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Square Enix Ready To Shoot Up Japanese Arcades

10:00PM January 11, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

This summer, Square Enix is releasing a new third-person shooter dubbed Gunslinger Stratos. It’s not a home console game — yet. Rather, it’s a four-on-four, team-based, online arcade game that allows players to battle others in game centres across Japan. More »

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Step Inside The Offices Of One Of Japan’s Hottest Games Developers

3:00PM January 9, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

PlatinumGames may not be the most commercially successful Japanese developer around, but with a catalogue that already includes games like Bayonetta and Vanquish (and the sadly forgotten Infinite Space), they’ve got a ton of fans, well-wishers and public admirers. More »

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When Bayonetta’s Designer Trolls The Internet

9:30PM August 31, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

With a hair body suit and pistol heels, Bayonetta was one of the most interesting games of 2010. Wouldn’t it be great if Platinum Games made another? Sure it would. More »

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Would Bayonetta Have Been Sexier If She Was More "Western"?

8:30PM June 29, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

As far as video game characters go, Bayonetta was built with one thing in mind. The suit, the heels, the British accent, even the glasses, all there for sex appeal. But would she have been sexier if she was less “Japanese”? More »

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She’s Bayonetta, Brought To Life

8:00PM May 31, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

As far as short nicknames go, hers must be on of the shortest. Going by the frisky sounding “H”, this cosplayer focuses her attention primarily on one thing: games made in Osaka. More »

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Watch Bayonetta, With Commentary By The Game’s Creator

5:00PM April 27, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Having made a start last year then seemingly forgetting all about it, Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya has dusted off the next-gen brawler and will be once again providing weekly videos where he plays through the game while telling you all about it. More »

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What Is Japan’s Fetish This Week? Glasses

5:00AM April 22, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

In game after game, comic book after comic book, manga after manga, there they are: characters with glasses. And Japan is totally gaga for them. More »

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Anarchy Reigns’ Mathilda Has Curves And Spikes In The Right Places

8:20AM March 17, 2011 | Mike Fahey

She’s one part Bayonetta, one part purple people beater. She’s Mathilda, and she’s ready to enter the blood-soaked multiplayer ring of Platinum Games’ Anarchy Reigns. More »

In Real Life

This Bayonetta Figure Pistol Kicks Out A Whopping Price Tag

12:30AM February 8, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Putting models together and painting them is not easy. Finishing them and making them look great takes skill. And skill is expensive. More »

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The Truth About Video Game Motorcycles

8:00AM January 26, 2011 | Lisa Foiles

A few years ago, I unlocked a real-life achievement: Obtained motorcycle licence. More »