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GameFly's year-end sale started today and many used games have been heavily discounted including some excellent titles like Crysis 2, L.A. Noire, Dragon Age II, and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
SEGA of America announced today two games from 2010 would be coming to the Games on Demand marketplace. Not to be outdone, Activision also released two games on demand.
Today GameFly announced their annual end of the year sale would be held between December 22nd and January 3rd. Look for many blockbuster titles of 2009 and 2010 at "blowout" prices with free shipping to boot.
"ZeniMax, parent of Id Software and Bethesda Softworks, has just announced that they have just acquired Tango Gameworks, the studio directed by 20-year industry giant Shinji Mikami. Regarding the acquisition, Mikami had this to say..."
"It’s fair to say that Bayonetta is by far the hottest witch to ever appear in any videogame, and has really turned into one of Sega’s best new IPs in years. With that said, it’s really no surprise that talented gamers show their love for her in many ways, from art to well done cosplay outfits, and now a Bayonetta chibi plush doll."
"A thrifty gamer is a happy gamer so we've scoured the Sunday ads to find the best video game deals for this week from local stores for the Playstation 3, PSP, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC for the week of May 23, 2010."
Sales results for Alien vs. Predator, Bayonetta, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, Yakuza 4 and other games published by Sega during their last fiscal year.
While Bayonetta had its fair share of sex appeal, it looks like the game's designer Hideki Kamiya isn't happy that some gamers are making pornographic doujinshi (self-published manga) based on his character.
In a recent Twitter, Kamiya expressed anger over the fact that such doujinshi existed, saying that the people responsible didn't hold any love for the game.
"Best Buy wants you to be there valentine this year, because there are discounts galore this week, with savings of up to $20.
As seen above, you can save $10 on Darksiders, Bayonetta, Dark Void and MX vs. ATV Reflex. Applies to every system.
If $10 weren't enough, you can save $20 on Brutal Legend and The Beatles: Rock Band. This applies to every system.
NBA 2k10 is priced at $39.99 this week, and Fight Night Round 4 is at $29.99.
Lego Rock Band on Wii is at $29.99 as well.
Not ..."
"According to Kamiya, “We obviously have love for the work we have created, so I don’t see anything wrong with Bayonetta 2. Personally, I’d like to approach the world of Bayonetta from a different angle, in the form of a spin-off.”
Perhaps a game starring Jeanne? Could be cool. Then again maybe the game could star one of those flying baby heads that Bayonetta had to shoot out of the sky. We wouldn’t put it passed those guys."
"SEGA Europe and SEGA America have today announced that an online update is available now for the PlayStation 3 version of Bayonetta on PlayStation Network. This online update allows the game to be installed onto the console’s hard drive which significantly decreases the loading times for the game."
A story regarding the release of a Bayonetta demo onto Xbox LIVE Marketplace in the North American region; weighing in at just over 750 megabytes the action adventure game is being praised by critics in Japan and releases in early 2010 over here.
It looks like SEGA is asking for SONYs developers to come and help out with Bayonetta to create a better port. As you may know, this game got a bad port and had a terrible frame rate, screen tearing and all of that jazz, but with only a month to go untill the release can it be done without pushing back the release date?
"Bayonetta with her sexy, bootstrappingly dangerous fatal attraction promises a kiss of death to U.S. gamers when it launches with the new official release date of January 5, 2010. Pre-order items are not yet detailed, but Sega assures they are in the works. Hopefully Sega plans an actual reward for pre-ordering! These days I’ve felt cheated with in-game download codes, hardly as exciting as a tangible keychain, plush, or art book to boast your true fanboyisms with."
"Can’t wait until January to play Bayonetta and have a PlayStation 3 handy? Import it!
We can confirm the Japanese PlayStation 3 version is region free and entirely in English. OK, so the instruction manual isn’t in English, but the game is – voices, menus, and all in-game text."
"When recently asked about the comparisons, a weary Hideki Kamiya (director) asked, "People are still talking about that? ... Honestly, the only thing that I see in common is that they both wear glasses.
"Yeah, It is old. Well, you know the thing is, in the US they say Sarah Palin. In Japan, they always bring up people like Angela Aki. I think they say something similar in every country. That country's famous glasses girl ... The thing with that impression is, you know, we've put out plenty..."
Development for Bayonetta originally began on the XBox 360 by the PlatinumGames team, However, they put Sega in charge handling the port for PS3. Tatsuya has yet to give any comment about if this decision will effect the quality of the PS3 port, though first impressions of the PS3 version aren't looking good.
"Bayonetta, like many games, has a soundtrack release planned. This title's soundtrack, though, is bigger than most.
The soundtrack is 150 songs, packed over 5 CDs. Remember CDs? The whole dealio will set you back ¥5,000 (US$55). Out November 4."
When Platinum Games start talking about Bayonetta's appearance, they start veering off into creepy land. Here is what producer Yusuke Hashimoto had to say about what they were aiming for when creating Bayonetta's characteristics...
"You'd think that Bayonetta, the ludicrously sexy videogame from Platinum Games, would have been designed entirely by males, entirely for males. However, while chatting with Platinum's Yusuke Hashimoto, I found out that not only was the game's titular character designed by a woman, but that the studio believes only a woman's touch could have made Bayonetta who she is."
Sega has confirmed the Western release dates for Platinum Games' highly-anticipated action game Bayonetta for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Were you one of the ones expecting to see the game in time for the holiday season? Unfortunately, you'll be waiting until January 2010 for North America and Europe. For the lucky Greppers in Japan or are importing, you'll be happy to know that you'll be getting the game this year on October 29th.
"We're giving away this art piece from Bayonetta to one lucky 1UP member! It will be signed by Platinum Games employees.
What do you need to do? Follow these steps in this thread:
Tell us where you'd keep this artwork
Post a photo of the location!!
Good luck!
Dealine to submit your entry is June 12, 2009 12 PM PST!!!
Upate: This is only open to US residents =["
"As news continues to flow in from 1UP’s coverage of Microsoft’s Japan Spring 2009 Title Preview, it has been revealed that 31 titles were announced at the event, specifically focused on the Japanese region. With 1 million Xbox 360 consoles sold so far in Japan, Microsoft are doing a 1 million point promotion for the region.
Some stand out titles shown include Namco Bandai’s Magna Carta 2 which is due out in Japan on the 6th of August, Tekken 6 which has a tentative release of Fall 2009 a..."
Bayonetta is an upcoming third person Hack-n-Slash game from the creator of DMC, letting you take the role of a female character (who seems to look like a librarian) with moves to make dante worry. The Director of the game came and saying that he hopes that people will find the game 'sadistically' hard. I'm all up for a challenge, but there is a fine line between having fun with a hard game, too downright frustrating.
Platinum Games, comprised of veterans from Capcom and Clover Studios, just rolled out videos for Bayonetta, a Devil May Cry type shooter, and MadWorld before their TGS release.
Bayonetta
MadWorld
Courtesy of blog Wii @ Everyday comes the scans from the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu for this week, with new game announcements and more images of those known upcoming games.
Games featured:
Sega today has created their website for the upcoming Tokyo Game Show 2008, and has released their lineup for the show:
Game designers haven't been too happy with the abundance of casual games in the industry lately. Kojima thinks hardcore gamers are being forgotten and Suda 51 was disappointed with the lack of interest that Wii-owners had towards his 'hardcore' games.
And now, three of Capcom's ex-developers are also sick of seeing so many uninteresting and casual games manage to get onto consoles (especially Nintendo consoles). Their studio - Platinum Games - wants to create a bunch of good-quality, matu...
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