Citizens of Culver City, CA, prepare yourselves because DDR is coming to you. On Thursday, August 12th, Konami is hosting a DDR event at the Royal-T Café from 5:30pm-9:00pm. Competitors are being encouraged to RSVP online at http://www.ddr.eventbrite.com/. Not only will players get to compete with each other, but they will get to enjoy the [...]
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair baffles me. Is it a cheap, hacked-together work of desperation, or is it a bold and innovative masterstroke of creativity?
Ultimately, I think it’s a little of both. These concepts aren’t mutually exclusive, after all. Besides, as they say, necessity is the mother of invention. In this case, I’m pretty sure “necessity” took the form of Konami giving producer Koji Igarashi the mandate to create a downloadable, high-definition Castlevania game with a budget equivalent to the loose change we fished from between the cushions of our office couch last week. And what Igarashi came up with — Harmony of Despair — can only be described as “weird.”
After dominating the field for years, Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer has arguably fallen behind the competition. The dev team appears to be aware of this, promising fundamental changes for the upcoming Pro Evolution Socer 2011.
“It was time for PES to transform, and PES 2011 represents the most ambitious redesign in the series’ history,? said team leader Jon Murphy. “We’ve continued to work closely with the fans to pinpoint what it is about football that PES didn’t do.”
He continued, “Total freedom was the priority and all-new animation a must. PES 2011 does both – indeed, they are directly linked to each other – and while the new game is recognisably PES at its heart, it is also the most radically improved version ever.”
Special edition not coming to Europe; Konami says it will not affect sales.
GamesRadar: There was a time, about 10 years ago, when Dynasty Warriors was new and exciting. Fast-forward to the present, however, and the game has changed so little over its dozens of iterations that the very sight of it – or even any game that looks like it – is enough to send cynical gamers’ eyes rolling back in their sockets. That, along with knowledge of its underwhelming 2006 predecessor, is why we were tempted to ignore the shit out of Ninety-Nine Nights II (aka N3II) when publisher Konami rolled it out during last night’s press event.
Konami has confirmed to Gamer.nl that there’s a new Silent Hill game in the making. Aside from a short teaser/trailer and the fact that it’s not developed by Silent Hill: Homecoming developer Double Helix, little is known about the new title.
Castlevania is set to debut this year and the game is looking incredible. Dave Cox is a great producer for Konami but it appears that there’s a sign of doubt within the Lord Of Shadow release this year, not being able to fully compete with Uncharted 2’s greatness may pose a threat to the expected success of Castlevania.
Will Castlevania get the franchise back up to speed or is the hype to much for Konami to handle?
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Konami has announced the release of a free add-on for Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, now available for download.
Konami have released a bizarre music video, featuring Paz (who is voiced by singer and voice-actress Nana Mikuki) on a beach, singing her theme song "Deterrence of Love" in various states of undress while soldiers fight around her.
It’s…interesting, to say the least.
The song is also performed by Mizuki.
Following yesterday’s Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker announcements, Europe was left wondering whether or not they would get their hands on the PSP-3000 Peace Walker Bundle.
We contacted Konami Europe to see what the situation was regarding the bundle coming to Europe. They told us that have nothing to announce at this time and there are no plans to bring that bundle overseas.
