At long last, the Persona 3 animated film has a launch window! After being teased for the better part of a year, Atlus has announced Persona 3: The Movie #1: Spring of Birth is set to arrive in Japan...

During yesterday's show we were pleasantly surprised when David "Papa" Bruno from Sega showed up with great prizes for the community. He also dropped off a title we have been waiting to get our hands on, Valkyria Chronicles. Today we will be flying into this game for the first time. Join us at 4-8PM PST on Justin.Tv/Destructoid.

UK indies Mediatonic sure are a busy bunch. Not only did they release a ton of browser games for the likes of Adult Swim and SEGA, as well as mobile games, but their previous PSP Minis title Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princ...

If financial domination was EA's goal then FIFA just scored big time. EA has released financial figures for fiscal 2012 that indicate it was a banner year for FIFA, pulling a record $108 million between microtransactions and ...

It's a shame that the humble visual novel so rarely sees a release outside of Japan. Games like those in the Ace Attorney series have helped generate interest out here in the west, but they are still far from commonplace. How...

Just the term "PlayStation Mini" seems to be a running gag among some people, as games under the Mini umbrella appear to be regarded, sweepingly, with puzzling derision or plain indifference. That never made sense to me, espe...

Reviewing a game that you've already played in some other form is usually pretty easy. And to be honest, it's rarely ever quite as good the second time around. These days, with everything being ported and translated, the chan...

Keeping annualized sports franchises fresh year after year is an unenviable task, especially within the constraint of a ten- or eleven-month development cycle. Generally, sports-game developers endeavor to bring a few importa...

We knew that Wizorb was headed to the PlayStation Store as a minis title, but now we have a firm date for North America: Tuesday, July 24. It'll be playable on PS3, PSP, and "eventually" on Vita. Wizorb is in the same vein a...

As someone who grew up in the ’80s, I have fond memories of these rubber WWF toys that I’d ricochet all over my house. Drop Hulk Hogan on his rubbery toes in just the right place and he’d spring forward, sma...

Simplicity.  Sometimes a simplistic concept can be an amazing one.  Take this game for example.  A Space Shooter for 2 Bucks! takes the shoot 'em up genre and doesn't try to clone geometry wars, doesn't try to ...

It's an innocuous enough little blog post -- an article on Battlelog aiming to help Xbox 360 users save space on their hard-drives by deleting obsolete Battlefield 3 update files. Fair enough, right? Wrong!  The otherwis...

Liked Dungeon Siege III well enough to spend another $10 or 800 Microsoft Points on it? DLC is your answer! Dungeon Siege III: Treasures of the Sun is now available on PC, Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. It's set in...

It's pretty rare to see a new 2D platformer series featuring a cute animal mascot, but with two games now under his belt, Prinny has officially achieved that status. It's even more incredible when you consider Prinny's origin...

The PSP, along with the DS, has sort of been a last haven for Japanese RPGs. Companies like Atlus, XSEED, and Aksys Games have kept these handhelds, as well as the abovementioned genre, alive by continuing to feed Ameri...

Everytime I put my PSP down, something comes out to make me pick it back up. And it's usually an RPG. That said, I have no problems with new title releases late in the system's life, especially when they're as engaging as Gro...

The choice was simple: Go indie or go big. However, over the past console generation, this changed. Now, some indies make more money than major studios, and “going indie” has become a fair bit more difficult th...

The original Corpse Party follows a group of children's descent into hell. After performing a ritual, these students are unexpectedly transported to an alternate dimension and trapped in a cursed elementary school. Malevolent...

Milking a franchise is one thing, but if you hook a milk machine up to a cow for long enough eventually nothing's going to be left. The cow's going to fall over, die, and the only thing you'll be sucking out are the innards o...

Silent Hill: Book of Memories is today getting a patch, making substantial improvements to the way the game plays. Based on player feedback, WayForward is hoping to make its PS Vita dungeon crawler a "kinder" experience by re...

To say that Eternity's Child was a disappointment would be a massive understatement. It was an ambitious platformer with gorgeous artwork that really looked promising. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to expectations. No...

A good dungeon crawler is hard to find these days, and bedroom programmers seem to be the only ones making them. Developer System Prisma decided to meet them halfway with ClaDun X2. It's an action-RPG that is part Roguelike...

Physics-based puzzle games have become more popular recently, thanks in no small part to the growing popularity of mobile gaming. While many of those games are clever, entertaining, and a grand way to kill time, they don't al...

George Carlin said baseball was known as America's national pastime because "it takes so damn long to play a game." He was right. Never is this more clear than in playing simulated baseball in a videogame. While it does often retain the fun and excitement of being at the ballpark, it can also unintentionally include the tedium as well. Guess what MLB 2K12 includes?

It looks like XSEED has decided to kick off the new year with a bang. Their localization specialists are preparing to unleash Unchained Blades upon the Nintendo 3DS in just a few weeks time. Players will be able to...

Did you miss Final Fantasy III on the DS or on iOS? Maybe you can give it another go on the PSP, as Square Enix has just announced this new version. Andriasang says it's based of the DS game, with some additions from the iOS...

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment will be available for download on PlayStation Vita and PSP starting March 12. Despite arriving on PlayStation Network two weeks ago, the Atlus RPG suffered some turbulence at launch and didn...

Depending on how much you want to spend, you can potentially get a bunch of collectibles with your copy of Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten. I mean, the standard edition of the game is only $49.99, so you can already buy the ...

After recently wrapping up his work murdering chocobos in Final Fantasy Type-0, Square Enix man Hajime Tabata has begun to discuss what his next project might be. In an interview in this week's Famitsu, the Cri...

Final Fantasy Tactics has lived on as one of my favorite games for a very long time. It has sit up at the top of the ranks since that first PSOne release while others have come and gone. I'm so glad that this game is now in i...

Kingdom Hearts fans are a long-suffering bunch. After feasting on the highly polished Kingdom Hearts II, they have had to make due with half-hearted gestures intended to tide them over until something significant could be pro...

In case Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance isn't enough action from Platinum Games for one week, PlayStation 3 owners can step up to the plate for a second helping in the form of Vanquish. The high-energy third-person shooter arr...

Sigh... Capcom, what are you doing? You slashed the prices of several Mega Man titles on PSN, and now you are releasing a discounted double pack of the two remakes on PSP? What kind of message are you sending us? I am confuse...

Remember when Sony announced that they were going to make most of the PSP library Vita compatible? Well, they're taking their sweet time, and a lot of high profile games still aren't on the Vita storefront. As of to...

According to a recently translated interview with Final Fantasy Type-0 director Hajime Tabata, the team "did experiment with" an HD version of the game for consoles. Tabata continues to say that the team felt Type-0, which st...

Euro dudes: Ghostlight announces today Collector’s Editions of two PSP games that I'm sure you'll want. Persona 2: Innocent Sin and Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky are both to be released on November 4, 2011 priced...

2K Sports' next baseball game, MLB 2K12, launches on March 6, 2012, for 360, PS3, Wii, PC, PS2, PSP, and DS. It will be the only simulation baseball title available on the Xbox 360, where MLB 2K12 alone will retail for $59.99...

A title called Rebuild of Evangelion Sound Impact is coming from Namco Bandai, and it sounds like one of the many strange things that comes out of Japan that we'll probably never play. But wait: Grasshopper Manufacture is lis...

WayForward has done quite right by DSiWare and will be doing even more right with the upcoming Mighty Milky Way. Now they are spreading the love onto the PSP. A recent ESRB listing has unveiled Mighty Flip Champs! DX, a port ...

The masters of spotting gaming trademarks, Siliconera, has found another. Namco Bandai has trademarked Heroes Phantasia as a potential title in Japan. That's really all we know for now. The name instantly makes me think of on...

Age of Zombies, a mobile port from the PSP, is free today on the Amazon Apps Store for all Android users and is a nice counterpart to the free iOS app that was also announced for today. Keep in mind a wi-fi connection is requ...

Developer Laughing Jackal is apparently really into zombies and explosions, judging by its new PSP Mini title, OMG-Z. And who isn't, really? The premise of OMG-Z is simple: zombies have infested the world, and it's your job ...

If you absolutely cannot wait for a new kart racing game, then D3 Publisher has you covered with the sixth installment in the Ben 10 series, Ben 10 Galactic Racing, which features 16 playable characters and 25 tracks that spa...

Now that I have your attention, check out this amazing flash game. I can't read Japanese, so all I can tell you is that it's a tie-in to Half-Minute Hero 2. To win your sexy wallpaper, and I know you want one, you're going to...

As if it wasn't a slap in the face enough that Valkyria Chronicles 3 still does not have a Western release date, an "Extra Edition" of the game is being made which is currently exclusive for, you guessed it, Japan. The new v...

Behold the combined might of mammaries and rich, creamy vanilla! Japanese media powerhouse Marvelous AQL was expecting a net loss of 185 million yen (over $2.4 million) for the first six months of its fiscal year. However, it...

One of my favorite things about my local arcade is its Pop‘n Music cabinet. Slamming the machine's big, illuminated buttons to remixes of classic Konami themes is one of my favorite things to do on the weekend. Most g...

One runs at a lower resolution, looks worse, and only has access to one analog stick on the PSP. The other looks pretty and shiny on the Vita, and adds touchscreen control as well as a second analog stock. But both are t...

Here's a cute trailer for the coming conclusion of the epic LEGO Harry Potter saga, LEGO Harry Potter: Years-5-7. Voldemort is working on being creepy but we all know what he really just wants in life (unlife? re-life?) is to be loved. Perhaps this little boost to his self-image will do the trick.  

If you were looking forward to another round of fantasy-anime World War II shenanigans, I've got some bad news to you. According to a SEGA Singapore rep, Valkyria Chronicles III will not be coming to Europe or the United Stat...

If you were looking forward to another round of fantasy-anime World War II shenanigans, I've got some bad news to you. According to a SEGA Singapore rep, Valkyria Chronicles III will not be coming to Europe or the United Stat...

After recently wrapping up his work murdering chocobos in Final Fantasy Type-0, Square Enix man Hajime Tabata has begun to discuss what his next project might be. In an interview in this week's Famitsu, the Cri...

Here's a trailer for a game that someone in the comments of this article first brought up. I thought about the best way to phrase the title of this post, but in the end, the name of the game itself says it all. Listen to Me,...

If you like strategy RPGs then you'll know exactly who Sting is. As a SRPG fan I eat up their releases as fast as they can put them out. Currently, I'm gnawing on PSP game Gungnir, which should be hitting shelves right about...

You know what could have made PSP game Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker better? A second analog stick. Do you know what has a second analog stick? The PlayStation Vita. Deduct -50 points if you were a smartass and answered "PS...

As part of SNK's new "Arcade Classics" program, old dog SAR - Search and Rescue is on it's way to the Playstation Network. Evidently, back in the day, SNK wasn't sure that people would know what SAR meant, so they included th...

RPG fans, I wanted to point you to the Class of Heroes 2 presale over at Gaijinworks. This digital preorder gets you both a Class of Heroes 2 digital code and physical UMD. We JRPG people have to support these small releases,...

The wonderful guys at Spike Chunsoft who gave us gamers an excuse to beat up tons of cocky, chauvinistic, angst-ridden Japanese delinquents time and time again are about to give us yet another offering. It's time for Ke...

Yep, that Jay Z. And he's not only adding to the soundtrack. 2K says that he'll "lend artistic vision" to upcoming b-ball title NBA 2K13 as its Executive Producer. The 14-time Grammy winner and part-owner of the Brooklyn Net...

A new trailer has surfaced for Omega Force's Toukiden, which is set to hit the PSP and Vita platforms later this year in Japan. The video shows off the game's art style, combat, and character designs, alongside a decent amou...