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11:15 PM on 04.01.2013

Demon's Souls, Malicious, more free on PS Plus in April

Demons, Zombies, Swords.Even a labyrinth too.All coming to you. 

Eric Koziol

10:00 PM on 04.01.2013

Tokyo Jungle and other PSN gems go retail, says the ESRB

"The Best of PSN", Tokyo Jungle, plus three more. Sound Shapes is good, too.

Josh Tolentino

2:00 PM on 03.26.2013

The Vividred Operation game's trophies are mayo-tastic

Like pretty much any reasonably game-lookin' anime out there these days, Vividred Operation is getting a game adaptation courtesy of Namco Bandai. That might sound like a quick-and-cheap cash grab, and we won't trul...

Josh Tolentino

2:00 PM on 03.20.2013

PSA: Atelier Totori for Vita stealth-released on PSN

I'd like to believe that Tecmo Koei actually do care a whit about their publishing the enhanced PS Vita port of Atelier Totori  (called Atelier Totori Plus), but the fact that they didn't even bother to tell an...

Josh Tolentino



Review: Corpse Party: Book of Shadows photo
Review: Corpse Party: Book of Shadows
by Chris Walden




PSA: Persona and other Atlus titles on sale for Euro PSN photo
PSA: Persona and other Atlus titles on sale for Euro PSN
by Josh Tolentino


8:00 AM on 11.27.2012

Kiss and Tell: Chulip coming to PlayStation Network

If there's anything good that can be said about Sony's decision to remove PS2 backwards compatibility from the PS3, it's that the inability for gamers to play their old discs may have spurred the company to encourage releasin...

Josh Tolentino



Japanator Recommends: Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time photo
Japanator Recommends: Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time
by Eric Koziol




Japanator Kind Of Recommends: Way of the Samurai 4 photo
Japanator Kind Of Recommends: Way of the Samurai 4
by Josh Tolentino




Japanator Recommends: Double Dragon Neon photo
Japanator Recommends: Double Dragon Neon
by Brittany Vincent


8:00 AM on 09.13.2012

Tokyo Jungle gets a wild trailer

It's less than two weeks until this pomeranian simulator releases in the West, so it's time for a release trailer! This game is still utterly fascinating, though that might just be because I see it as an animal version of Fi...

Chris Walden

8:00 AM on 08.29.2012

Importers Beware: New PS Vita firmware locks memory cards

Hold it right there, person about to update his or her PS Vita's firmware to the latest version, which is v1.80! Ask yourself the following questions: 1. Do you have another PSN account located in a different region (say, Ja...

Josh Tolentino

4:00 PM on 08.21.2012

Tokyo Jungle comes stateside on the cheap

Sometimes waiting pays off. If you didn't snag an import copy of Tokyo Jungle, then you win this round. The Sony Playstation 3 post apocalyptic animal survival game has been announced for North America and Europe. The best p...

Hiroko Yamamura

8:00 AM on 08.05.2012

Banzai! XSEED releasing Way of the Samurai 4 on August 21

Fans of Acquire, XSEED, and awkward-but-compelling Japanese can rejoice, because Way of the Samurai 4 has a release date! And it's soon, too. The world of hilariously exaggerated animations, sword collecting, choice and conse...

Josh Tolentino

4:00 PM on 06.20.2012

PSA: PlayStation Network Store to go down in Korea

Now yes, I know this site is called "Japanator", which would nominally keep Korean news off our radar - not until we launch our peninsular offshoot "Joseonator", anyway - but I'd think this news is significant enough to put u...

Josh Tolentino

8:00 AM on 05.29.2012

Gravity Rush demo available in North America today

Gravity Rush is my current game of the year. If you're following me on twitter, you've probably grown sick of the way I drone on and on about how much I love this game. Everything from the aesthetic to the amazing feeling of ...

Elliot Gay

12:00 PM on 05.25.2012

Jet Set Radio grinds on to the Vita

Looks like our graffiti loving group is not only going to be on Xbox Marketplace and PSN, but also on the Vita this summer. The Vita version will be a direct port of the HD version with Vita enhanced controls. Meaning that th...

Josh Totman

8:30 AM on 02.20.2012

Rare no more: Digital Devil Saga series coming to PSN

  Ah, Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga. Produced back in the pre-Persona craze days, when Atlus USA could only afford to do one print run of any given series (a rep they still hold today, t...

Josh Tolentino

1:00 PM on 02.17.2012

Guilty Gear is back!

Well how about them apples? Arc System Works' high speed and mildly insane classic fighting game series is looking to make something of a come back with the PSN and Xbox Live release of Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus. A port...

Elliot Gay

4:00 PM on 02.07.2012

PSA: PlayStation Network is now called something else

Because keeping things simple isn't in Sony's nature, the entertainment giant has announced that as of today, PlayStation Network is no more. Account holders are getting sent emails outlining the new terms of service updates,...

Bob Muir



12:00 PM on 01.31.2012

Ragnarok Odyssey demo downloads exceed 100,000!

I've been enjoying every moment with my Playstation Vita. Recently I've been playing a whole lot of Tales of Innocence R, which I've been surprised to find is actually a pretty big improvement over the DS version. The next bi...

Elliot Gay



Japanator Recommends: Corpse Party photo
Japanator Recommends: Corpse Party
by Chris Walden




Japanator Recommends: Cladun x2 photo
Japanator Recommends: Cladun x2
by Chris Walden


8:00 AM on 07.20.2011

Finally, Final Fantasy Tactics PSP is on PSN

  Final Fantasy Tactics on the PSone is one of the greatest strategy games ever made, and also one of the greatest Final Fantasy games ever made. Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, the rem...

Josh Tolentino

3:00 PM on 07.19.2011

Macross Frontier live event inside Playstation Home

What? Something cool is happening on Playstation Home? You gotta be kidding me! A full "Virtual Live" Macross Frontier concert will take place inside of Playstation Home, complete with fully 3D rendered Ranka and Sh...

Hiroko Yamamura

7:00 PM on 07.04.2011

PSA: Japan PlayStation Network back up on July 6th

The picture you see above is an illustration of the lovely Dame Ravness, a lady knight and recruitable character in Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together. I've been playing that game a lot recently and it's very good. I'd recom...

Josh Tolentino

10:00 AM on 06.13.2011

Kara no Kyoukai is on the PlayStation Network, go get it

I'm currently punishing myself for letting this pass under my radar, but it turns out that all seven episodes of the awesomely animated, ufotable-produced adaptation of Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Sinners is now ...

Josh Tolentino

7:00 PM on 05.29.2011

PSN back up in Asia, apology packages are a bust

In case you've been under a rock for the past month or so, or simply not a PlayStation owner , you should know that the PlayStation Network went down. Went down big time. But that was a while ago. It's back up again. Mostly. ...

Josh Tolentino

2:10 PM on 05.28.2011

Japan's Playstation Network is finally up

According to reports, Sony has finally restored access to Playstation Network throughout Japan and the pacific rim. Access to the Playstation Store remains disabled, but every other basic service, including Playstation Home (...

Tim Sheehy

9:55 PM on 05.14.2011

Yay! PSN coming back soon-ish, so change your passwords

No one ever thought it would take this long, but it did. The PlayStation Network is on the road to recovery, after nearly a month of downtime following a catastrophic hacking attack that saw the perpetrators make off with unt...

Josh Tolentino