Yakuza 3 makes top 15 best selling games list
Posted by George. Filed under George, Japan, News, Sony PlayStation 3. Tagged with Charts, Sales, Yakuza 3.
Nikkei Entertainment magazine has posted a top 15 list of the best selling games in Japan, with Yakuza 3 coming at 3rd place (overall) and being the best selling PS3 game for December 29, 2008 to June 6, 2009. The list is for Japan only.
Yakuza 3 beat out heavy hitters like Resident Evil 5 ( PS3 version) and Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Day. Nikkei marks Yakuza 3 at 485,630 units sold, even though Sega already confirmed it shipped 500,000 copies a few months ago. I assume it is because that was the last time the game charted.
[Source: NeoGaf]
No Gunstar Heroes online fix due to low sales?
Posted by George. Filed under George, North America, Sony PlayStation 3. Tagged with Fixing issues, Gunstar Heroes, PSN, rumor, Sega Help.
When Playstation 3 owners purchased Gunstar Heroes, most of them wanted to fire the game online to play, but couldn’t due to the game being broken. Most fans decided to put in a help ticket at Sega, to let them know that the game’s online mode didn’t work and if there was going to be a fix.
A user over at Playstation boards claims that he got the following response from Sega:
“We have confirmed this issue as having to do with the players having different internet connection speeds and types. We have also found that it does not occur %100 and that at worst you should be able to connect ~%30 of time.
We are looking into options to resolve this but so far have not come up with anything that would be cost effective relative to the game’s disappointing sales. I’ll let you know if there are any further updates.”
There you go, there is no plans (”looking into” sounds like no plans at least) on fixing a game that should have worked to begin with, due to low sales. This is Sega’s way of thanking the few people that bought the game (if the response is legit).
[Source: Examiner]
Alpha Protocol dev diary 4 and box art
Posted by George. Filed under George, Microsoft Xbox 360, News, North America, PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Video. Tagged with Alpha Protocol, Box art, Dev Dairy, Release Dates.
Above is the fourth dev diary, this one has some new gameplay footage and shows you how character relationships work. Sounds groovy. Below is the official box art for Alpha Protocol.
The game ships in American retailers on October 6th. You will be able to pick your poison on either Xbox 360, Playstation 3 or a Windows powered PC.
[Source: Sega PR]
Even more Aliens RPG concept art
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, Microsoft Xbox 360, Multi-platform, News, PC, Sony PlayStation 3. Tagged with Aliens, Aliens RPG, Concept Art, Fan Stuff, Obsidian.
The other day we showed you a couple of images from the now cancelled Aliens RPG. However, apparently a lot more concept art was released on the Obsidian forums about a month ago, just no one reported on it/ realised it.
But here it all is now, including a rather freaky looking ‘Red Queen’ (above):
Aliens RPG concept art and details emerge
Posted by George. Filed under George, Microsoft Xbox 360, PC, Sony PlayStation 3. Tagged with Aliens RPG, Artwork, Dead, new info, Obsidian Entertainment.
Concept artwork for the Aliens RPG has just leaked out on the net. As you could expect from such weird looking concepts for the Aliens, the fans have already started to complain.
Anthony Davis, a developer from Obsidian Entertainment has explained the concept art. Hit the jump to read his statement, further info on the title and see more concept art.
New Resonance of Fate trailer
Posted by George. Filed under George, Japan, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, Video. Tagged with End of Eternity, New, Resonance of Fate, Trailer, Tri-Ace.
Here it is, a new trailer for the upcoming RPG, Resonance of Fate. I think alot of turn based loyalist are going to be turned off by the more action packed approach of this title, but I have to say, its looking rather nice.
Now that we have seen more gameplay, can we get excited or should we complain that it isn’t made by Sonic Team?
[Thanks: Ryan]
Yakuza hostess audition finale!
Posted by George. Filed under George, Japan, News, Sony PlayStation 3. Tagged with Promotion, Untitled, Yakuza Auditions, Yakuza Next.
Nagoshi: “You in the yellow, do that spin again.”
The Yakuza hostess auditions are almost coming to a close. It is now up to game creators (including Mr. Nagoshi himself) to decide the winner.
Obsidian Entertainment no longer working on Aliens RPG
Posted by George. Filed under George, Microsoft Xbox 360, Multi-platform, News, North America, PC, Sony PlayStation 3. Tagged with Aliens RPG, Canceled, Obsidian Entertainment, Rumor buster.
Awhile back we ran a rumor that the Aliens RPG was dead, it seems that the rumors are true. An admin over at the Obsidian forum has confirmed our worse nightmares, the title is no longer in development.
“it is true that we are no longer working on the game, and we wanted to finally announce that officially to everyone who has been following its development.”
I guess we shouldn’t be too sad, since there is going to be plenty of Alien games coming out next year, though I wish all of them weren’t shooters. I was very excited in playing a horror Space RPG set in the Aliens universe. At least we still have Alpha Protocol, which is set to release in October of this year.
Sega have also made a comment, confirming that the game is no longer in production.
“”At this point, SEGA has no plans to move forward with the Aliens RPG,”
Well, developer and publisher have confirmed the rumors, so now we can move on. Even though I might be disappointed by the news, I’m glad they actually came out and confirmed it was canceled, unlike other Sega games that just disappear.
[Source: Kotaku]
Have some new Resonance of Fate screens
Posted by George. Filed under George, Microsoft Xbox 360, Multi-platform, Sony PlayStation 3, Worldwide. Tagged with End of Eternity, In Game, Resonance of Fate, Screenshots, Tri-Ace.
Here are 11 new Resonance of Fate (End of Eternity in Japan) screens, apparently even numbers are out this season. Some of the screens (most) where featured in the Famitsu scans posted a few days ago.
The new screens show off how the battles will look and a dog in a jacket, no seriously, take a look.
[Thanks: Ryan]
New Resonance of Fate famitsu scans
Posted by George. Filed under George, Japan, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3. Tagged with End of Eternity, Famitsu, Information, New, Resonance of Fate, Scans.
For those of you who don’t know, Resonance of Fate is the Western release title of End of Eternity, a new tri-Ace RPG.
The game has a new preview in the latest Famtisu magazine, detailing some new info. Sort of hard to get all the info, since I don’t know Japanese and I can’t read the article. But what I do know is that the girl in the first couple pages of the scan is called Reanbell. The other thing reveled in the scans is a new local called Abel City.
Something that I noticed in the scans is that the characters have more than one outfit in the set of screenshots in the scans. This is something that you don’t typically see in alot of video games.
Sega of Japan has said this is one of their big “quality titles” being released late 2009 in Japan, around the same time that Final Fantasy XIII is being released. The game better be as good as they say and have a big marketing push, since Final Fantasy brand has swallowed sales of other RPGs that have been released around the same time, not to mention this is a new IP.
[Thanks: Ryan]
