Dreamcatcher’s localization of LifeSigns: Surgical Unit has had an unfortunate series of delays. It was originally slated to come out in the summer and it quietly shipped to retailers today. That makes LifeSigns almost three years old. Spike originally released the game in Japan under the name Kenshuui Tendo Dokuta, but it failed to spark [...]

After Lifesigns: Surgical Unit missed its target June release date, I sent over an e-mail to DreamCatcher Interactive to find out what happened. The word is the game was pushed back from June and it is now track for a release in August. Not a huge delay and until then you can practice your (virtual) [...]

Dreamcatcher released this trailer for Lifesigns: Surgical Unit, the first game from Spike’s two part Tendo Dokuta series. Keep in mind Lifesigns was released as a Nintendo DS launch title in Japan so it might not have the graphic pizzazz as the recent wave of DS games. Visuals aside, Lifesigns: Surgical Unit is supposed to [...]

I’m partial to the emergence of medical drama games on the DS and Wii. I remember Life and Death for the PC (released over a decade ago!), but it was not nearly as immersive or challenging as Trauma Center: Under the Knife. Instead of facing foreign viral invaders, Spike’s Tendo Dokuta series is more on [...]

Another interesting piece of information surfaced on GameFly, listings for Lifesigns: Hospital Affairs and Lifesigns: Surgical Unit. G-Stars announced that they picked up the rights to Spike’s medical drama series last year, but no US release information has been found until now. According to the listing Dreamcatcher is publishing the titles, which sort of makes [...]