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Pokémon Black And White 2 Will Catch All The Western Gamers Soon

Announced this weekend for a June release in Japan, the first pair of main series Pokémon titles with the number two in the title will be hitting North America and Europe towards the end of the year.


Sign Up For The TERA Beta Now!

If you’re an MMO fan and you haven’t heard of TERA yet, then you’re missing out. A beautiful and fluid MMORPG that features real time combat, it’s the kind of game that even hardened MMO vets like me have been waiting for.


Kingdom Hearts 3D Is Officially A Thing For North America And Europe

The final chapter of the Kingdom Hearts saga begins with Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance for the 3DS, now confirmed for release next year in North America and Europe, as if anyone was worried it wouldn’t make it.


Sorry, America, Still No Xenoblade Chronicles For You

Not that this will be too big a surprise for suffering American Wii owners, but in Nintendo’s latest release schedule (out today), there’s still no mention of Xenoblade Chronicles being due for North America. It’s still scheduled for release in Europe, however, on August 19.


Get A Bigger Mii With Giant AR Cards, Now Available At Club Nintendo

Mii too wee? Extend the size of your Mii on your Nintendo 3DS naturally with an XL-sized augmented reality card, one of the newest additions to the North American version of Club Nintendo.


Professor Layton Anime Coming Stateside This Fall

Level 5′s puzzle adventure series Professor Layton spawned a film in 2009, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva. Anime distributor Viz Media now plans to bring the Japanese movie to America this fall, reports Anime News Network. Another puzzle solved.


What’s In The New Call Of Duty: Black Ops Limited Edition Re-release?

The Call of Duty: Black Ops Limited Edition hits Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next week at North American retailers, packing in one game and one token for “First Strike” downloadable content that originally hit in February. Cost? $US59.99 USD.


Atlus Travels Back In Time To Tease Persona 2: Innocent Sin

Atlus Faithful fan club members received a bizarre mailing today in the form of a newsletter dated June 23, 1999. What’s significant about that date? Why that’s when the only Persona game not to hit North America was released in Japan. How odd.


Report: PlayStation Store Reopens May 24, Quickly Flooded With New Content

Sony’s PlayStation Store has been offline for almost a month following an attack on the company’s PlayStation Network, leaving PlayStation developers without a digital storefront to sell their wares. That should changes next week, according to new memo from Sony.


The Hellgate Reopens Over North America In June

Korean publisher HanbitSoft is finally ready to reopen Hellgate, Flagship Studios’ online multiplayer tale of demonic invasion, in North America. Closed beta for the free-to-play game launches in early June, with a full release coming later this year.


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