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The Legend of Zelda fansite powerhouse, Zelda Universe, discovered The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD’s release date in Japan, straight from Nintendo Japan’s page. Read More »

Tremendous victory for Nintendo, who was the most soccessful publisher in Japan for 2013′s first half, jumping over closest rival Namco Bandai by a margin the size of 1.71 million – more sales than anyone outside the top three even made. Going by platforms, the 3DS hugely outsold the rivals, with Animal Crossing: New Leaf being the top performer despite ... Read More »

The Last of Us has been the biggest launch of 2013, and its Japan showing isn’t too shabby either, coming in at number one on Japan’s Media Create charts. See full chart below, courtesy NintendoEverything. Read More »

PS Vita saw strong sales in Japan two weeks ago, and the sales momentum continues for the portable console, thanks to Soul Sacrifice. Read More »

Assassin’s Creed III sold 12 million units, Ubisoft has made known in its Q3 earnings conference call. The publisher also confirmed that a new AC game will come in fiscal year 2014, which could be anywhere from  April 1st, 2013 to March 31st, 2014, but we all know when it’ll happen, and that’s this October. Read More »

As the Japanese market continues to struggle to catch up to the popularity of many Western offerings, many designers have come forward with an opinion or two. Read More »

We’re not sure what has gone wrong, but Sony’s new handheld dubbed PS Vita could really use some vita right now, as the console’s experienced yet another decline for the second straight week in Japan. Read More »

Famitsu’s revealed the release date of Ninja Gaiden 3 as March 22nd. It was previously made known by Namco that the game would be released during that time, but no specific date was given. It’s also important to note that the date is for Japan, so expect the hack-n-slash title a few days later in the West. There’s also a ... Read More »

Japan’s most respected magazine has scored Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim a perfect 40/40, making the WRPG the first western game to receive the publication’s highest mark. Read More »

EA will open up Battlefield 3′s beta for everyone today. Below the break we have the times and regions to keep your from the hassle of guessing. Read More »

Japan always gets the cool stuff. Coming to a store in the orient this November are fresh looking red and blue PS3s to spice up the lives of the tech-savvy nation. Drool all over them below. Read More »

It’s on its sixth year in Japan, but with sales falling a disheartening 46.7 percent year-on-year, and the console’s last JP exclusive, Idolmaster 2, being ported to PS3, some Japanese retailers are starting the phase out process of the console that was never able to put a dent on Sony and Nintendo’s armor in the Japanese market. Read More »

After remaining offline for almost three months, the PlayStation Store has been restored in Japan. Now the good folks in the orient will be treated to their version of Sony’s Welcome Back package, giving affected users free games and a full month of PS Plus amongst other things. This follows a string of unfortunate events that’s hit Sony where it ... Read More »

Can you believe it? Over a month since the PlayStation Store’s been up in the west, and Sony Japan’s yet to get the go-ahead from the government to send the service live. That’s because they go by a different standard in the orient. Things must be secured there. But alas, Wednesday Japanese PS3 gamers will be able to go on ... Read More »

Come on, you’ve got Gran Turismo 5, Yakuza 4 and much more. My $50 is down. Ready to Play? I’m going with Yakuza 4. Read More »