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The newest pages of Famitsu show that a sequel to Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidou is slated for release on the PlayStation 2. It’s titled Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha Vs King Avadon. It’s currently 80% complete and will hit Japanese shelves on October 23. Look back soon for details as we translate the pages.

Source:Gamekyo

When I dropped by the Atari booth, Tom Ohle gave me a little walkthrough of some of the improvements they made for The Witcher Enhanced edition. He said that they had listened to the feedback from fans and media and really wanted to fix the problems people had. (more…)

So you’ve finished Puzzle Quest, and you need something to keep you busy while waiting for Galactrix? Starting today, a new expansion titled Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords – Revenge of the Plague Lord, is available from the Xbox LIVE Arcade for 700 MS points. (more…)

I had a chance to sit down with Peter Molyneux, the man behind the upcoming Fable II. Fair warning, there are a lot of details, plot and otherwise, and it’s a fairly long read. (more…)

After sitting through the Microsoft Press Event, and thinking about it over a tasty beef bowl at Yoshinoya, here is my summary and impressions of the event. Be warned, this is a long read.

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During its event at Anime Expo, Atlus announced today that Persona 4 will be coming to North America on December 9 of this year.  As an added bonus, all copies of the game will include a special soundtrack CD. An official website for the game will be launched soon. Stay tuned for more details as we get our hands on the official press release.

Update: Atlus has opened up a site for Persona 4‘s North American release, which can be seen here. It’s also been announced that the game will be selling for $39.99.

The press release is in hand. Chrono Trigger is slated for release at the end of the year in North America. So far, it appears to be more of a port, as opposed a remake as with the upcoming Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest remakes. Naturally, it will make use of the dual screens and touch screen functionality. There will also be a new dungeon and wireless play. Stay tuned for more details as E3 is just around around the corner.

A closed beta for Concerto Gate, an item-based MMO, has begun today and will run until July 14. (more…)

The official Japanese site for The Last Remnant has opened. So far, there is a bit of plot, some details of the game’s system, information about eight characters, and a smattering of screens and videos available for your perusal. For those who do not speak Japanese, look back later for a more detailed analysis of the site in English once our lovely in-house translator takes a look.

If you feel like the the original content that came with Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King was not enough to satisfy you, Square Enix has exactly what you need. (more…)

There has been wild speculation over the past week about what the new announcement would be at Blizzard’s event in Paris. Speculate no more. It’s finally official, Diablo III is coming. (more…)

With so many other countries getting the DS remake of Dragon Quest IV, France may have thought it was going to be left out in the cold. Not so! The French will be able to fight hordes of slimes by the end of September.

Source: Jeux-France

The Fire Emblem series is returning to a portable system. The newest installment, Fire Emblem: The New Shadow Dragons & the Blade of Light, is a remake of the first Fire Emblem game, which was released on the Famicom in 1990. The game features Prince Marth, who has been popularized in North America via the Smash Bros. series, in his quest to defeat a great enemy and rescue his kidnapped sister. The remake will feature additional characters, classes, and battle systems that were not in the original. It will also offer online play via the Nintendo Wi-Fi service. (more…)

Xbox 360 owners living in Asia or India can download a 278 MB demo for Tales of Vesperia. Don’t live in Asia or India? As long as your Xbox thinks you do, you can still download it. Those afraid of foreign languages need not worry; the demo comes in English.

Source: Kotaku

Xbox 360 owners eagerly anticipating the ability to pilot a Command Wolf, Dibison, or any of the many types of Ligers will need to wait a bit longer. No one explains it better than Aram Jabbari with this snippet of the actual press release:

“Zoids Assault is going to slip out of late August and into early September – the 9th to be exact… Hey, are these new Zoids Assault screenshots? These are great! Let’s focus on these instead,” pleaded Aram Jabbari, Assistant Manager of Sales and PR, holding a set of awesome new Zoids Assault screenshots above his head.”

The interwebs were abuzz with misinterpreted news of a delay for Final Fantasy Versus XIII. In a statement to Eurogamer, the dev team said, “Reports that development for Final Fantasy Versus XIII is on hold are false.” It was added that, “The truth of the situation is that when free, some staff from the Versus team have been helping with the XIII team on development of Final Fantasy XIII. Development for both titles is continuing as originally scheduled.” There you have it. And to think people actually believed a Final Fantasy title might actually be delayed. Preposterous.

Source: Eurogamer

Blizzard has reduced the required level to have a mount in its extremely popular World of Warcraft to 30, down from 40 in their latest patch. Training will cost 35 gold. Giddy-up!

Source: Kotaku