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Japan's XNA Games Looking Surprisingly Nice

Kotaku: You'd think that, considering the tepid, room temperature-response most of you had for America's finest XNA-developed titles, Japan's would be even worse. After all, tons of Americans have a 360, but very, very few Japanese do.

green5911d ago

Armored strider really has good graphics.The grass is even better looking than some xbox games

sonarus5911d ago

some (mostly 360 loyalists) may still say JA doesn't matter but fact is they still put out some of the best and most creative games.

Iamback5911d ago (Edited 5911d ago )

For 360 to make it in Japan they need to do this:
1) Change name of X-box. "X" in Japan means "Broken" and its like "Broken-box", i am not joking folks this is true. I am sure this hurts them a lot.

2) Acquire some Japanese studios and help them grow

3)Release at least 20-30 Japanese RPGs every year(like Sony did with PS1 and PS2), from bad-mediocre-great-excelente rated JRPG. One or two (Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey) in two years is not enough. Japanese don't care for COD4, Halo3, BioShock, so give them what they want if you want sales to rise.

t-0_ot-5911d ago

Iamback - "Change name of X-box. "X" in Japan means "Broken" and its like "Broken-box", i am not joking folks this is true. I am sure this hurts them a lot." Uhm, but, I'm sure, well I hope, that they know the 360 is an AMERICAN product.. therefor the X in xBox should not mean anything to them in their language.

sonarus5911d ago

lol it is still a cultural thing and will still play a subtle psychological effect

moparful995910d ago

Most cultures have different meanings for some things. This is why the names of things change from region to region in order to not offend or confuse people.... Just because the 360 is an american product does not change the fact that x in japan means broken... But the thing hurting the 360 the most is its hardware issues.

Dareaver15911d ago

I hope XNA really takes off. It has so much potential. Now is a time where creativity is less restrained and actually gets some breathing room. Who knows what's possible

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin2639d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905083d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5083d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905083d ago (Edited 5083d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5083d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5083d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5083d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495083d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5083d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5083d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn2674d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One