Category Archives: Aksys Games

There are all sorts of goodies in the Limited Edition of Muramasa Rebirth, which launches in North America at the end of June.

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The new Muramasa game is heading west courtesy of Aksys Games.

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999: Nine Persons, Nine Hours, Nine Doors follow up Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward isn’t the last we’ll hear from director Kotaro Uchikoshi.

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Even with some of the assets missing, Bit.Trip Runner 2 is looking very special indeed. Check out Commander Video

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Gaijin Games has moved away from its strictly-pixelated art for Bit.Trip Runner 2, and the resulting mish-mash of styles looks glorious in action.

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Aksys Games has announced Arc System Works’ BlazBlue series has moved over 1.7 million units worldwide. The firm said 800,000 of those copies were sold in North American. Sales include the BlazBlue titles: Calamity Trigger, Continuum Shift, Continuum Shift II, and the latest, Continuum Shift Extend. Thanks, Siliconera.

Pandora’s Tower, the only Wii JRPG of the “holy trinity” yet to make it to the US, is the focus of a new, third party-focussed campaign by Operation Rainfall.

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Rising Star Games has announced Aksys will exclusively distribute the company’s 2012 North American line-up starting with Akai Katana, the developer’s side-scrolling adventure for Xbox 360. The game places players in a “parallel world resembling Japan’s Taisho period,” where the player must utilize the power behind the world’s Blood Swords for “leverage, and fight alongside rebel warrior kin.” It releases later this spring.

Aksys has announced overnight it’s bringing the sequel to 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors to the US. Known as Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward, it’ll now also be coming to PlayStation Vita alongside the previously confirmed 3DS version, and will come with dual-language support between English and Japanese, multiple endings and fully-voiced novel sections, to name a few.

Thanks, GoNintendo.

A scan from of the latest Nintendo Power suggests that Chunsoft’s Extreme Escape Adventure: Good People Die is to be released in North America by Aksys. According to the scan, posted by GoNintendo, the follow-up 999: Nine Hours, Nine Doors, Nine Persons will be released on 3DS later this year in the fall. The title was released in Japan for Vita as well, but the article doesn’t mention that bit – it is a Nintendo-centric magazine after all. The news follows a tease Aksys put on its website a couple weeks back stating: “You might want to pick up the next Nintendo Power, on stands on 2/28, for a very special announcement.” According to Siliconera, the firm also teased a “mystery game” heading to our fair shores in the fall as well – back in December.  Sounds as though all signs are pointing to yes on this one despite the “No comment” from Aksys on the matter to the site.

What mysterious games will Aksys release in the coming year? Magic 8-ball says “try the egg roll”. Not the most helpful answer.

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Ghostlight has announced it’s to release Agarest: Generations of War 2 exclusively on PS3 in cooperation with Idea Factory, Compile Heart, and Aksys.

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According to the latest issue of Nintendo World, Shifting World is on its way to 3DS. The original flash game appeared on Armor Games and is on the way to full retail release thanks to Aksys. The action puzzler allows players to turn the level upside-down, switching solid black areas to white space. It boasts 60 levels and a variety of obstacles like switches, teleporters, low gravity and exploding barriers. No release date as yet.

Thanks, GoNintendo.

Aksys Games has announced BlazBlue Revolution, the largest 3v3 tournament for the Arc System Works fighter series to date. The finals will be held in Japan in March 2012, and Aksys will supply airfares and accommodation to the winning trio of the US arm – plus a special bonus if by some twist of fate, they beat their Japanese rivals. Haaaa. US qualifiers will play out in Southern California, and more details will be available through the event’s website on December 17.

BlazBlue is a series of closely-interlinked fighters with an emphasis on technical combos, much like spiritual precursor Guilty Gear. It boasts two core entries, one spin off, plus portable versions and revisions.

Aksys Games announced today that they will be releasing two classic Double Dragon games in the future. More »

Aksys has announced it’ll release PS3 and 360 versions of BlazBlue: Continumm Shift Extend the same day its Vita counterpart does when the handheld launches in the US. When that is stil a mystery other than it’ll be early 2012. Continuum Shift Extend will feature a brand new fighter Relius Clover, as well as all the DLC fighters from the last game.

Thanks, Siliconera.

Bit.Trip Complete is scheduled for release on September 13, and this trailer comemorates the journey of the series.
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On holiday weekends, those with post quotas to meet spend a lot of time weeping quietly over their empty inboxes, RSS feeds and IM contact lists. To save you time, I’ve rounded up the barrel-scrapings which result.

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Check out these screens for upcoming collection Bit.Trip Saga, and with a moderate amount of tomfoolery, gaze on one in 3D. Worr.

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A new Guilty Gear may be on the horizon if the hinting of creator Daisuke Ishiwatari is a pointer.

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