Category Archives: Rising Star Games

Rising Star Games has confirmed No More Heroes 2 will get a European release at the end of April.

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Rising Star Games has revealed that it will continue to publish the catalogue of Marvelous Entertainment, despite the latter selling a 50 percent stake in the company over the weekend to Intergrow.

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It’s Christmas. You want a bit of cheer. You’ve been pissed for three weeks already and in danger of losing your job. What you need is a cheap copy of the superb Muramasa to make a fast-approaching life on the dole more palatable.

Luckily, then, Rising Star is offering all VG247 readers 33 percent off its entire catalogue until 3.00pm GMT tomorrow, Friday December 18. This is an exclusive: no other site’s offering this.

All you have to do is go here, use the code “VG247.COM” and spend some money.

The discount means Muramasa: the Demon Blade, is now £20.09. Luminous Arc 2 – complete with limited edition soundtrack CD – is also £20.09. Little King’s Story is an almost irresistible £13.39.

Don’t be stupid. Buy something. Merry Christmas!

Ubisoft has confirmed that it will not be the publisher of No More Heroes or Heroes’ Paradise on Xbox 360 and PS3 when released in the US.

“Ubisoft will not be publishing either of these versions,” a company spokesperson told G4, although it still plans to publish the sequel on Wii – No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.

Rising Star, which is the European publisher, has not announced one for the US, but we’ll send ‘em a mail to see if a decision has been made yet.

More through the link.

A retail listing for the Xbox 360 version of No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise in Japan suggests that it will more than likely carry a CERO Z rating (mature) when released in February.

This is because it’s the North American version, which still has “bloodshed” intact. With such a strong rating, it is not likely to be carried on normal retail shelves.

PS3 versions probably won’t get the same rating, as it’s the censored version originally released in Japan.

If this sort of thing interests you, Joystiq has more on it here.

The first screens of Grasshopper’s Xbox 360/PS3 port of No More Heroes have materialized, and we must admit, the game cleans up quite nicely.

We’re gonna miss vigorously shaking the Wii-Mote to recharge our beam sabers, though. Oh well, with all these newly de-clothed women frolicking about (seriously, it’s a new game mode), we’re sure a suitable replacement will pop up in no time.

No, not that, you pervs! We mean, like, a TV remote or something. Because we’ll… want to turn up the TV volume at some point perhaps? Yeah, let’s go with that.

Check out all the screens over at Kotaku.

A new trailer for Ju-On: The Grudge has surfaced on the net.

It’s the Euro trailer, and it’s after the break.

Game’s out in October for Wii on both sides of the pond.

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Some new shots of No More Heroes 2 have emerged from Japan and, to be honest, they do look swish.

They mostly show Travis’ double beam katana, which is a brand new addition to the series,

Catch them over at Kotaku. It’s due for Wii next year.

According to this Eurogamer piece, the latest iteration of R-Type, PSP game R-Type Tactics, will release on September 26.

God knows PSP could do with something, anything, so this is good news. Shame it’s so far off, but there we are.

Rising Star Games has confirmed Baroque for a European release on Wii and PS2.

“Dark, addictively challenging and totally immersive, Baroque is a pure RPG experience,” said the press release.

Baroque will be available on Friday, June 27 on both formats.

Full press release, including key features and plot summary, after the link.

By Mike Bowden

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