Category Archives: Hudson

Hudson Soft has announced through the magic of Twitter that Bloody Roar 5 is in development. The last entry in the fighting series was Bloody Roar 4, released om PS2 back in 2003. While no other details have been announced, it’s being rumored for a 2012 release on PS3 and 360. We’ll let you know when we hear more. Thanks, Gematsu.

Hudson has sent a sad little tweet thanking fans for their support over the years – and saying goodbye.

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Konami has said it has not made an official decision on Hudson’s projects, which were cut from Famitsu’s release schedule this week.

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Hudson casualties appear to have expanded to include planned 3DS titles.

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The ultimate fate of Hudson’s development division, Hudson Soft, seems to have been decided. The Bomberman developer will focus on social network games.

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A blog post by Hudson Entertainment’s brand manager, Morgan Haro, states that the California arm of Hudson Soft will shut down at the end of the month as a result of Konmai’s acquisition of the company.

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Hudson has provided some extra details for Bomberman 3DS, which was announced last month.

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Hudson has announced it’s to release DECA Sports Extreme, Bomberman and Nikoli’s Pencil Puzzle on Nintendo 3DS.

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Konami’s confirmed that it’s to fully absorb Bomberman developer Hudson by the start of its next financial year.

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Hudson has finally released Bomberman Live: Battlefest on Xbox Live Arcade.

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Germany’s videogame ratings board, the USK, has outed some sweet TurboGrafx-16 titles, which according to the listing, are heading to Europe for PSN.

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Hudson has announced its interspecies shooter Shootanto: Evolutionary Mayhem is leaving Japan and heading to WiiWare for Europe and North America.

From the press release:

“In Shootanto: Evolutionary Mayhem, players start as primates and battle lizardmen across the epochs, from primeval to medieval times and beyond. Players who survive each battle will evolve from a lowly monkey to an apeman, then caveman, a human knight, and finally a soldier. The combat continues to change as the lizardmen also evolve throughout the game. Co-op mode allows players to survive the onslaught together.”

Expect it sometime this month.

During the course of the week, loads of indie games, less mainstream titles and those point-and-click adventures you are always hearing about, sometimes get lost in the shuffle -what with news on Uncharted 2 and Modern Warfare 2 happening every three minutes or so.

That’s why, much like the MMO news round-up, we’ve decided to remedy this by giving you a heads up on news, demos, patches, announcements, trailers, screens and other doodads pertaining to these games that you missed out on during the week.

Yes, it’s all here for you in one post! See how much we love you guys? Another wall of text for the win!

While not comprehensive, since there are loads of this sort out there, we will do our best to be as thorough as possible.

Read on past the break for the first of, hopefully, many “Indie and other games of interest” post.

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Hudson has put out a teaser for Bomberman Live: Battlefest, which is a Bomberman party game, and the music reminds you a bit of a funky Isaac Hayes groove for a Shaft-centric 70′s TV show.

Also, the video is explosive, and why would you expect anything else from a Bomberman game.

When released this winter, it will land on PSN, WiiWare and XBLA.

Video is below the break.

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According to this week’s Famitsu release list (via AndriaSang), Bomberman’s bringing his adorable brand of arson to the DSi’s download service in October.

Or at least, that’s the date for Japan, anyway. Hudson hasn’t actually announced the game yet, though, so the what’s, when’s, and why’s of the West are still up in the air.

We’ve contacted Hudson for more info. Here’s hoping the publisher gets back to us soon, maybe with some news on the long-awaited Bomberman: Act Zero sequel.

Hudson has announced that Bonk and a new Bomberman are heading to PSN, WiiWare and Xbox Live in 2010.

Bomberman Live: Battlefest has Capture the Flag, VIP and Teams modes as well as new power-ups and Xbox Avatar support.

Bonk is a new adventure with co-op and online play.

CVG has screen for both through here.

Full details on each are below the break, courtesy of NeoGAF.

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Konami has officially announced Hudson Soft’s Calling for Wii which is slated to land in early 2010.

The player begins the game trapped in a strange room, with the Wii Remote doubling as the on-screen mobile phone. Using a torch to see dark areas, players will receive calls to their handset, which are answered by raising the Wii Remote to their ear.

Exploration and puzzle-solving is called into play, with claustrophobic locations hiding secrets and danger.

Creepy.

More information is through the press release below, and GoNintendo has some screens of it posted.

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Hudson Soft’s Wii horror game, The Calling has been confirmed and scans from Famitsu prove it.

The game will make use of an in-game cell phone to send and receive texts, take video, and record audio. It’s 70 percent complete, and five characters have been shown so far.

Two of the leaked videos that Hudson pulled a while back are posted over on Cubed3.

The Famitsu scans can be found here and here.

No word on a release yet.

Microsoft’s offering free Live multiplay on a bunch of XBLA games over December, including A Kingdom for Keflings, Aegis Wing, Bomberman Live, Hardwood Hearts, Hardwood Spades, UNO, Small Arms and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. Which is nice.

So if you’re a Silver member looking to try out “proper” Live, here’s your chance.

There’s more detail on GamerScoreBlog.

And here it is. The service launches on May 20 in Europe and released yesterday in the US.

• Dr. Mario & Germ Buster (Nintendo) – 1000 Wii Points
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (Square Enix) – 1500 Wii Points
• LostWinds (Frontier) – 1000 Wii Points
• Star Soldier R (Hudson) – 800 Wii Points
• TV Show King (Gameloft) – 1000 Wii Points
• Pop (Nnooo) – 700 Wii Points
• Pirates: The Key of Dreams (Oxygen)
• Toki Tori (Two Tribes)