Articles tagged with 'konami'

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 ...

Konami announces Rocket Knight for XBLA

Wednesday, 21 October 2009 Tarryn van der Byl

Hey, remember Rocket Knight, that old 16-bit side-scrolling SEGA Mega Drive platform adventure starring an opossum called Sparkster? You do/don't?! Well, it's coming back, and coming to XBLA in 2010 ...

Metalocalypse game in the works

Friday, 24 July 2009 Henry Dowling

Animated cult hit series Metalocalypse will be coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade courtesy of Konami and Cartoon Network later this year. The cartoon is based on the adventures of Scandinavian-style death metal band Dethklok, the most famous band in the history of the world ...

E3 2009: New action RPGs from Konami and THQ

Thursday, 04 June 2009 Tarryn van der Byl

Originally announced last year at the annual Games Convention in Leipzig, it seems Lords of Shadow has been snapped up by Konami and reinvented as a Castlevania title. Since the game debuted with a protagonist named Gabriel who was armed with some kind of half-sword half-whip thing, I don't imagine there was all that much reinvention needed - just a few more lacy frills on his jacket, maybe. Can't have too many lacy frills in Castlevania. According to the press release ...

New Metal Gear Solid announced for Xbox 360

Monday, 01 June 2009 Tarryn van der Byl

Not entirely unexpected, perhaps, but Hideo Kojima totally did actually turn up at Microsoft's conference and show off his new game, Metal Gear Solid Rising. He didn't really say much except that Rising is a "completely new Metal Gear game and you can look forward to many more". No Solid Snake in sight, however, as this one's all about Raiden. Apparently a poll of Xbox users confirmed that we don't like old guys with moustaches and headbands in our games*. Whether or not this is an Xbox 360 exclusive remains a mystery, however ...

Saw: The video game expected later this year

Tuesday, 14 April 2009 Aaron James

Konami has announced that Saw: The Video Game is currently in development at Zombie Studios and is on track for a US release date this autumn (or spring here in the southern hemisphere). ...