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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Demo Releasing In English

Posted on 2009/11/02 BY KYLE WYNEN

Gamers that stumbled through the Japanese Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker demo from TGS 2009 can breathe a sigh of relief, as the demo is soon coming in English. How soon is a mystery, but as revealed in the latest Kojima Productions podcast, the development team is hard at work converting the demo to english right now. More »


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TGS 2009 Awards: Best PlayStation 3 Game

Posted on 2009/10/14 BY KYLE WYNEN

Tokyo Game Show 2009 may not have had the biggest scoops or as many surprise announcements as gamers were hoping, but there certainly wasn't a lack of great games on display. We've already covered every other platform in our TGS 2009 Awards, so it's time to round things off with the best PlayStation 3 game of TGS 2009. More »


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TGS 2009: Lost Planet 2 Hands-On

Posted on 2009/10/14 BY KYLE WYNEN

Capcom may have had one of the strongest showings at Tokyo Game Show 2009 among all the publishers that attended, but on top of this Capcom USA was also present at the show for all the Western press. The highlight of their showing was the local 4-player co-op they had set up for Lost Planet 2. Anticipating the game as we are, Gaming Union got some thorough hands-on time with the title. More »


TGS 2009 Awards: Best Xbox 360 Game
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TGS 2009 Awards: Best Xbox 360 Game

Posted on 2009/10/11 BY DARRYL

Microsoft are like a dog with a bone, and despite still having a relatively low penetration in Japan, they attended this year's Tokyo Game Show in full force. There were plenty of titles available for play, so now it's time to turn the spolight on the Xbox 360 to see what games we felt were the most appealing More »


Monster Hunter Freedom 3 Basically Confirmed By Capcom
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Monster Hunter Freedom 3 Basically Confirmed By Capcom

Posted on 2009/10/11 BY DARRYL

Everyone is aware how huge Monster Hunter is, and the release of Monster Hunter Tri only helped to further its reputation. However, where the franchise has arguably been most successful is on Sony's portable console, the PlayStation Portable.

The last main version to be released on the PSP was Monster Hunter Freedom 2 in August, 2007, as Freedom Unite was essentially an expansion, and with 2010 fast approaching, there were some doubts about whether Capcom wanted to move away from the PSP. More »


TGS 2009: Left 4 Dead 2 Hands-On
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TGS 2009: Left 4 Dead 2 Hands-On

Posted on 2009/10/10 BY DARRYL

Everyone is aware of the controversy that erupted around the Left 4 Dead franchise when the sequel was announced at this year's E3, but with the game's release just over a month away, it's time to look at what Left 4 Dead 2 brings to the table, as opposed to wondering what could have been added to the original. More »


PixelJunk 1-5 Development Starting Early 2010
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PixelJunk 1-5 Development Starting Early 2010

Posted on 2009/10/09 BY DARRYL

PixelJunk has grown massively in the last 2 years, and people are always looking to see what Q-Games can do with the franchise next. More »


TGS 2009: Nier Gestalt Hands-On
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TGS 2009: Nier Gestalt Hands-On

Posted on 2009/10/09 BY KYLE WYNEN

It's great what just a few months of development can do for a game. At E3 2009, Nier, a third-person action game, was shown by Square Enix to the press for the first time. They didn't let anyone play it as it was severely underdeveloped, with poor graphics, and gameplay that looked thrown together. Nier all around underwhelmed in that state. Enter Tokyo Game Show 2009 however, and Nier looked completely uplifted. More »


PS3 Framerate Issues Being Fixed In Assassin's Creed 2
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PS3 Framerate Issues Being Fixed In Assassin's Creed 2

Posted on 2009/10/09 BY DARRYL

When Assassin's Creed came out, people were quick to compare the PlayStation 3 version with the Xbox 360. One of the major differences came with the framerate, as the PlayStation 3 version frequently ducked below the 30fps mark.

This is clearly an issue which concerns some gamers, and could affect which console they buy the game for. It's also something that Ubisoft don't want to see repeated, as Gaming Union found out when we managed to catch up with Stefano Petrullo, a PR Manager for Ubisoft, to ask him if steps are being taken to prevent this:

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TGS 2009: Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles Hands-On
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TGS 2009: Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles Hands-On

Posted on 2009/10/09 BY KYLE WYNEN

At Tokyo Game Show 2009 Capcom displayed a multitude of titles. From Okamiden to Monster Hunter, Capcom impressed quite a few times. Part-way through demoing Capcom's line-up, Gaming Union sat down for some hands-on time with Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, Capcom's on-rails rendition of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil Code: Veronica. More »


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TGS 2009 Awards: Best Wii Game

Posted on 2009/10/09 BY DARRYL

Tokyo Game Show 2009 undoubtably put a lot of smiles on press and show-goers faces, but also a lot of raised eyebrows and disappointment. Once again it's time to point out just what titles induced the most joy and smiles, with Gaming Union's TGS 2009 Awards. Continuing the Award's console focus, it's time to waggle onto the Wii. More »


Avatar: The Game Interview With Patrick Naud
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Avatar: The Game Interview With Patrick Naud

Posted on 2009/10/08 BY KYLE WYNEN

Ubisoft had a pretty prominent booth at Tokyo Game Show 2009 as they showed off Assassin's Creed 2 and Splinter Cell. However, they also showed another game that drew long lines and that was James Cameron's Avatar: The Game. After showing off the stereoscopic (better known as 3D) version of the game, Gaming Union caught up with Patrick Naud, the Producer of Avatar: The Game. More »


TGS 2009: LittleBigPlanet PSP Hands-On
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TGS 2009: LittleBigPlanet PSP Hands-On

Posted on 2009/10/08 BY KYLE WYNEN

At Sony's booth at Tokyo Game Show 2009 were a number of PSP games. So many in-fact that Sony opted for a ticket system to keep some sanity in the booth, instead of a set of individual lines. LittleBigPlanet PSP was one of the titles on display among other first and third party titles at Sony's booth, so when Gaming Union took its turn at the ticket counter, pouring over Japanese images of PSP game logos like we were at an ice cream shop choosing flavours, LittleBigPlanet PSP was one of our first choices. More »


PixelJunk Appearing On Xbox 360: Extremely Unlikely
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PixelJunk Appearing On Xbox 360: Extremely Unlikely

Posted on 2009/10/07 BY DARRYL

PixelJunk has become a huge franchise for Q-Games, and it's enabled them to be quite flexible in how they operate. What started off as quite a gamble, has become a successful venture, with the fourth game in the series, PixelJunk Shooter, currently in the works. More »


TGS 2009 Awards: Best PSP Game
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TGS 2009 Awards: Best PSP Game

Posted on 2009/10/07 BY DARRYL

Continuing on with Gaming Union's TGS 2009 Awards, next it's the turn of Sony's hand-held device, the PlayStation Portable. Sony were at this year's Tokyo Game Show with a plethora of PlayStation Portable titles on show from a range of different publishers. Many of the titles were also platform exclusive, which is rather impressive More »


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TGS 2009: Monster Hunter Tri Hands-On

Posted on 2009/10/07 BY DARRYL

Monster Hunter has been a huge hit for Capcom ever since it first appeared in Japan all those years ago. Since then it's managed to sell more than 10 million copies as a franchise, and it doesn't look like this craze will stop any time soon. More »


TGS 2009 Awards: Best DS Game
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TGS 2009 Awards: Best DS Game

Posted on 2009/10/05 BY KYLE WYNEN

Tokyo Game Show 2009 wowed crowds and wooed gamers across the world, and while there were plenty of good and bad games alike, it's time to recognize the cream of the crop with our TGS 2009 Awards. This year Gaming Union is focusing on each individual console there, and to kick things off, a look at the Nintendo DS' best and brightest. More »


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TGS 2009 Gameplay Footage of PixelJunk Shooter

Posted on 2009/10/05 BY KYLE WYNEN

During Tokyo Game Show 2009, Gaming Union got some hands-on time with PixelJunk Shooter and just so happened to record some of our time with the title. Coming out towards the end of this year, PixelJunk Shooter is Q-Games fourth game in the PixelJunk series for the PlayStation Network. More »


TGS 2009: Phantasy Star Portable 2 Hands On
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TGS 2009: Phantasy Star Portable 2 Hands On

Posted on 2009/10/04 BY DARRYL

Phantasy Star Portable 2 is the latest game from Sega's relatively new Phantasy Star Universe series. A separate entity from the normal Phantasy Star franchise, Phantasy Star Universe is presumed to take place in a different time period and location, as well as having new features. Unlike its predecessor, Phantasy Star Portable 2 is a fully-fledged title and not a port, so production has been taken a lot more seriously. More »


Monthly Fees In Monster Hunter 3 Could Be Scrapped
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Monthly Fees In Monster Hunter 3 Could Be Scrapped

Posted on 2009/10/02 BY DARRYL

The Monster Hunter franchise is something of a power house, but when it was announced Monster Hunter 3 would have monthly subscription fees for online play in Japan, it raised a few eye brows. More »