The streets of Kamurocho are about to get messy During this morning’s RGG Studio live stream presentation, the developer released a teaser trailer confirming the arrival ofLike a Dragon 8, the newest entry in the legendaryLike a Dragon/Yakuzafranchise. The new sequelwill arrivein 2024 on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC platforms. The new sequel will feature both Kazuma Kiryu and Ichiban Kasuga in a dual protagonist role. The former is sporting a new “silver fox” hairstyle, which RGG Studio insists will be explained in the new game’s storyline, as will the snakeskin-shoed hero’s reason for returning to the mean streets of Kamurocho....

Doodle Jumpdeveloper Lima Sky has reeled backits war onDoodle, easing up on various games with “Doodle” in their name, but stating that it will still fight to protect its trademark in those cases where it’s needed. “I’ve instructed my lawyer to contact Apple today to withdraw the notice …”,says founder Igor Pusenjak. “The notice overreached in asking Apple to remove the games and named some games that probably should not have been singled out....

Capcom community specialist not thrilled with decision, either Monster Hunter 3 Ultimatewill contain region-locked multiplayer servers, Yuri L. Araujo, Capcom’s community specialist revealed on the company’sofficial forums. “I’m not thrilled with the servers being split, either,” Araujo wrote. “I am definitely aware of the demand and feedback, not only in this thread, but also from threads before finding out these bad news; so be sure that I will pass it along....

The first add-on forBioShock 2‘s single-player portion, dubbed “Protector Trials,” goes live today on Xbox LIVE Marketplace and PlayStation Network. This $4.99 download revisits the concept of protecting your Little Sister while she gathers Adam, as seen many times in the on-disc content. Personally, I got extremely tired of doing this duringBioShock 2‘s story, but then again, Ididgo for all the Adam available (you didn’t necessarily need to). Even still, I’ve heard people say they love the potential for strategy in these fights; this add-on is for them, not me....

But it’s mostly still a mystery The bombshell news out ofNier‘s tenth anniversary celebration is theremaster/reworking ofNier Replicanton PC, PS4, and Xbox One. But, that’s not the only thing Platinum and Square Enix have up their sleeves. There’s also an upcomingNiergame for mobile devices. CalledNier Reincarnation, it’s a role-playing game that’s being developed by Applibot.Reincarnationis coming to both iOS and Android, and an automated translation of thegame’s websitemakes it seem as though it’ll be free-to-play with microtransactions....

There definitely are no other Persona games Atlus has announced that they’re offering a discount oneveryone of the mainlinePersonagames oneverynew platform they’re available on. Except for Switch. In a celebration of theentireseries’ success, Atlus has released an accolades trailer to highlight the newest ports ofPersona 3: Portable,Persona 4 Golden, andPersona 5 Royal. Hm. They seem to have overlooked including a quote from our esteemed publication. Hold on;I’ll find one. Here we go:...

Nvidia’s 12 Days of Gear Up Giving is just the answer for those among our readership that I’ve heard talking about their sad PC gaming rigs these past few weeks. I see a lot of “welp” going on about newer games’ required specs lately. These people should check out this promotion and pray to the computer gods that they win. The giveaway is in an effort to build a bigger following on theirGeForce Facebook page....

The first two are there already Capcom and Sumthing Else Music have combined forces to bring the first fourMega Mansoundtracks to iTunes. Right now you may grab the first two, released as “Volume 1” and “Volume 2” on the storefront (Mega Man 1and2respectively), which contain original NES tracks as well as the arranged versions from theComplete Worksreleases. On July 29th, both Volume 3 and Volume 4 will hit iTunes. Mega Man Soundtrack (Vol....

Here we have a trailer forCastlevania: Order of Ecclesiawhich seems to have a heavy emphasis on the powers the new heroine, Shanoa, will acquire in the game. And, as can be expected, we get to see her do battle with several very large boss enemies. Plus, she’s kind of a fox. I’m quite curious to see how this one pans out. Nick’simpressionsof it seemed largely positive, which is a good sign, and I’m very rarely disappointed by the 2DCastlevaniatitles....

Heroic kusoge turns heads Classifying a game as kusoge doesn’t immediately mean I hate it. I’ve covered many games that I enjoy or even love.Ganso Saiyuuki Super Monkey Daiboukenis sometimes referred to as one of the worst games of all time, and it definitely isn’t fun, but I kind of enjoyed my time with it.Paperboyon N64 is different, though. I just likePaperboy. I recognize thatPaperboyis a game with a mountain of issues that resulted in critics at the time giving it a great big shrug....

Just need a micro USB cable The Xbox 360 controller is a favorite among many in the PC community that prefer a gamepad. Now, Microsoft has provided support for its newest console’s controller to assume the throne. As announced onMajor Nelson‘s site, drivers are now available for download that make the Xbox One controller functional on PCs. After the drivers are downloaded and installed, the controller just needs to be connected to the computer via a micro USB cable....

[Last week I wanted you to tell me about the awesome and/or asinine peripherals you’ve come across in your timeas a gamer. nekobun has noticed a trend across all platforms and console generations, and writes about the keyboard add-ons that seemed to exist for almost every platform. Want to see your own blog on the front page? Write a blog onthe current topic: Acquisition. — JRo] I’m not sure if it was an early symptom of the writer’s bug or just a fascination with adding more buttons to things, but for the longest time, I’ve been fascinated by the seeming inevitability that, if a gaming system comes out, someone is going to find a way to slap a QWERTY keyboard on it....

It begins…Nintendo has gotten into the physical figure market,Skylandersstyle. This newPokémon Rumble Utrailer shows off a bit of gameplay, but most notably, the ability to takePokémontoys and place them on the Wii U Gamepad to beam them into the game. It’ll launch on April 24th for 1800 Yen, and the initial figures will be available: Torchic, Piplup, Lucario, Victini, Bulbasaur, and Pikachu. I have a feeling this is a market test for a fully fledged collectable toy line for whatever Nintendo has planned next forPokémon....