Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2: screens, new info, official site now open
By Janelle | March 11, 2010 at 7:37 am
With the April 28 release of Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 fast approaching, Square Enix has launched its official site for the game. Additionally, information about the game’s monster combining system has surfaced.
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Nier Gestalt/Replicant soundtrack information, plus promo videos
By Janelle | March 10, 2010 at 5:25 am
The Japanese Nier Gestalt/Replicant website was updated recently with two new promotional videos: one for each game. Gestalt’s video contains English dialogue snippets, whereas the Japan-only Replicant has the expected Japanese dialogue. The website also posted information about the official soundtrack, which will go on sale for 2800 yen on April 21, the day before the games’ Japanese release. Nier Gestalt will be released as merely Nier for Xbox 360 and PS3 in North America on April 27.
Final .hack game hits Japan, release scans
By Heath | March 4, 2010 at 10:31 pm
.hack//Link for PSP, the last .hack game, is out now out in Japan. Here are some Famitsu scans.
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Metal Max 3 revealed for DS
By Heath | March 4, 2010 at 10:23 pm
The last time we saw a Metal Max game was Metal Saga for PS2.
Divinity II add-on coming
By Heath | March 4, 2010 at 12:27 pm
It has been declared today that “Rivellon, the world of Divinity II: Ego Draconis, is still not safe.”
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Sega updates Resonance of Fate website
By Heath | March 2, 2010 at 10:52 am
Now that we’re within two weeks of release, Sega has relaunched the official Resonance of Fate website. The previous version of the website hadn’t been updated since the Tokyo Game Show, but now there’s a little more meat to it, including free music downloads. Not long ago, Janelle cleared this game and kindly wrote a review here.
PSP Fullmetal Alchemist RPG: 21 screens, scan
By Heath | March 2, 2010 at 10:12 am
MMORPGLand 1: Don’t Call it a Comeback
By Heath | March 1, 2010 at 6:49 am
Once upon a time I founded an MMORPG column and wrote it faithfully for like a year. I’m out of retirement, baby.
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Mass Effect 2: free DLC this month (screens)
By Heath | March 1, 2010 at 4:17 am
In late March, though with a yet-unspecified date, members of Mass Effect 2’s Cerberus Network will be able to download the Firewalker update for free.
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.hack series recap, Haseo with an afro, Tales crossovers: new .hack//Link images
By Heath | February 27, 2010 at 9:52 am
La Pucelle Ragnarok gets DLC character
By Heath | February 27, 2010 at 8:27 am
Marl Kingdom series’s Ellie now joins the cast in Nippon Ichi’s PSP remake of La Pucelle Tactics.
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Dungeons and Dragons Online high-rollin’
By Heath | February 27, 2010 at 4:53 am
Faced with the need for change, Dungeons & Dragons Online went free-to-play in September of 2009, giving options of monthly subscriptions or free play with the to purchase special items at their leisure (as some other MMOs do). Since that time, the some great things have been happening for the game, not limited to winning our Freebie Award. Per Turbine’s recent announcements, the game has seen over a million new players, and the game’s cash shop transactions are trippling the industry average. All this adds up to Dungeons & Dragons Online raking in 500% of the cash it was before the changes.
A look at some unique monsters from Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
By Janelle | February 25, 2010 at 2:50 am
Sequel to the monster-battling Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker on the DS, Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 will have over 300 individual monsters to raise, including new ones, popular series favorites, and altogether new types of monsters like Team-type and Large-type Monsters. Here’s a selection of some of the monsters unique to Joker 2, starting with the Spotted Slime, of the Slime Family:
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Dragon Quest IX bar opens in Japan, new arcade machines up
By Heath | February 23, 2010 at 6:19 am
The Dragon Quest IX-themed bar “Luda’s” in Roppongi (Tokyo) recently welcomed its first customers, many of whom enjoyed making silly faces at cameras and sexually harassing the barmaids while pretending they were characters in a grind-heavy RPG.
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.hack//Link box art, scans reiterate grim truths, give small details
By Heath | February 22, 2010 at 1:15 am
Here’s the official packaging for .hack//Link, but for fans of the series, it stands an artistic reminder (to go with the more frank words repeated in Famitsu) that the series is going out on this note.
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Xenoblade mini-preview + scans
By Heath | February 21, 2010 at 9:24 am
The new Famitsu gives images and story and gameplay info about Xenoblade for the Wii.
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CCP announces EVE Online expansion
By Heath | February 20, 2010 at 11:14 pm
On the game’s official blog site, Senior Producer Torfi Frans Olafsson revealed that EVE Online will be expanding soon. Entitled Tyrannis, the expansion will focus on planetary exploration within EVE’s universe. Read the full announcement here.
RPG Maker DS Japanese box art, plus preorder bundle
By Janelle | February 17, 2010 at 10:34 am
Here’s the box art for Enterbrain’s RPG Maker DS, hitting Japanese store shelves on March 11 and retailing for 5460 yen.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, your next generation Pocket Monsters
By Heath | February 16, 2010 at 6:39 am
The first pair of Pokémon to be in the series’ new DS game this year have been revealed. The big one kinda looks like a rat with a fox on his head.
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Inazuma Eleven 3 announced, first images
By Heath | February 15, 2010 at 6:58 am
Inazuma Eleven 3 is headed for Nintendo DS. Below are the first screens and art.
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