Category Archives: TGS 2011

Tue, Dec 06, 2011 | 07:14 GMT

TGS 2011: All Aboard the Sony Boat

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Sony’s efforts to woo Western press with Vita at the Tokyo Game Show went absolutely arse up, exposing the console to the cold light of objectivity.

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Tue, Oct 11, 2011 | 06:55 BST

A Conversation Piece: Nagoshi talks Binary Domain

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Binary Domain does more than cyberpunk shooting. At Tokyo Game Show 2011, we spoke with producer Toshihiro Nagoshi about chatting and consequence.

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Thu, Sep 22, 2011 | 20:10 BST

Dragon Quest X direct feed footage released by Square

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Direct-feed footage of Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online, which is the first footage of the MMO, has been released. It shows some of the in-game graphics, CGI, and a group pf players running about the land. The Wii version is out during 2012 in Japan. Direct feed shots, which we posted earlier, are through here. Thanks, RPGsite.

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Thu, Sep 22, 2011 | 11:58 BST

Saints Row: The Third – Itagaki and the octopus gun

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The Saints’ next adventure looks to push the concepts of dress sense and decency to their inevitable limits. Brenna Hillier gets overwhelmed in Tokyo.

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Thu, Sep 22, 2011 | 04:49 BST

Army Corps of Hell: Meet Pikmin’s evil twin

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Nintendo has Pikmin, it looks like maybe Sony has Army Corps of Hell. Bear with me on this. It’s a new game, just announced from Square Enix, and it’s headed straight to Vita as a launch title. And it’s more than a little bizarre.

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Wed, Sep 21, 2011 | 09:16 BST

Dead Or Alive 5 prides itself on being “entertaining”

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We don’t know much yet about Dead Or Alive 5, but we do know that it is a “fighting entertainment” game, no matter what you might think. That’s the way Team Ninja boss Yosuke Hayashi describes it, and he’s got good reason for it.

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Tue, Sep 20, 2011 | 20:20 BST

Deadly Premonition designer Hidetaka Suehiro directing Lord of Apocalypse

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Square Enix’s Lord of Apocalypse, a successor to Lord of Arcana, is in development from Access Games with Deadly Premonition designer Hidetaka Suehiro signed on to direct, it has been announced. The game, announced just before TGS will be made available for PSP and Vita on December 17 in Japan. It has not been announced for release in North America or Europe. The video is posted below, just in case you haven’t seen it yet. Thanks, Siliconera.

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Tue, Sep 20, 2011 | 16:50 BST

Suda explains his various roles at Grasshopper Manufacture

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Goichi Suda has said the gaming concepts at Grasshopper Manufacture pretty much stem from his ideas, but when it comes to the actual execution, it varies per game.

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Tue, Sep 20, 2011 | 15:32 BST

Yasuda explains Hero Mode inclusion in Ninja Gaiden 3

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Team Ninja has explained that Hero Mode in Ninja Gaiden 3, which is a less-challenging mode with auto dodges and blocks, was implemented so newcomers to the series could experience the story without dying all the time.

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Tue, Sep 20, 2011 | 12:44 BST

Kinect’s Panzer Dragoon – TGS shows off Project Draco

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Dragons, Kinect, Tokyo Game Show 2011: these three elements combined to bring you Brenna Hillier’s report from Japan on Kinect’s continuing mission to court the core.

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Tue, Sep 20, 2011 | 11:41 BST

Capcom goes TGS stage show video mental

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Capcom’s gone live with an absolute fuckton of stage show videos for its games at Tokyo Game Show, DMC, Asura’s Wrath, Resident Evil: Revelations and Dragon’s Dogmas are some of the games that get shown. Get all the videos below, via Unity.

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Tue, Sep 20, 2011 | 10:59 BST

TGS 2011 hits 222,000, 2012 event gets dated

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CESA’s announced that over 222,000 pepople attended Tokyo Game Show this year.

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Tue, Sep 20, 2011 | 05:42 BST

Sony displays PS Vita in a number of eye-popping hues

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Of course, black goes with everything, but sometimes you want a little variety, right? Sony’s listening. While all the early Vita models we’ve seen have been in stock-standard Piano Black, we’ve found a video that shows off more than a few alternative options.

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Tue, Sep 20, 2011 | 05:09 BST

Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney looks at localisation

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This started out as just letting you know there are some awesome new screenshots for Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney floating about the internets – and then we discovered that the images are accompanied by some pretty strong suggestions that the game will venture out beyond Japan.

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Mon, Sep 19, 2011 | 11:10 BST

Armored Core V gets new January release for Japan

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From Software’s announced its releasing Armored Core V on January 26 for ¥7,800 in Japan on PS3 and Xbox 360. The mech title was suposed to launch in the country next month, but was delayed back in August because of feedback from the game’s open multiplayer beta this past summer. Namco Bandai is publishing the game for a western release.

Thanks, Andriasang.

Mon, Sep 19, 2011 | 08:52 BST

NeverDead trailer is a mind-bending must-see

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Busy looking at all of the shiny that came out of Tokyo Game Show last week? Never fear, we’ve still got some extra shiny bits and pieces to show you.

Right now, that’s a brand new trailer from NeverDead – and by “shiny”, we mean “featuring removable limbs”. There’s also demons, pop stars and a soundtrack from Megadeth, to boot.

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Mon, Sep 19, 2011 | 08:35 BST

Steel Battalion reboot lacks control of the original

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When the original Steel Battalion launched for Xbox, back in 2002, it came with a comically over-sized, purpose-built controller which is now something of a collector’s piece. Nearly ten years later, the game has taken a more minimal approach, in a Kinect-enabled reboot that does away with controllers completely.

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Mon, Sep 19, 2011 | 07:49 BST

Street Fighter X Tekken gets a little inFamous Vita gameplay footage

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At this year’s E3, Capcom revealed that Street Fighter X Tekken would be headed to the PlayStation Vita, and bringing with it a special pal – Cole McGrath from inFamous. Now, we’ve had a bit of a sneaky peek at just how Cole will look in the game – is it enough to more your brawler from the living room to your pocket?

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Mon, Sep 19, 2011 | 07:45 BST

Early 2012 MGS 3DS launch confirmed, ZoE HD Collection aiming for early-to-mid 2012 launch

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Hideo Kojima confirmed at TGS over the weekend that Metal Gear Solid 3DS: Snake Eater would release early next year.

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Mon, Sep 19, 2011 | 07:24 BST

Gravity Rush for Vita is Newton’s worst nightmare

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Everybody, meet Kat. Kat is taking a cel-shaded starring role in upcoming PlayStation Vita exlusive, Gravity Rush (known as Gravity Daze in Japan), and Sony would like you to know a little bit more about her.

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