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XSEED localization specialist explains why most games don’t get dual audio

Ever wondered why most games coming out of Japan for localization gets their original Japanese voices stripped away?  So many great games like Final Fantasy XIII-2 (yes, my R3 copy had english voices :(),


Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate arrives tomorrow!

Whelp. I was beginning to think it’ll arrive late. Here’s DataBlitz’s official statement: THE HUNT BEGINS. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for 3DS and Wii-U will be available at Datablitz tomorrow! *Due to limited initial stocks we


Fire Emblem: Awakening exceeds 180,000 sales in February

According to Nintendo’s interview with VentureBeat, Fire Emblem: Awakening has sold more than 180,000 physical copies o, including 63,000 digital ones.  Impressive considering that last Fire Emblem’s lifetime sale was just 250,000 over it’s five year availability. VentureBeat’s


Capcom discuss how big is Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

Just a few more days until Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate hits stores and Capcom has another teaser up it’s sleeve by showcasing how much content there is in the game. Due to the nature of


PS Vita TN-V now available

Total_Noob has officially released his highly anticipated Custom Emulator Firmware TN-V for the PlayStation Vita. TN-V allows you to install all the CFW goodness found in the PlayStation Portable world onto your Vita.  And yes, you


‘Brave New World’ expansion announced for Civilization V

Following the success of last year’s Gods & Kings expansion, Firaxis has announced a second expansion pack for Civilization V:  “Brave New World”.  This upcoming addition to Civilization V brings in new leaders, scenarios and wonders


Limited Edition Pikachu 3DS XL confirmed for North America

It looks like Nintendo is finally addressing the lack of Limited Edition 3DS consoles for the North American market (and those of us who are buying Region 1 consoles) as it has confirmed that


Spotpass freebies set to roll out for Fire Emblem: Awakening

A string of free DLC maps is set to be available for free via the 3DS Spotpass download service for Fire Emblem: Awakening owners. Today, you’ll get A Hard Miracle which is about Chrom and the gang rescuing a group


Pandora’s Tower finally coming to U.S.

The final title pushed by Operation Rainfall is set for it’s US arrival in April. Xseed‘s Pandora Tower will hit the Wii for US games two years after the initial’s game release on


Mint White 3DS XL and Tomodachi Collection 3DS bundle set for Japan

Up for grabs in the orient are a color for the Nintendo 3DS and a new bundle for Tomodachi Collection. Here’s the new Mint White 3DS XL. And here’s the Tomodochi Collection 3DS XL The mint white


Capcom teases new trailer for Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

There’s only one more week until Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate arrives for North America and Capcom is not letting up on the hype machine. Below is a new trailer showing the new (unless you’ve


EA offers a little something to griefed SimCity owners

The Maxis Team has finally got SimCity to a playable state much to the relief of fans of the series and new comers to the franchise. There’s still a few hiccups and some crashes


EA celebrates Mass Effect 3 aniversary with sale

To celebrate the year-old release of Mass Effect 3, EA is putting up all the games in the series as well as the trilogy bundle up on sale. The price of the trilogy is now


Sneak peek at Tales of Xillia English gameplay

Anim Arte has uploaded the first gameplay video of Tales of Xillia‘s upcoming localization for North America. While not indicative of how the cutscenes will go, we’re given a glimpse of how the


[HowTo] skip tutorial in SimCity

Whenever you hit a new server to play you’ll encounter this screen. Maxis has cleverly hidden away skipping the tutorial screen so that people will ALWAYS go through it.  Not to worry though as there’s


Sega hints Hatsune Miku Project Diva F localization

Just the official release of the PlayStation 3 counter part of Hatsune Miku Project Diva: F hits Japan, Sega teased fans with the following image over at it’s fan page: The caption was “like &


SimCity gets Patch 1.2 updates, still has no stable servers

Maxis has a new patch up to fix some of the game play issues with SimCity, unfortunately it doesn’t really help on the server availability front. Fix for crash caused most commonly occurring on servers


SimCity [2013] Crash to Desktop, Online Issues, White Screen problems and various fixes

SimCity has just launched and like most PC games in memory, there’s a LOT of issues to be had — mostly with the always-online DRM of the game but that’s really out of our


Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus sells 120,000 copies

Looks like things are looking up for the PlayStation Vita as the Japanese release of Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus has surpassed 120,000 copies sold — includes both physical and digital sales — in it’s


Just got SimCity

As the title says, I just got a copy of EA’s brand new SimCity for the PC. The Collector’s Edition of SimCity contains the game two free DLCs and a Lenticular poster (you have to


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