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Bandai Namco announced Dragon Ball Z Sparking Omega in this week's V Jump magazine, the game will be coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 this winter, both Super Saiyan 4 Goku and Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta will be playable.

Bandai Namco has registered a couple of new trademarks in Japan, including "Unitia", "Tactics Unitia", "Tactics Union", "Assault Union", "Super Sentai Heroes" and "Attack the Legend". There has been rumors about "Unitia" as a possible name of the next Tales game.

Sega announced that new announcement of the next Ryu ga Gotoku [Yakuza] game will be revealed oN May 24.

Konami announced that Metal Gear Solid HD Collection will be available for PS Vita on June 12.

Here are some new scans of Atlus' Soul Hackers, showing new characters and new devil summon gadget GUMP.

Here are some new scans of Compile Heart's Agarest Senki Mariage, the story will span across two generations, in the game you can obtain feather clothes, which significantly boost the power of characters....

Here are some new images of Bandai Namco's free to play online sci-fi shooter Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation, the game will be released in June 2012.

Here are some new images of Capcom's EX Troopers. The game takes place in same EDN-3rd Planet as in the Lost Planet series. The protagonist is Bren Turner, a member of the elite team......

Here are some new images of Microsoft's sci-fi shooter Halo 4, the game will be available on Nov 6.

Here are the latest Media Create Console Software Sales in Japan for the week of May 7 - 13, Mario Party 9 remains at the top spot but sales dropped by 74%, the only new entries this week is Sony's Starhawk at No. 4 ....

1. Mario Party 9 (Wii, Nintendo) - 37k
2. Fire Emblem: Kakusei (3DS, Nintendo) - 17k
3. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PS3, Capcom) - 15k
   

Here are the latest Media Create Console Hardware Sales in Japan for the week of May 7 - 13, after the holidays sales of all console cut by half comparing to previous week....

1. 3DS - 46k
2. PS3 - 13k
3. PSP - 12k
   

Here are the latest Famitsu game review scores, Capcom's Dragon's Dogma got a 34/40 score, and Sega's Samurai & Dragons got a score of 33/40....

• Samurai & Dragons (PS Vita, Sega): 9, 8, 8, 8 - (33/40)
• Dragon's Dogma (PS3/360, Capcom): 8, 9, 8, 9 - (34/40)
• Mushihimesama (360, Cave): 8, 7, 8, 8 - (31/40)
• Mario Tennis Open (3DS, Nintendo): 9, 8, 9, 9 - (35/40)
• G1 Grand Prix (3DS, Genki): 8, 8, 8, 8 - (32/40)
• Minna no Ennichi (3DS, Bandai Namco): 6, 7, 6, 7 - (26/40)
• Happy * Animal Bokujou (3DS, Tantalus): 7, 7, 7, 7 - (28/40)
• Elminage Gothic: Ulm Zakir to Yami no Gishiki (PSP, Starfish): 7, 7, 6, 6 - (26/40)
• Uta no * Prince-Sama: Debut (PSP, Broccoli): 7, 7, 7, 6 - (27/40)

Here are some new images of Nintendo's Pokemon Black 2 / White 2, the game will be released in Japan on Jun 23.

Sony announced the next PlayStation Vita Heaven event will be held in June, during the event new Vita titles will be announced. The first PSV Heaven broadcast was criticized by fans due to the lack of new titles.

Bandai Namco's Tales series producer Hideo Baba revealed new tidbits of the Next Tales of title, the tagline is that "do you have the consciousness to destroy the world in order to save a girl?". The game will have a more modernized theme with cultural elements. He also confirmed that there are other Tales games in development besides this mothership title.

Capcom announced a new action shooter called EX Troppers in Famitsu, the game will take place in the same world as Lost Planet, but EX Troopers will have anime style visual, and the protagonist is a high school girl.....

Bandai Namco revealed 8 new characters in its crossover strategy RPG Project X Zone for 3DS, including Chun Li, Morrigan, Valkyrie, Erica, Gemini and more....

Nippon Ichi revealed a teaser image of its 20th Anniversary game title for PS Vita, you can find a sad looking girl wearing modern school uniform.

Cave has cancelled its two PS Vita games - a social game called Shirotsuku, and an unnamed shooter.

Tetsuya Nomura made a comment in this week's Famitsu, that although there is much desire to create a Final Fantasy VII remake, but the company's focus is on producing new titles, making new titles to match or top the quality of FFVII. Nomura also mentioned that Yuffie from FFVII was originally designed as a wanted person, you can see her wanted posters in Midgar.

Square Enix USA has revealed pricing for the final batch of Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC, including Perpetual Battlefield for Snow and Requiem of the Goddess for Lightning. The US version of Lightning's story shows the title "Another Beginning - Lightning's Story: Requiem of the Goddess", hinting on the third game.

• Snow's Story: Perpetual Battlefield - $3.99 or 320MSP
• Lightning's Story: Requiem of the Goddess - $4.99 or 400MSP
• Serah's White Mage Outfit - $2.99 or 240MSP
• Noel's Black Mage Outfit - $2.99 or 240MSP
• A Wondrous Wardrobe for Mog (16 outfits) - $2.99 or 240MSP

Bandai Namco announced a new Android strategy RPG called Tales of the World: Tactics Union, the game will feature characters from the Tales series. The game will be distributed by KDDI in Japan, the game requires a KDDI AU Smart Pass membership, which is 390 yen. It will be free to play with optional downloadable items.

Nippon Ichi confirmed that the company is working on a 20th Anniversary title for PS Vita.

Compile Heart will release the PS3 RPG Kami Jigen Game Neptune V in Japan on Aug 30.

Bandai Namco will release the Level 5 developed PSP RPG Gundam Age in Japan on Aug 9, the game will be released in two different version - Gundam Age: Universe Accel and Gundam Age: Cosmic Drive, for 5980 yen each. Each version will have different set of playable Gundam characters.

Sega announced the release date of Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown is June 6, the game will be available on PSN for 1500 yen and XBLA for 1200MSP. You can purchase customization items online for 500 yen a pack, each pack contains 19 items, just like the arcade version.

Here are some new scans of Atlus' Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, a remake of the Sega Saturn version from 1997. The 3DS version will have touch screen support, new opening scene, new characters and new voice dialogues.

Here are some new scans of Nintendo's Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 for NDS, showing various new Pokemons and characters. The game will be released on Jun 23rd in Japan.

Here are some new scans of Bandai Namco's PS3 RPG Toki to Towa [Time & Eternity], showing the protagonist Toki's transformation....

Square Enix released a new preview trailer of Final Fantasy XIII-2 Lightning - Requiem of the Goddess DLC, which is set to release on May 15, for 600 yen or 400MSP. The video also shows "Next Prologue"....

Here are some new scans of Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops II, the game will be available on Nov 13.

Here are the latest Famitsu Most Wanted Top 30 Games in Japan.

1. [Biohazard] Resident Evil 6 (PS3, Capcom) – 1405 votes
2. Dragon's Dogma (PS3, Capcom) – 1402 votes
3. Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online (Wii, Square Enix) – 1067 votes
   

Bandai Namco released a teaser image of the Next Tales Of title in this week's Jump magazine, the game will be officially revealed at the Tales Festival on Jun 2 & 3 in Japan.

Square Enix will release a new 242-page novel Final Fantasy XIII-2 Fragments After in Japan on Jun 21, for 980 yen. The story is broken into 5 chapters, which covers Lightning, Snow, Alyssa, Noel and Yule's untold stories:

• Lightning's events as the Knight of the Temple of Etro
• Snow's reunion with Lightning in dreams, and how he became a l'Cie again.
• Alyssa's mourning of dead and mercy of fate
• Noel, Yule and Caius's precious memories with our friends
• Yule's wish while wandering in time

Bandai Namco will release Suite Precure: Let's Go! Marchen World in Japan on Aug 2, for 5040 yen. The game is based on the pretty girl anime series Suite Precure.....

Here are some clean scans of SCEJ and Marvelous AQL's PS Vita four players action RPG Soul Sacrifice.

Here are some new scans of Capcom's survival horror adventure game [Biohazard] Resident Evil 6.

Capcom revealed its sales target for game titles in the current fiscal year, they hope to ship 7 million units of Resident Evil 6 worldwide. In additional, Capcom plans to improve download content sales, they hope to sell 3.5 billion yen this year, up from 2.8 billion yen last year.

• Biohazard / Resident Evil 6 - 7 million units
• DmC Devil May Cry - 2 million units
• Dragon's Dogma - 1.5 million units
• Lost Planet 3 - 1.4 million units

Here are the latest Media Create Console Software Sales in Japan for the week of Apr 30 - May 6, Mario Party 9 took the top spot and sold 145k in the week, Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City dropped to second place with 52k units sold ....

1. Mario Party 9 (Wii, Nintendo) - 145k
2. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PS3, Capcom) - 52k
3. Fire Emblem: Kakusei (3DS, Nintendo) - 42k
   

Here are the latest Media Create Console Hardware Sales in Japan for the week of Apr 30-May 6, 3DS, Wii and PS3 saw a boost in hardware sales due to the golden week holidays in Japan....

1. 3DS - 91k
2. PS3 - 23k
3. PSP - 20k
   

Nintendo announced that the Aqua Blue model of 3DS will be phasing out soon, it is one of the two launch system colors, the other one is Cosmo Black.

Nintendo announced that its Japan only 3DS Spot TV download service Itsu no Ma ni Terebi will be shutting down on June 20. This service allows users to download 3D programs to the 3DS using Spot Pass, over 1 million users have used this service in Japan.

Square Enix has confirmed the price and release date of all the Final Fantasy XIII-2 download episode and costumes for the month of May, Lightning's Requiem of the Goddess will be released on May 15 for 600 yen or 400MSP in Japan. Here is a full list:

• Lightning's Requiem of the Goddess Episode - May 15, 600 yen or 400MSP
• Snow's Eternal Arena Episode - May 15, 400 yen or 320MSP
• Serah's White Mage Costume - May 15, 300 yen or 240MSP
• Noel's Black Mage Costume - May 15, 300 yen or 240MSP
• Moogle's 16 Costume Set - May 15, 300 yen or 240MSP

Koei Tecmo mentioned that Gust's first PS Vita game Surge Concerto: Ciel Nosurge is performing well with repeat orders. As a subsidiary, Gust has attracted new user group that is different from Koei Tecmo's traditional fan base; and Gust has a 35% profit margin, 486 million yen operation profit and 1.251 million yen sales. Koei Tecmo plans to expand the Gust brand and its IPs to other businesses.

Koei Tecmo revealed that Dead or Alive 5 will have a global launch in September 2012, the sales target is one million units.

Koei Tecmo announced that the content download business is performing well, Shin Sangoku Musou 6 [Dynasty Warriors 7] generated 250 million yen sales, while Musou Orochi 2 [Warriors Orochi 3] generated 45 million yen sales. Future titles to have download content include Dead or Alive 5.

Nintendo announced a price cut for the current models of NDS. Starting May 20, the price of DSi XL will drop to US$130, and DSi will drop to US$100.