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0  White Knight Chronicles To Get Free Weekly Quests Wed, Mar 10th, 2010, 12:14 am (EST) BY COLIN It looks like the adventure isn't over for White Knight Chronicles just yet. Sony and developer Level 5 have just revealed that they will be launching a weekly quest campaign for the RPG that'll last all the way until the end of June. More »

0  Bioshock 2 Getting Multiplayer DLC In March Mon, Feb 22nd, 2010, 5:17 pm (EST) BY JORDAN DOUGLAS 2K announced today that Bioshock 2 will be getting multiplayer downloadable content (DLC) in March, with single player DLC to follow "In the coming months." The first multiplayer content, known as the Sinclair Solutions Test Pack, will be available on Xbox Live and Games for Windows for 400 Microsoft points and on Playstation Network for £3.19. The new content will feature new playable characters, weapon upgrades, trials, masks and an increase in the rank cap to level 50. More »

2  White Knight Chronicles (International Edition) Review Thu, Feb 18th, 2010, 9:12 pm (EST) BY DARRYL Originally a Japanese release in 2008, White Knight Chronicles International Edition has finally come to grace the North American PlayStation 3. Following the story of Leonard, a young man who gains the power of an ancient weapon, players are taken on a journey to saving Balandor's princess from a cult that wishes to wield forgotten weaponry for dark purposes. More or less a standard plot for any JRPG, but Level-5 has added in a few twists of their own to make White Knight Chronicles a pretty enjoyable addition to any PlayStation 3 RPG fan's collection. More »

	1  Level-5 Working On New Wii, PS3 Exclusives Tue, Feb 9th, 2010, 3:22 pm (EST) BY DARRYL Level-5 have been quite a successful Japanese developer, working on prestigious franchises like Dragon Quest for Square Enix, Professor Layton for Nintendo and Dark Cloud for Sony. More »

0  Borderlands Third DLC Pack Named: Secret Armory of General Knoxx Fri, Jan 29th, 2010, 11:42 am (EST) BY KYLE WYNEN Announced a little over a week ago, Borderlands' third downloadable pack has been detailed by Gearbox, and named Secret Armory of General Knoxx. The pack contains loads of new missions, vicious new enemies, more weapons and items, and of course a hike in the level cap. More »

2  White Knight Chronicles European Release Date Announced Wed, Jan 20th, 2010, 12:49 pm (EST) BY DARRYL White Knight Chronicles actually performed quite well when it was released in Japan, but that was quite some time ago. Since then, Western gamers have been waiting to get their hands on the PS3 exclusive, but although they knew it would be released over here, they didn't really know when. More »

0  Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask First Details Posted on 2009/11/26 BY SHAWN Level 5 has just announced the first details for the newest Professor Layton game, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask. This is the fifth game in the series in Japan, which is three games ahead of North America and Europe. More »

0  Inazuma Eleven Coming to Europe in 2010 Posted on 2009/11/08 BY SHAWN Japanese publisher Level-5 is known for high-quality video games such as the Professor Layton series on the Nintendo DS and White Knight Chronicles on the PlayStation 3. Inazuma Eleven, a soccer/RPG hybrid, which had previously been Japan-only, will now be coming over to Europe in 2010 on the Nintendo DS. More »

0  Professor Layton Not Destined For The Wii Posted on 2009/10/09 BY NELSON With the Nintendo Wii's library of games ever expanding and many titles on the Nintendo DS crossing over, many people may have wondered if a Wii version of Professor Layton might ever surface. More »

0  White Knight Chronicles Online Explained: Subquests Posted on 2009/10/01 BY DARRYL Over the past two days, we've looked at the social aspects of White Knight Chronicles. Firstly there was an introduction to GeoNet, White Knight Chronicles' integrated social network, then GeoRama, where players can make their own towns. However, neither of these modes mention anything about the actual gameplay. More »

0  White Knight Chronicles Online Explained: GeoRama Posted on 2009/09/30 BY DARRYL As explained in yesterday's article, White Knight Chronicles has a fully integrated social networking system called the GeoNet. By using this, players can create their own profiles, do blogs and message other users. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg as far as the game's online component is concerned. More »

	1  White Knight Chronicles Online Explained: GeoNet Posted on 2009/09/29 BY DARRYL White Knight Chronicles was a hit when it came out in Japan, yet it still hasn't seen a western release yet. At this year's Tokyo Game Show, Level 5 held a press conference, which Gaming Union was fortunate enough to attend, in which they talked about the online component of their game. More »

	0  Dragon Quest IX Expected To Sell 5m Units Posted on 2009/08/07 BY DARRYL News has been flooding out of Square Enix's most recent financial media briefing, with investors and journalists clamouring to find out Square Enix's plans. More »

	0  Dragon Quest IX Coming To North America In 2010 Posted on 2009/08/07 BY DARRYL Yoichi Wada, the president of Square Enix, was recently speaking to journalists about his company's performance in the first period of the new financial year. Dragon Quest IX came up, obviously, but questions were fielded about an overseas release. More »

	1  White Knight Chronicles 2 Confirmed For PS3 Posted on 2009/07/29 BY DARRYL The latest edition of Famitsu magazine in Japan has confirmed that White Knight Chronicles 2 is currently in development by Level 5. More »

	0  Dragon Quest IX Definitely Coming 11th of July Posted on 2009/06/16 BY DARRYL Dragon Quest IX has been nothing but a catalogue of errors for Square Enix, as the game was initially planned for release in 2007. Despite this, here we are in mid-2009 and the game still hasn't been released. More »

0  White Knight Chronicles Shown At PlayStation Gamers Day Posted on 2009/05/02 BY SHAWN Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) showed off the first English playable build of White Knights Chronicles, Level 5's first PlayStation 3 game, during their recent PlayStation Gamers Day event. More »