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Persona Fighting Game Headed to Consoles, Persona 4 to Vita

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:39 PM PDT

Persona 4

Atlus launched a teaser site not long ago, and although there was next to nothing to be seen there (save for the URL seen in the image below), one strong possibility was that Persona 4 was going to be announced as coming to either PlayStation Portable or Vita. We now have confirmation that the latter is the case, and it's not the only Persona news we have.

The Vita remake will be called Persona 4: The Golden, according to the latest issue of Famitsu (as reported by Sinobi and translated by Andriasang). Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 was released on PlayStation 2 in 2008. It's the most recent main entry in the series, with the Vita version set to introduce a new character named Mary, wireless support that lets you get help from other players when nearing death in a dungeon, new animation movies, and 50 percent more voice acting than the PS2 version.

Persona teaser

Portal 2 Did Better on PC Than Consoles; L4D the Opposite

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:10 PM PDT

Portal 2

Valve is usually thought of as a PC-centric company, though in recent years it's made more of an effort to bring its games to consoles. Even so, PC still managed to be the best-selling platform for Portal 2 when compared with both consoles, Gabe Newell has revealed.

Speaking about trying to anticipate which platform will do best, Newell told Gamasutra, "We can never predict; I mean we just try to build good games and then we tend to be surprised. Portal 2 did better on the PC than it did on the consoles; Left 4 Dead did better on the consoles than it did on the PC.

"So you know we don't try to guess, because we're not sure what value there is to guessing. We've never had a situation where we said, 'We really, really want to build something that is more popular for the console guys.' Because usually we have a bunch of other higher priority problems we want to solve. So we're glad that people want to play our games wherever they want to play."

Metroid: Other M Samus Figures Coming in 2012

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:56 PM PDT

Max Factory Samus Metroid Other M figure

Following word from earlier this week that a pair of Samus Aran figures would be coming next year, we now have photos of what to expect.

The two figures are being created by Max Factory and are based on the look of Samus in Metroid: Other M. It might not be the most popular choice of Metroid games -- some feel it killed the series -- but they're pretty good looking nonetheless.

Tomopop got a look at them, one of which has Samus in her Zero Suit. The other is a figma and has Samus in her Power Suit.

Child of Eden Gets Bundled With Kinect

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:15 PM PDT

Child of Eden

Child of Eden is a very good game that didn't sell nearly as well as it deserved. It'll soon end up in many more homes as those who pick up one of the new Kinect bundles will get a free copy.

The existing $150 Kinect sensor bundle that comes with both Kinect and Kinect Adventures will be adding a download code for Child of Eden. A physical copy of Kinect Adventures still comes with it, so you're not losing anything; you'll just get an extra game that came out less than three months ago.

Kevin Butler Returns With the New "Long Live Play" PlayStation Ad Campaign

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 12:37 PM PDT


Sony's fictional vice president Kevin Butler recently "left" the company to take a job at a flooring company, according to an announcement he made on Twitter. Just a few days later, he's already making his return to help kick off a new PlayStation ad campaign called "Long Live Play," which will apparently take the place of the "It Only Does Everything" campaign we've seen over the past two years.

The video above is the first component of it. Judging by the announcement on the PlayStation Blog, this doesn't actually mark anything different happening with PlayStation. Sony simply reinforced that the PS3 has a new price, a slate of should-be-great games coming later this year, and so on.

Speaking last year about marketing the PlayStation 3, Sony's Peter Dille addressed the company's trouble in marketing the expensive system at launch.

Radiant Silvergun Slated for September 14 Release on XBLA

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:42 AM PDT

Radiant Silvergun

Almost a full year to the day that it was confirmed by Microsoft, Radiant Silvergun will be released on the Xbox Live Arcade.

The Treasure-developed, vertically-scrolling shooter has never been officially released out of Japan, leading to it fetching some fairly high prices on eBay. It began as an arcade game in 1998 and was ported soon after to the Sega Saturn.

Prior to its announcement, Treasure CEO Masato Maegawa said in 2009 that Microsoft had asked for the game to be brought to Xbox 360.

Metroid and Zelda II Among 3DS Ambassador NES Games [Update]

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:02 AM PDT

Metroid

Update: Nintendo of America's Twitter account has confirmed its region's NES offerings. It's the same as Japan, except NES Open Tournament Golf will take the place of Mario Open Golf.

Original Story: 3DS Ambassadors in North America will get access to their ten free NES games on Thursday. Only five of those have been revealed so far, but we now know which games Ambassadors in Japan will be getting.

In addition to the five we already knew about (Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong Jr., Balloon Fight, Ice Climber, and The Legend of Zelda), the final five in Japan consist of Metroid, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Mario Open Golf (similar, but not identical, to NES Open Tournament Golf), Yoshi's Egg (better known simply as Yoshi in North America), and Wrecking Crew.

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MMORPG News

MMORPG News

Rift: Ascended - 1, Irene - 0

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:13 AM PDT

The Rift development team has announced that the recent Half-Birthday celebration is being extended an additional week due to Hurricane Irene. The team felt that many players missed out on the event due to complications stemming from Irene. Players can take advantage of the birthday party through September 6th.

Age of Conan: Unchained: Developer Survey Gives Players a Voice

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:09 AM PDT

The latest Age of Conan: Unchained developer's survey has debuted which gives players a direct pipeline to the development team. The questions range from which feature (out of a list) that players would like to see implemented to which one focus should developers concentrate on.

Battlestar Galactica Online: Balance Issues Addressed in Latest Patch

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:04 AM PDT

The official Battlestar Galactica Online Facebook page has a new article about the latest patch that will be deployed on August 31st. According to the post, several balance revisions and changes have been implemented with specific regard to armor and armor piercing, player ships, computer systems and many more.

Guild Wars 2: PAX 2011 - The Whole Package

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:17 AM PDT

At PAX 2011, MMORPG.com Managing Editor Bill Murphy beat a hasty path to Arena.Net's Guild Wars 2 booth for one of his first interviews. He sat down with Colin Johanson and Eric Flannum to chat about Guild Wars 2 and Bill found out a bunch of terrific information. Read on!

TERA: Not By My Hands Part 2

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 11:50 AM PDT

A short while ago, En Masse Entertainment and MMORPG.com teamed up to bring you a story, "Not By My Hands Part I" by R.K. MacPherson, based in the world of TERA. We have the exciting conclusion to that story in "Not By My Hands Part 2" and it's a great read that you won't want to miss out on. Keep reading!

Star Wars: The Old Republic: PAX 2011 - That’s More Like It

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:04 AM PDT

After the crushing disappointment from Bioware during Gamescom earlier this month, MMORPG.com's Mike Bitton was relieved in a B-I-G way with revelations about Star Wars: The Old Republic coming out of PAX. Check out Mike's thoughts about the big news and then leave us a few comments.

Age of Conan: Unchained: The Savage Coast of Turan Interview

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:32 AM PDT

Recently Funcom announced the "Conan the Barbarian" movie tie in with the Savage Coast of Turan adventure pack for Age of Conan. MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller recently had the opportunity to chat withe Funcom's Craig Morrison about Turan. Check it out for some great nuggets of information and then leave us your thoughts in the comments.

Aion: Ripper Gets His Wings

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 09:54 AM PDT

"Look, Daddy! Teacher says whenever a bell rings, an angel gets his wings!" said Zuzu in "It's a Wonderful Life". In his latest First Impressions video, MMORPG.com's Ripper X takes a look at Aion, the world of the Elyos and the Asmodian and not just incidentally, gets his wings too! Treat yourself to Aion: Ripper Gets His Wings.

The Secret World: Sign Up for Beta Without Facebook

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 12:15 PM PDT

In a brand new post on The Secret World's page, fans are told that they can sign up for the beta without a Facebook account. Fans merely have to have a Funcom forum account in order to get on board for the beta. The Secret War games and activities, however, are excluded from this method of signing up but does allow players to sign up for the beta.

Lord of the Rings Online: Guardian Developer Diary

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 12:11 PM PDT

In the latest Turbine developer diary, Lord of the Rings Online's Ken "Graalx2" Burd takes a look upcoming changes to the Guardian class with the arrival of the Rise of Isengard expansion at the end of September.
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MMORPG Reviews

MMORPG Reviews

Karma Online: Prisoners of Dead presents its events of September

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:23 AM PDT

Joymax, has announced that on August 30th through mid-september Karma Online: Prisoners of the Dead players can participate in the Axis Vs. Allies War, a Clan Match Event and a Happy Hour Event. Axis Vs. Allies War – The Axis vs. Allies War event will run from August 30th through September 14th. Players currently not [...]

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Posted: 30 Aug 2011 09:58 AM PDT

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Dino Storm is going to start its closed beta on October 12

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:36 AM PDT

Splitscreen Studios has announced the start of the closed beta phase of the free 3D browser game Dino Storm. The test phase of the sci-fi western adventure is going to start on October 12, and anyone who is interested can register now here for one of the very limited and hotly sought after tester spots [...]

Official trailer and screenshots of ShadowLands Online

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:32 AM PDT

ShadowLand Online, the new browser game of ZQGame has revealed its official trailer and some screenshots. “A tear in subspace has unleashed an undead army bringing humanity to the brink of destruction. As one of the few surviving human races, it is your duty to reclaim your now tainted homeland. With the Gate of Ages [...]

Iris Online celebrates the final days of summer with the “Back to School Giveaway”

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 06:22 AM PDT

Iris Online has planned a plethora of events to help you make the most of your final days of summer. GPotato, FREE MMORPG and MMO Reviews are teaming up to bring you the Back to School Giveaway. Each free package contains several delightful costumes perfect for the new year, so pick them up fast before [...]

Dragon Saga has announced its new expansion “New Origins: Into the Darkness”

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:16 AM PDT

Dragon Saga has revealed its latest expansion "New Origins: Into the Darkness", that comes with a new lost continent in the Sky, that contains, the Dragonkin, a new race of heroes, the expansion is going to be released on September 1st. The expansion will introduce a continent previously untouched by the outside world of Dragon [...]

The closed beta of Star Wars: The Old Republic is going to start on September 2

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:42 AM PDT

Electronic Arts and BioWare have confirmed that the beta of Star Wars: The Old Republic will start the next September 2, to a very small number of users. Two details stand out from the beta: The first is that for now will only open its doors on weekends, but the idea is to gradually accept [...]

Funcom has opened the beta registration for The Secret World

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:09 AM PDT

Funcom has opened the official beta registration for 'The Secret World', the upcoming massively multiplayer online game set in our own, modern-day world. Gamers can now register to be evaluated for participation in the upcoming phases of beta that will be running up to the launch of the game in April 2012. During the next [...]
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