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Introducing Majin: The Fallen Realm

By Spencer . August 19, 2009 . 11:04pm

Namco Bandai and Folklore developer Game Republic are partnering to make a brand new PS3 / Xbox 360 game temporarily called Majin: The Fallen Realm. The game stars an acrobatic thief and his muppet-like monster pal.

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Game Republic’s Catan Now Available In English

By Spencer . March 10, 2009 . 6:50am

Back in October we discovered Folklore developer Game Republic was branching out to downloadable board games starting with a PlayStation 3 version of Catan. Catan was originally announced for a worldwide release over PlayStation Network, but only Japan got it at the end of last year.
 
Today, an English version crept onto the PlayStation Store [...]

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Game Republic Becomes Board Game Republic Starting With Catan

By Spencer . October 20, 2008 . 9:47am

Post Genji: Days of the Blade and Folklore Game Republic has been making PlayStation Network games like Dark Mist. On the side Game Republic started making original flash board games too. Their two projects are coming together this year starting with the PlayStation Network release of Catan. I know Xbox 360 owners saw Catan [...]

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Dark Mist clouds Europe, spreads to North America soon?

By Spencer . May 16, 2008 . 11:04am

Game Republic’s Dark Mist suddenly appeared on PAL PlayStation Stores yesterday. I bought Dark Mist when it came out in Japan and I thought it was a fun blend of Zelda with shooting. Unlike Zelda you can’t save your progress. While Dark Mist looks like a dungeon explorer it’s really a score attack [...]

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Dark Mist expands, Toy Home grows

By Spencer . February 21, 2008 . 9:47am

Now on the Japanese PlayStation Store is Toy Home 2nd Gear, an expansion pack for Toy Home. For an extra 500 yen ($4.60) you get a split screen mode for three or four players, six additional cars, two more tracks and a free run tour mode.
 
Coming next week is Dark Mist: The Depths of [...]

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Delving into Dark Mist

By Spencer . December 21, 2007 . 3:43pm

Game Republic may not have the best track record, but Dark Mist shouldn’t be fall under the radar. It’s not another Genji: Days of the Blade. It’s more like Legend of Zelda: Light Bow. Dark Mist puts players in the role of Altemis who explores mazes and shoots funny little purple creatures with beams of [...]

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Folklore gets festive with a holiday quest

By Spencer . December 19, 2007 . 1:06pm

The giving spirit is contagious. Sony caught the bug and is releasing a free Folklore add-on pack this week. The package contains a fuzzy, Santa-style jacket for Ellen, a merry sweater for Keats and the Grab bag folks that attacks with the power of holiday cheer. Actually, Keats gets two presents, the new quest [...]

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Roll out! Toy Home is localized and ready to race

By Spencer . December 17, 2007 . 9:05pm

Game Republic’s toy car racing game appeared in Japan a few weeks ago. In a few minutes it should be on Singapore/Hong Kong’s PlayStation Store… in English. Toy Home has all of the necessary parts to be this week’s downloadable PlayStation 3 game. If it isn't and you just can't wait the Asian store is [...]

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Return to Hell Realm, New Folklore quests coming tomorrow

By Spencer . December 5, 2007 . 8:00pm

Sony has six quest packs prepared for Folklore, two of the quest packs arrive in North America tomorrow. Each $3.99 package adds four quests, a new Folk and a costume for either Ellen or Keats. Here is a look at what you get:
 
Add-On Pack 1: “The Kidnapped Folk”
Set during the timeframe of the original story, [...]

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From a Folklore player’s dream to Game Republic’s reality

By Spencer . December 4, 2007 . 5:52am

Months ago, Sony held a contest asking gamers in North America and Europe to create a custom creature for Folklore. Game Republic chose the fire-fearing, poison spore cloud dropping, Malion as the first place winner from Europe. In the future, the Malion will be released in a downloadable content pack just like Quasarilli, the [...]