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Tokyo Game Show News and Notes - 9/21/2007

Written by Brian Szabelski
Published September 22, 2007
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- Ubisoft didn't have much of a presence at TGS, but they did make one big announcement: they will be publishing No More Heroes in North America. Heroes is the latest title from Grasshopper Manufacture and Suda 51. The title is slated for a February 2008 release.

- A new game company came by TGS to say hello. Called The Easy Company, this Czech-based studio is made up of former employees from Illusion Studios has been around for 14 months. They also came packing info on their first game, a PC racing title called Motorm4x. The game will use 4WD vehicles and each one will have a simulated GPS to act as your guide. The racing fan inside of me is actually pretty intrigued.

- Takashi Morinaka spoke on Koei's Dynasty Warriors 6, stating that online play is currently not built into the game, but that could change. Morinaka also said that the game's A.I. is much improved, and that both your allies and enemies will react to your attack patterns, not just stand around like a bunch of idiots.

- Rumor is spreading that Jonathan Mark, creator of the upcoming title Everyday Shooter, is being talked to by Sony about a multi-game deal for the Playstation Network service. No other details are known at this time, but this would be a pretty big victory for Sony against Microsoft and Xbox Live Arcade, as well as Nintendo and the Virtual Console/WiiWare.

- That Game Company announced their newest title, a sequel to their smash hit fl0w called, appropriately, fl0wer. So far, there appears to be some similarities to the first title from That Game Company, and it's a PS3 exclusive.

- Namco Bandai showed off another DS "feel 'em up" game called Duel Love. Unlike SNK's Doki Doki Majo Shinpan, this game features nothing but anime-styled male characters. Guess all those female DS owners in Japan needed another reason to pick up their handhelds.

They also took the time out to show off a new Soul Calibur IV trailer, which looks pretty awesome.

- Oh, and speaking of Doki Doki Majo Shinpan... SNK is advertising a sequel.

- Microsoft made most of their major announcements at last week's pre-TGS keynote. Sony made many of their announcements at their pre-TGS keynote as well, including announcements about the new Playstation Eye and DualShock 3 peripherals and about a delay on Playstation Home until spring 2008.

That's all for today. Keep checking back for the latest news from Tokyo Game Show 2007!

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Brian Szabelski is the Assistant Gaming Editor at Blogcritics.org as well as Associate Editor at Tomopop. He also maintains his own blog on IGN, "The Minus World".
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Tokyo Game Show News and Notes - 9/21/2007
Published: September 22, 2007
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