Currently I am too busy to really work on getting or writing content. Just to add content, I decided to add rss feeds to the site. I do not claim too own or have written the articles, unless otherwise noted. All such content should be credited to original feed. I currently testing out a point system that can be used for purchasing goods from Anime Playground. I’m still working out how to do this. But right now I’m opening a [...]
The Anime Network Simulcast Schedule Wednesday Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle (4:00 p.m. EST) Thursday Persona 4 The Animation (3:00 p.m. EST) Another (3:00 p.m. EST) The Anime Network added the following streaming anime: TheAnimeNetwork.com Persona 4 The Animation ep. 17 (sub) Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle ep. 17 (sub) Amagami SS ep. 21 (sub) Broken Blade ep. 1 (dub) ef: a tale of memories ep. 3 (dub) Himawari Too!! ep. 2 (sub) Kobato. ep. 20 (sub) Modern Magic Made [...]
Japanese game publisher CAPCOM is teaming up with Glico, the makers of the popular Japanese snack Pocky, to give players Pocky swords in the Japanese role-playing game Monster Hunter Frontier Online. Players can purchase specially marked boxes of Pocky for a code to receive an in-game sword that is shaped like the familiar candy-coated biscuit stick. Boxes of Pocky containing the unlock code is scheduled to be sold between Valentine’s Day, February 14, and August 31. There will be four [...]
Magazine scans have revealed that Bandai Namco Games‘ One Piece Kaizoku Musou action game for the PlayStation 3 will feature Edward Newgate/Whitebeard, Boa Hancock, Portgas D. Ace, and Brooke as playable characters. The new characters join the rest of the Straw Hat Pirate crew, who have already been confirmed as playable characters. The game’s official website is also streaming a second promotional video for the game. (Note: The video below contains spoilers for up to the end of the Enies [...]
Welcome to the IGN UK Podcast. That’s so much easier to write than it is to say. (Listen to this week’s Easter Egg for proof.) This week we turn our excoriating eye to the latest game and movie news, including: – Kaz becoming King of Sony – Greenlit, the new X-Men character – Getting free Wi-Fi for your 3DS when you buy a burger – Paul McCartney takes an arrow to the knee (groan) This week’s Trade-El-Timebar is the rather [...]
An update posted to the Team Fortress 2 blog teases “something brand new” for Valve’s free-to-play online shooter. No word yet on what it is, but Valve did say it wasn’t a hat, and it wasn’t a new map. Could it be a new class? A new layer to its microtransaction system? Gordon Freeman? Err, sorry about that last guess, I just really miss Half-Life. Team Fortress 2 was originally released way back in 2007 alongside Half-Life 2: Episode Two [...]
Two things were decidedly awesome in the early nineties: arcades and The Simpsons. When Konami combined the two in The Simpsons Arcade Game, gamers everywhere were treated to a perfect storm of coin-op bliss. The game stands as one of the all-time classics from the era, and one that bizarrely never received a home console version. Until now that is, as The Simpsons Arcade is finally available, joining the ranks of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and X-Men on PSN and [...]
The animated promotional video for the drama CD Rui no Masaiban (Rui’s Magical Trials) began streaming on YouTube on Wednesday. The original dark fantasy story revolves around Rui, the youngest ever “magical judge” who weighs the fate of demons. Asahi Production (Hello Kitty, Sugar Bunnies) animated this promotional video for Cucuri and Anipicture’s CD, which Frontier Works and Geneon Universal Entertainment will release in Japan on February 22. Singer/songwriter Yoshinobu Sena (“Install” anime pilot) voices Rui, and Akira Ishida (Gundam [...]
The staff and cast of the live-action Futari Ecchi (Futari H) films announced on Sunday that a third film is being produced. The announcement was made at the DVD launch event for Futari H: Second Kiss, the second film inspired by Aki Katsu‘s romantic comedy manga. The manga follows an inexperienced couple and their comic adventures as they explore intimacy with each other. Yūri Morishita (Hotel Flowers) starred in the first two live-action films as the wife Yura, and she [...]
Animazement, a convention which will run during the May 25-27 holiday weekend in Raleigh, North Carolina, announced that it will host director Noboru Ishiguro as a guest. This will be Ishiguro’s first appearance at Animazement. Ishiguro has directed some of the most highly regarded anime classics of the last five decades, including Space Battleship Yamato, the first color Astro Boy anime series (1980), the first Macross television series and movie, The Super Dimension Century Orguss, Megazone 23, and the 11-year-long [...]
Good news, we just received an invite to play in an upcoming round of beta testing in ArenaNet’s highly anticipated Guild Wars 2. Unfortunately we can’t share, but you can expect plenty of coverage to hit on Monday, February 20 at 6 AM Pacific. We’ll have previews, video and features covering everything we’re able to see during our limited play session. Why is this exciting? Because Guild Wars 2 looks amazing, as we’ve said in multiple previews so far. As [...]
Mass Effect 3 hasn’t even been released, but BioWare may already be hinting that Mass Effect 4 is in the works. BioWare associate producer Mike Gamble has advised gamers to hold on to their Mass Effect 3 save files. “Obviously I can’t say anything, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea,” Gamble said in reference to gamers keeping their saves. Could this mean that Mass Effect 4 is on the way? The most likely scenario is that Gamble is referring [...]
