If you were lucky enough to not live in Europe or Australia in the mid 90’s, this was the first and only Contra game on the Genesis. If you did live there however it was called Probotector, every human being in the game was replaced with a robot and the…
So, the Shining series is an odd one, starting off with a some great turn-based RPGs before becoming a much more action based series as it progressed to the PS2/GBA. At least that’s as far as I understand it, because the last game they actually published in Europe was Shining…
Okay, this is technically -still- import news, but as I understand it an official confirmation that NISA are localising it is barely a prinny throw away. So before we have to redraw the map again, here’s the latest trailer of Chou Jigen Game: Neptune, which may or may not be…
Virtual Idol Hatsune Miku’s latest PSP game will also be offered as a downloadable PSN title. While this does sound like a relatively standard situation for a PSP game, the Project Diva series so far has yet to be offered as a downloadable title. Even the PS3 graphical upgrade, while downloadable, isn’t…
Yuzo Koshiro is the music composer behind a number of legendary Sega soundtracks including the sublime Streets of Rage 2, and his game company Ancient were also behind the less remembered but equally wonderful Beyond Oasis. They also released an Xbox Live Indie Game this year entitled Protect Me Knight, which is…
Streets of Rage or Bare Knuckle? Which is the better name I wonder? Both sound so manly. So dangerous… Luckily when they localised the third game for the western market, they made enough changes to at least in this instance affirm my preference on a much less shallow basis. Strangely, the…
Part of me is a little disappointed that he’s returning for the 5th/6th time now, but then it really wouldn’t be a Yakuza game without him (sorry Black Panther!) Kazuma will be making a return as a playable character in the new game, thought to be shown off at this…