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Rate News: Konami expects 82% profit drop

Original at GamesIndustry.biz external link    Tue, Nov 3

According to a financial statement the company is attributing the collapse to a quiet release period, with its major titles launching in the second half of its fiscal year - as well as unfavourable comparisons to last year's Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots release.

Rate News: Sony shares drop after losses increase

Original at GamesIndustry.biz external link    Mon, Nov 2

The stock closed today at JPY 2625 (USD 29.09) on the Tokyo exchange on a mixed day for Japanese videogame numbers - both SEGA and Konami were down 2.4 per cent and 1.9 per cent respectively on the day, while Nintendo and Square Enix were up 0.9 per cent and 4.6 per cent in turn.

Rate PS3 - PS3 Platform Of Choice For PES 2010 Players

Original at Playstation Network external link    Wed, Oct 28

By Play Station News more -> PS3 - PS3 Platform Of Choice For PES 2010 Players Previously, Xbox 360 alloted for a majority of the multiplatform sales in the market. But with the release of the latest Pro Evolution Soccer from Konami, the PS3 emerged as the clear platform of choice for gamers. Sales for... more -&g...

Rate Updates from the world of Bemani-gaming

Original at Arcade Heroes external link    Mon, Oct 26

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By Shaggy Next, Capcom is teaming up with Namco on the next arcade release of Taiko No Tatsujin in Japan. This is a bemani game that features a set of taiko’s (or Japanese drums) for players to thump on(as pictured). One thing that Capcom is bringing to this release will be the inclusion of Monster Hunte...

Rate PSP - Shadow Of Destiny Going Portable

Original at Playstation Network external link    Sun, Oct 25

By Play Station News more -> PSP - Shadow Of Destiny Going Portable Konami Digital Entertainment is all about reliving old titles onto the modern consoles recently, as they have promised to deliver the PS2 classic Shadow of Destiny to the PSP. This title will then offer handheld gamers... more -> PSP - Shad...

Past Month

 

Rate Three Million Copies Of PES 2010 Shipped

Original at Next Generation external link    Fri, Oct 23

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By Tom Ivan Konami shipped three million copies of PES 2010 to retail ahead the football title’s release today on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. “Retail backing for the game is extremely strong, with Konami predicting the game will become a million-selling title at launch,” the company said in a statement.

Rate News: Konami ships 3 million for PES 2010 launch

Original at GamesIndustry.biz external link    Fri, Oct 23

Konami is shipping over three million units of football title Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 for release across Europe today. The game is available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, with the publisher confident "the game will become a million-selling title at launch".

Rate Editorial: FIFA: The Road to Redemption

Original at GamesIndustry.biz external link    Fri, Oct 23

The annual battle for football videogame superiority between Konami and Electronic Arts feels like it's been going on for as long as consoles have been around themselves. In fact, that's pretty much the case, for all intents and purposes, given that the first FIFA title to hit the shelves...

Rate PSP - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Delayed To 2010?

Original at Playstation Network external link    Tue, Oct 13

By Play Station News more -> PSP - Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Delayed To 2010? Although Konami has yet to issue an official statement, there has been a lot of rumors going around the gaming community about th possibility of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories facing a delay. This suspicion began after... mo...

Year 2009

 

Rate Konami releases GTI Club – Supermini Festa in Europe

Original at Arcade Heroes external link    Tue, Oct 6

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By Shaggy Established in Osaka, Japan in 1969 by Kagemasa Kozuki, Konami is one of the video game industry’s biggest success stories. Konami continues to be recognised as a leader in innovative and entertaining games, and is always looking to the future. Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. is located...

Rate Gaming Today Reviews: Zombie Apocalypse

Original at GamingToday (Feedburner) external link    Thu, Oct 1

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By zerozombie We recently got the chance to check out the new Konami game, ‘Zombie Apocalypse.’ First and foremost, I must warn you before you read this review that I personally love zombies. Yes, zombie movies, zombie art, zombie books, zombie poetry and last, zombie video games. So, with that being said...

Rate News: Microsoft names companies working on Natal games

Original at GamesIndustry.biz external link    Thu, Sep 24

Among the 12 companies named by Microsoft are Activision Blizzard, Capcom, Konami and Sega. Together, said Microsoft, these companies account for more than 70 per cent of third-party software sales for this generation of consoles, and for most of the world's most recognised game franc...

Rate Arcade Heroes Podcast #6

Original at Arcade Heroes external link    Sun, Aug 2

By Shaggy Konami retrospective It has been a few weeks since I last had the chance to create a podcast but last Wednesday, Kevin Williams and I were able to sit down and talk about what has been going on in the arcade world for the past couple of weeks. Some of the topics we cover: -Flynn’s Arcade and the [...]

Rate DDR X at Japan Expo 2009 in Paris

Original at Arcade Heroes external link    Thu, Jul 9

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By Shaggy The event was visited by Naoki Maeda of BEMANI Productions, the music game department of Konami, who is credited for a vast amount of the music on DDR X and other BEMANI music games. Mr Maeda enjoys celebrity status amongst the BEMANI fans. He judged one of the many tournaments at the event, si...

Rate New FIFA And PES Games Built On Fan Feedback

Original at Next Generation external link    Wed, Jun 3

By Tom Ivan The football season may have drawn to a close, but EA and Konami, the companies behind football’s two biggest gaming properties, FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) respectively, are already hard at work preparing for the resumption of competition later this year.

Rate Patch: 'Metal Gear Solid', 'Rolando', 'Flick Fishing' Updates

Original at Touch Arcade external link    Sat, Apr 25

 VA Metal Gear Solid ($7.99) - Konami delivered their "full" version update to the game which adds 8 missions to the original release. The update is available for free through itunes. Aside from the new levels the game also adds some enhancements to the ...

Rate Patch: Metal Gear Solid Touch Now Complete

Original at IGN external link    Thu, Apr 23

by Levi Buchanan April 23, 2009 - Have you already played through the advance version of Metal Gear Solid Touch? Well, the back half of the game is finally available today. Konami announced this afternoon that the full version of MGST is on sale at the ...

Rate Patch: Press Release: KONAMI LAUNCHES FULL VERSION OF METAL GEAR SOLID ...

Original at stageselect.com external link    Thu, Apr 23

April 23, 2009 - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. announced today that the full version of METAL GEAR SOLID TOUCH has launched on the Apple App Store. Set in the immersive world of METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS and created with the concept ... Metal Gear Solid Touch Now Complete IGN

Rate iPhone/iPod Touch Review: Metal Gear Solid Touch

Original at Ripten Video Game external link    Sun, Mar 29

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By Demi Adejuyigbe I knew they’d worked hard on it, because they mentioned how Kojima actually scrapped the entire game and started from scratch halfway into development. Konami said it wouldn’t be a lot like the console games, and I didn’t expect it to, but with such a great legacy, how would Metal Gear Solid...

Rate Silent Hill: Homecoming patched

Original at Virgin.net external link    Thu, Mar 5

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 UK Konami has released a patch for the PC-DVD version of its Silent Hill Homecoming. The download resolves an issue related to the changing of graphic resolutions, and is automatically applied when the game is installed for the first time. ...

Rate › Konami Release Sillent Hill PC Patch

Original at Video Game Media external link    Wed, Mar 4

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Konami Digital Entertainment has released a patch for the PC-DVD version of its Silent Hill Homecoming. The download resolves an issue related to the changing of graphic resolutions, and is automatically applied when the game is installed for the first ...

Rate Silent Hill: Homecoming Patch Released

Original at Gamers Hell external link    Wed, Mar 4

 UK Konami has announced that a patch for the PC version of Silent Hill: Homecoming is now available. The update fixes a bug which affects the stability of the game when changing the screen resolution and is automatically applied when you install the game ...

Rate Patch: Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 Update

Original at Kezins external link    Tue, Feb 10

Konami announced a new free patch coming at the end February for all Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 owners. The patch will bring the player database up to the most current changes in the soccer (or football) world. All player rosters will be updated as well ... Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 PS3Center.net

Rate Patch: Konami Welcomes Rookies To Metal Gear Online

Original at IncGamers.com external link    Tue, Jan 13

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Those who haven't played Metal Gear Online can download a free version of the game available now until 29 January. Konami has also released a free Metal ... New Metal Gear Online Campaign Announced Gamespy.com Metal Gear Online “Welcome Rookie” campaign EL33TONLINE

Rate GameTrailers - Rock Revolution Review HDVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, Jan 8

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By rss@youtube.com (CoolVids1337) Konami is playing catch-up with Rock Revolution, but has the tour bus already left the station? (If you want to see it in HD press "Watch in HD".) The game is for; DS PS3 Xbox 360 Wii Keywords: Rock Revolution Guitar Hero Rockband Konami Gametrailers review HD nintedo sony microsoft DS wii pl...

Rate Top 100 - #56 Konami’s MGS4 Review Embargo

Original at Sarcastic Gamer external link    Mon, Dec 22

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By Yamster Anyway, on to Konami. When it came to the release of Metal Gear Solid 4 in June this year, they wanted a lot of things kept quiet before it hit the shelves. A lot of insignificant things, when all was said and done, and their fussing over these trivial pieces of information boggled more than one v...

Rate Suikoden: Tierkreis - The Communal DS RPG

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Nov 26

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By Mike Fahey Konami has unleashed a flurry of new art, screens, and information on Suikoden: Tierkrieis, the game that takes the hunt for the 108 Stars of Destiny to the Nintendo DS. Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Platform: Nintendo DS Genre: RPG

Rate Patch: MGO update v1.20 ushers in new modes/options

Original at PSU.com external link    Wed, Nov 26

Metal Gear Online Konami has released a new patch for Metal Gear Online, updating the game to v.1.20. In addition to including new characters and modes for the MEME expansion, the patch also adds new skills, rules, and options to the original game as well. Check out t...

Rate Patch: PS3 Firmware and Metal Gear Online updated

Original at HEXUS.gaming external link    Tue, Nov 25

 UK - On a similar note, Konami has also updated Metal Gear Online today with a few added extras including stealth deathmatches, a new No Headshot rule and an ... Metal Gear Online gets hefty update Eurogamer all 2 news articles

Rate Rock Revolution PS3 Review

Original at dBTechno external link    Sat, Nov 8

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Do you have a product that you would like featured on dBTechno? If so, drop us a line at vicb@dbtechno.com Rock Revolution PS3 Review Developer: Zoe Mode Publisher: Konami Konami in the past was the king of the music genre. Before we had Guitar Hero and Rock Band, we got our fix of music games fr...

Rate Castlevania Order of Ecclesia DS Review

Original at dBTechno external link    Tue, Nov 4

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Do you have a product that you would like featured on dBTechno? If so, drop us a line at vicb@dbtechno.com Castlevania Order of Ecclesia DS Review Publisher: Konami Developer: Konami Players: 1-2 To this point, Castlevania has managed to be a very successful series on the Nintendo DS, and...

Rate Patch: Thursday Reading - StarCraft II Beta in 2009

Original at Gameguru Mania external link    Thu, Oct 23

Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 Patch v1.10 - Konami Digital Entertainment has released the first patch for PES 2009, bringing the PC version of this popular soccer game to v1.10. The patch addresses a problem that caused the game to become unstable when using high screen resolutions The Sims 2 Ap...

Rate Rock Revolution Review

Original at 1up.com external link    Tue, Oct 14

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By Justin Haywald If Rock Revolution had released before the first Rock Band, I might've been content. It's a natural extension of GuitarFreaks and DrumMania (a pair of Konami arcade rhythm games that let you play along with J-pop tunes on guitar and drums, respectively), and it offers you the chance to roc...

Rate Opinion: Fable II designer asks for special considerations

Original at Columbia Daily Tribune external link    Wed, Oct 8

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Many people in the industry thought it was a bit out-of-place when Konami tried to embargo certain elements of Metal Gear Solid 4 in reviews, and now it seems Fable II's Peter Molyneux is asking for special treatment as well. Variety is reporting that a special letter was included with revi...

Rate Gaming News & Rumors Around The Web (9/26/08)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Gaming Bits external link    Fri, Sep 26

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Microsoft - Xbox 360 Nintendo - Wii, DS Konami has just released gameplay trailers of its upcoming Castlevania DS and Wii games: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) and Castlevania Judgment (Wii). Source: Konami PlayStation - PS3, PSP Source: PlayStation Blog

Rate 2K Sports and Konami Announce MLB® Power Pros 2008 Now Available on Retail Store Shelves

Original at TechWhack external link    Tue, Jul 29

By Satan Konami is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties. Konami’s titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid®, Silent Hill®, Dance Dance Revolution® and Castlevania®, among other top sellers. The latest information about Kona...

Rate Konami Launches DDR Community Site [DanceDanceRevolution]

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Jun 18

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By Mike Fahey Originally debuting in arcades in 1998, DanceDanceRevolution has been available on most consoles including Xbox® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, and Wii™. Revolutionizing the get-up-and move concept for video ga...

Rate Kotaku Originals: A Mighty Tr**kload of Copy

Original at Kotaku external link    Sat, May 3

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By ogood Japan Gets *Another* Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 Bundle Advocacy Groups Want Games Locked Up How To Bring The West to Japan Buy GTA IV, Get Xbox Live Free For A Month Konami Adds Stuff To Metal Gear Online Where Bionic Commando And Nintendo Stand The Inaugural All-Time Video Game Character Draft

Rate Opinion: Metal Gear Solid 4

Original at 1up.com external link    Wed, Apr 2

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By Shane Bettenhausen SCREENS: Don't even bother trying to take this chopper down early on...Snake simply doesn't have the right weapons. Click the image above to check out all Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots screens. SCREENS: Whether or not you choose to help the local militia is up to you...but without Snake,...

Rate Catching Up With The Ol' Japan Wii

Original at Wired News external link    Wed, Jan 9

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By Chris Kohler Famicom, 500 points Yie Ar Kung Fu (Konami)* Hudson's Adventure Island (Hudson) Devil World (Nintendo) Mappy (Bandai Namco) Super Famicom, 800 points Nintendo 64, 1000 points 1080 Snowboarding (Nintendo) PC Engine, 600 points PC Engine CD, 800 points

Year 2007

 

Rate The BudgetBin Review: Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

Original at Qj.net external link    Mon, Jul 30

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By Glen D. Konami has given the Sony PlayStation Portable crowd a taste of its flagship Metal Gear games with the Metal Gear Acid series. The Acid games took a break from the tactical espionage action template that has made the series famous and placed Solid Snake in a turn-based game with cards front...

Rate Gaming Publishers and Developers at San Diego's Comic-Con International Event

Original at Gaming Bits external link    Sun, Jul 22

While we're still trying to digest all the gaming news and media from last week's E3 Media & Business Summit, gaming publishers and developers will be out once again at this year's Comic-Con event in San Diego, taking place next week. Here's our list of video game related publishers an...

Rate Konami reveals blockbuster lineup for E3

Original at Qj.net external link    Tue, Jul 10

By Nicolo S. Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party for the Wii is sure to dominate the dance floor, along with Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2 for the PS2 which will revitalize the arcade hit that made players get off their comfortable couch to do some dancing and break some sweat. Featuring crowd f...

Rate Sony PSP Review: Brooktown High

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sun, Jul 8

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By Kate C. Harding No matter how you choose to play, you end up doing many of the same things over and over again and after thirty minutes it is exceedingly monotonous. You can only practice kissing in your bedroom so many times before you are ready to write off any romantic interludes all together. And in the min...

Rate Opinion: Game play, design save this rather bland offering

Original at ParamusPost.com external link    Tue, May 22

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Publisher: Konami Cooking Mama" on the Nintendo DS received much fanfare for its interesting use of the touch screen to create virtual cuisine. Sure, it's bereft of a story line, or any type of satisfying progression for that matter, but for $20, it's a great on-the-go game. Now a version of...

Rate Nintendo DS Review: Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits

Original at Blogcritics external link    Mon, May 14

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By Blake Matthews So check out what Konami has to offer: Contra (woo hoo!); Gradius, Time Pilot, Scramble, Horror Maze, Pooyan, Roc’N Rope, Track & Field, Circus Charlie, Basketball, Road Fighter, Yie Ar Kung Fu, Rainbow Bell, and Shao-lin’s Road. And then I saw it, one of my all-time favorite arcade g...

Rate Opinion: 'Pro Evolution Soccer' lacks kick in new console

Original at ParamusPost.com external link    Tue, Mar 20

Publisher: Konami Ask your average gamer what soccer games come to mind first, and the answer will inevitably be one of EA's "Fifa" series. However, hard-core soccer enthusiasts tend to be drawn to the realistic game play found in Konami's "Winning Eleven" series.

Rate Xbox Live Arcade Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sat, Mar 17

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By Matt Paprocki If you were a kid back in the early 90's and walked into an arcade, one thing was assured: Konami had you covered. You were likely surrounded by ridiculously loud G.I. Joe cabinets, The Simpsons were spouting off trademark witty humor in another, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles machine w...

Rate EL33TONLINE Podcast Episode 11

Original at EL33TONLINE external link    Wed, Feb 7

By podcast@el33tonline.com (El33tonline) The DS Lite competition winner is revealed! Also find out about the EL33TONLINE Podcast exclusive competition. We then go on to discuss all the games that were announced at last week's Konami Gamers Day. Once again it's an entertaining and crazy show!

Year 2006

 

Rate Silent Hill PSP and Others Make Konami's 06 List

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Jan 25

By Brian Crecente The hottest revolution and bestselling video game in the music game category returns to its arcade roots with Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA. The first arcade version to be released in North America in 6 years, Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA features over 300 songs, all-new game mo...

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