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Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z stars Yaiba Kamikaze, a ninja killed by primary series star Ryu Hayabusa during a duel. We're not sure how Yaiba came back from the dead, but at least we can see how he died.Continue reading Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z trailers won't cost you an arm and a legYaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z trailers won't cost you an arm and a leg originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z stars Yaiba Kamikaze, a ninja killed by primary series star Ryu Hayabusa during a duel. We're not sure how Yaiba came back from the dead, but at least we can see how he died.Continue reading Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z trailers won't cost you an arm and a leg Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z trailers won't cost you an arm and a leg originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments More...

Earlier this year Screen Australia commited itself to providing $20 million of funding to video games. Today it announced the recipients of $6 million of that funding. More »      

On June 11, Google made public a letter it sent to the Attorney General and the FBI requesting permission to include FISA and similar data requests in it Transparency Report. A couple days later, Facebook and Microsoft revealed aggregated government data request numbers, followed soon after by other companies. Now Yahoo! has revealed its own Read The Full Story

Soul Saga is described by its developers as "A love letter to J-RPG classics from the Playstation era like Final Fantasy, Breath of Fire, Suikoden, and Persona." Which means, in case you hadn't got that far on your own yet, some Westerners are looking for money on Kickstarter to make a new "classic" JRPG. Most of the development work is actually being handled by just one guy, Mike Gale, and other games he cites as inspiration are Chrono Trigger and especially Final Fantasy X. He's looking to release the game on PC, and there's a big rundown of the planned universe - and mechanics - on the Kickstarter page. Soul Saga! A J-RPG inspired by Playstation classics [Kickstarter, via Rock, Paper, Shotgun] Soul Saga [Steam Greenlight]

I had heard that Shigeru Miyamoto was really proud of his new game, Pikmin 3. Like, really, really proud. Like, guy-who-made-Donkey-Kong-and-Super-Mario-and-Zelda-thinks-this-game-is-great proud. That good, huh? More »      

Four new StreetPass games available. Nintendo 3DS firmware update v6.0.0-11 will allow back up saves for downloadable games, as well as a brand new Mii Plaza.Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesXbox One headset, controller Charge Kit detailedNPD: US software sales decline 44 per cent in May, 3DS tops hardwareOculus Rift receives new funding for official launchWatch Dogs: how Ubisoft Montreal will evolve hacking in gamesState of Decay has sold over 500k copies

Open-world zombie horror sets new XBLA sales milestone. State of Decay has surpassed 500 thousand copies sold and downloaded on the Xbox Live Arcade store, according to Microsoft.Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesXbox One headset, controller Charge Kit detailedNPD: US software sales decline 44 per cent in May, 3DS tops hardwareOculus Rift receives new funding for official launchWatch Dogs: how Ubisoft Montreal will evolve hacking in games3DS update adds new Mii Plaza shop

One of our favorite talks from GDC was Brian Provinciano's session, in which the indie developer discussed bringing his game, Retro City Rampage, to just about every platform known to man. It's a valuable talk for many reasons, giving a clear picture of what it's like working with The Big Three[TM] and the types of hurdles a determined indie developer will inevitably hit. Provinciano's determination to port Grand Theft Auto 3 to NES hardware escalated into a love letter to video games and pop culture. While Provinciano hasn't announced his next project yet, he says we should expect more humorous open-world games.Watch Brian Provinciano's Retro City Rampage talk from GDC originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

It's been a long time since we had a good Wolfenstein game. 2001's Return to Castle Wolfenstein and its expansion were shockingly good, but the 2009 reboot left a lot to be desired. Wolfenstein: The New Order is here to save the day. Developed by MachineGames with its roots in Starbreesze Studios (makers of the Riddick and Darkness games), The New Order is shooting for a mix of emotion and ridiculous B-movie humor. Our demo began with a story-only segment, showing the interaction on a train between B.J. Blazkowicz and a Nazi named Frau Ingel. Ingel is pretty sadistic, testing Blazkowicz (who was undercover) on the validity of his Aryan heritage. Blazkowicz passes her test, and moves on to a cheesy B-movie romance scene with a girl in another cabin. This fit well with the tone of past Wolfenstein games. The developers walked through a more standard linear FPS section, fighting through the wreckage of a train (maybe the same train?). The game plays like a pretty standard FPS, with just a bit more insanity on top of it. Blazkowicz will, for example, dual wield pretty much anything, including full shotguns. Enemies are a mix of Nazis and advanced cyborg creatures. The sci-fi future skin may make this look a bit different from the Wolfenstein of old, but it's still as ludicrous and unbelievable as ever. This is an excerpt from the full story which was originally featured on gamrReview, read the full version here - Wolfenstein The New Order is Mostly Old - Preview