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Square Enix added social network support in a new update for Final Fantasy XIII-2. Players will have the option to connect the game with Facebook and have your story progress, captured monsters and trophies/achievements updates posted to your Facebook Wall.

Capcom and Sanrio announced a collaboration between Monster Hunter, My Melody and Kuromi franchises, the two companies will release a collection of merchandises featuring the Felyne, My Melody and Kurmoi ....

Konami released new info on Genso Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki, in the game you can deepen friendship with other characters and get a temporary status boost when you dine at restaurants, there are new job classes and missions you can unlock.....

Nippon Ichi announced a much higher earning forecasts for current fiscal year, the company expected sales of 2.246 million yen, operating income of 303 million yen and net income of 203 million year. The higher earning is contributed by stronger than expected sales of Disgaea 3 Return for PS Vita and Disgaea 4 for PS3, and download conent for Disgaea 4. However the expected sales has been slightly lowered due to delay of Disgaea 3 Return in foreign regions and delay in The Witch and the Hundred Soliders.

Naughty Dog released new in-game screenshots of the survival horror adventure game The Last of Us, which will be coming by the end of the year. [Source: Game Informer]

Here are the latest Media Create Console Hardware Sales in Japan for the week of Jan 23-29, sales of PS Vita raised back to the 3rd place, thanks to the release of Tales of Innocence R ....

1. 3DS - 84k
2. PS3 - 23k
3. PSV - 19k
   

Here are the latest Media Create Console Software Sales in Japan for the week of Jan 23-29, Armored Core V debuted at the first place, edged out Capcom's Resident Evil: Revelations, and PS Vita RPG Tales of Innocence R took the 3rd place....

1. Armored Core V (PS3, From Software) - 163k
2. Biohazard Revelations (3DS, Capcom) - 147k
3. Tales of Innocence R (PSV, Bandai Namco) - 55k
   

Bandai Namco's Ridge Racer Unbounded producer Joona Kaakso said that the game will allow users to create custom levels, they plan to organize competitions to choose best level of the month or so, user generated content will be the main reason to play in multiplayer mode.

UNCONFIRMED: Screwattack reported a list of leaked download content for Capcom's Street Fighter X Tekken, the DLC will bring new gems, costumes and playable characters to the game, the total cost of DLC is around $55.

• Boost gem Pack 1 ($2.99) - 9 new gems
• Boost gem Pack 2 ($2.99) - 9 new gems
• Color Edit Pack 1 (FREE) - 4 new colors
• Costume Swap S Pack ($9.99) - new Tekken costume for each Street Fighter character
• Costume Swap T Pack ($9.99) - new Street Fighter costume for each Tekken character
• Costume Swap X Pack ($15.99) - combo pack of Costume Swap S & T Packs
• New Challengers Pack ($7.99) - 4 new characters: Cody, Guy, Christie and Leo
• X Unlocker ($4.99) - unlock 2 secret characters: Akuma and Ogre, and all additional character colors and special modes

Capcom will release [Biohazard] Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City in Japan on Apr 26.

Remember a Square Enix RPG from 2007 called The Last Remnant? The game was released for Xbox 360 in 2008 and the PS3 version has never surfaced. However the game now reappears in Square Enix's official 2012 game release schedule in Japan, it is uncertain whether Square Enix intends to bring the game back to PS3.

THQ has slashed 240 jobs globally, the company is under a restructuring plan and the top executives have agreed to take a 50% cut in annual pay. The cut positions are selling, general and administrative personnel worldwide, game development staffs are not affected.

Konami announced that Tomoyuki Tsuboi has been appointed President of Konami Digital Entertainment Inc., replacing Shinji Hirano, who will take on the role of President of Konami Digital Entertainment Europe.

Sony announced that Kazuo Hirai has been appointed as Presdient and CEO of Sony Corporation, effective Apr 1. Howard Stringer will take the role of Chain of the Board of Directors in June 2012.

From Software's Dark Souls creative director Hidetaka Miyazaki said that he is uncertain whether there will be another sequel to Dark Souls, due to the flaws in the game such as frame rate issues, and uncertain whether fans will forgive the mistakes.

RUMOR: Microsoft will beholding a Xbox 360 Spring Showcase event on Feb 29, Halo 4 will be revealed during the event.

Here are some new screenshots of Square Enix's Lightning DLC for Final Fantasy XIII-2, which will be available on Feb 7. When you defeat Lightning and Amoda in the Coliseum Mode, Lightning will be playable in your team....

Here are some new images and preview trailer of Genius Sonority's 3DS Ware RPG Denpa Ningen RPG, the game will be available in 3DS eShop on Feb 8, for 800 yen.

Here are some new images of Gust's real life simulation game Surge Concerto: Ciel nosurge ~Ushinawareta Hoshi e Sasagu Shi~, the game will be available in Japan on Apr 26....

Here are the latest Famitsu game review scores, Sony's Gravity Dash for PS Vita got a platinum score of 38/40.

• Gravity Rush (PSV, Sony) – 10, 9, 9, 10 - (38/40)
• Genso Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki (PSP, Konami) – 7, 8, 7, 8 - (30/40)
• Sumioni (PSV, Acquire) – 7, 7, 7, 8 - (29/40)
• Vitamin X Detective B6 (PSP, D3 Publisher) – 7, 8, 7, 6 - (28/40)
• Cursed Crusade (PS3, Atlus) – 6, 7, 6, 7 - (26/40)

Koei Tecmo announced its 3DS action game Shin Sangoku Musou VS has been pushed back from a Mar 15 release to Apr 26, this is one of the first two games to support the Nintendo Network (the other one is Theatrhythm Final Fantasy).

Square Enix also hinted in its Final Fantasy XIII-2 Ultimania Guide Book, that download content for Noel &l Serah, Snow, Sazh and more will be coming soon. Some of these episodes may come in on a different form such as novels.

Capcom will release its open world hunting action game Dragon's Dogma for PS3 and Xbox 360 in North America on May 22, and in Europe on May 25, the game will come with a download code for a playable demo of Resident Evil 6.

Here are some new images of Bandai Namco's Mobile Suit Gundam UC for PS3, the game will be released in Japan on Mar 8.

Here is a PS3 vs Xbox 360 comparison video for the English version of Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII-2, can you spot any quality differences between the two versions?

Genius Sonority announced a new 3DS RPG called Denpa Ningen RPG [Electric Wave Human RPG], in this game you control little creatures that float along with electric waves, to rescue people who were captured by the demon lord.

Here are the latest Famitsu Most Wanted Game Chart in Japan, Capcom's Dragon's Dogma raised to second, and One Piece: Kaizoku Musou went up to 3rd place.

1. Dragon Quest X (Wii, Square Enix)
2. Dragon's Dogma (PS3, Capcom)
3. One Piece: Kaizoku Musou (PS3, Bandai Namco)
   

Sony France CEO Philippe Cardon confirmed during an interview, that Capcom will release a PS Vita version of Monster Hunter in the next few months. Capcom has yet made an official announcement of the game.

Tetsuya Nomura revealed in Famitsu that a secret team is working on an unannounced title, there is a chance that the game will be announced this year.

Here is a new scan of Bandai Namco's PSP monster breeding and battle RPG Digimon World Re:Digitize, the game will be released in Japan this year.

GungHo mentioned that the playable demo of Ragnarok Odyssey for PS Vita has been downloaded over 100,000 times on PlayStation Network since it was released on Jan 19. The game will be available on Feb 2.

Team Ninja's Fumihiko Yasuda mentioned that it is very easy to develop software for the Wii U platform, it is almost exactly the same on PS3 and Xbox 360. He thinks the Wii U tablet controller is really unique and Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge will make use of this element. When asked about the possibility of a Wii U version of Dead or Alive 5, he said the team will focus solely on Ninja Gaiden, but they will keep other platforms in mind.

Capcom has officially announced Gyakuten Saiban 5 [Ace Attorney 5] at the Gyakuten Saiban 10th anniversary celebration event, no platform or release date has been announced yet.

Besides Gyakuten Saiban 5, Capcom also announced Gyakuten Saiban 123HD ~ Ryuichi Naruhodo Hen for iOS and Android, the game includes HD remastered version Gyakuten Saiban 1, 2 and 3. Note that Gyakuten Saiban 123 is already available on iPhone 3G and iPod Touch in SD resolution.

Capcom announced Sengoku Basara HD Collection for PS3 at the Sengoku Basara Thankyou Feast event, the game will be released in summer. HD remake of Sengoku Basara 1 & 2 will be included, it is uncertain whether the 2D fighting game Sengoku Basara X will also be included.

Bandai Namco released new screenshots of One Piece Kaizoku Musou, showing the new characters from Drum Island, Arlong Park and other stories, including Wapol, Arlong, Vivi, Usopp, Nami, Chopper, and CP9 agents.

Here are some new images of Banpresto's Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Saisei-hen, the second half of the Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z stories. The game will be released in Japan on Apr 5.

Konami revealed new details on its upcoming PSP RPG Genso Suikoden Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki, showing the battle system and some of the playable characters. The game will have a turn based battle system with a 6 character party.....

Here are some new screenshots of Sega's Shining Blade, the game will be out in Japan on Mar 15.

Bandai Namco released new screenshots of the PSP monster breeding RPG Digimon World Re:Digitize, showing new Digimons like Angemon, Metal Garurumon, Megalo Growmon and Angewomon.

Square Enix released the 10th anniversary logo of the Kingdom Hearts series. As a celebration, the company will release Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary Box for 3DS, which will be released on Mar 29 for 15000 yen. The package includes Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance for 3DS, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded for NDS; plus 3DS sleeve and 12 KH post cards.

Sony released a new preview trailer of Gravity Daze [Gravity Rush] for PS Vita, the game will be out in Japan on Feb 9 and in North America and Europe on Feb 22.