
Hatsune Miku’s live performances may not long be limited to the stage – one particularly dedicated fan has succeeded in getting her to perform in his living room, and provided a video of the spectacle
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- Author: Leon
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Aug 5, 2011 07:35 JST
- Tags: Artbooks, Character Design, Oppai, PS3, PSP, RPG, Sega, Translation, Valkyria Chronicles

Fans of Valkyria Chronicles can now inspect in English the character and vehicle designs which made the franchise such a success (if a succession of PSP “sequels” can be considered as such), thanks to the recent publication of the Valkyria Chronicle Design Archive – replete with detailed treatment of each character’s swimwear…
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Top ero-artist Tony has finally published his first English-language artbook, in this case showing off some of the sumptuous artwork from Sega’s Tony-illustrated Shining Wind/Tears RPG series.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Apr 24, 2011 23:47 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Marketing, Nintendo, Otaku, PS3, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Technology, Xbox 360

Japanese gamers discussing what they consider to be the worst tragedy to have befallen the gaming industry agree on an number of unfortunate events it seems.
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Otaku presented with the shinobi mission failure movies in sengoku jidai war game Shogun 2: Total War can’t help but comment on the high levels of moe exhibited by blundering ninja failing to execute their duties…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Mar 11, 2011 02:23 JST
- Tags: 3D CG, Announcements, Events, Hatsune Miku, Music, Otaku, Sega, Tokyo, Vocaloid


The CEO of the company responsible for the live Miku concert fans have condemned as “pathetic” has issued an apology, but fans remain unimpressed.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Mar 9, 2011 23:44 JST
- Tags: 3D CG, Events, Hatsune Miku, Music, Otaku, Sega, Tokyo, Video Gallery, Vocaloid


Hatsune Miku fans are disgusted with Miku’s latest live concert, bitterly complaining of brazen exploitation unworthy of the virtual diva’s formerly glorious live legacy.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Mar 4, 2011 13:16 JST
- Tags: Bayonetta, Bizarre, Character Design, Oppai, Oshiri, PS3, Sega, Xbox 360

Bayonetta developers Platinum Games and Sega have unveiled a rather striking character design for the heroine of “Max Anarchy” – behold Mathilda:
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A survey of Japanese console ownership reveals more Japanese own Dreamcasts than they do Xbox 360s, with less than 5% of gamers reporting owning one…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Jan 22, 2011 02:24 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Comparison, Compile Heart, Nippon Ichi, Oppai, Parody, PS3, RPG, Sega

Console war moe anthropomorphisation RPG Hyperdimension Neptunia‘s English language release is apparently considered a little too raunchy for corpulent Walmart shoppers, as even some tame cleavage exposure finds itself expunged from the cover.
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Top Japanese game companies such as Sega, Capcom and Konami are reported to be drastically scaling back their releases of games for console platforms, whilst drastically scaling up their output of games for mobile phones and social networking services.
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The latest title in the long-running Sakura Taisen series is attracting attention for the quality of its battle scenes:
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