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Archive for the ‘PS2’ Category

July 6th, 2008

Atlus announces Persona 4!!

Atlus asks: “Who loves you, baby?” and if their announcement of Persona 4 is any indication, Atlus does love english speaking gamers. Persona 4 is the latest installment in the famous horror RPG plus pet/monster collecting series and is sure to please anyone who loved Persona 3.

Persona 4 is coming to North America. It will […]

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March 7th, 2008

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 gone gold

Santa Clara, Calif., (March 5, 2008) – Leading video games developer and publisher NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., announced today that NARUTO™: Ultimate Ninja® 3 has gone gold for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. Based on the popular NARUTO™ animated series, from VIZ Media, this fighter steps it up a notch and delivers new innovative […]

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February 25th, 2008

Persona 3: FES is indeed coming to the PS2

It looks like the rumors were true, after all. Persona 3 FES. Coming to a PS2 near you courtesy of Atlus.
Dear Atlus Faithful,
Ok, we give up. The rumors were true.
Persona 3 FES is coming to North America!
Months of trying to keep FES a secret are now behind us (which means all of us here […]

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February 22nd, 2008

SSBB still rules Japanese sales charts

Another week, same number one spot for Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The Wii fighter doesn’t look like it will be knocked off the top spot of Media Create’s Japanese software sales charts any time soon, at least not while folks are snapping up Brawl and Wii Fit so fast that even Tokimeki Memorial cant […]

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October 30th, 2007

Sony Profits Surge, But PlayStation 3 pulls it back down

Sony has recently announced rebounding profits of 73.7 billion yen ($645 million) for the July-September quarter, thanks to increased sales of TVs, PCs, and cameras, with 1.31 million PlayStation 3s sold, but the game unit’s losses are widening due to the cost of PS3 hardware and its inability to sell enough units. Sony’s game segment […]

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April 22nd, 2007

‘Wire’ Reports: Industry Stats and PS3 SingStar Release Info

- The PS3 edition of karaoke game SingStar is set to be released in June with 30 tracks to get you started. Additional content will be made available each month after for an unknown (hefty?) price. (source)
- Industry stats:

$1.1 billion sales in March
Up 33 percent in March
Wii was the top selling console at 259,000 units
Xbox […]

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April 21st, 2007

Q2 Sony Releases

Sony has released their complete list of Q2 (April-June) releases. Here’s the list from Neogaf.com:
PS3 - BR disc
- F.E.A.R. (Vivendi)
- Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma (Tecmo)
- MLB 07 The Show (Sony Computer Entertainment America)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Disney Interactive Studios)
- The Darkness (2K Games)
- The Bigs (2K Sports)
- Transformers: […]

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April 19th, 2007

‘Wire’ Reports: A New Game Studio is Formed and Problems with Halo 2

- Veterans from EA have left to form their own game studio Jet Black Games which will be dedicated to DS and Wii titles. (source)
- There is an ongoing debate about whether the VT shooter was a video gamer especially after the Washington Post removed a claim he played Counter-Strike from their article. News […]

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April 12th, 2007

Island of Rhodes Nothing to Get Excited About

Yep, we were let down by the gaming hype yet again as Island of Rhodes turned out to just be a site where developers of God of War II could post videos about the game. So much for an announcement.
The site features videos from the games director Cory Barlog as well as other designers, animators, […]

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April 11th, 2007

Guitar Hero 2 Tracks Released

Boy that was a quick turnaround. After news just surfaced earlier today of the upcoming release of new Guitar Hero 2 tracks GameDailyBiz reports that the song packs have already become available. Here’s a snip from the story:

Track Pack 1 includes Hey You, Ace of Spades and the infamously difficult Bark at the Moon as […]

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