RE: Operation Raccoon City Teaser Trailer
Previously it was spread as rumor through the internets, and eventually the new Resident Evil game has got proved. We will get to watch some scene from the first trailer here.
The game expected to be released end of 2011 for both PS3 and X360. This is RESIDENT EVIL: OPERATION RACCOON CITY!
Official Website
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Update solves the 3DS Black Screen of Death
Just a day after the Nintendo 3DS released in the West (Europe & US), a number of Nintendo 3DS gamers have been reportedly experienced with the new handheld games system, we call it "Black Screen of Death". This error occur anytime when the 3DS is started. Nintendo were quick to address the problem plaguing players, with an update now having been released for download in hopes of fixing the bug, which froze and locked gamers out of their gadget!
It seems that firmware update can solve this problem, so anyone else facing BSoD can update the 3DS firmware which can be done under "System Settings" -> "System Update". The download will take several minutes but once it’s done your Nintendo 3DS will be up to date and ready to play!
Source from Gadgethelpline
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Nintendo 3DS - the Black Screen of Death!
It has been spread widely on the internet over now well known issue calling "Black Screen of Death". The error occur anytime on the 3DS while playing, the screen will turn blank and the system is freezing, nothing can do if this happens other then turning off the 3DS.
Majority 3DS having this Black Screen of Death are sold from Europe (any report from US yet?), however no (or maybe few?) report regarding Japanese 3DS face the BSoD error. Possible they had the latest firmware updated or it is a result of region locking issue causes this happening in Europe 3DS.
Well, I believe Nintendo will solve and response this issue soon, because Nintendo cares it. Meanwhile, whoever had the BSoD 3DS can send back to Nintendo for repair. Check out the Nintendo troubleshooting, click the "General System Issues" -> "System Freezes on a Blank White Screen" of the left side.
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This girl is a superb Resident Evil collector!
This is not a Resident Evil/Biohazard museum. It's "itchytasty06" from Youtube shows all collectibles in her room, full of RE's stuffs and few of the Silent Hill. To all Resident Evil fans, can you identify everything in the video?
Check outher collectibles list
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Angry Birds: The Movie (Trailer)
Video from Roosterteeth.com, the birds are no longer cute, and they come into the real war! Visit their Youtube channel here, have fun!
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Big discount on the Square Enix's iOS games
In celebration of the release of Final Fantasy III, Square Enix is currently having a sale on just about every iOS game in their library. All games discounted 50% or even more from their price before.
Okay, perhaps it is not that "BIG" discount, but Square Enix rarely drop their games price don't you think so? If you looking for my suggestion, Secret of Mana and Chaos Rings are worth getting right now, and Song Summoner is secondary second when you have extra money to spend. As for those Final Fantasy games, they are worth only if you never played them on other platform. The rest of them didn't impress me.
iPhone/iPod Touch games:
- Final Fantasy, $8.99 → $3.99
- Final Fantasy II, $8.99 → $3.99
- Chaos Rings, $12.99 → $5.99
- Secret of Mana, $8.99 → $3.99
- Hills and Rivers Remain, $4.99 → $1.99
- Crystal Defenders, $7.99 → $3.99
- Sliding Heroes, 99¢ → FREE
- Vanguard Storm, $3.99 → $1.99
- Voice Fantasy, $2.99 → 99¢
- Song Summoner, $9.99 → $4.99
iPad games:
- Chaos Rings for iPad, $15.99 → $7.99
- Crystal Defenders for iPad, $7.99 → $3.99
- Chocobo Panic, $3.99 → $1.99
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My iOS games update 3/24/11
Angry Birds Rio is finally up on iTunes, according to many reviews from the users, there will be some ads in the game which ruins the quality of the game and made the game glitchy. Meanwhile, Devil May Cry 4 refrain has a new update, and it's now included the new battle stage, "Bloody Palace"! So I'm now leaving Angry Birds Rio for a moment and I'll stick on Devil May Cry and update my game guide for the necessary parts.
The Bloody Palace is a 51 stages arena, and each 10 stages will fall into a boss fight and the last stage will find your Doppelganger (Nero/Dante). You have to stay alive and defeat the enemies within time limit to proceed. The time limit will extend when you defeat an enemy, I think it depends on the style point as well. Clear the Bloody Palace will gain a lot of Proud Souls and your score will go to the Game Center leaderboard.
My GC ID: sephirosuy
Add me on Game Center if you would like to challenge my score :)
Check out my DMC4 refrain game guide/walkthrough here.
Additionally, Street Fighter IV has a new update as well.
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But Nippon Ichi’s First 3DS Title
While NIS America is plugging away at Cave Story 3D, their parent company in Japan is developing Bikkuriman Kanjyuku Haoh, a game based on those stickers you get with Lotte's chocolate wafers. The Nintendo 3DS game is a tabletop style game where you combine kanji on the stickers to make words.
Bikkuriman Kanjyuku Haoh is slated for a summer release in Japan. A North American release has not been announced and given the kanji combining gameplay system I'd say it's unlikely.
In addition to Bikkuriman characters, a bunch of Disgaea characters are in the game too. Prinny, Flonne, and even Disgaea 4 star Valbatoze are confirmed for the Nintendo 3DS title.
Check out the original article for more screens and info:
RE: The Mercenaries 3D release date confirmed for Japan!
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (for 3DS), aka バイオハザード ザ・マーセナリーズ 3D, will be released on Japan 2rd June 2011, priced at 4800 yen! It was announced before the 3DS is launched, however it comes later than many expectation, I thought I will release together with the 3DS, but Street Fighter IV 3D claimed the first place in the line up of Capcom. Feel free to check out future updates via the official site below.
RE: The Mercenaries 3D
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SMT Devil Survivor 2 Coming To Nintendo DS
While the Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor is getting an expanded port on 3DS, Atlus is developing Devil Survivor 2 for the plain old Nintendo DS, with all new character! Would it be port to 3DS again later?Suddenly, mysterious invaders called the Septentrion arrive in Japan and begin attacking the country on a Sunday. To fight back, the heroes in Devil Survivor 2 signed a pact with the devil to become the 13 devil messengers. The Septentrion show up at least once a day and you have a time limit of seven days to defeat them.
The protagonist (center) is a third year high school student from a metropolitan area. He got involved with the devil messenger group by accident while returning from a mock exam session. When he awoke he became one of the devil messengers. Io (right) is a classmate at the protagonist’s school. As an honors student, Io has brains and beauty. She’s said to be the dream girl for many young men. Daichi (left) is also from the protagonist’s school and he’s a childhood friend. He’s a deep thinker even though he has a habit of making light of the harsh situation.
Devil Survivor 2, much like Devi Survivor before it, uses a strategy RPG meets command battle system. Demon auctions, a place where you can bid for new allies, return as well. There’s a new destiny system that involves the protagonist’s choices and other characters, but the scan is too blurry to make out here.
Japan gets Devil Survivor 2 this summer.
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Nintendo 3DS Review (IGN)
"The Nintendo 3DS is not just another handheld, it's the first iteration of a brand new game platform and the first gaming device to utilize glasses-free 3D technology. But can the 3DS live up to the hype, overcome the limitations of glasses-free 3D, and produce a compelling new gameplay experience worthy of its $250 MSRP?"
This weekend, the 3DS is going to launch in US and Europe, recently IGN post up a details review of the 3DS. It could be a reference whether to buy it or wait for the price drop depending on player personal interest. Personally, I'm going to get one early of April if no "interruption", and I guess probably I'm gonna move on to this platform onward.
Full review here
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Donate to Japan quake relief via iTunes and more!
Following the disaster caused by the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami in Japan (Leviathan attack?), Apple has posted a donation page on iTunes where you can use your iTunes account to make a secure donation to the American Red Cross and its Japanese relief fund.
Apple is taking no percentage of the profits from these donations whatsoever made through iTunes go to the American Red Cross. Steve Jobs recently said that, via the iTunes Store, Apple may have the largest credit card database of any online retailer, so rigging up a donation page on the iTunes Store seems like a good way to raise the potential for donations to the Red Cross and its relief efforts in Japan.
Click here to donate via iTunes
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Beside this, Capcom is distributing worldwide the iPhone version of "Street Fighter IV" at a price of 0.99 USD (115 yen in Japan) for one week starting on March 15, 2011 (Tuesday). All of our sales from this title during this period will be donated to support earthquake relief activities. Meanwhile, Capcom will make donations totaling 100 million yen to help victims of the earthquake and to assist communities in recovering from this tragedy.
Check out Street Fighter IV on iTunes
Original post from Capcom
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Except iTunes, another easy way to make donation is via Paypal. Paypal covers all processing costs - 100% of your donation reaches the charity you support.
Visit Paypal to make donation here
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Via Google Checkout as well. Donations will go to the Japanese Red Cross Society and will be used to support to those affected by the earthquake in Japan.
Visit Google page here
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Additionally, Check Here for other organizations that are working on relief and recovery in the region.
Final Fantasy III - March 2011 on iOS
It was announced recently and now the official site is finally open. As we know FF3 has released on many platform with some differences (or many a lot), the latest version was on DS and I believe it's also the best edition comparing to other release, so for the iPhone/iPod release, we will see the DS edition.
Official Site (check back for future updates):
http://dlgames.square-enix.com/ff/ff3/jp/
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Angry Birds Seasons March 2011 - Go Green!
New update for Angry Birds Seasons, Go Green, Get Lucky!
Okay, the pic above was a joke that I submitted to Kotaku TAY but eventually it wasn't picked. Anyway, here we get another update of Angry Birds Seasons, "Go Green, Get Lucky"! (March 2011)
The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake - even in the most green of seasons! Dish out revenge on the green pigs who stole the Birds’ eggs. Use the unique destructive powers of the Angry Birds to lay waste to the pigs’ hideouts and spread some love in the process.
Have a lucky St. Patrick’s Day by popping more pigs! Cash in on lucky pots of gold! Share the spirit of the Irish and send a St. Patrick’s Day card to all your Green friends!
Check out the Trailer:
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Work for Square-Enix can shorten your life?
Since Final Fantasy XIII was released, the game's director Motomu Toriyama and producer Yoshinori Kitase are still at Square Enix, as well as the game's art director and background graphics director. However, a chunk of the team apparently left after the game's release: battle planning director Toshihiro Tsuchida (who directed 1995's Front Mission for Square), background technical director Takashi Ohkuma (who quit Square Enix and moved to an island in Okinawa to blog about sunsets), composer Masashi Hamauzu (who had been with the studio since 1996), character art designer Nao Ikeda (who started designing characters for The Legend of Mana), among others.
Sure, turnover is high after game companies finish big titles. But what all these game developers have in common is that they were long-time Square Enix employees. Some of them went off, like Hamauzu and Ikeda, to found their own freelance operations. All of them leaving after Final Fantasy XIII was released.
Yoshinori Kanada, who was FFXIII's storyboard director, wasn't so lucky. The 57 year-old died of a heart attack in July 2009. Besides his work at Square Enix, Kanada also worked with Hayao Miyazaki on a slew films, including My Neighbor Totoro and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. It should be pointed out that Japanese anime is a tough business, and many don't make it to sixty. The Japanese game industry isn't a cake walk either.
Unconfirmed reports also surfaced depicting Square Enix as a dark place to work. Former Square Enix game developer Yasuyuki Honne tweeted that two Square Enix employees attempted suicide. One was apparently successful, while the other supposedly was not and is now in a vegetative state. "Another seems to have died from cancer...," Honne added via Twitter.
Honne's tweet has since been deleted, and he does not clarify when the deaths occurred, though it does seem recent as the last Square title he worked on was 1999's Chrono Cross. Also, with a company as large as Square Enix, there are bound to be troubled individuals — of course, as well as those unfortunate enough to be stricken with cancer.
While Final Fantasy Fantasy XIII might not have lived up to the hype, the game was more successful than Final Fantasy XIV, which continues to bleed players and flounder about, and successful enough for a sequel, Final Fantasy XIII-2. That game will be out later this year.
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Angry Birds hits Facebook later in this year
- Developer Rovio also says driving and sport spin-offs possible once Rio tie-in is out; console versions still on-course -Including not just the inevitable TV/movie spin-off, but a new 'collaborative' Facebook game, plus Angry Birds games in other genres like driving and sports.
On Facebook, "there will be completely new aspects to it that just haven't been experienced in any other platform," said studio boss Mikael Hed, who confirms that due to the social site's 'collaborative nature', "the pigs will have a more prominent role".
Meanwhile, Peter Vesterbacka, Rovio's 'might eagle' (business development) in the piece confirms that other spin-offs could be in the driving and sports genres, moving away from the puzzle-strategy 2D game's origins.
The studio is launching Angry Birds Rio in a matter of days, which is a tie-in with a Fox movie and swaps the villainous pigs for monkeys seen in the film.
"We're building an integrated entertainment franchise where merchandising, games, movies, TV, cartoons and comics all come together," said Vesterbacka.
He calls Rovio's strategy 'Disney 2.0'.
Hed added: "Look at how Disney got started. Steamboat Willie created Mickey Mouse, then they added more characters. You can see the same pattern today, but everything is happening much, much faster. Other brands used to build recognition over the course of decades. We've done it in one year."
The firm also says it will probably launch its next game - it's 53rd - next year.
In the meantime "we are building our infrastructure with Angry Birds," said Vesterbacka. "So we have the distribution, the marketing, everything in place, so that we can basically take any IP and drop it in. And we have the capability of producing the games on all the platforms - smartphone, consoles, PCs, Mac, online, Facebook - you name it. Then the TV, the movie side, it will happen when the time is right."
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This game is too greedy
An Angry birds look-alike game, as Steve Jobs mentioned in Apple Event March 2011, "is 2011 gonna be the year of copy cat?" I found many sites introduce this game and it seems good, but I just want to say this game doesn't have much creativity and lack of original contents. Their idea is just like combining Angry Birds and Plants vs Zombies and Fruit Ninja and maybe some other stuffs that's less popular...
"It is Pirates... it is Ninjas... it is Zombies... it is Pandas and it is full on War!"
"It is Pirates... it is Ninjas... it is Zombies... it is Pandas and it is full of empty!"
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Keynote Speech: Nintendo President at GDC 2011
The Nintendo President Satoru Iwata's keynote speech at the 2011 Game Developers Conference, check out his meaningful experiences and opinions here, watch the entirety video right here.
Satoru Iwate's Keynote
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