Entries in 'western' (17)
Nintendo admits 3DS lacks Western momentum
Sales of the 3DS in America and Europe are not where Nintendo would have hoped, the company has admitted.
Western devs drafted in to save Last Guardian
Sony has sent in its Western studios to help tackle the troubled development of Team Ico’s The Last Guardian, Sony’s game design chief has revealed.
Want to be big in Japan? Go digital
British publisher System 3 is making waves in Japan – by going digital.
Battlefield 3 the sole Western winner of TGS Future Game Awards
EA and DICE’s Battlefield 3 was the only Western-developed title to be recognised at the CESA Tokyo Game Show Future Awards.
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Could Catherine get a Western release?
There's fresh hope that eye-catching console title Catherine could receive a release in the West.
Square Enix on bringing West to the East
The three men in charge of Square Enix have told MCV that the company’s new global agenda is not merely leveraging Eastern properties in Europe and the US – it’s ...
Western feedback for FFXIII ignored
Publisher Square Enix has admitted that it feared this year’s RPG release Final Fantasy XIII would receive a rough ride from Western critics before the game hit the shelves.
Cave wants to conquer the West
Cult Japanese arcade developer Cave, which is famous for its notoriously challenging and collectible shmups, has told Develop of its plans to tailour its creations for an international market.
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Capcom’s Western dilemma
Publisher Capcom has revealed the poor performance of recent releases Dark Void and Bionic Commando have lead to a strategic re-think of its Western aspirations.
Square Enix’s new mature label
As part of Square Enix’s continued focus on titles and content suited to Western markets, the company has announced a brand new publishing label under which it will market such ...
Capcom: Dead Rising ‘felt too Japanese’
That Japanese publishing giant Capcom can criticise one of its own games for “feeling too Japanese” is a perfect example of the increasingly Westward-facing outlook gripping the modern console industry.
West "more receptive" to Japanese games then ever before
Ahead of the release of Xbox 360 fighter Samurai Shodown Sen next Friday, Rising Star Games’ product marketing assistant Yen Hau has said that Japanese games stand a better chance ...
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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 ...
JAPAN: Wada urges gamers to go West
Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada has (not for the first time) levelled some harsh criticism at the Japanese games market, stating that Japanese gamers still harbour an unfair ...
Square Enix reveals 'first global game'
Japan-headquartered Square Enix and its Canadian studio Eidos Montreal are collaborating on the firm's first truly global game, according to CEO Yoichi Wada.
VIDEO: Square Enix reveals new WWII IP
Western-looking Japanese publisher Square Enix has lifted the lid on a brand new WWII strategy title called Order of War, which will be released on PC in Europe this autumn.
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Square Enix working on LA studio
Square Enix is in the process of building a studio in El Segundo, Los Angeles, according to reports.
