

Venerated anime Neon Genesis Evangelion is being reborn on the PSP as Rebuild of Evangelion: Sound Impact.


September 3, 2011
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Buy A Shadows Of The Damned CD, Get An Autograph

Grasshopper Manufacuture’s Akira Yamaoka, who cut his teeth on Silent Hill, is one of gaming’s most famous composers-slash-games developers. You can get his autograph. His music, too.


July 15, 2011
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Does This Make Up For The Delay, Japan?

Shadows of the Damned is out in the West. Kotaku‘s been playing it. Japan hasn’t.


July 11, 2011
News

You Can Now Buy Play For Japan

In the wake of the March 11 earthquake in Japan, Grasshopper Manufacture’s Akira Yamaoka put together a charity album. That album is now available in selected territories on iTunes.


July 8, 2011
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Snatcher Inspires A Radio Drama

Hideo Kojima is making a Snatcher-inspired radio drama called Suda51′s Sdatcher. It will be overseen by Kojima, written by Goichi Suda (No More Heroes) and scored by Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill). That’s… neat?


June 16, 2011
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I Don’t Know About This Neon Genesis Evangelion Game…

Grasshopper Manufacture is making a Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Akira Yamaoka, best known for Silent Hill, is handling the sound and remixing. Cool!


June 15, 2011
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No More Heroes Creator Takes On Neon Genesis Evangelion

Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind No More Heroes and the upcoming Shadows of the Damned, is working on a Neon Genesis Evangelion game for the PSP. It’s not your typical Eva game.


October 14, 2010
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No More Heroes Developer Gets More Heroes

Earlier this year, Tokyo-based Grasshopper Manufacture snagged Akira Yamaoka of Silent Hill fame from Konami. This month, it also signed two more “name” developers.


August 31, 2010

What Do Game Developers Know About Real Guns?

In game after game, there they are: guns. Weapons are a common trope. They are a catalyst for action and an instrument for destruction. In-game guns and, well, guns are different. What do game developers know about the real deal?


July 13, 2010
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Silent Hill Music Man Akira Yamaoka’s Favourite Songs

Composer Akira Yamaoka, perhaps best known for his moody musical contributions to Konami’s Silent Hill series, wants his own funeral to be scored by Ennio Morricone’s “Ecstasy of Gold”, one of the game composer’s five favourite songs.