Yakuza 3

Last night “news” spread that Yakuza 3 (Ryu ga Gotoku 3) was “never” coming out in North America. Crushing words, but there’s hope for Yakuza fans.

First, the Examiner updated their post and said the quote from Ray Almeda, a Sega employee, was not an official statement.

We asked the Sega PR representative that worked on Yakuza 2 what’s going on with Yakuza 3 and received the following statement.

“We have no confirmation on whether or not Yakuza 3 is coming over to the states. We’ll keep you posted if anything changes.”

While this isn’t a confirmation that Yakuza 3 is coming out, it leaves the door open for a possible release. There’s also a slim chance Yakuza 3 could get an international release via another publisher like Atlus or NIS America, two companies that specialize in localizing Japanese games and published Sega titles outside of Japan.

Holy shit it has to come here!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i will punch edsel in the face if it dosent. here is my promice to you!!! if Yakuza 3 comes to america i will buy it and live-stream me playing it for all of you thats how excited i am!

Alex

w00t! first post

AND THIS THIRD! Hey all I'm Edsel the other host its my first post on here Alex was just too lazy to give me the username and password for the blogger account until like 5 mins ago.

Yes, Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny is coming out this summer. When? August 27 in Japan and September 1 in North America. A representative from Namco Bandai Games America shared the release date with us.

Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny brings the combat system from Soulcalibur IV to the PSP. New features include the sleeve knife wielder Dampierre, God of War icon Kratos, and a single player training mode. The character creation system from Soulcalibur IV also made its way in the game, which now includes clown hand puppets.

Taken from siliconera

Well sounds awesome brings back memories of soulcalibur 2 and 4 Alex and i playing all day he beating the crap out of me with maxi and me kicking his ass with nightmare. The sad thing is either of us would buy it and give all of you our impressions on it but... We spent all our money on dragon*con tickets and hotel rooms...sad...

And to the halo fan boy this is my response to you and Alex:

I am a PS3 owner I've never owned a 360 the only time I've ever played halo is at a friends house. But a anime? maybe cool? it will be interesting to see how it plays out. My prediction its going to go one of 2 ways... Either awesome and the coolest thing ever or horrible and should be best forgotten. sorry there is no in between.

Edsel

PS Alex is through 4 episodes of the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya and he is loving it. i still say its weird...

EMAILS!!!!! ZOMG!!!

Dear Alex,
If its ok I'd like to ask a few questions about thee Gamers Anonymous Blog and podcast. I have spent the past week looking at your blog and it seems like you do a pretty good job of keeping up to date of current events in the video game industry. Is there anything we can do to help with your finding of news?
well if you want to help in that sense then find a good news story either about games or movies and email it to us at: gamersanonpodcast@gmail.com and we will review them and give you our thoughts on it.
Are you looking for any other hosts for the podcast?
No not at the moment we started this up just between me and edsel and i think we will keep it like that for a few episodes of the podcast and if we feel like we need someone we will reach out to yall.
What can we do to give you more support in blogging as well as podcasting?
Well Make a blogger account and comment on the posts. Its nice to know that what we do is being read and people appreciate it.
well Hopefully this will be read by you and you can respond to me.
Thanks alot and keep up the good work,
Anonymous
HAHA i 1uped ya dude i posted it! well thanks for the email it means alot to us here at Gamers Anonymous.

Also to the Halo fan boy who sent me hate mail about my skepticism towards the Halo anime.....

Alex

here we go!

Starting when i get home from work. Edsel says its a waste of time but i watched a few clips on youtube and it looks good. (Got the whole series off ebay for $20)

Alex

LBP Costumes History in the making. (wow that headline sucked)

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan spilled the beans on the next major LittleBigPlanet expansion pack. A history set with Sackboy Mozart and Genghis Khan is scheduled for August 13.

The characters are (from left to right): Ada Lovelace (aka the Countess of Lovelace), Boudica, Mozart, and Genghis Khan. Each costume costs 100 yen ($1) or you can buy the whole pack for 300 yen ($3). On the same day Sony will release a History Kit with stickers and level decorations for 400 yen ($4).

Alex

Nobuo Uematsu Returns To Score Final Fantasy XIV and Other Square Projects

Interest +10! In a feature on Nobuo Uematsu, Wired mentions that the veteran RPG composer is returning is returning to compose Final Fantasy XIV, as well as two more unannounced Square Enix projects (FF Gaiden please!) to be announced this year.

Uematsu took a break from Final Fantasy and Square in 2004. The latest Uematsu tracks you’ve heard in the past year or two are probably from Super Smash Bros. Brawl (the theme to the game).

He Did all the music to Final Fantasy XI For those of you who don't know im really big on MMORPGs my first was FFXI and now im on to wow his stuff is so good and relaxing that i even downloaded all the music from the game and expansions and put them on my ipod. sad i know but its good music. I cant wait so hear the music he is doing and play the game because its gonna be freakin amazeing! bottom line badass composer is doing music for Final Fantasy XIV and i can't wait!

Alex

Halo Anime?

The Los Angeles Times reports that directional duties will be handled by Shinji Aramaki, the man behind Appleseed and its sequel. Aramaki will also be directing his own Halo short. Titled Halo Legends, the anime series will be distributed by WB on DVDs and Blu-ray early next year, and will be previewable on XBLA this fall.

While Production I.G. is no stranger to working on game-related projects (they’ve worked on everything from Fire Emblem to Professor Layton), I was surprised to see Toei enlisted to aid with the project. Why enlist Toei when you’ve already got studios like I.G. and Studio 4°C, both with a significant amount of sci-fi experience?

Delving further into the L.A. Times’ article gives you an idea:

Studio4 C’s project, tentatively called “Origins,” is a two-parter that’s about 30 minutes long in total and tells the entire 100,000 year history of the Halo universe. Another, from Toei, is the only one outside of the official canon and pokes fun at some of the game’s characters.

Taken from Siliconera

Ok Now im a big fan of anime. always have been but a Halo anime? it will be cool and i will watch it but im very skeptical about it. I just cant see Halo the awesome game as a anime. some of the awesomeness as a game will be lost. as of right now i guess i gotta get through my list of anime to watch then i can fully concentrate on this.

1.the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya

2.i have to finish hellsing

3.Comic party revolution

4. Still waiting to watch the Valkyria Chronicles anime

5. Sekirei

6. Suzuka

7. re-watch love Hina again

I know alot of stuff but im gonna get through it. and for whatever reason i can't turn the itallics off this is weird but meh whatever it works.

Alex

P.S. because my last post was castle crashers here is a comic i found funny. Hope it helps make Monday seem less horrible.

Castle Crashers busting onto PS3

It has been nearly a year since The Behemoth's Castle Crashers debuted exclusively on Xbox Live Arcade, but PlayStation 3 owners still holding out hope for a port will soon be rewarded for their patience. The Behemoth kicked off this week's Comic-Con with the announcement that Castle Crashers is indeed headed for the PS3.

Beyond the confirmation of a PS3 edition, details about the new version of Castle Crashers are scant. The Behemoth hasn't confirmed a release window yet and has yet to determine if it will include any PS3-exclusive content.

Despite its age, Castle Crashers continues to draw both attention and new players. Last month, The Behemoth announced that it had surpassed 1 million unique gamertags on its leaderboards, proclaiming it "the fastest growing XBLA game in history."

wow

Ok I just looked at my netflix list and i have alot to watch I found myself in a state of shock and awe at how much i wanna get through ginormous list. Example of how i looked above:

1. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (season 1)
2. Dexter season 2
3. Highlander(awesome movie!)
4. The Sopranos season 2 and 3
5. Brazil
6. Shogun miniseries
7. Comic party revolution
8. Desert Punk

Yeah so all in all I have alot to watch but i will spread this out for a while.

Alex

.hack//link!

ok for those of you who don't know i am a huge .hack fan. I loved the anime and i really loved the games i was emailed this a few days ago and figured I'd share. Here is the overview that i got off wikipeida:
will take place not only in the new version of "The World" known as "The World R:X" but in the real world as well. The lead character is a middle school student named Tokio Kuryuu. He lives a normal life as a gamer until a mysterious girl named Saika Amagi transfers to his school. She takes Tokio to the school rooftop one day and sends his consciousness and real body into The World R:X. Where Tokio begins to discover that time for some characters, and even the history of The World itself, is going haywire. Such as Tsukasa turning back into his previous cold mannerisms, and Haseo being cold-hearted and obsessive about finding and killing Tri-Edge.

It has also been revealed from a hidden poem on CyberConnect2's website that Kite from the original four .hack games and Haseo from .hack//G.U. will be returning.

My thoughts:

1. On PSP? why on psp? you lose so much of the fun and graphical aspect if you move to psp. Also we might lose the feel of being in a mmo. what if the towns where all the NPCs are dosent feel quite the same.=?

2. It will be awesome to play when im away from the house.

3. tres thats three in spanish.

4. Is it comeing to north america? if not im gonna be pissed.

5. Why not just make a . hack MMORPG? please i really want one. if anyone follewed the .hacks franchise like i did you know .hack//fragment was a MMO but it was only released in japan and then a few months later was shut down. If released in NA then it would of been a hit and been huge. i say cyberconnects 2 needs to concider this. serousley! do it.

Alex

Bayonetta bewitches retail January 2010

Although Japanese gamers are still set to receive the fantasy action title Bayonetta on October 29, Western players will now have to wait until the following year. Today, Sega announced that the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game won't hit North America and Europe until January 2010.

"Bayonetta is an extremely important new IP for Sega and adds a new level of depth to our growing portfolio," said Mike Hayes, president and COO of Sega West. "As a result of market analysis, we have taken a publishing decision that January 2010 is the optimum release time in the western markets to maximize this exciting new title's potential."

Alex

Valkyria Chronicles 2

Sega formally announced Valkyria Chronicles 2 with Edy Nelson, Homer Peron, and Executive Producer, Shuntaro Tanaka introducing the game.

In the “discussion” Tanaka confirms Valkyria Chronicles 2 will use the BLiTZ, the real time running and gunning battle system from the PlayStation 3 game. He also mentions Valkyria Chronicles 2 will support ad-hoc play and to look forward to additional details in the future.

Taken from siliconera

I personally thought valkyria was one of the best games of 2008 and gave a new look and feel to JRPGs i know i spent days playing and replaying the game. now i just have to wait for number two but i hope it dosent shame the valkyria name. and better yet its coming to the PSP so while im beating up garland, seperoth and lots of other bad guys in final fantasy dissidia then kick some ass in valkyria. But isn't it a little too soon after the first game? and from what i have been seeing about this game it looks like alot of the story is going to be taken from the anime. which i still wanna watch.

Alex

Can't wait!

I preordered final fantasy dissidia yesterday when i went ot buy my copy of the sims 3 Looks awesome i cant wait any chance to have all my favorite Final Fantasy charecters all in one game. Now i only have two worries.
1. I have to buy a PSP
2>will the PSP Go be able to play it?

Alex

We never did get around to recording podcast number one the other night Edsel Had to go in vacation to the outer banks and forget his microphone . Oh well we will try to record it.

I have found myself Victim of the Sims 3 craze. Awesome game I finally get to live my dream of being a rockstar/ Evil genius
Alex

Podcast recording

Reccording podcast number 1 tonight!

Edsel and i started a new wow guild on Gurubashi server called make a toon and join us!!!!

alex

Extra life 2009

We will be Participateing this year please join us send us a email at: gamersanonpodcast@gmail.com

Alex

Here we are!

TA-DA here we are the Gamer's Anonymous podcast!!!!!!