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Tetsuya Mizuguchi, creator of Rez and Child of Eden has resigned from Q Entertainment and has taken up a new role as a Professor at Keio University. He will continue to support the studio as an advisor only.

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Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi has distanced himself from games production at Q Entertainment, and has now stepped into a spokesperson role at the company. THe studio revealed Miziguchi’s shift in focus at TGS today.

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The Lumines Electronic Symphony Facebook Page has asked players to indicate their interest in a potential DLC pack for the popular Vita title. Q Entertainment is quite clear that there are no plans for DLC at the moment, but hopes enough interest will inspire Ubisoft to greenlight a content drop – maybe even a remix of classic track Shinin’. Go forth and click Like.

Thanks, Joystiq.

Guardian Hearts Online – Q Entertainment’s free-to-play PS Vita RPG – has just received an official batch of screens.

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Q Entertainment has announced Guardian Hearts Online a free-to-play RPG for the Vita, coming to Japan some time this month. Andraisang reports the game is likely a port of mobile effort Guardian Hearts, and only the second free-to-play game to grace Sony’s new portable to date. You probably know Q Entertainment best from Lumines and Child of Eden, but it was also partially responsible for Ninety-Nine Nights.

Ex-1UP journalist turned developer James Mielke has left Child of Eden and Lumines developer Q Entertainment.

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The lead programmer of Q Entertainment’s spiritual successor to Rez, Child of Eden, has released a new iOS game called Kotomon, a rhythm game that goes across most genres. Pick it up here for $2.99.

Thanks, Shack.

“Yves is a unique CEO. He is obsessive with ideas, and he likes to get involved with games. Using Kinect in Child of Eden, for example, was his idea. He had seen this cool new technology and had the idea.” – Ubisoft director of IP Tommy Francois, speaking at a GDC dinner on how Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot inspired the Kinect support for Child of Eden.

Thanks, Develop.

The unwieldy Electronic Symphony subtitle of the recently-released Vita version of Lumines was very nearly something much snappier.

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Q Entertainment has unveiled the soundtrack to Vita launch title Lumines Electronic Symphony, with Air, Amon Tobin, The Chemical Brothers, Faithless and Goldfrapp in the mix.

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Harmonix once promised that it would bring the Rock Band franchise to the squealing fans of Japan. That was in 2008, and since then, both Harmonix and co-developer Q Entertainment haven’t really done much else about it. Now, Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos has spoken about what happened, explaining – among other things – that “there were a couple of significant challenges”.

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Ubisoft has released screenshots for three of its Vita games, literally on the system, which the firm is showing at TGS this week.

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It’s the mega-deal of the century for our US readers as big box retailer Best Buy heavily discounts critical darling, Child of Eden.
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Ubisoft’s formally announced details this morning of the PS3 version of Child of Eden, confirming that it will have Move support for the spiritual Rez successor from Q Entertainment. The publisher also confirmed that CoE will have full stereoscopic 3D support. The Xbox 360 version, which featured Kinect support, launched in July to great critical acclaim, but sunk when it went on sale. The PS3 version launches in the US on September 27 and September 30 in Europe.

You can watch a video of it being played below.

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The highly anticipated spiritual successor to the all-time classic Rez has come down in price in just its third week on the market and is now going for just $35.
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Q Entertainment’s James Mielke said in the latest 8-4 Play podcast on 1UP, that the PS3 delay for Child of Eden had nothing to do with any exclusivity deal with Xbox 360.

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Zumba Fitness has gone back in at the top of the UK charts, taking over from last week’s number one Duke Nukem Forever.

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The review embargo for Child of Eden, Ubisoft and Q Entertainment’s Rez-like Kinect title, lifted yesterday. Consensus seems to be it’s pretty much great, so you might want to think about buying it. Hit the break to see the scores. If you have a link to add, do so below. Watch the launch trailer here. Child of Eden is out now in the US and out in the UK on Friday for 360 via Kinect. The PS3 version launches in September.

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Ubisoft’s released the launch trailer for Q Entertainment’s techno-shooter, Child of Eden. Called the spiritual successor to Rez, it releases today in the US with Kinect support, and on June 17 in Europe and the UK after originally scheduled to release over the winter. The PS3 version, which will come with Move support, will launch in September. Enjoy.

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Child of Eden producer Tetsuya Mizuguchi has said that games are still not at the point that they can be considered art.

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