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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 »
Culture

Let’s Peek At The Bayonetta Photobook

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | We were right! The Bayonetta photobook does feature high quality photos like this. More »
News

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 »
News

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 »
News

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 »
News

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 »
News

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 »
Culture

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 »
Rumours

Square Enix’s Nier Already Getting A Spin-off?

7:40AM Michael McWhertor | Nier, the action adventure role-playing game from Square Enix and developer Cavia, is coming to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next year. That game may already have a spin-off title in the works, according to the newest Famitsu Weekly. More »