"NAMCO BANDAI Partners France today announced a new partnership with Rising Star Games for the distribution of all the titles coming within the next six months. This deal includes, amongst others, the already acclaimed Muramasa: The Demon Blade and the innovative fright simulator JU-ON: The Grudge."

"The schedule heralds the return of some old friends with a brand new instalment in the The Legend of Zelda series for Nintendo DS and a totally new take on the Super Mario Bros. games which sees the dawn of simultaneous multi-player action in the Mushroom Kingdom."

"Rising Star Games today announced a new partnership with Koch Media, providing a renewed focus on the company’s product and respected brands throughout the markets of the GAS (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) region."

Hot off of freshly announcing three new games this past week, publisher XSEED Games has formally announced it's lineup for this year's E3 Expo:

• [PSP] Lunar: Silver Star Harmony
• [PSP] Half-Minute Hero
• [WII] Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
• [WII] Arc Rise Fantasia
• [NDS] Flower, Sun, and Rain
• [WII] JU-ON: The Grudge
• [WII] Little King's Story
• [NDS] Ragnarok Online DS
• [WII] Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga

The 2009 Electronics Entertainment Expo begins next week on June 2nd.