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Ready To Smash Up Cars In Super Street Fighter IV?
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The upcoming SSFIV is bringing back the Street Fighter bonus stages of yore: car destruction. More »
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Bayonetta’s “Perfect” Famitsu Score – There’s A Catch
12:40PM Michael McWhertor | PlatinumGames’ sexy action game Bayonetta made headlines earlier today for securing a “perfect” 40 out of 40 score from the editors of Japan’s Famitsu magazine. That’s kind of a big deal. But there’s a footnote worth mentioning. More »
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Famitsu Awards Bayonetta A Perfect Score
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Japanese game magazine Famitsu has four separate critics score games on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best score. The four scores are then tallied, and 40 is perfecto. More »
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Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth Dated, Priced By Famitsu
5:30AM Michael McWhertor | Konami’s still-to-be-officially-announced exhumation of Game Boy classic Castlevania: The Adventure will arrive in Japan on October 27, according to details from the latest crappy mobile phone shots of Famitsu magazine. More »
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Japanese Market Continues To Experience Shrinkage
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | More bad news for the Japanese game market. According to Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, the domestic market shrunk by 10.5% in the first half of fiscal 2009. More »
Culture
Let’s Learn About American Otaku
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The results of the Otaku USA readership poll were published in the most recent issue of Japanese game mag Famitsu. Ready to have a look? Are you? More »
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Final Fantasy XIII Could Move Another Half Million PS3s In Japan
6:40AM Michael McWhertor | The Japanese release of Final Fantasy XIII might just do wonders for the PlayStation 3 in Japan, if the president of Famitsu publisher Enterbrain knows what he’s talking about. A massive marquee game moving consoles? What you talkin’ ’bout, Hamamura? More »
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Foreign Otaku Results Hit Japanese Newsstands
6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Just a heads up! This past Spring, paper mag Otaku USA surveyed foreign otaku for a Famitsu article. More »
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