
Catherine’s creepy anime graphics and extreme difficulty are apparently not too much for American gamers after all – the game has received a series of ringing endorsements from US gaming rags, some as high as 100%.
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Namco Bandai has announced it will finally be porting IdolMaster to the PS3, the first time the title has reached the PlayStation after having long been renowned as the mainstay of Microsoft’s few Japanese Xbox exclusives.
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 is looking more like an RPG all the time – now the designers have revealed that the game will include multiple endings, replayability and in-party monsters, and have even provided a promise that the story will be more “player-driven,” even containing “choices.”
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More details on Final Fantasy XIII-2, Square Enix’s sequel to the controversial Final Fantasy XIII, have emerged by way of a short trailer – which some have interpreted as having the towns and perhaps even non-linear segments so absent from the original.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Apr 29, 2011 12:11 JST
- Tags: Atlus, Catherine, Censorship, Comparison, Marketing, Oppai, PS3, USA, Xbox 360

Hardcore ero-puzzler Catherine has been judged too sexy for mere Americans, and as a result the game’s saucy covers have been given Bowdlerised editions bereft of cleavage climbing.
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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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Hostess alco-seduction sim Dream C Club looks set to seize the title of best platform for nickel-and-diming otaku ero-gamers from the now ill-fated IdolMaster franchise, with a huge variety of saucy costume DLC now available – some even going so far as to actually upgrade the cup size of the girls whilst generously adding even more jiggle and ever more scanty costumes…
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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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Atlus will be releasing an international version of “HD adult horror title” Catherine (which certainly sounds a lot better than “puzzle game with sex”) after all, with its US release dated for summer 2011.
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Hardcore puzzle game Catherine may be selling like hot cakes in Japan, but the marketing geniuses at Atlus have still declared the title to be a “Japan-only game,” saying they have “no plans” for a US release.
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IdolMaster 2 has been released, with otaku cries of joy swiftly turning into wails of anguish with the revelation that it includes events involving the girls variously using their breasts to warm the producer’s food, having sex with the boss to advance their careers, and most shockingly of all, that Ami has a boyfriend.
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Despite crushing weakling gamers with its “impossible” difficulty, ero-block pushing game Catherine has sold quite respectably across both platforms, managing 166,027 sales in its first week.
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