Entries in 'Japan' (377)
Fresh delay for Gran Turismo 5
Having been pencilled in for a March release in Japan for a few weeks now, SCEJ has retracted the speculative release date for Gran Turismo 5 and reverted back to ...
JAPAN: N3II dated
The official Ninety-Nine Nights II website has confirmed that the hack ‘n’ slash sequel, or N3II to use its abbreviation, will be released in Japan on Xbox 360 this spring.
PS3 gets Michael Jackson bundle
With Sony Pictures handling the DVD and Blu-ray releases of recent Michael Jackson documentary This Is It, the Japanese arm of SCEJ has announced a new King of Pop themed ...
JAPAN: Wii pips PS3 in annual sales race
Having been neck and neck through much of the year in the Japanese video games market, hardware sales figures from Enterbrain suggest that Nintendo’s Wii managed to lurch ahead in ...
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JAPAN: Wii takes festive lead
The Wii returned to the top of the Japanese hardware sales chart in the final week of 2009, selling more than 215,000 units.
JAPAN: Further year-on-year decline
Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has claimed that 2009 was yet again a year of decline for the video games industry in Japan with both hardware and software sales suffering year-on-year decreases.
Capcom bringing key IP back to Japan
Capcom has said in an investor Q&A that it intends to change the way it handles third party development partnerships with the intention of delegating new IP projects to its ...
Rising Star Games boosts Japan tourism
The Japan National Tourist Organisation has teamed up with Rising Star Games as part of its ongoing campaign to improve the country’s tourism industry and reputation.
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JAPAN: MW2 breaks into Top Five
Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has followed the trend set by fellow Western epic Grand Theft Auto IV by breaking into the higher echelons of the Japanese software ...
JAPAN: Final Fantasy XIII sells 1m+
Long-awaited RPG Final Fantasy XIII was finally released on PS3 in Japan yesterday and has, according to Kotaku, already sold over 1m copies in the territory.
JAPAN: PS3 passes 4m sales
Numbers from Enterbrain, the publisher of weekly games magazine Famitsu, show that Sony’s PS3 has now sold over 4m units in Japan.
Wada denies Japanese ‘decline’
The president of Square Enix – the increasingly Western-facing Japan-headquartered publishing empire – has refuted the widely held view that the Japanese game industry is in decline.
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JAPAN: Shadow of the Colossus to be re-issued?
Hailed as one of the best titles ever made by hardcore gamers but shunned at retail by the masses, Team Ico’s genuinely wonderful Shadow of the Colossus could be returning ...
JAPAN: 1m copies of FFXIII shipped
Western gamers still face a long wait for the release of Final Fantasy XIII, but the Japanese anticipation has reached fever-pitch ahead of the release of the PS3 version of ...
JAPAN: No Russian edited in MW2
Ahead of its release in the territory tomorrow, it has been revealed that the notorious ‘No Russian’ airport massacre level in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been edited ...
JAPAN: PES bosses November
Things might not be going quite as smoothly for the Pro Evolution Soccer series in Europe as publisher Konami would have hoped, but the series is showing no signs of ...
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JAPAN: NSMB smashes Wii record
Just this morning MCV reported that New Super Mario Bros Wii had shifted an impressive 422k units in Nintendo’s homeland of Japan in its first 24 hours on the shelves ...
JAPAN: New Mario sells 422k
Nintendo may have weathered a mixed 2009 – particularly in Japan – but new sales numbers from Japan suggest that its iconic mascot Mario remains as popular today as he ...
JAPAN: PES-branded PSP nears
In conjunction with the release of Winning Eleven 2010 (the Japanese name for the Pro Evolution Soccer series) for the PSP next week, Sony has pictured a branded hardware bundle ...
JAPAN: DSi LL shifts 104k
Having launched in Nintendo’s homeland of Japan on November 22nd, numbers from stats body Enterbrain show that the DSi LL sold 103,524 units in its first two days on ...
JAPAN: DSi LL arrives
This weekend saw the arrival of Nintendo’s newest hardware in Japan, the DSi LL – which will be known as the DSi XL.
Moore praises FIFA triumph in Japan
Western games may increasingly be making inroads into the Japanese market, but the struggle to penetrate the notoriously inwards-looking region remains – so FIFA 10’s appearance in the Japanese Top ...
Iwata: Wii and PS3 “neck and neck”
You can decide for yourself whether it’s proof of a dramatic PS3 resurgence or a troubling Wii decline, but a recent confession from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is certainly evidence ...
JAPAN: Uncharted 2 impresses
Whilst Sony’s Uncharted series has been a firm favourite in the West since its arrival in late 2007, it’s reception in Japan has been less enthusiastic – a problem that ...
