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PSPgo Gives PlayStation A Big Slice Of Japanese Hardware Pie
6:30AM Michael McWhertor | The Japanese release of Sony’s PSPgo may have been low-key in terms of numbers, but we’re only getting a look at one day of sales of the platform. It was enough to give Sony the upper hardware hand this week. More »
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Global Game Sales Down 6% In 2009
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | While the worst of it seems to be behind us, 2009 will still be remembered as the year of the global economic crisis. And when people are in times of economic crisis, well, they buy less video games. More »
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Bayonetta Brushes Back Pokemon, Tops Japan’s Game Charts
7:40AM Michael McWhertor | PlatinumGames and Sega’s Bayonetta kicked its way to the top of the Japanese game charts, moving nearly 200,000 copies during week one and making it the country’s bestselling game. More »
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KOF XII Gets Pricing Beatdown From Japanese Retailer
10:40AM Michael McWhertor | The bad news for SNK Playmore is that retailer response to The King of Fighters XII, at least at one major Japanese retailer, is that they’d like to be rid of it altogether, marking the fighting game down to about $12. More »
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Mai Shiranui Playable In SNK Shooting Game
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Mai Shiranui might not be in The King of Fighters XII, but she is in SNK’s shooting game The King of Fighters: Sky Stage. More »
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Hideo Kojima A “Huge Fan” Of Twilight, Will Judge Your Fan Art
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is apparently a fan of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series, opting in to judge a fan art contest themed around the second entry in the romantic vampire action series, New Moon. More »
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How’d The PSPgo Launch Go In Japan?
6:30AM Michael McWhertor | According to Enterbrain, the folks who publish Famitsu magazine, the newest PlayStation Portable sold 28,275 units on its first day on the Japanese market. More »
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Forza 3 Makes Inroads Into Japanese Game Chart
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | Forza Motorsport 3 gives the Xbox 360 a rare top 10 placement on Media Create’s weekly list of the bestselling games in Japan. It’s one of a handful of new debuts that came nowhere near unseating Pokemon as software champ. More »
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With Japanese Price Cut, PS3 Sales Up 700%
3:30PM Brian Ashcraft | A spate of price cuts has hit game hardware. Famitsu publisher Enterbrain examines how it has affected each platform. Let’s have a look, shall we? More »
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