Category Archives: XSEED

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.

XSEED has announced via the PS Blog it will be releasing Acquire’s gorgeous-looking Sumioni: Demon Arts in North america as a launch window title “this spring”. The “ink-themed” action title provides the player will various obstacles to overcome by drawing platforms with the touch-screen, or using the handheld’s controls to call upon a giant bird or sacred lion help destroy a well-defended pagoda. It looks really neat. See for yourself in the video posted below the break. Through the link, there are also some new shots of the game as well.

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Localisation specialist publisher XSEED is throwing a massive sale, with amazing games on sale for prices so low they made my face go numb with shock.

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XSEED has confirmed it intends to bring PSP horror adventure Corpse Party to the European PlayStation Network following its US release, but couldn’t give an ETA. The publisher has also expressed interest in bringing sequel Book of Shadows to English-speakers. Corpse Party is a long-running multimedia franchise which began as an amateur effort in RPG Maker, and is famous for its gruesome player deaths.

XSEED has pushed its horror adventure Corpse Party back, regretfully missing a Hallow’en debut. But here’s a new trailer to mark the date.

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XSEED has defended upcoming PSP adventure Corpse Party from “visual novel” criticisms.

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Falcom has said the reason it chose to re-imagine Ys IV instead of making a new game in the series was due to fans wanting it.

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Solatorobo: Red the Hunter is just as exciting as Modern Warfare 3. Y’know, if you’re into furries.
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XSEED has made yesterday’s tease official – the horrifying Corpse Party is destined for US release.

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XSEED has dropped two trailers for an unannounced game expected in the US in autumn. One features localisation manager Tom Lipschultz in full on creeper mode, but more tellingly, another shows off art and teases a story strongly reminiscent of Corpse Party, an amateur game made in RPG Maker and later professionally ported to PSP.

An XSEED comment left on Siliconera doesn’t deny the connection.

Check both trailers out on the teaser site. Thanks, Joystiq.

The latest title in the Japanese-developed lineage of the Wizardry series, Labyrinth of Lost Souls, has been picked up for Western release.

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Half-Minute Hero is set to arrive on Xbox Live Arcade, according to a listing on the Australian Classification Board.

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XSEED and Nihon Falcom announced a partnership this week that will bring six RPG games to US PSP owners.

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Ignition Entertainment has picked up Arc Rise Fantasia from Marvelous and XSEED, according to Joystiq.

The game, an turn based RPG for the Wii, is the second to be picked up by Ignition from XSEED after Muramasa: The Demon Blade was also picked up by the publisher from XSEED.

The game is out in the West next summer.

XSEED has provided and exact release date for Ju-On: The Grudge.

Come October 13, Wii owners will be able to play the haunted house simulator developed by feelplus, armed with only a flashlight.

Mwha ha ha ha ha haaaaa.

There’s some new screens for it over on GoNintedo.

Marvelous Entertainment announced yesterday a Japanese release date for Valhalla Knights: The Eldar Saga.

The first Wii title in the series will arrive on October 8, and players will be able to create a custom character, with over 100,000 possible part combinations, and team up with other players for multipalyer via Wi-Fi. Connection.

GameStop has it listed for a September 15 release, and last we heard, it was on for a November release in the UK.

More over on Andriasang, via GoNintendo.

Four party members? Magic footwear? Flying monkey creatures? Why didn’t the Wizard of Oz get turned into a JRPG sooner? Well, at least XSeed and D3 Publisher have teamed up to finally realize author L. Frank Baum’s true vision.

Titled The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road, the game’s a fairly straightforward JRPG with one twist: everything is stylus-controlled — even movement, which is controlled via a virtual trackball.

The game’s coming to North America this fall. Unfortunately, XSeed doesn’t publish outside North America, so Beyond the Yellow Brick Road’s release elsewhere is still up in the air.

Thanks, Siliconera.

Update: No word yet on a European release date. PR “isn’t sure what’s going on with European release at this time.” Bummer.

Sky Crawlers has been out for a bit in Japan, but for the rest of the world, playing the game has only been a pie-in-the-sky dream. Or, well, maybe pie that just fell on the ground, but only has a few hairs on it. Regardless, dream no more if you live in North America, because XSEED’s publishing the game.

Developed by Ace Combat pilots Project Aces, Sky Crawlers is due this holiday season. It’s about — what else — airplanes. You fly and shoot stuff using the Wii-mote and nunchuck. Should be good fun.

We’ve put in an email asking whether or not the game will be published in Europe, as XSEED only publishes games in North America. We’ll keep you posted.

Thanks, Joystiq.

XSeed has announced its E3 line-up and it includes two new games in development for PSP called Lunar: Silver Star Harmony and Half-Minute Hero.

Here’s the full thing:

• Lunar: Silver Star Harmony – Fall (PSP)
• Half-Minute Hero – Fall (PSP)
• FRAGILE: Farewell Ruins of the Moon – Winter (Wii)
• Arc Rise Fantasia – Winter (Wii)
• Flower, Sun, and Rain – June 16 (DS)
• JU-ON: The Grudge – October (Wii)
• Little King’s Story – July (Wii)
• Ragnarok Online – Winter (DS)
• Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga – Summer (Wii)

Details for each game are presented in the press release below the jump.

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Xseed has secured the North American publishing rights to Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon.

Set to the backdrop of an atmospheric post-apocalyptic world, the tri-Crescendo-developed project will land on Wii this winter.

“We are ecstatic to be able to finally confirm Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon for gamers in North America,” said Jun Iwasaki, president of Xseed Games. “We have received countless requests from eager gamers pleading with us to publish this title, and it gives us great joy to be able to give the public what they want while being able to work on such a great game.”

The game takes you through the adventures of a boy named Seto who may possibly be the last human alive.

IGN has an interview with Xseed’s localization manager Kenji Hosoi over on it’s site.

Go have a read.