Articles tagged with 'konami'

Metalocalypse: Dethgame pulled off the stage

Thursday, 29 July 2010 Henry Dowling

Just over a year ago Konami and Cartoon Network revealed their intentions to bring us Metalocalypse: Dethgame, an Xbox LIVE Arcade title based on the cult animated series Metalocalypse. Since then we haven't heard much about the title, but the reason for this has finally become clear: Metalocalypse: Dethgame has been cancelled ...

Silent Hill 8 to frighten Xbox 360 gamers in 2011

Friday, 18 June 2010 Henry Dowling

Let's be honest, the Silent Hill series has been losing momentum of late. Recently the franchise has just not been able to rekindle the fear and drama of the earlier versions, but Konami will be looking to change that with the eighth title in the series set for a 2011 release ...

Konami unveils action horror title NeverDead

Friday, 18 June 2010 Henry Dowling

Konami has announced that Alien vs Predator developer Rebellion is hard at work on upcoming third-person action title NeverDead, with Konami's Shinta Nojiri (Metal Gear Solid: Acid -PSP) handling design duties ...

Watch live video streaming of E3 2010

Friday, 11 June 2010 Steven De Klerk

The highly anticipated Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is about to kick off in Los Angeles, with the biggest names in the gaming industry revealing their newest games, hardware and secret projects. Unfortunately, E3 is also closed to the public, but that doesn't mean you have to miss out on the action. Thanks to the following sites, you can watch live video streams of all the major conferences ...

Konami announces Pro Evolution Soccer 2011

Tuesday, 04 May 2010 Henry Dowling

I know, no one saw this one coming... Konami has announced that the next installment of the popular Pro Evolution Soccer franchise is in development for a Spring 2010 release, with the publisher promising "the most ambitious redesign in the series’ history" for PES 2011 ...

Konami announces SAW 2

Tuesday, 13 April 2010 Henry Dowling

Konami has announced that work is underway on a sequel to 2009's SAW: The Video Game, with SAW 2 set for release sometime during spring 2010 ...

Rush'N Attack Ex-Patriot coming to XBLA

Monday, 12 April 2010 Henry Dowling

Konami has announced that a follow-up to the eighties action romp Rush'N Attack (or Green Beret, as it was labelled here in SA) is under development, with Rush'N Attack Ex-Patriot coming to the Xbox LIVE Arcade in Spring 2010 ...

Today on XBLA: KrissX

Wednesday, 27 January 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

This looks suspiciously like edutainment pretending to be cool, but anyway. KrissX is some sort of word puzzle game, maybe something like Bookworm Adventures, although the description doesn't really... describe much ...

Today on XBLA: Death by Cube, Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgement

Wednesday, 20 January 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

It's, like, Japanese dev reunion day on XBLA. We've got the Square Enix-published Death by Cube, and Konami's retrotastic Vandal Hearts prequel, Flames of Judgement ...

Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Review

Friday, 20 November 2009 Terrance Brown

You've got to feel for Konami when a few years ago they managed to get gamers to fall in love with their football game, Pro Evolution Soccer, on the PS2, only for the new generation of consoles to appear and cause them to helplessly flounder before falling from grace at the hands of a rejuvenated FIFA franchise. It's been a long, hard road for Seabass and his team at Konami and it's certainly been humbling for them as they've come to realise that they can't just bank on a cadre of hardcore fans to keep their game on the charts. And with that in mind they've gone out this year and asked fans what they wanted to see. So does PES 2010 bring about the much needed changes to send the PES franchise back into the top position ...