Gold memberships and Microsoft Points set to go on sale at Japanese post office ATMs starting November 1.
Bare-bones site for anticipated Wii title opens with the promise of a playable demo at the Nintendo World event in Japan.
Two special edition premium packs to commemorate release of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops will include camouflage-skinned PSPs, assorted goodies in Japan.
Cooking Mama, Densha de Go!, and Furu Furu Park headlines hands-on offerings for upcoming promo tour.
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl selling as well as ever, as seven DS titles set up camp in the top 10.
One course, one car from latest Ape Escape spin-off can be sampled courtesy of Sony Japan.
Japanese office of electronics giant outlines AV Chat and puzzle games headline services and content from the PS3's online service.
The latest self-improvement game for the Nintendo DS promises to confer the gift of ambidexterity.
Square Enix launches Web site for the Game Boy Advance remake of the 1994 SNES title.
Minor flaw spotted in top-selling DS games; NCL says a patch is on the way.
Japanese gamers to get collections for the Life Force, Twinbee, and Parodius series early next year.
Final Fantasy V Advance off to a strong start, sandwiched at number two between a pair of Pokémon games.
New Lindbergh-based aerial shoot-'em-up from Sega delivered to arcades across Japan today.
Tecmo to sell a Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 faceplate featuring a lounging Kasumi alongside the Team Ninja game.
Several Wii titles headline list of playable games at Osaka-based convention; event kicks off November 11.
CEO and director of development house discuss the ins and outs of making Meteos Online.
Online megastore sells out of launch-day preorder allotment for Sony's new system in under 20 minutes.
Japanese game site Famitsu.com reports a few new details about Sony's upcoming action RPG for the PSP.
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 gets off to a roaring start; Pokémon titles continue selling six digits.
PS3 "White Knight" developer working on its first game for the DS, a puzzle-fantasy-adventure hybrid.
Nintendo event focused on Wii and DS slated to hit Japan throughout November in three key locations.
Famitsu.com reveals that the current-gen edition of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will be available through online purchase only.
Microsoft Japan announces preorders will start October 18 for limited first-edition Blue Dragon/Xbox 360 Core System bundles.
Weekly Famitsu polls Japan's top game makers on the next-generation consoles.
Japan's most popular game franchise meets Japan's most popular handheld: Pokémon Diamond and Pearl rock top 10 with monster sales.
PS2 ports of Konami's musical sequels will feature songs from the V3 arcade games; hitting Japan November 22.
Pikachu's latest foray on the Nintendo DS racks up massive sales in Japan.
Music download service provides several free tunes for amateur drummers to download to their PSP.
Rival next-gen consoles appear at Japan's biggest electronics exhibition to tout rival next-gen video formats.
Government-sponsored Media Arts Plaza includes 14 game entries--including Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, the PlayStation, and DS--in list of 100 items most representative of Japanese media.
Famitsu lists nine first- and third-party titles, ranging from the 5,040 yen ($43) Mah-Jong Taikai IV to the 8,190 yen ($69) Armored Core 4.
Sony announces foreign prices, release dates for newly named motion-sensing controllers, Blu-ray remotes, and memory card readers.
From Software's mech shooter slated for release in Japan on December 14.
The mischievous munchkin of anime and manga fame will try his hand at wooing (and mooning) Wii fans.
Minna no Tennis aces the charts while a resurgence of Tingle popularity proves you can't keep a good wannabe-fairy down.
Fans stand in line for five hours to buy new Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl; game launched at a gala stage show in Shinjuku.
So just how many people will show up when a major gaming convention is open to the public? Lots, according to CESA figures.
As the last day of the Tokyo Game Show winds down, GameSpot takes a whirlwind tour of the biggest booths on the show floor.
Japan's new Xbox boss "talks, talks, talks" about "Do, Do, Do"--and why today's consumers in Japan are ready to embrace personalization rather than conformity.
Japan's largest game-themed event opens to the public with record number of displays, but is it the calm before the storm, or has the storm already passed?
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