Tag: KONAMI

Japanese gamers, specifically male ones, are downright obsessed with 'Love Plus.' In case you've never heard of it, 'Love Plus' is a dating simulator in which players get a virtual pet girl to chat up and (hopefully) kiss. The DS title is getting the sequel treatment, 'Love Plus +,' and, to promote the new installment, Konami created an augmented reality iPhone app. The app allows users to ...

"Luchadores is not just an expression of Mexican culture," Julian Castillo, creative director of Immersion Studios says. "It's an actual culture itself, based in Mexico." One of the founders of Immersion, the developer in charge of releasing August's 'Lucha Libra AAA: Heroes Del Ring,' Castillo wanted the game to have an authentic Latin American flavor. Teaming up with Mexico/Brazilian studio ...

Alright, this is getting a little silly. First it was Gibson claiming that Rock Band and Guitar Hero violated a patent covering "simulating a musical performance," and now Konami is suing Harmonix, Viacom, and MTV Game because Rock Band allegedly violates a similar set of patents covering "simulated musical instruments" and "musical rhythm-based matching games." Filed in good ol' Marshall, the ...