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Mikami – Resident Evil 5 will ‘just cause me stress’
10:00AM Stuart Houghton | It seems like everyone in the world is waiting for Resident Evil 5. Even your mum. Even the Pope. Even The Pope’s mum. But not Shinji Mikami. The creator of the Biohazard/Resident Evil series has already decided that he will not like the game and is planning to avoid it at all costs. More »
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The Odd Couple – EA & Grasshopper or Suda 51 & Shinji Mikami
6:00AM Kotaku US Edition | It might seem weird that Japanese independent studio Grasshopper Manufacture is partnering up with US powerhouse publisher EA; but it seems weirder to me that wacky, artsy Suda 51 is pairing off with serious, horror-loving Shinji Mikami of Resident Evil fame. I went into my interview with the two Japanese developers with a bunch of questions I knew I couldn’t ask; I lived in Japan long enough to learn that the direct approach is usually not the best. The questions I did ask, though, had some fun answers: “What do you think of MadWorld?” I shot this one off at Suda directly and he didn’t even wait for the translator. His face lit up and he exclaimed something about how cool it looked – like Sin City. And something about how he had a similar idea, but my Japanese ain’t that great, so I had to wait for the translator to explain that Suda had a similar idea for a futuristic game that now he couldn’t do because it would look too much like MadWorld. Mikami didn’t seem as thrilled. He’s an “external board member” at Platinum Games, so he probably knows all the guys on MadWorld’s dev team and wouldn’t want to comment on anything of theirs that could be secret. Mikami is the man for horror, though, and that’s how this odd partnership came about. More »
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Why Are Suda And Mikami Working With EA?
5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Earlier, EA announced that it would be working with Grasshopper Manufacture, the creators of Killer 7 and No More Heroes, and Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami. EA Partners will publish the Shinji Mikami-produced, Goichi Suda-designed game on the PC, Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 and Wii. So why are these two Japanese gaming forces working with EA? More »
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Platinum Games Blowout!
2:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Looks like those Platinum Games rumours are true. Things like a mulit-page article in this week’s Famitsu magazine tend to confirm things like that. There’s 3D action title Bayonetta for the PS3 and the Xbox 360>. The angel-battling game features a protagonist with gun-feet. The game is being directed by Hideki Kamiya, the creator of Devil May Cry and director of Okami. The other game Famitsu mentions is Infinite Line, which is apparently being co-developed with Nude Maker.
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Goichi Suda, Shinji Mikami Team Up For More Awesomeness?
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Word has it that No More Heroes creator Goichi Suda and Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami have joined forces for a yet unannounced project. (Previously, the duo worked together on Killer7.) We’ve been hearing rumblings about this for a while, as has game magazine GamesTM. The latest issue dishes: UNTITLED PLATINUM GAMES PROJECT One of our spies informs us that Grasshopper is currently discussing a new game with the ex-Clover studio. Perhaps it’s this, perhaps not. If true, we approve. We very much approve of this. Carry on! More »
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