When Street Fighter IV first came out in arcades I noticed people peering over shoulders watching intently, but too timid to jump in the gauntlet. The thought of losing miserably in public can be intimidating  and everyone who has touched a fighting game has experienced a crushing defeat.   So how can Street Fighter IV […]

Atlus picked up Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier. Yeah, you probably heard about this, but now it’s official and slated for a domestic release on April 28. The initial batch of games in North America will be in a premium box bundled with a soundtrack CD for $34.99.   One thing about Super […]

Banpresto saturated this Nintendo DS installment of Super Robot Taisen with Gundam Seed and not nearly enough Voltron. I suppose that can slide since other old mecha series like Koutetsushin Jeeg are in this game’s line up. On April 2nd mecha fans will have a chance to team up the robots from Virtual-On Marz with […]

Natsume working on another Harvest Moon game? No way! It looks like the publisher who tirelessly localizes Harvest Moon games for North America has another one on deck according to retail leak by good old Gamefly. They have Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming in their system slated to come out late spring-ish on the Nintendo DS. […]

Just got started with R-Type Dimensions and the neatest addtion is the graphics filter. This Xbox Live Arcade “game” is actually two games. Tozai Games remade R-Type and R-Type 2 with prettier 3D graphics for the Xbox 360.   Don’t like them? You can switch back to classic 2D graphics while you’re blasting the Bydo […]

Tokyo Beat Down won’t be alone. Namco Bandai has a 2.5D beat ’em up of their own in development by Blitz Arcade for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. Haven’t heard of the team? They made Powerup Forever and Sneak King.   Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao has a kung fu movie theme […]

Perhaps or this set of trademarks could be related to an unannounced arcade game. Hello, AM2? Anyway, Sega trademarked three things in the US and Europe that appear to be linked: Ringedge, Ringwide, and a logo with rings.   All of these items are in a slightly different sector than your run of the mill […]

Now that DJ Max Fever is out the door PM Studios is turning their attention towards DJ Max Technika. The arcade version of DJ Max is built with a touch screen and vibrating floor. Players tap notes similar to Elite Beat Agents to hit them. DJ Max Technika made its US premiere in Southern California […]

We were on the right track with the Time Crisis Strike trademark. Namco Bandai was working on a new Time Crisis game, but its only for iPhones. Since the $5.99 downloadable game doesn’t come with a tiny little light gun you poke Wild Dog’s enforcers to shoot them with a semi-automatic pistol. Ducking, a hallmark […]

In April the Shin Megami Tensei spinoff that kicked off the Persona series is coming to the PSP. Famitsu says the game is a “remake”, but it looks more like a tweaked port a la Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War.   Atlus is adding new animated cutscenes to Persona and it looks like the […]