Ignition even went out and got the game rated by the ESRB, but ultimately dropped Samurai Shodown Sen. Why did Ignition, a company actively snapping up licensed games from Japan, change their mind?

Product manager Yen Hau hopes Samurai Shodown Sen is the start of a fruitful relationship with SNK Playmore.

Samurai Shodown Sen slipped into stores this week, a game which Xseed officially announced last month. How did Xseed get it into stores in a “flash”?

Xseed plans to push out Samurai Shodown: Sen in the already busy March video game monsoon. Their first Xbox 360 game is slated for March 30.

The Samurai Shodown news we mentioned two weeks ago is now official. Xseed’s first Xbox 360 game will be Samurai Shodown Sen and it’s slated for spring.

Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny is coming to North America, but not from Atlus or Ignition. Xseed will publish the torso cleaving, 3D Samurai Shodown game in North America under a new name.

A localized version of Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny is coming to Europe this spring under the name Samurai Shodown Sen.

The King of Fighters XII had heaps of promotion, way more than any other SNK game in the past decade. Meanwhile, Ignition is silent about Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny.

Seems like SNK Playmore is working on two versions of Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny a fatality free teen rated release for Japan and a carnage cut for North America.

Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny combatants have sharp swords. When you finish off an opponent with a heavy slash limbs and heads fly. Well, at least in the North American build Ignition brought to E3.

SNK plans to release Samurai Spirits Sen (aka Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny) in Japan on December 10 with an eye catching cover.

In addition to patching The King of Fighters XII, SNK is also developing Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny. The game, which was made to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the swordfighting series, is scheduled to arrive in North America this November.

Xbox Live Arcade games are good and all, but what about meaty retail games? Microsoft has a list of them. Before you scroll down searching for Lost Odyssey 2 read this note: Magna Carta 2, which after three years of development comes out on August 6, and End of Eternity are the main RPGs.   [...]