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Why Robin Makes Batman Better This September, what are you doing? Game company Konami is releasing two Beatmania IIDX figures. So there.
The news this morning that Konami will publish Def Jam Rapstar raises hope among the hip-hop-minded among us that maybe, finally, the world will get its first – or second, you may argue – great rap game.
Arcade music title beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS is getting a PS2 port. It’s the last beatmania coming to the PlayStation 2.
Konami is releasing a limited edition beatmania IIDX Celica Mizushiro figure. The latest in its beatmania series, Celica is 19cm-tall statue is slated for an August 28 release.
Trademork is reporting that Activision has applied for a trademark for the name DJ Hero earlier this month. There’s not a whole lot of details at the moment but in legal terms, the trademark refers to “computer game software and related instruction manual sold together as a unit; interactive video game programs; computer game discs; downloadable software for use in connection with computer games; video game controllers; interactive video game comprised of a CD or DVD sold as a unit with a video game controller.”
Sounds suspiciously like Konami’s Beatmania but it will be interesting to see how Activision would make the game their own. It also leaves me curious as to what the song list would be like.
DJ Hero [Trademork via Opposable Thumbs]
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