Famitsu is one of the premier gaming print publications in Japan – and perfect scores from the magazine, once rarer than hen’s teeth, are highly sought after by game developers and publishers. It’s becoming more and more apparent though that this generation in particular, Famitsu’s reviewers seem to have sold their souls – and with them their objectivity. Last Updated: …
With Final Fantasy XIII being released in just 3 days time in Japan you can imagine the land of the rising sun is starting to get a little Final Fantasy crazy at the moment. Famitsu has just released the first FFXIII review and surprisingly it has missed getting that all important 40/40 which has been bestowed upon Super Mario Bros …
Kicking and punching the heck out a virtual automobile is an incredibly satisfying experience. Old-timers who did so in Capcom’s Final Fight and later in Street Fighter II would be able to testify just how much fun it. So could this guy! In the latest issue of Famitsu, there’s confirmation that two of the revered bonus stages will be making …
Remember how we told you yesterday that Bayonetta had received a coveted perfect score from Japan’s Famitsu? No? Well we did! Turns out though that there’s a caveat. Now that scans of the magazine are available there’s a fairly important footnote; it seems that that set of quadruple 10’s awarded to the game only applies to the Xbox 360 version. …
Platinum Games’ Bayonetta gets released in its native Japan Next week. The game, created by the guy who brought you the original Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe – has been awarded a perfect score by notoriously unyielding Famitsu, Japan’s premier videogaming magazine. This makes it the twelfth game in the magazines history to achieve such an accolade, and the …
The latest Japanese sales are out and Sony are the boys with the biggest smile out this weekend. First up is the fact that the PSP went head to head with the new Nintendo DSi and matched it in sales. Both the PSP and DSi managed to sell 36 000 units and it’s only down to the fact that the …
In the latest issues of Famitsu – Japan’s premier gaming magazine – they published their result on a survey they ran polling gamer’s satisfaction with each of the current consoles and handhelds. There were five possible responses to each category: very satisfied, satisfied, indifferent, unsatisfied and very unsatisfied. Each was accordingly assigned a satisfaction score out of 5. Which gaming …
Those kind gentlemen and gentleladies at finalfantasy-XIII.net have provided high-res magazine scans from the latest Famistu magazine. For those who didn’t follow E3 this year, one of the biggest pieces of news was that Final Fantasy 13 was no longer a Sony exclusive. This is the first time ever that a new Final Fantasy game will appear on two platforms …
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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