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Gearbox Pulls An Oprah, Gives Away Borderlands 2 To Everyone In Raucous Crowd

You get a Borderlands 2! You get a Borderlands 2! This is Randy Pitchford and other top people from Gearbox Software giving away a copy of Borderlands 2 to every one of the 900 people who showed up at their community panel at PAX. Everyone got a card that includes a redemption code for the game (redeemable when the game launches.)

August 11, 2011
News

Epic Mickey Lands In Japan, But Is Less Epic Than Kirby

Disney’s Epic Mickey made its (rather late) to the Wii in Japan last week, debuting in the top 10, but not in the top five. Another adorable mascot, Nintendo’s Kirby, fared much better overseas.

August 5, 2011
News

Rhythm Heaven Still Tops In Japan, Erotic PSP Fighting Also A Hit

WIi game Rhythm Heaven Wii (Minna no Rhythm Tengoku in Japan) is still the bestselling game in Japan, according to the people at Media Create. But Namco Bandai’s Queen’s Gate came closest to beating that with its suggestive, girl-on-girl role-playing brawler.

August 2, 2011
News

Rhythm Heaven Wii Ascends To First Place In Japan

The delightful Rhythm Heaven series has come to the Wii — in Japan, at least — arriving to divine reception from the Nintendo-loving masses. Rhythm Heaven Wii (aka Minna no Rhythm Tengoku) is Japan’s best-selling game.

July 21, 2011
In Real Life

America’s Pastime Is Japan’s Biggest Seller Right Now

High-definition, big headed baseball is currently the hottest thing in Japanese video games. Konami’s latest cartoonish baseball sim, Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2011, is the country’s number one game.

July 14, 2011
News

L.A. Noire Is Japan’s Best-Selling Game

Japan’s hottest game right now is not made in Japan, which doesn’t happen often. Maybe more surprising is that four of the top 10 games on the country’s bestseller list weren’t made in Japan either.

July 7, 2011
News

Nintendo 3DS Back On Top In Japan, Thanks To Tales Of The Abyss

Remakes! Japanese gamers love ‘em, with further evidence to prove that theory in the form of Namco Bandai’s Tales of the Abyss. That Nintendo 3DS remake of the PlayStation 2 title is currently Japan’s best-selling game.

June 30, 2011
News

Japan’s Bestsellers Highlight Our Gaming Cultural Divide, One More Time

What’s selling well in Japan these days? The likes of Meruru no Atelier: Arland no Renkinjutsushi 3, Steins;Gate and a new Gundam game for the PlayStation Portable. I know. Exciting, right?

June 24, 2011
News

The Legend Of Zelda Puts Nintendo 3DS Back On Top In Japan

Japan’s best-selling video game right now may be a PlayStation Portable title – Level 5′s Cardboard Senki – but The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D wasn’t far behind, helping to put the Nintendo 3DS back into first place this week.

June 10, 2011
News

How Aliens: Colonial Marines Will Marry Alien’s Suspense To Aliens’ Action

Aliens: Colonial Marines will be an Aliens experience in three acts, an interactive exploration of the story that follows Alien 3, which promises to delve into both the horror and the action of the storied franchise.

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