Famitsu’s list of New Year’s messages from publishers includes a note from King of Fighters developer SNK Playmore. The publisher says they plan to begin creating social games of various genres.

Ragnarok Online host, GungHo, have acquired Tenchu and Shinobido developer, Acquire, the company announced today.

Game Arts have developed Twimon, a monster-raising game, for iOS devices.

Way before living rooms were littered with plastic music instruments, Triggerheart Exelica developer Warashi created a rhythm game where you’re a conductor.

Ragnarok Online is going online everywhere. GungHo announced a mobile phone version of Raganarok Online for Android phones.

For a bunch of muscular guys, Cho Aniki Zero sure is quiet. The downloadable PSP game slipped on to PlayStation Network without a peep.

Some of you may have finished Lunar: Silver Star Harmony and are wondering what’s next. We are. So, we brought the question to Game Arts.

Some games are hard to describe on paper. Cho Aniki Zero, a manly shoot ‘em up with bodybuilders acting as gunpods, is one of those games. The ESRB does their best to outline it by pointing out Speedos and “man juice” phrases.

Instead of focusing on gameplay or flashy cutscenes, Aksys’ Mimana Iyar Chronicle trailer is loaded with satire.

“My body feels . . . excited . . . I suspect the release of numerous bodily fluids is . . . Imminent.” Two hints: 1.) It’s coming out in North America. 2.) It’s not Record of Agarest War.

Ragnarok Online, one of the most popular MMORPGs on the net. So popular, in fact, that Gravity decided to create a single player DS game based on the franchise as well – Ragnarok DS.

Producer, Bo de Windt, and Editor Ben Bateman answered Cho Aniki 0 questions faster than you can say muscle brothers. No major revelations here, but we have a couple of humorous responses about the protein powered PSP shooter.

The mind boggling question of how Aksys plans to market Cho Aniki 0: Muscle Brothers in North America has just been answered. They made this music video.

Ragnarok DS is a scaled down version of Ragnarok Online with stylus controls. So, how do you attack a bigfoot in the DS game? You slash it with the stylus.

Aksys set March 31 as the release date for Mimana Iyar Chronicles. Pick up the first print to get extra goodies with the game.

In the spirit of Working Designs, Xseed announced a limited edition for Lunar: Silver Star Harmony.