
The burgeoning selection of DLC available for the perfect edition of Tales of Vesperia is now set to include a series of (for some) alluring school uniform costumes, from the Saint Vesperia Private Academy.
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The upgraded PS3 port of Ninja Gaiden 2, Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma, was hailed as a huge graphical upgrade over its Xbox 360 original, but close observation reveals some very substantial compromises had to be made to accomodate the PS3’s differing capabilities, which some would say have resulted in a certain amount of downgrading…
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The furor surrounding the Xbox 360 beta version of Tales of Vesperia refuses to abate, with the Namco developers responsible pouring oil onto the flames by thanking the “players” for their contributions in allowing a better PS3 version…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Oct 21, 2009 13:45 JST
- Tags: Bayonetta, Famitsu, Marketing, Microsoft, Ports, PS3, Sega, Sony, Xbox 360

Bayonetta has been awarded full marks (40/40) by top gaming rag Famitsu, but only for the Xbox 360 original. Even Famitsu feels obliged to point out the bungled nature of Sega’s PS3 port, giving it a piffling 38/40.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Oct 20, 2009 01:54 JST
- Tags: Bloomers, Censorship, Mecha Musume, Moe, Ports, PS2, Sony, Xbox 360

The notorious “Sony check,” where Sony makes frequently puritanical demands of developers in order to keep any hint of sex off its consoles, seems to have reached new lows, with one developer describing how Sony would insist characters wearing normal gym kit be removed unless they had a compelling reason for sporting them…
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The latest Tales “mothership” title Tales of Graces is due for release just in time to be slaughtered by Final Fantasy XIII, but with the announcement of a Tales of Graces Wii bundle some have begun wondering if this might not signal a (PS3) port is in the offing even now…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Oct 10, 2009 02:58 JST
- Tags: Bayonetta, Comparison, Microsoft, Oppai, Oshiri, Ports, PS3, Sega, Sony, Xbox 360


The suspicions that the PS3 port of Bayonetta would be markedly inferior to the Xbox 360 original have been born out, with comparisons of the demos revealing that the graphics on the PS3 are noticeably degraded, with muddy textures, fewer polygons and lower framerates…
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Sega has announced that popular PSP Vocaloid rhythm game Project Diva is to have an arcade sequel, aptly named “Project Diva Arcade.”
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Another comparison of Tecmo’s oppai physics simulator Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 reveals what many are hailing as the apparent complete graphical superiority of the PS3 version to the Xbox 360 version, already scrutinised in some detail previously.
Xbox 360 images above, PS3 images below:
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The PS3 version of Patty RPG Tales of Vesperia has sold more copies in its first week than the beta edition sold since release, also handily beating the top selling Japanese Xbox 360 title to date, Star Ocean 4, itself shaping up to be beta material.
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Fans were disappointed to learn that the acclaimed RPG Valkyria Chronicles‘ “sequel” was to be released on the PSP and not on the PS3, but it seems Sega is now bringing them some hope of a PS3 release, albeit with a condition…
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Bandai Namco has been caught in a rather embarrassingly brazen lie to upset Tales of Vesperia beta testers, adding further to the controversy surrounding Microsoft’s efforts to secure Japanese exclusives for its console.
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