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Rising Star Games has signed the rights to a major new franchise from the Japanese creator of the internationally successful Hello Kitty licence. Angel Cat Sugar has already spawned over 200 products across various categories in Asia and Europe. The video game will arrive in Europe just in time for …
Read More »AUSTRALIA: Rising Star reassures retail
Rising Star Games has moved to reassure Australian retailers and consumers that the collapse of distributor Red Ant will not have a negative effect on its supply into the country. International Commercial Manager Ben Chalmers-Stevens told MCV that the company is well placed to launch its March 2009 key titles …
Read More »New R-Type targets retro gamers
Publisher Rising Star is preparing to tap into the retro market when it sends its revamp of the classic R-Type into retail next month on PSP. Based on the title originally released in the early ‘90s, R-Type Tactics will hit retail shelves on September 12th, and Rising Star hopes the …
Read More »No More Heroes began life on 360, says developer
Grasshopper founder Suda51 has told MCV that he first planned for Rising Star’s No More Heroes to be an Xbox 360 title. Speaking exclusively in the No More Heroes Recommended Extra magazine given away free in this weeks’s MCV magazine, Suda51 said: Originally, I’d wanted to make this game for …
Read More »No More Heroes censored in Europe
Rising Star Games, the publisher of upcoming Wii title No More Heroes, has confirmed that that European version of the game will see the same cuts experienced by Japanese gamers when it is released over here next year. In North America, however, publisher Ubisoft has stated that the game will …
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