Sony has unveiled their new streaming game service called Playstation Now at CES 2014, which will allow gamers to stream PSOne, PS2, and PS3 games to the PS4, PS3 and later PS Vita. However, it also intends to expand the service to non-Playstation devices, including their BRAVIA TV’s, tablets and smartphones. This is an excellent opportunity for the mainline Yakuza entries and the first Valkyria Chronicles among other games to …read more
Earlier today, NeoGAF member Grief.exe sent out a call to arms for Sega fans on PC. In recent years, Sega has built up their PC portfolio with the acquisition of Relic Entertainment and The Creative Assembly. Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed on PC received plenty of updates and sales discounts through Steam. However, with the exception of Phantasy Star Online 2 plenty of Sega offerings remain outside of PC, …read more
Dualshockers pointed out a rather interesting job opportunity from Relic Entertainment, the studio Sega acquired earlier this year: http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/12/…ne-2-incoming/ The job opportunity mentions they’re looking for someone to “ramp up and perform due diligence on an existing live MMO project in development in Japan, embedded with the live team”. The logical conclusion would be that the existing live MMO project is in fact PSO2. So far, Sega have always maintained …read more
The team behind the Valkyria Chronicles 3 fan translation have released their patch containing the fan translation for Valkyria Chronicles 3 (Extra Edition only at the moment): Patch download and instructions Also have a look at their website for follow-up posts on how to resolve certain problems people are experiencing while trying to patch the game. Our thanks go to all the people involved in bringing this translation to the …read more
Project DIVA F 2nd will be released in Japan on March 6, 2014 for the Playstation 3 and Playstation Vita. Siliconera recently produced a news post featuring screenshots of costumes, referred to as modules within the series, to be featured in the game. If you haven’t already been able to get a hold of some screens be sure to give it a look! The above featured outfit, Conflict, makes a …read more
Some interesting information surfaced from Gajinworks recently. The upcoming RETRO magazine will apparently contain a teaser for one of their upcoming PSP games. But on Gajinworks’ forum where people were trying to guess which game was being localized, Gajinworks’ founder (Vic Ireland) mentioned this regarding VC3: This speculation is closest to the mark, but it will be a bit more, just not Suikoden or VC3 (though we’re still pushing to …read more
Sega has posted a new trailer for Yakuza Ishin (also know as Yakuza Restoration) on their official Ryu Ga Gotoku Youtube channel, once again showcasing an impressive cinematic direction which has always been a strong point of the series. Something that western Yakuza fans have done well is posting in the comments on the Youtube videos, asking Sega to localize the game, despite the video and the description being entirely …read more
The blog for the Valkyria Chronicles 3 Translation Project has been stirring as of late, happy to announce for those anxiously following them that their translation efforts will soon be playable. Do note though: the team will be releasing what they are calling the first version of the translation patch. In an effort to get their work out to eager fans sooner, they will be releasing a first patch within …read more
Never any harm to brush up on developers for our requested SEGA Japan games. SEGA attracts a wide range of companies that not only work on new franchises but team up for some of our favorite sequels. Phantasy Star Online 2 is from the same Sonic Team staff as Online 1 and Universe, but Phantasy Star Nova is from Tri-Ace. The first title by them is Star Ocean, one of …read more
In spite of its very modest commercial performance in the West, the Yakuza franchise is generally well liked among enthusiast media, and its fans are passionate. Earlier this year, Luke Plunkett of Kotaku wondered where the hell Yakuza 5 was. The Yakuza games are just the sort that tend to hook people in once a gamer makes the investment, and this can be seen especially with the mainline entries, with …read more