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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 in Western markets now than ever before. The Western market is more receptive to Japanese games than it was a …
Read More »SNK to grow UK market share
Renowned Japanese games firm SNK Playmore has set its sights on the UK market with the upcoming launch of Samurai Shodown Sen. The game is the latest in the long-running beat ‘em up series, and is due for an April release on Xbox 360 via Rising Star. We are thrilled …
Read More »Rising Star signs Samurai Shodown Sen
Rising Star has won the publishing rights to Samuari Shodown Sen – the latest entry in the long-running fighting franchise. The title is an Xbox 360 port of the arcade game of the same name, and is the eleventh entry in the classic SNK series. Rising Star also believes the …
Read More »Neo Geo titles confirmed for Wii
Nintendo has finally given the official confirmation that games from SNK’s NeoGeo system will be appearing on Wii’s Virtual Console download service – though no date other than ‘soon’ has so far been announced. The first Neo Geo launched in 1990 and rose to popularity in the East owing to …
Read More »Neo Geo titles confirmed for Wii
Nintendo has finally given the official confirmation that games from SNK’s NeoGeo system will be appearing on Wii’s Virtual Console download service – though no date other than ‘soon’ has so far been announced. The first Neo Geo launched in 1990 and rose to popularity in the East owing to …
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