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Soundtrack-less Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne now shipping

By Spencer . April 21, 2008 . 12:16pm

Persona 3 initiates now if your chance to chance to get pick it up Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne without breaking the bank. New copies are on the market and they are cheaper than the original manufacturer retail price. Play-Asia is…

Post 11406

Play-Asia knocks 20% off all in stock items

By Spencer . March 27, 2008 . 7:54am

To celebrate Easter Play-Asia is dropping 20% off everything as long as it is on their shelves. This deal comes at an opportune time for eager Nintendo Wii owners who just got a Freeloader. Many Japan-only Wii games like Eyeshield 21,…

Post 11227

Declining dollar makes importing (relatively) cheaper

By Spencer . March 21, 2008 . 8:13am

Strange, but true fact: If you live in the USA importing games from Play-Asia is actually cheaper than buying them in Japan, if you include currency exchange. It’s been a long time coming, but the Yen to US dollar exchange…

Post 9998

Ouendan 2 for $30 and other Lunar New Year deals from Play-Asia

By Spencer . February 13, 2008 . 12:28pm

Play-Asia just started their annual Chinese New Year sale and there are over 5,000 items to sort through. (Note: This number includes movies, CDs, toys and such.) The big seller may be the import friendly Ouendan 2, which is only $30.…

Post 9741

Smash Brothers shortage mitigated, restock planned for next week

By Spencer . January 30, 2008 . 10:53pm

Despite initial speculation that pre-orders of Dairantou Smash Brothers X, better known as the Japanese Super Smash Brothers Brawl, would be severely bottlenecked two import retailers have a new tone. Play-Asia notes a restock "covering all currently outstanding preorders will arrive…

Post 9129

Post holiday import deals: Ouendan 2 and Final Fantasy XII International

By Spencer . December 26, 2007 . 6:55am

In light of having a little extra holiday cash I glanced around the internet to find a place to spend it. Conveniently, Play-Asia has some cheap imports including temporary price drop on Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2, which reduces it to…

Post 6334

Söldner-X coming to a Playstation 3 near you

By Spencer . August 22, 2007 . 12:54am

I think we mentioned how Play-Asia is stepping into the publishing biz under the moniker eastasiasoft. Their first project is Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer, a shmup built for PCs sold in some kind of mystery bundle package for fifty smackers. You could get…

Post 5247

Play-Asia’s mega summer sale, 20% off almost everything

By Spencer . July 5, 2007 . 12:35pm

Since Siliconera is founded on covering imports, I think I have to mention Play-Asia is having a summer sale. Everything in stock for over 30 days is being sold 20% cheaper for one week only. Sorry that means you can't…

Post 4583

Play-Asia selling Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition early?

By Spencer . May 29, 2007 . 12:48pm

Biohazard 4 Wii Edition comes out on May 31st in Japan and Capcom USA has Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition scheduled to come out on June 19th. However Play-Asia claims they are getting the US release next week, about two…

Post 4411

Introducing Soldner-X, a new shmup in development

By Spencer . May 15, 2007 . 6:11am

Play-Asia is taking a sizeable gamble by funding Soldner-X: Himmlessturmer, a shoot ‘em up with unannounced “innovations” and supposedly “state-of-the-art” graphics (but no screenshots?). Concrete details are scarce about the project except there are 12 levels set across four worlds…

Post 4225

Cheaper Crackdown, discount ticket to the Halo 3 beta

By Spencer . May 1, 2007 . 2:17pm

Sometimes Play-Asia has blockbuster deals and this week’s special is one of them. Crackdown is usually priced at around $60 and Dan thinks it’s worth every penny. But you don’t have to pay that much for it, this week Play-Asia is…

Post 3963

Gut busting deal! Heroes of Mana only $19.99 @ Play-Asia

By Rolando . April 16, 2007 . 3:42pm

Is the wait for Heroes of Mana’s localization killing you so much that you’d do just about anything to get your hands on its import version? Whatever your idea of “do just about anything” may be is beyond me, but…

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