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It may have launched a new digital label, but Rising Star has no plans to ditch boxed product. The firm says it is about to announce the first of four new iOS-only games, with the first title due to arrive at Easter, under the publisher’s new Rising Star Games Digital …
Read More »FEATURE: Rising Star and stripes
The UK publisher has kicked off 2012 with the formation of a US office and a new digital label.James Batchelor asks MD Martin Defries what this means for Rising Star Why have you ventured into North America?The reality is there are challenges in the European market where we’ve been publishing …
Read More »Rising Star readies five games for 3DS
Rising Star Games will unleash more than ten releases in the first half of 2012, including a new Harvest Moon. Five of these titles will be released on Nintendo 3DS, such as retro arcade game Bit.Trip Saga in Q1, fishing title Super Black Bass 3D and puzzler Cradle of Rome …
Read More »Rising Star publishes free DoDonPachi strategy guide
There are few gaming experiences as challenging as a Cave shooter in full flow, so publisher Rising Star Games has chosen to give its fanbase a helping hand. Today marks the release of DoDonPachi: Resurrection on Xbox 360 and those wishing to familiarise themselves with the intricate scoring mechanics of …
Read More »Rising Star to publish Akai Katana in Europe
Adventurous publisher Rising Star Games has announced a third Cave shooter for the European market – Akai Katana. The game was originally released on Xbox 360 in Japan in May of this year, though the game was region locked meaning all but the most ardent importers were prevented from playing …
Read More »DoDonPachi gets UK release date
Rising Star Games’ Xbox 360-only 2D shooter DoDonPachi Resurrection will be released in the UK on November 4th, MCV can reveal. It’s the first time the SKU has been released in any territory outside of Japan. MCV also understands that the European SKU will be region free. Included on the …
Read More »Rising Star Games exceeds 1m Harvest Moon sales
Publisher Rising Star has managed to sell more than 1m units of the Harvest Moon series across PAL territories. Over the last decade, the UK firm has handled 13 games in Natsume’s farming series which has become the flagship of its portfolio. Reaching 1m sales of Harvest Moon is certainly …
Read More »Rising Star challenges beat ’em up champs with SNK signing
SNK’s King of Fighters wants to lay the smackdown on its ‘dominant’ beat ‘em up rivals. SNK has teamed up with Rising Star to release King of Fighters XIII this October. The series is now 17 years old. King of Fighters is one of the most respected brands in the …
Read More »Rising Star plots more cult Cave shooters
Japanese specialist Rising Star wants to bring more games from cult studio Cave to the UK. The publisher will release DoDonPachi Resurrection in the UK this year. It is the second Cave game to be handled by Rising Star, with the company having released Deathsmiles on Xbox 360 earlier this …
Read More »Rising Star to publish Caves DoDonPachi in the UK
Daring indie publisher Rising Star Games has announced that it is to publish a second Cave shooter in Europe – DoDonPachi Resurrection. It follows on from the release of Deathsmiles on Xbox 360 last year. DoDonPachi Resurrection is already available in Europe on iPhone (as is Deathsmiles), but this is …
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