Did anyone manage to go to the Tokyo Game Show 2008?

I liked the Bleach game trailer that’s for the Tokyo Game show :)

Eternal Sonata (トラスティベル ～ショパンの夢～, Torasuti Beru Shopan no Yume?, Trusty Bell: Chopin’s Dream) is an original role-playing video game created by tri-Crescendo, one of the developers of Baten Kaitos and Baten Kaitos Origins. The Microsoft Xbox 360 version of the game was released on June 14, 2007 in Japan, September 17, 2007 in North America, and October 19, 2007 in Europe. The game will also be released for the Sony PlayStation 3 with additional content as Trusty Bell ~Chopin no Yume~ Reprise (トラスティベル ~ショパンの夢~ ルプリーズ)　on September 18, 2008 in Japan, and a North American release will be available later in the fall. A European release is anticipated due to listings on various retailer and manufacturer websites, but no first-party information as to a EU release date has been published.

The game is centered around the romantic pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin, who died of tuberculosis at the age of 39. The story envisions a fictional world dreamed by Chopin during his last hours that is influenced by Chopin’s life and music, and in which he himself is a playable character, among others. The game features a selection of Chopin’s compositions played by pianist Stanislav Bunin, though most of the in-game music was composed by Motoi Sakuraba. The game’s battle system centers around musical elements and character-unique special attacks. Light and darkness plays a part in the appearance and abilities of enemies on the battlefield, as well as the types of magic that can be cast.

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Tecmo was offered 200million by Square Enix but was rejected. For those who are uninitiated, Sq. Enix are developers of games such as Dragon Quest and Ninja Gaiden and to be merged with them could be a very lucrative venture but who knows, chances are Tecmo are not interested in its rival’s generous offer and has showed interest in Koei another Japanese label famed for Dynasty Warriors.

Last week, Square Enix sent waves through the game industry by announcing a “friendly” offer to buy Tecmo for around $200 million. The unsolicited bid would’ve added the action games of the troubled latter, which includes the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive series, to the massive role-playing portfolio of the former, which features the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest series.

While Square Enix’s offer put a generous 30 percent premium on Tecmo’s stock, it also had a firm deadline of Thursday, September 4. Today, Tecmo President Yasuharu Kakihara rejected it outright, according to the Reuters news service. Instead, the publisher announced is in talks to merge with another Japanese game label, Dynasty Warriors-maker Koei.

“Through a merger, we expect we can grow further by respecting both companies’ identities and having an environment in which employees can fully exhibit their skills,” the two companies said in a joint statement. Kakihara also said he would not consider another offer by Square Enix, which is considering its next move.

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It’s touted as the best RPG game of the year.

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Rush, one of the more popular rock bands (some say they are the best), has an album, Moving Pictures, that was going to be available to Rock Band DLC. Fans were ecstatic but a little glitch has prevented the download from going live.

Making music on toy instruments is tough enough on its own, but that goes doubly so when players have nothing to strum along to. Rush fans have learned that the hard way this week, given that the promised full-album download of the prog-rock act’s 1981 record Moving Pictures did not make it onto the Xbox 360’s Rock Band store yesterday.
The good news is that Harmonix is aware of the issue. “Just so you know, we know that Rush’s Moving Pictures isn’t up yet,” said community manager Sean Baptiste on the developer’s official Web site. “There is a technical difficulty that is being worked out. I’ll alert you when it is all clear.” The bad news is that, as of press time, Harmonix had not established a time frame for when the DLC will be available.

Rush’s Moving Pictures is the latest full-album download to be added to the MTV Games-published rhythm title. The track pack, which includes such classic rock-radio staples as “Tom Sawyer” and “YYZ,” is expected to appear in the PlayStation 3 edition of the game tomorrow.

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Check out the announcement of it’s originally scheduled date:

I wonder if they have a Captain Spock….

The XBox 360 Elite, confirmed?

What GameSpot heard: At the beginning of August, Ars Technica’s Opposable Thumbs blog predicted that Microsoft would be slashing the price of its three Xbox 360 models. According to the site’s mole–which accurately predicted the launch of the 60GB 360–the 120GB Elite would slip $50 to $399, the now-60GB Pro would fall $50 to $299, and the hard drive-less Arcade would slip $80 to $199. The last reduction would have the potential to upend the console race, as it would make the powerful 360 $50 cheaper than the best-selling $249 Nintendo Wii.

Today, game-blog Joystiq appears to have uncovered confirmation for one third of the price-cut theory. This evening, the site posted what it claims is a scan of a forthcoming promotional flyer for RadioShack, which began selling games late last year.

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Check out the latest tomb raider game play trailer. You know I thought she died and that should have been it. But, like all things they have to have sequels.

Cryptic has announced its intentions to create a massive multiplayer online game with StarTrek Online for PC but apparently that has changed as the studio has now also revealed that it is also going to create the multiplayer game for other “unnamed” consoles as well. Let’s see…XBOX 360? No need to thank me…I’m psychic.

After months of rumors, Cryptic Studios announced in July that it had acquired the license to develop the massively multiplayer role-playing game Star Trek Online. The studio also surprised some by revealing that the TV series-inspired title would not just be developed for the PC, but for unnamed “consoles” as well. The fact Crytpic’s other current project is Champions Online for the PC and the Xbox 360 means it is likely the game will come to Microsoft’s console, although the possibility of a PlayStation 3 version also remains.

Now, a FAQ posted this week has spiked interest in possible interaction between the console and PC editions of Star Trek Online. When asked “Will console and PC players be on the same servers?,” Cryptic gave an intriguing response. “We would like that to be the case. There is nothing technologically keeping us from making it so.” If Star Trek Online does allow PC and console gamers to interact, it will be the first since Final Fantasy XI to do so.

In other Star Trek Online developments, the FAQ also confirmed that the game will have player versus player combat. There will be factions in the game, along with a variety of races, including man, Vulcan, Andorian, Klingon, Orion, Gorn, and “several others.” Each player will command their own space vessel, with the power of said vessels increasing as they earn experience and prestige. Players can team up for space battles, which will involve both players and computer-controlled craft.

For more details on Star Trek Online, read GameSpot News’ interview with Cryptic Studio executive producer Craig Zinkievich.

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The game Too Human is inspired by the Norse Mythology and an action role playing game. Your character is Baldur and your mission is to protect the humans from a new machine race who kill humans for their body parts to create a new race. I am very keen to play this game and the trailer on my xbox 360 is done. *goes to watch it*

But you can watch it here too: