UFO Interactive even went through the trouble of procuring an ESRB rating for Illvelo, but the game won’t make it to stores.

Skeeball, of course, but what else?

Monster Racers, a Koei title, and Monster Rancher DS developed by Tecmo are still coming out in North America. However, Tecmo Koei won’t be publishing them.

Pick up Way of the Samurai 3 at Gamestop and you get a digital artbook and strategy guide.

A key feature of the Way of the Samurai games is choice. Do you stab everyone in your way or avoid altercations with diplomacy? Publishers Agetec and UFO Interactive had a decision to make too – how to market the game in North America.

Way of the Samurai 3 has two publishing paths. We contacted UFO and Agetec to tell us about the agreement and what the North American version of Way of the Samurai 3 will be like.

Spike drafted a unique publishing deal to bring Way of the Samurai 3 to North America. Agetec and UFO Interactive will publish the game in North America.

Two packages of Raiden IV are slated to come out in September, a limited edition and a Gamestop edition.

UFO Interactive is working on Saint, a second shmup for Wii based on the Monkey King legend with art from a Hong Kong comic book. I asked Chong Ahn, Producer, about the partnership and sneaked in a question about Tokyo Twilight Busters.

Saint is coming out soon. After that UFO Interactive may have another unannounced shooter for the Wii.

Not much is known about Saint other than its a shooter and based on the Monkey King legend. Starfish delayed the game for over half a year, but it’s finally coming out with a little nod to Space Harrier.

Speaking of budget publishers… you won’t believe who picked up the rights to Way of the Samurai 3. UFO Interactive will release Spike’s conversational samurai game in North America for $49.99 sometime in the future.

Beat Raiden Fighters Aces yet? UFO Interactive has you covered with another Xbox 360 shoot ‘em up. Raiden IV is coming stateside this August.

Lost in all of yesterday’s other PSP announcements is a subtle confirmation that Pangya PSP will see a release overseas. Ntreevsoft first revealed the PSP version of Pangya at GDC 2008 with the intent to get the game released internationally.   Tomy is publishing Pangya in Japan. According to a leak by Gamestop Tommo will [...]

Dungeon Maker: Hunting Ground was a sweet, little hack and slash dungeon crawler Xseed localized for the PSP last year. The twist was players got to create their own dungeons instead of exploring random levels. I asked Xseed if they picked up the sequel Global A released in Japan last year. They didn’t, but other [...]

Last year at E3, Nintendo’s yearly release calendar leaked Crows was coming to the Wii care of O3 Entertainment. Earlier this year, Milestone Shooting Collection came out in Japan and few people seemed to notice it missed its launch date. The trio of shoot ‘em ups included on the disc were all released for the [...]