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- Here are some new images of Namco Bandai's PS3 mech combat action game Another Century's Episode: R, the game will be available in Japan on August 19, 2010.
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- Square Enix producer Yoshinori Kitase talked about a possible Final Fantasy VII remake, he said this question has been brought up often, and if it takes 3 - 4 years to make Final Fantasy XIII, it would take 10 times longer to make Final Fantasy VII to the same quality level as FFXIII.
- Sega CEO Naoya Tsurumi said that he was not satisfied with game sales in US last year, the reason was that customers preferred other popular brands like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Assassin's Creed II, which have Hollywood style production, and Final Fantasy XIII is a high quality, film-like game that would expand into US and Europe market. That is why Sega uses Platinum Games' Vanquish to expand on the foreign market.
- Atari will release Test Drive Unlimited 2 for PS3 and Xbox 360 on September 21, 2010.
- Apple announced the iPad sales have surpassed 2 million units worldwide after released to the market for 2 months.
- Here are the preliminary console software sales in Japan for the week of May 30. (Source: VGChartz)
- Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo) - 307,000
- Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Masou Kishin – The Lord of Elemental (NDS, Namco Bandai) - 81,000
- Soccer Tsuku DS: World Challenge 2010 (NDS, Sega) - 46,000
- Medarot DS: Kabuto (NDS, Rocket Co.) - 40,000
- Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (NDS, Square Enix) - 35,000
- Medarot DS: Kuwagata (NDS, Rocket Co.) - 31,000
- Lost Planet 2 (PS3, Capcom) - 31,000
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP, Konami) - 27,000
- World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Aoki Samurai no Chousen (PS3, Konami) - 22,000
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii (NDS, Nintendo) - 16,000
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- Nintendo has revealed the two new legendary Pokemons in Pokemon Black & White for NDS, they are called Reshiram and Zekrom.
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- SCEE sales director Mark Howsen mentioned that at E3 2010 the company will reveal a whole new strategy to rejuvenate the PSP platform. Rumors suggested a new PSP model will be revealed.
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- WiiWare developer Frontier Developments mentioned that a PS3 version of its WiiWare title LostWinds is highly possible, with PS Move support.
- Sony celebrated that PlayStation Network has over 5 million accounts in Japan by the end of May 2010, the PSN service launched in Japan on November 2006.
- Sony announced the 3-D firmware update for PS3 will arrive on June 10 in Japan, three games will have 3-D support, including Mr. Pain (1000 yen), Wipeout HD (1800 yen) and Stardust HD (800 yen). Users who have previously bought these games can upgrade to 3-D for 300 yen (US$3).
- IMDB reported that the Final Fantasy XIII voice actors Daniel Samonas (Maqui) and Erik Davies (Cid Raines) are now working on Final Fantasy Versus XIII.
- Eat Sleep Play studio's David Jaffe mentioned that he is working on a new Twisted Metal for PS3.
- Official PlayStation Magazine Portuguese Edition announced that they will reveal first details of Infamous 2 in the June edition, which will be available in mid-June.
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- Cave is working on a Natal version of Brunswick Pro Bowling for Xbox 360, a PS3 version is also planned with PS Move support.
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