505 Games has today announced that Jeremy Soule (known for his works in KOTOR, Oblivion) and Joss Ackland (Lethal Weapon 2) will perform the audio for IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, by 1C Publishing. Soule will be applying his unique talents and compose an exclusive European soundtrack, while Ackland's momentous, timeless and distinctive tones will result in the backbone of the game's narration in its UK and US version.
Nintendic writes: "Publisher SEGA and developer Chunsoft are teaming up to bring the first, but surely not the last, ever port of a game from the PlayStation 3 console to Nintendo's far-weaker Wii system. The game? A reworking of Imabikisou from last year, which shocked many by charting quite high in the Media Create Top 10 upon launch, but plummeted out of sight very quickly indeed soon afterwards."
Lair isn't the only remote play title in town. Watch Impress tested out other Playstation 3 games and they discovered Chunsoft's sound novel, Imabikisou, can be played on your PSP. With the latest firmware you can boot your PSP from a WiFi spot and play Imabikisou anywhere in the world. Since the game is light on rendering it probably won't suffer graphically either. Grand. Mainichi Issho, the downloadable game with the Sony cat works too just in case you want to show people how cool your Nyavatar is in a coffee shop.
The demo for the Japanese Horror game is now available to download in the Japanese Playstation store. The Demo is 903MB.
This September the Tokyo Game Show will open its doors to a veritable pantheon of gaming studios as well as the public. With the new closed door policy of E3 and their downsizing, TGS could now be the largest game expo on the planet. This 4 day convention is open for business associations on days 1 and 2 and the public for 3 and 4.
Everyone's favorite Japan-only game developer is teaming up with Sega for the revival of a classic genre on the PlayStation 3. First revealed in this week's Famitsu, Chunsoft's Imabikisou is a "sound novel" that promises to be so scary that you'll want to keep your friends close by when playing.
Edge writes: "Ubisoft's Imagine casual game series has clocked one million annual sales.
DsrkZero: Ubisoft has revealed they have snapped up Holly Willoughby and Fearne Cotton to promote their Imagine series of games. If you not heard of either celeb, then you must never watch TV at all ever. Memorable games in the series are Imagine Girl Band, Imagine Teacher and Imagine Movie Star, and the always amusing Imagine Babies.