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Does Evangelion Have Much Of A Sound Impact?

10:00AM September 15, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

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


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Buy A Shadows Of The Damned CD, Get An Autograph

2:00AM September 3, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

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. More »


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Does This Make Up For The Delay, Japan?

1:00AM July 15, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

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


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You Can Now Buy Play For Japan

7:00PM July 11, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

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. More »


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Snatcher Inspires A Radio Drama

9:30PM July 8, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

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? More »


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I Don’t Know About This Neon Genesis Evangelion Game…

6:00PM June 16, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

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


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No More Heroes Creator Takes On Neon Genesis Evangelion

6:00PM June 15, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

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. More »


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No More Heroes Developer Gets More Heroes

9:00PM October 14, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

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. More »


What Do Game Developers Know About Real Guns?

11:00PM August 31, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

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? More »


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Silent Hill Music Man Akira Yamaoka’s Favourite Songs

6:40AM July 13, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

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. More »