While the video game market shrinks in Japan many Japanese publishers are looking at expanding in the West. I spoke with two producers from Namco Bandai Games America about the paradigm shift and what kinds of franchises they have access to.

I know I’m probably one of the few people who find video game based pachislot/pachinko machines fascinating, but take a look at this thing. The Ridge Racer pachislot has a wide 12.2 inch LCD screen and it’s shaped kind of…

When you look at the screenshots alone you can’t see anything special, but if you wear the stereoscopic glasses Ridge Racer 7 pops out of the screen. This photo is from an on location test of a special version of Ridge…

Sony released a list of upcoming games coming out for the PS2, PS3 and PSP in North America yesterday. The majority of the titles announced are games with well known release windows like Dawn of Mana, Odin Sphere, Crush and…