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Video game publisher Capcom believes that its upcoming Dragon’s Dogma action role-playing game shares some DNA with the Monster Hunter franchise and hopes that some fans will try and expand their gaming horizons via the new game.
Hiroyuki Kobayashi, who is the producer working on Dragon’s Dogma, told Des... |
26 March 2012
13:11 GMT |
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Comments from one leading executive from Sony linked to the PlayStation division seem to confirm that a Monster Hunter-linked video game for the PlayStation Vita handheld is in development and might be launched during the next few months.
Philippe Cardon, who is the chief executive officer at the PlayStation divisio... |
31 January 2012
15:21 GMT |
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For the week that ended on January 1, 2012 the Japanese video game market, both in terms of hardware and software, declined sharply as customers pulled back after spending serious amounts of money during the holiday period.The Nintendo 3DS handheld is still the best selling device on the market, according to data com... |
6 January 2012
08:31 GMT |
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Video game hardware developer and publisher Nintendo has announced that it has sold more than 4.1 million units of the new 3DS handheld on the Japanese market, managing to turn around a hardware platform that seemed destined for failure just a few months ago.The 3DS has been launched in Japan in late February of this... |
27 December 2011
08:17 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 version of the Japanese role playing game Final Fantasy XIII-2 has managed to take over the top position in the weekly video games sales chart for the Japanese market, as compiled by tracking firm Media Create.The game, which is both developed and published by Square Enix, has managed to sell 524,21... |
22 December 2011
09:33 GMT |
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The official sales figures from Japanese sales tracking firm Media Create show that the newly launched PlayStation Vita handheld from Sony has sold exactly 324,859 units during its first two days on sale, a good but certainly not perfect debut for the platform.The number one position in the Japanese video game hardwa... |
22 December 2011
05:50 GMT |
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Sources from video game retailers have stated that publisher Capcom has shipped 420,000 copies to stores in preparation for the launch of the Nintendo 3DS version of Monster Hunter 3G, which is set to arrive on December 10.100,000 of those are linked to bundles that also include the Slide Pad add-on while another 20,... |
6 December 2011
04:53 GMT |
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The Japanese division of Sony Computer Entertainment has announced the lists of video games that can be moved to the PlayStation Vita handheld using the new UMD Passport program, showing that a limited number of publishers are interested in supporting the program.There are 262 video games included in the current list... |
1 December 2011
18:01 GMT |
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A recent poll from Famitsu, the best known Japanese video game magazine, has shown that gamers are most interested in getting the PlayStation Vita handheld and Monster Hunter 3G, launched for the Nintendo 3DS, as gifts for the coming Christmas season.When it came to hardware the Nintendo 3DS was second in terms of pr... |
24 November 2011
13:01 GMT |
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Video game publisher Capcom has decided to make a significant push towards an increased presence in the mobile and social gaming space, with the leaders of development for Street Fighter and Monster Hunter Frontier leading the charge.Yoshinori Ono, who is known for producing the Street Fighter series, told Japanese m... |
17 November 2011
20:31 GMT |
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Massive Nintendo 3DS news have just surfaced, as the Japanese company is preparing a brand new add-on for the handheld console, in the form of a new cradle, which adds a second circle pad for the device, as well as a new R2 shoulder button, designed specifically for the upcoming Monster Hunter Tri 3G game.
The Nin... |
7 September 2011
02:35 GMT |
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Video game publisher Capcom has announced that it had a very good fiscal year, managing to grow both revenue and profit when compared to the same period, with Monster Hunter Portable 3rd being the best-performing title of the interval.
For the fiscal year that ended on March 31 Capcom says that it has managed to g... |
9 May 2011
10:31 GMT |
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The PlayStation Portable handheld from Sony and the Square Enix made Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep - Final Mix are the two products that have topped the Japanese video game oriented charts, according to information delivered by sales tracking firm Media Create.
The PSP has managed to see an increase in devices so... |
31 January 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Sales for all gaming platforms have dropped precipitously on the Japanese market, according to numbers provided by tracking firm Media Create, with the PlayStation 3 from Sony managing to be the best seller of the week just as Another Century's Episode Portable managed to took over the number one position when i... |
24 January 2011
16:41 GMT |
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Pokemon Black and White, the Nintendo powered title that had already been nominated as the best selling video game release on the Japanese market, has now managed to become the fastest game on the Nintendo DS platform that has moved more than five million units on the home market.
The news comes via Japanese gamin... |
17 January 2011
10:01 GMT |
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Enterbrain, a company that offers research services linked to the Japanese video games market and also publishes the magazine Famitsu, has launched a new report which says that the market in the Land of the Rising Sun has again declined in 2010. Namely, it has come down to 493,66 billion Yen, the equivalent of about ... |
12 January 2011
15:01 GMT |
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The PlayStation Portable handheld from Sony has managed to lead the Japanese hardware chart into 2011, alongside Monster Hunter, with the Media Create numbers for the week which ended on January 2 showing a steady decline all over the board. The old style PSP has managed to move 99,703 units in seven days, which is ... |
10 January 2011
04:33 GMT |
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The Monster Hunter series from Capcom has been wildly successful over the years, managing to generate a few blockbuster releases on the PlayStation Portable handheld from Sony, but the game has also managed to move and do well on platforms like the Nintendo Wii, after initially being put out on the PlayStation 2. An... |
3 January 2011
06:12 GMT |
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A survey conducted by the Japanese branch of Yahoo! shows that Mario is still the most loved video game character in Japan, taking the top position both when looking at favorite characters and when accounting for favorite video games during 2010.The nominees were based on web search numbers, page views and the amount... |
30 December 2010
03:49 GMT |
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Media Create, the company watching the moves on the Japanese hardware and video game market, has released figures showing that for the week of November 29 – December 5 the PlayStation Portable handheld from Sony has dominated the charts, boosted by the release of a new Monster Hunter game.The PSP has managed to... |
13 December 2010
03:44 GMT |
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The Japanese charts shows that with overall sales numbers falling the PlayStation Portable handheld from Sony managed to retain the number one spot in the hardware chart while Monster Hunter Diary: Pokapoka Ailu Village leads the video games sales chart.The PlayStation Portable managed to sell 35,766 units in one wee... |
13 September 2010
14:01 GMT |
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Square Enix, the Japanese publisher best known for role playing series like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, has announced a new game it is working on for the PlayStation Portable, called Lord of Arcana. The title is set to be launched at some point in late 2010 on the Japanese market and the publisher is not talking ... |
1 July 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Sam Fischer, despite his long absence from the videogaming world, seems to still have it as the new Splinter Cell title managed to stay in the number one position for a second week in the videogame chart of the United Kingdom, one of the biggest markets for interactive entertainment in the world. And considering the ... |
29 April 2010
04:40 GMT |
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It seems that crossovers are all the rage in the gaming industry at the moment as Capcom and Konami have announced that they will be collaborating in order to introduce a fully equipped Monster Hunter into Lost Planet 2, the shooter set to be launched this year for the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3.Th... |
20 April 2010
12:51 GMT |
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It seems that Konami is going crazy with Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the PlayStation Portable-based adventure that will be featuring Naked Snake and scheduled to be launched on April 28 on the Japanese market and on June 8 in North America. The most recent news, which was initially considered as being an April Fo... |
7 April 2010
13:11 GMT |
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Capcom and Microsoft were said to be working on something big together and yesterday brought the announcement that the two companies were collaborating on delivering Monster Hunter Frontier, the MMO installment of the long running series, to the Xbox 360 home gaming console at a later date in 2010.The official Japane... |
27 January 2010
05:15 GMT |
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Sony has announced that it is planning to introduce online multiplayer capabilities to those titles for the PSP that only had ad hoc connectivity. The service, called AdHocParty, has been running in Japan for about one year and is set to debut in North America at some point later in November or in early December. The... |
17 November 2009
04:18 GMT |
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The recent focus on the PlayStation 3, with the redesign process beginning in 2008 and with the recent launch of the Slim version and the price cut, has been detrimental to the health of the PlayStation Portable as a viable gaming platform. Now, Sony is aiming to shift focus to its mobile gaming platform and challeng... |
4 November 2009
04:28 GMT |
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If you live in America and you're not sure if you're willing to pay to play Monster Hunter Tri online, then fret not, you're not the only one. Not only would most players have to sit down over a cup of tea and a biscuit to ponder the decision, but it seems that Capcom isn't very sold on the idea e... |
23 October 2009
04:31 GMT |
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A lot of people were saying that the videogame industry was all but impervious to the current world wide economic crisis, mainly because of the importance that entertainment holds in the lives of all gamers. That positive imagine has been shattered as 2009 debuted sluggishly on all markets, with sales registered by t... |
8 July 2009
12:41 GMT |
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Capcom, a Japanese publisher headquartered in Osaka, has announced that both sales and profits for the fiscal year that ended on March 31 were up, driven mostly by good sales in its top franchises, like Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter IV, which were released in the initial months of 2009. The company also sees a g... |
12 May 2009
04:24 GMT |
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The Monster Hunter franchise is one of the most successful for Capcom, probably just behind the Resident Evil series. And the game, especially in its second incarnation, has become something of a cult in Japan, where people are playing and replaying it almost everywhere you look.So, it's no surprise that players... |
28 April 2009
02:23 GMT |
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Most of the gaming industry sees the Nintendo Wii as being an underpowered gaming console that is so successful due to the way it managed to attract a new breed of players. The established philosophy is that the hardcore gaming crowd will never be attracted to the Nintendo Wii.Well, quite a few shooters are coming to... |
17 March 2009
17:11 GMT |
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Although 2008 ended two months ago, things are barely starting to become clear in terms of sales for games in a lot of countries. We've already seen charts from other territories, but it was yesterday that Enterbrain, the publisher of the famous Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, posted the Top 100 best selling t... |
18 February 2009
02:21 GMT |
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It's clear that the Japanese videogame market, both in its hardware and software incarnations, is pretty different from the Western one. So, it makes sense for Sony, a console developer currently manufacturing and selling the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation Portable handheld, and game publis... |
4 December 2008
03:44 GMT |
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Different territories have different types of markets, be it cars or electronics, you cannot create something that will appeal to the worldwide population. Such is the case in the gaming industry, while shooters like Halo will attract North American or European markets, if you want to be successful in Japan, you ... |
20 October 2008
16:01 GMT |
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Monster Hunter is an adventure video game. The game was developed and published by Capcom. Monster Hunter was released in North America on September 21, 2004. It was later remade and expanded in Monster Hunter G, which was released in Japan and was brought to North America and Europe as Monster Hunter Freedom for th... |
18 January 2008
08:27 GMT |
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In Monster Hunter, creatures from all walks of life coexist with mankind. The struggle to hunt or be hunted rules the world. As monster hunters, players will face a variety of quests and battles against powerful beasts either alone or with the aid of others. Players begin by creating and customizing their very own c... |
18 October 2007
02:30 GMT |
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In Monster Hunter Freedom, challengers take on a variety of quests and conquer larger than life beasts either alone or with the aid of others. Players start by customizing their own character, choosing the type of hair, face, voice and other various attributes their personalized monster hunter will possess.They can e... |
28 September 2007
10:33 GMT |
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Hunt or Be Hunted in this fast pace action adventure! Master a dynamic, ruthless world and carve out a name for yourself. Monster Hunter Freedom offers multiplayer action with up to four players to create hunting parties and bring down the beasts. Each player is customizable making the gaming experience unique for ea... |
21 March 2007
11:05 GMT |
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