Fist Of The North Star at MCM 2010

“The game has already sold over 600,000 in Japan.” Product Manager Masa Hayashi tells me, with obvious pride. And why not? That’s an impressive figure in anybody’s book. The game launched there at the end of March, and Tecmo Koei is obviously hoping for similar success with the Western release. Masa watches people’s reactions to the playable demo carefully, including mine. He is surely aware that releasing the game outside of Japan is a gamble, and one that he hopes will pay off. As we all know, a game that shifts an impressive number of units is not necessarily a good one. How does it actually play?

MCM Expo: Quantum Theory – Hands On

Quantum Theory, coming from Tecmo Koei isn’t – as one might reasonably assume from its title – a science based text adventure, nor does it attempt to revolutionise gaming using Bohrs idea that the motion in an atomic system is quantized, or discrete. No, this is a game about guns and hard-cases, perhaps a safer move in terms of gaming audiences.

Yuri Lowenthal “would love to” play Nightwing in Batman: Arkham Asylum 2

“I have not done any work on Arkham Asylum 2.” he said; though he did admit that this would be his standard response were he under NDA. He went on to say: “I hope somebody calls me and asks me to work on it! […] I’d usually give you a wink or a nod or something, but I can say honestly that I’d love to do it, because I’m a fan, I’m a big Batman fan. I would love to be working on that, but I have not been contacted about that. […] I would love to spread that rumour though! For anybody who’s in casting out there, I would love to work on Arkham Asylum 2!”

MCM Expo: DS party world record smashed

Critical Gamer were present on Saturday at the MCM Expo as an attempt was made on the world record for the largest Nintendo DS party.

Kyle Hebert: MCM Expo 2010 interview

“I used to get really excited whenever I saw a performance on TV, or saw it on DVD, and I think that happens with anybody. ‘Ooh, I’m on TV!’. Dragonball Z back in its heyday, was aired daily on Cartoon Network in America, and got huge ratings. Eventually I got to the point where I was used to that, and nowadays I get more of a thrill playing as my own character in a game.”