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• Dragon's Dogma Quest x Puzzle & Dragons to be unveiled at TGS this week

  Capcom has confirmed that Dragon’s Dogma director Hideki Itsuno will unveil his new title at Tokyo Games Show this week. It’s a collaboration with Puzzle & Dragons developer GungHo Online Entertainment.

• Lily Bergamo is Grasshopper Manufacture's first PS4 game, trailer here

  Lily Bergamo is the first full collaboration between Grasshopper Manufacture and publisher GungHo Entertainment. We’ve got the first PS4 trailer here.

• Puzzle & Dragons Z: new 3DS trailer shows gem-smashing & combat

  Puzzle & Dragons Z has received a new 3DS trailer courtesy of GungHo Online Entertainment and Nintendo. The clip shows plenty of gem smashing and combat.

• GungHo sales grew 945% in first half of 2013

  Grasshopper Manufacture owner GungHo Entertainment is absolutely minting it off mobile favourite Puzzle & Dragons, but signs suggests the phenomenon is starting to fade.

• Ragnarok Odyssey Ace heading to Europe and North America

  GungHo Online Entertainment announced that it will be publishing Ragnarok Oddyssey Ace in Europe for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. The game will be out this winter in Europe and in the US, published by Xseed.

• GungHo president feels Japanese developers "need to go back to basics"

  GungHo Online Entertainment president Kazuki Morishita feels Japanese developers “need to go back to basics” and remember why they “make games in the first place.”

• GungHo financials: ¥12 billion made in April alone, Puzzle & Dragons earns $3.75 million a day

  GungHo Entertainment is making some serious bank, according to its most recent financial report. One game in particular – iOS hit Puzzle & Dragons – is currently earning the firm $3.75 million a day.

• MIND≒0 coming to Vita in August

  Dungeon crawler MIND≒0 (said “Mind Zero”, looking at the Japanese) is headed to Vita on August 1. Siliconera reports the RPG is a collaboration between Class of Heroes developer ZeroDiv and Acquire. Although it’s only been confirmed for Japanese release, it’s notable because it’s the first Acquire game to release since the Way of the […]

• GungHo - six PSOne import classics hitting PSN this spring

  GungHo Online Entertainment America will be releasing six Japanese PSOne import classics this spring, starting with three titles which hit today: Evergreen Avenue, Favorite Dear -Jyunpaku no Yogensha, and Zero Kara no Mahjong -Mahjong Youchien Tamago-gumi. On May 7, board/card games Motto Trump Shiyouyo, Zero Kara no Shogi -Shogi Youchien Ayumi-gumi, and Zero Kara no […]

• Ragnarok Odyssey Ace headed to PS3, Vita in Japan

  Ragnarok Odyssey is being remade for PlayStation 3 and Vita with new story content and all DLC. Gematsu reports the new version is a ‘complete reworking’, will release in Japan in July, and is called Ragnarok Odyssey Ace to differentiate it from the-Vita exclusive original. The action RPG came west late last year; no word […]

• Grasshopper acquisition means "complete creative freedom", Suda51 confirms

  Grasshopper Manufacture founder Goichi Suda has confirmed that the studio’s recent acquisition by GungHo Entertainment will not restrict the developer’s creative freedom at all, in fact he now has complete creative freedom.

• Puzzle & Dragons brings in $2 million every day - report

  A single mobile game is believed to be generating incredible sales figures in Japan.

• Grasshopper team "to continue to make games in the manner they are accustomed to"

  Publisher interference is not on the cards as part of GungHo’s acquisition of Grasshopper Manufacture, both companies have said.

• Grasshopper Manufacture merging with GungHo Online Entertainment

  Killer is Dead and Lollipop Chainsaw developer Grasshopper Manufacture is to merge with Ragnarok publisher GungHo Online Entertainment as of February 1st. The announcement comes from the pages of this week’s Famitsu.