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Rising Star Gamed has announced Super Black Bass 3D will be released for Nintendo 3DS on April 2 across North America. With 16 releases across seven different platforms, the 3DS comes with new features and gameplay modes such as the Real Rod System which makes use of the handheld’s gyroscope, making the line in the virtual water feel a bit more real. You will be able to cast for over 30 types of fish through various environments and weather conditions as you try to top the games’ global leaderboards. You can also upgrade your gear. Check out the trailer below.

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Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut has produced a new batch of screenshots showing off the touched-up graphics. I’d happily post them for you, but quite a lot of them show dialogue or just York driving around, so visit Siliconera to check them out while I watch some paint dry over here; it’s very important. Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut is much more interesting than it looks here, and arrives on PlayStation 3 in April.

Deadly Premonition: Director’s Cut has been confirmed for an Australian and New Zealand release, courtesy of publisher Rising Star Games. It comes after the establishing of an 18+ age rating certificate in Australia, following much political discussion and lobbying from gamers.

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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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Bohemia Interactive has announced the discontinuation of the Carrier Command: Gaea Mission Play and Contribute Beta program, which will be replaced by a pre-order deal on Monday, July 30.

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The new game from harvest Moon creator Yasuhiro Wada has players running a village shop.

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Rising Star has released a series of tutorial videos for Akai Katana, Cave’s latest typically nightmare hard shooter. And thank god for that.

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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’s managing director, Martin Defries, has said the firm will be taking control over the US publishing arm of Marvelous. Speaking with MCV, Defries said: “We were given an opportunity to take over the US publishing business of our former parent company Marvelous Entertainment, to rebrand that as Rising Star Games Inc and to build a successful subsidiary.” Defries also said Rising Star has “an existing publisher in the US” with “strong roots into the market,” but didn’t reveal the name of the firm. There’s no word at present on how this will affect Marvelous USA’s publishing deal with Xseed Games, which is owned by Marvelous AQL. Rising Star USA’s very first North American title will be Akai Katana for Xbox 360.

Rising Star’s announced it’ll bring the entire BIT.TRIP Collection to Europe as of Q1 2012, All six games from both Complete and Saga – Beat, Core, Void, Runner, Fate and Flux – will all get an outing for EU on Wii and 3DS. Managing director Martin DeFries said it was “hugely excited” it would publish the collection. A new Bit.Trip, Runner, was recently announced for PSN and XBLA.

Rising Star Games have revealed their plans for a robust ‘Pre-order Package’ that will be rewarded to those who place an order for their upcoming sprite-based fighter King of Fighters XIII.

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Rising Star Games is pleased to announce it’s moved over 1 million units of Harvest Moon games in Europe and Australia.

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Rising Star confirmed today that Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar will launch in PAL regions this year for DS. The latest in the Natsume farm sim series will feature “windmills to let you combine ingredients to make goods to sell at the Bazaar,” “a new jump movement” to get over hills and streams, and a returning horse festival. Sounds fancy. Look at shots of it over on Nintendo World.

Goichi Suda has reiterated his desire to add another entry to the No More Heroes series.

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Grasshopper boss Goichi Suda has told NowGamer that although No More Heroes 2 will be the winding-up of the story of Travis Touchdown, he will do NMH3.

But there’s a catch, kids.

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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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Rising Star’s announced that Half Minute Hero will release in Europe on February 12.

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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!

Ju-On: The Grudge has a bit of humor included in the horror game by way of two meters that track your bravery and level of fright.

UGO got hands-on time with the Wii title and after failing a mission, this brief message popped up below the meters:

“A total wuss. That’s what you are. Zero courage. Why don’t you lock yourself in your bedroom and write poetry or something.”

According to an Xseed representative, players must input their gender and astrological sign into the game for customized ribbing should you fail a mission.

Like we aren’t called names enough in our daily lives.

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