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Yakuza Kiwami Coming To PlayStation 4 This August

Yakuza Kiwami Coming To PlayStation 4 This August

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Sega has announced that they are set to release Yakuza Kiwami, a remake of the 2005 game Yakuza, on PlayStation 4 in Europe and North America this August. “Rebuilt from the ground up” with new graphics and audio as well as technical improvements, the game will release on August 29 and be available at a price of $29.99. As well as the enhancements outlined above, Sega has promised that the new release will also include a raft of new content that was not present in the original release. In addition to 30 minutes of new cutscenes, there is also a new Majima Everywhere system that means that Goro Majima can surprise the player with a combat challenge at certain points during gameplay. Those who pick up a first run copy of the game or pre-order it will get a special Steebook edition of the game.

Ratchet & Clank Movie To Be Faithful To The Video Games That Inspired It

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Adapting video games to movies is harder than one might think. As the world of video games has less constraints than the world of movies in many forms. Also, when adapting a franchise that is very much cartoonish in nature, bringing it to a big screen with a much smaller time limit in regards to length can be a challenge. The team at Insomniac have been working for a while to make the Ratchet & Clank movie, and it’s almost here. Above all else though, they strove to ensure that the movie was true to the games: “When everyone understands the universe, everybody involved understands the story, the characters and the motivation for the characters, then things go much more smoothly,” Insomniac founder Ted Price told IGN during a recent visit to Insomniac’s home base in Burbank, Calif. Furthermore, they wanted to make sure that the way the characters were portrayed in the film where in tune with how they’re shown in the games, as the voices will be the same:

Michael Fassbender Played Assassin's Creed To Know How To Play His Role In The Film

Michael Fassbender Played Assassin's Creed To Know How To Play His Role In The Film

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Many video games have been adapted into full-scale films, but very few have succeeded. One that seeks to break the mold is the upcoming Assassin’s Creed game, which will star Michael Fassbender. To further add to the “realism” that the game inspired in many ways, Fassbender actually delved into the Assassin’s Creed universe to see how his character would move, react, and be physical when it came to combat. He tells Entertainment Weekly: “I’ve played it since [being offered the job] mainly to get an idea of the physicality of the character,” Fassbender says by phone from Spain, where he was filming the adaptation. “We’re striving to find something special. We believe the whole concept around it is special and want to service that the best we can. The fans are really passionate: very specific and they expect accuracy and historical detail. We’re really trying to capitalize and feed on and enjoy the fun element. We’re working hard to make this something special.” “A lot of the stuff in the

PlayStation 4 Moves Past 30 Million Sales Mark

PlayStation 4 Moves Past 30 Million Sales Mark

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Sony has revealed that the PlayStation 4 console has sold more than 30 million units as of November 22, exceeding the company’s expectations for this year. The figure means that the console is still outperforming the Xbox One by a significant margin, with some experts stating that it could be double Microsoft’s figures. This doesn’t just make the most successful console currently on the market, easily beating the Xbox One and the Wii U, but it is actually selling at a faster rate than the PlayStation 2. Figures show that the PlayStation 4 has reached the 30 million mark two months quicker than its wildly popular predecessor. “We are sincerely grateful that gamers across the globe have continued to choose PlayStation 4 as the best place to play since launch two years ago,” said Andrew House, President and Global CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment. “We are committed to bringing engaging games and entertainment services to users worldwide. Thanks to the support of our partners, PS4 continues to be the premier

Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Devs Have Made New Game Studio

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Some teams just work well together, and thus they make legendary games. For the developers that made Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, they definitely qualify for that honor. At E3, the last in their current trilogy, The Last Guardian, got reintroduced to the world, However, as Fumito Ueda (the lead for Last Guardian) has revealed on Twitter, he’s got the whole team back together, and they have formed a new studio called genDESIGN “Last summer, I started a small studio with some of my old collaborators to challenge myself and try something new,” says Ueda. “Since last summer, I’ve been working from a smaller studio I formed with the original staff who helped make Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. “Together we hope to challenge our personal creative limits and the possibilities of what games can be, both with The Last Guardian and beyond.” So while the whole team may not be on The Last Guardian, they will be back together in full for whatever game they make next. Seeing as

GameStop Taking Your Used PS2s Again

GameStop Taking Your Used PS2s Again

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On January 1, 2013, Sony Computer Entertainment Pictures Inc. officially stopped production of their most successful console to date, the Playstation 2. Six months later, on June 1, 2013, GameStop officially quit accepting trade-ins of the console. Now they changed their minds. (Not Sony, GameStop, but wouldn’t that have been keen?) The PS2 is coming back, the ubiquitous electronics pawn shop annnounced in a press release today. You can once again trade in any model of the PS2 for $25 in-store credit, or if you’re missing an important component like the controller or power cable, for $20 in-store credit. Refurbished PS2s will be available at most GameStops soon for $50. This is all fortunate news, as the resell value of the average PS2 was starting to creep up (a fact GS no doubt noticed). What about the games? Well, believe it or not, GameStop has never actually stopped selling PS2 discs. You just haven’t been noticing them because they are mainly disc-only, sold in crude dirty envelopes jammed into one

A Father of Gaming, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Passes at Age 85

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After a bout with pneumonia, Hiroshi Yamauchi passed away this morning at the age of 85. Mr Yamauchi was the third president of Nintendo and the second largest shareholder of the company. Chances are if you love gaming you owe it in part or whole to this man, who brought Nintendo from a card making company to one of the largest and best entertainment giants in gaming.

Playing Paranormal: Pyramid Head

Playing Paranormal: Pyramid Head

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Playing Paranormal is the latest feature here at Paranoid Gamer. The idea is simple: to profile all of our favorite video game monsters/creatures and the creative minds behind them. For our inaugural episode we’re profiling one of the greats, one of the most iconic creatures from gaming’s past: Pyramid Head. Pyramid Head makes its first appearance in the 2001 horror classic Silent Hill 2, and has become something of a trademark of the series ever since. His imposing stature and large bladed death-dealing instrument allude to the series’ titular town and its dark past as a grounds for execution. The very iconic pyramid shaped head piece was designed to obscure the monster’s face, adding mystery and dread to his various on screen appearances. Silent Hill, has always been a series built around psychological horror. The town itself, being the true antagonist of the franchise time and again, lures victims in, draws from their psyche and warps their troubled thoughts into real manifestations of terror. Pyramid Head is no exception, representing

Backlog Review: Mushihime-Sama

Backlog Review: Mushihime-Sama

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For years I’ve been mystified by Mushihime-Sama. Watching videos of playthroughs and reading about it, I’ve always been meaning to try it out, but never got around to it. This past week I finally got my chance to play Cave‘s famous bullet hell, and I’ve gotta say that I’m every bit as impressed with it as I thought I would be. The story is a bit complex for a shmup, and a little confusing. To put it simply Mushihime-Sama (Bug Princess or Insect Princess in English), is about a 15 year old girl named Reco who is on a mission to stop the giant insects known as koujuu from destroying the people in her village. In the world of Mushihime-Sama, the koujuu share the planet with humans, unfortunately it’s not a completely harmonious co-existence. These creatures produce a substance toxic to humans known as levi-sense, which is spread so far and wide that it makes human life almost impossible. In order to remedy this problem, every 200 years a 15 year

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