With the many anime cross-overs with games in Japan, one should not be surprised to see this collaboration coming despite the difference in themes. Fate/stay night’s Saber and Archer will be made available to players soon, which I presume are…
Aion 4.0 – Japan server pushes out exclusive physical pack
I have no idea why, but the tradition of selling physical sway for online games only stayed in Asian countries such as China, South Korea and Japan, while the English version/s barely get a sniff. To celebrate the upcoming…
Square Enix – Yoichi Wada resigns as president as company begins reform
Yoichi Wada (below), who has been with Square Enix since April 2000, will be stepping down as president and replaced by the company’s CFO, Yosuke Matsuda, come June. Square Enix made this announcement along with news that an “extraordinary loss”…
GungHo – Developer set to be acquired by SoftBank Corp
Japanese telecommunications and and internet giant, SoftBank Corp, has announced that the company will be acquiring Japanese games developer, GungHo Online Entertainment. An additional USD265 million will be spent to bring SoftBank’s shares in GungHo to 58.5%. In case you…
Wizardry Online – Trailers for final 2 elite jobs now online
Wizardry Online seems to be quite popular in Japan, and developer Gamepot has announced that the final 2 elite jobs will be added in a couple of days. They are the Ninja and Lord, which comes after the Samurai and…
Eternal Blade – A quick look at Closed Beta gameplay
While its business in the Western market was sold to Webzen, the Asian operations for Gala-Net, better known for its gPotato portal, remains intact. The next title to churn out from its Gala Lab studio is Eternal Blade, which entered…
Wizardry Online – Game trailer for 2 new elite jobs
As revealed around a week back, the Japan server for Wizardry Online announced the new elite classes, Samurai, Bishop, Lord and Ninja. The trailers for Samurai and Bishop can be seen below. Samurai is more focused on imbuing the katana…
Onigiri: Pandemonium – New MOBA with mythical Japanese theme
Before I begin, “Onigiri” here does not stand for the triangle or oval-shaped rice ball wrapped with seaweed. Onigiri: Pandemonium is a newly announced 3D MOBA developed by Japanese studio, CyberStep, which is well-known for titles such as GetAmped! and…
Ghost in the Shell Online – Launch schedule announced
At a Ghost in the Shell event held yesterday in Japan (not Korea), the online game series revealed late last year was further detailed by Nexon at a media conference held in Japan, where Nexon is being stock-listed. Seen below…
Wizardry Online – Japan server reveals new elite jobs
With the English server entering its Open Beta phase just a couple of weeks back under Sony Online Entertainment, the Japanese developer and publisher, Gamepot, has revealed 4 new elite jobs – Samurai, Bishop, Lord and Ninja (each with various…
Eternal Blade – Japan server scheduled for Spring 2013 service
While Gala-Net’s North America, Europe and Brazil services were sold to Webzen a couple of days back, the development arm of the corporation, Gala Lab, remains intact with business as usual. Eternal Blade, 1 of the 2 upcoming self-developed titles,…
Phantasy Star Online 2 – Lengthy new trailer for PlayStation Vita version
As the launch date for Phantasy Star Online 2’s PS Vita version inches closer (28th February), developer SEGA has just uploaded a new trailer focusing on the features found in the game. As players will be in the same servers…
TERA Japan – Elin figurine to go on sale this May
How can any game in Japan be complete without a figurine being made in honor of 1 of its characters? TERA Japan is doing the same, and manufacturer Arcadia has just previewed the figurine for the adorable Elin race. Coming…
Luminous Studio – New tech demos get all hairy
After a couple of similar videos over the past few weeks, new ones were uploaded online by the Japanese media late last week. I presume all these were taken at a Square Enix tech event last November, where much was…