Japan Gaming Guide

The recent global trend for restricting software sales has finally arrived in Japan. The Osaka prefectural government has decided to prevent minors from buying ‘cruel and violent’ games. The regional government have previously banned just two games, including Postal 2. It seems other titles are soon to follow. Witch-touching games will probably be unaffected, but […]

Wow, we just got our (region free) US copy of Bioshock the other day, and it’s astounding. Plenty of other games coming out soon, including a little something called Halo 3. September releases: XBox 360 5th: Stranglehold (Asia) 22nd: Bioshock (Asia) 25th: Halo 3 (Asia) 30th: Medal of Honor: Airborne (Asia) TBA: Blazing Angels 2: […]

Square Enix have been very busy lately – just look at this huge list of games they’ve got lined up for the Tokyo game show: NDS Final Fantasy IV Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Ring of Fates Final Fantasy Tactics A2: The Sealed Grimoire DS Style Dragon Quest IV Dragon Quest IX Wii Chocobo’s Dungeon: […]

It seems that the latest version of Google Earth has a nice easter egg included – hit Ctrl + Alt + A to enter flight sim mode. Two planes are included – we just took the F16 for a flight over Osaka – not a bad way to spend 5 minutes. Google Earth itself continues […]

The official website for the sequel to one of the most cult games of all time has just gone live. Yes, the NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams site is up, with pictures, a movie and some fairy tale music. We absolutely loved NiGHTS here at JGG and are really hoping this sequel is a good one. […]

September is here, and we’re getting to the part of the year when the release schedules get busy. That doesn’t mean the Virtual Console has to start slacking though does it? Of course not – and Nintendo have added some Neo Geo action to the list to make sure it doesn’t. Here’s the release list […]

If you’ve got 8610 yen to hand this November you might want to go picking up the Umbrella Chronicles/Wii Zapper bundle that’s coming out. It could make shooting those zombies that little bit more fulfilling. [Read, via Codename Revolution]

To celebrate US Labour day, Microsoft is halving the price of some games on Live Arcade. The cuts will run from noon on Sunday until one minute before midnight. We heard this from Eurogamer, suggesting the bargains will be available outside the US, although we don’t have confirmation for a Japanese price drop yet. The […]

Not a lot happening today, so let’s break up the midweek monotony with a couple of tetris blocks duking it out in Mexico:   [Read, via Samurai Soapbox]

The PAX ’07 Show is in full swing in Germany at the moment. As well as the usual games and booth babes, there have also been some interesting panel discussions on various gaming topics. The Culture of Japanese Gaming Panel Discussion covered a number of things including game adverts in Japan, the arcade scene and […]