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Japanese film studio Toei announces first three video games from newly created Toei Games
3+ hour, 13+ min ago (620+ words) Last week, long-established film producer'Toei, the company behind classic films such as'"The Street Fighter,"'"Black Rain,"'"Battle Royale" and'Tora! Tora! Tora!", made a surprise announcement that they were launching'Toei Games, a new division specializing in video game production. " The…...
Hello Kitty's parent company to make its own video games
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (334+ words) Seeking new fans for Hello Kitty, the company behind the enigmatic character on Tuesday launched a video games division aiming to release 10 original titles over the next three years. Hello Kitty, which started life as an illustration on a 1970s vinyl…...
Lana Del Rey takes on Bond with new game title track
1+ week, 1+ day ago (265+ words) Lana Del Rey has joined an exclusive club of pop greats by voicing a new theme song for James Bond -- albeit for the fictional British superspy's video game incarnation in the upcoming "007: First Light". "I was so excited to work…...
Pok'mon store character meet-and-greet events to resume in May
2+ week, 2+ day ago (148+ words) Pok'mon'baby apparel and toy brand'Monpok'is getting ready to open a popup store in the'Tobu Department Store's Ikebukuro branch in downtown Tokyo. The Tobu branch is located in the same neighborhood as the Sunshine City shopping center, where on March 26'a…...
'Exit 8' is video-game adaptation to see right now
3+ week, 3+ hour ago (433+ words) Hallways, generally speaking, are not places you want to be in the movies. You can be just strolling down one when, all of a sudden, elevator doors open up and a river of blood comes flowing out. But "Exit 8," a…...
Far cry from 16-pixel start, Mario makes it 'so big' on screen, says creator Miyamoto
3+ week, 6+ day ago (830+ words) Super Mario's creator Shigeru Miyamoto told AFP he had never imagined that the "little character I drew would become so big", bouncing through the decades from pixellated New York sewers to a silver-screen space epic. There were more technical constraints…...
Wahoo! "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" levels up the magic
4+ week, 3+ hour ago (425+ words) Japan Today There are some things you might expect, even count on, in a Super Mario Galaxy movie The introduction of the celestial Princess Rosalina? Check A scene of her reading bedtime stories to her adorable, glowing star children Lumas?...
Another Play Station price hike means gaming console will cost 30% more than it did last year
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (427+ words) The price of a Play Station is going up by another $100, the second time in less than a year that Sony has upped the price tag on its popular gaming console. Citing "continued pressures in the global economic landscape," the…...
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1+ mon, 2+ day ago (64+ words) Japan Today U. S. links security guarantees to Ukraine giving up Donbas, Zelenskyy says Iran denies talks with U. S. after Trump postpones strikes on power grid 'Perfect Japan' posts spark Gen Z social media backlash Surprise, embarrassment, unease in Japan over Trump's Pearl…...
No 'silver bullet' for video game age restrictions: PEGI chief
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (529+ words) The head of Europe's video game rating system, PEGI, has warned against supposed "silver bullet" child protection solutions such as age verification, in an interview with AFP. A new set of PEGI (Pan-European Game Information) age ratings, coming into force…...