
Square Enix profits have plunged and its stock price is at rock bottom – fortunately CEO Yoichi Wada has a plan to reverse this, including a dramatic increase in the company’s reliance on micro-transactions and item charging in its games.
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Zombies really are apparently the new moe – their undead taint now even spreads into such an otherwise completely unrelated title as Red Dead Redemption.
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Square Enix has torn up its promises of DLC for Final Fantasy XIII, and also its promises that the game would still be a PS3 exclusive in Japan.
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Index, the company which just announced the dissolution of beloved RPG maker Atlus, recently unveiled the latest title in the Persona franchise – Persona 3 Social, a mobile phone game promising the latest in “social” gaming with the advanced graphical capabilities of a mobile phone handset, and with players nickelled and dimed for each item.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jul 24, 2010 03:38 JST
- Tags: Copyright, DLC, DRM, Internet, Marketing, PC Gaming, Rankings, Statistics, USA

Digital sales of retail PC games now all but equal retail sales in the US.
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Echoing recent comments by Codemasters, the CEO of Namco Bandai has also candidly stated that selling full games is old hat and that games should really be nothing but vehicles for DLC.
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The CEO of Codemasters has been caught saying that he thinks selling “unfinished” games to customers is a much more effective strategy than investing in DRM.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Jul 10, 2010 11:20 JST
- Tags: BDSM, Censorship, DLC, Ero-anime, Oppai, PS3, Queen's Blade, Sony, USA, Yuri

Sony has hurriedly deleted an uncensored episode of Queen’s Blade it was giving away for free, having belatedly realised the show is no mere cartoon but instead a top tier yuri ero-anime.
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BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, the just released sequel to top 2D panchira brawler Blazblue, has recently attracted no small opprobrium for announcing almost $60 worth of DLC at release…
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High poly pantsu game Project Diva Dreamy Theater has been attracting a great deal of attention for its sumptuous visuals and great music – those wishing to inspect them can see them in video format below.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Jun 25, 2010 15:54 JST
- Tags: 3D CG, DLC, Hatsune Miku, Mizugi, Panchira, Project Diva, PS3, PSP, Shimapan



Hatsune Miku’s HD debut has not disappointed true Miku fans – the virtual idol gamely bares all in a wide variety of graphically stunning dances, along with some rather alluring poses…
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Major manga publisher Shogakukan have launched “Shonen Sunday for iPhone,” but cripplingly restrictive DRM, a meagre selection of ancient titles and prices higher than the actual paper volumes are leading many to suspect the scheme is already doomed to fail.
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