Koei is apparently set to release Nobunaga’s Ambition Online for PS3 next year. AndriaSang has translated a 4Gamer’s report, which claims that the publisher announced an unspecified 2010 launch during a recent press conference.

We’ve contacted Koei to find out if the ultra-hardcore strategy title will release in the US. Nobunaga’s Ambition Online’s fourth expansion is set for release on PS2 and Windows (PC) in March of next year.

[Thanks, Peter]

Koei’s Nobunaga’s Ambition Online driven toward PS3 originally appeared on Joystiq Playstation on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lucky Brits. Not only do they get to be in closer geographic proximity to the dreamy David Tennant than we do, they’re also extended some amazing post-Thanksgiving deals on typically pricey gaming equipment. Electronics retailer HMV is currently running two such offers in the UK — the company has dropped the price of the PSP Go to £148.99, down significantly from the handheld’s MSRP of £224.99. In addition, it’s reduced the cost for DJ Hero, normally £107.99, down to just £69.99.

We’re not sure how long these prices will stay this low, so if you live in the United Kingdom and have any interest in turntabling or digital distribution revolutions, we suggest you get while the getting is good.

HMV slashes price for DJ Hero, PSP Go in the UK originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Eager to play Eye of Judgment, the unique PS3 card game that uses the PlayStation Eye to read real cards, without the camera and the cards? Then Eye of Judgment’s new PSP iteration is for you, and it appears that Sony has plans to release it in North America.

The ESRB has rated the game for North American release under the title, Eye of Judgment: Legends. In addition to implying an eventual retail release, the rating also reveals that the localization is due for a second pass with lines like, “the tremors of earth soaked in the Children of Earth in blood.” Oh my.

Eye of Judgment: Legends for PSP rated by ESRB originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ubisoft has just announced a new Prince of Persia — but it’s not a sequel to 2008’s polarizing adventure (if desired, add unhappy emoticons to sentence). Instead, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands will continue the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time trilogy series, complete with “many of the fan-favorite elements” and “new gameplay innovations that gamers have come to expect from the Prince of Persia brand.” Oh, and an accompanying film!

You can catch the game’s premiere trailer on Spike TV’s Video Game Awards on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 8 p.m. EST. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is scheduled for release on “consoles and handhelds” in May 2010.

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands to continue ‘Sands of Time’ series originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising DLC to add more multiplayer modes originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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And there it is, people: The second “mystery” teaser for this year’s Spike VGA award show, shown first here on Joystiq. (The first, you’ll recall, was 2K Games’ franchise reboot of Spec Ops). Since we don’t have any insider info on the developer or the publisher behind the game, we’ll simply share what we know: This is a new, unannounced game that will be revealed for the first time at the VGAs; the trailer’s narration is delivered by a “well-known actor” (Tom Wilkinson?); and the reveal at the VGAs will have actual gameplay.

Share your best educated guesses in the comments below and we’ll bubble the best to the top. We’ll start you out: That’s a Hong Kong police badge, so we’re saying True Crime 3: Hong Kong.

[Update: Internet sleuth superannuation posits that this mystery title is none other than Black Lotus, the as-of-yet-unnamed Activision-published, United Front-developed action title announced earlier this year. Just about the only thing we know about the project on the record is that it’s “a new action-based game set in Hong Kong” by the studio working on ModNation Racers. Do we have a winner?]

Spike VGA’s second ‘mystery’ teaser originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Unsatisfied with simply winning the “Artistic Achievement” category of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards earlier this year, Media Molecule and its charming, customizable platforme, LittleBigPlanet, took the BAFTA’s Children’s Awards show by storm last night. The title took top honors during the ceremony, beating out Boom Blox Bash Party, de Blob and Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise for the coveted “Best Videogame” award.

Media Molecule’s Mark Healey teased GamesIndustry about the future of the infinitely award-winning title, saying, “LittleBigPlanet has a lot more room to absorb a lot more things before we say goodbye to that one. I think every year from now on should be a big year for LittleBigPlanet, hopefully.” With the Online Create mode patch out today and the Water Update coming soon, we think the studio’s got plenty of big ideas to keep the Planet turning for a long, long time.

LittleBigPlanet wins big at the little BAFTAs originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Now Playing: November 30 - December 6, 2009 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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During the question and answer portion of an investor conference call this afternoon, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot clarified his company’s commitment to developing games for both the Xbox 360’s still-codenamed Project Natal and the PlayStation 3’s hopefully-still-codenamed PlayStation Motion Controller. “We have about ten games that will come for Natal during the first six months of the launch of Natal, and we expect between four to five games for the new controller from Sony,” Guillemot explained. “That’s the picture at the moment, it can change in the next twelve months.” (That “twelve months” reference doesn’t bode well for Sony’s purported “Spring 2010″ third-party launch lineup for the motion controller.)

When asked if those games were all new properties, or motion-enhanced updates of existing franchises (like Prince of Persia), Guillemot responded, “I didn’t count the games that in fact are supporting the new functions that those accessories will bring. I was more speaking about casual games that we are doing on those two machines; we can consider that on those games it’s 70 percent new property.” Or - if you consider Guillemot’s suggestion of ten games for Natal and “four to five” for PlayStation Motion Controller - that’s roughly ten new casual properties coming from Ubisoft.

Ubisoft planning 10 games for Natal, ‘4 to 5′ for PlayStation Motion Controller originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Santa has added a layover in PlayStation Home to an already-packed holiday itinerary. On December 10, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is opening up a new PlayStation Home space that allows you to see Santa’s workshop through the unique Home filter — by which we mean it’s now kind of eerie. The new Winter Wonderland space will allow you to interact with a vaguely Shatner-esque Santa Claus and elves like Robin Williams here, as you help the crew get all its preparations for Christmas done. Which means minigames!

There will be presents, of course, and a Photo Elf who will take festively decorated pictures of your Home avatar. You know, so you can always remember the time you saved Christmas.

Santa Claus is coming to PlayStation Home originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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