Last post for 2009

Okay this will be my last post for the year 2009.2009 was a great year, and I'll be looking forward on the year 2010 and beyond, and also more cool stuffs and games to showcase with you from my blog.And before finishing my post, here's a special event for the first month of 2010Otaku Expo 2010January 23-24, 2010Megatrade Hall 2, SM MegamallHappy New Year Everyon...

Gundam vs Gundam Next Plus Game Review

Gundam fans rejoice! The sequel to the hit Gundam vs Gundam arcade game is now here.Gundam vs Gundam Next Plus, the latest from the Gundam vs series features new mobile suits, gameplay and game modes, but does this beat the original?For those who are new to the Gundam vs Gundam game, it is a co-op fighting game based on popular Gundam series (from the original up to the upcoming series) and was originally ported on the arcades in Japan. With it's popularity, it was ported into the PlayStation Portable.The...

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A Christmas Tree of..Gundams?!

Sound more like a fanboy wish huh? Well for the fanboys out there, it's true.Bandai just placed a 16-foot Christmas tree with over 60 (yes 60) Gundam models in Tokyo's Akihabara.Strung with red, white and blue lights and some Gundam model kits, the Christmas tree is promoting the new PSP game Gundam vs Gundam Next Plus. The tree was already lit it's lights last December 3 by none other than Toru Furuya, the guy behind the voice of Amuro Ray (from Mobile Suit Gundam). (Oh yeah, stay tuned for my...

Lineage II SEA going bye-bye?

I don't know if this is a joke or someone hacked into their site. But if you check IAM-Interactive (formerly AMDG) official site, you will see this announcement:If you try to check the website of Lineage II SEA and Exteel, the same message will pop up. So the problem is, what's going to happen to the Lineage II and Exteel players that stayed for almost 2 years (for Lineage II). Up until now, there's no additional info regarding this sudden announcement.*Funny, IAM-Interactive is starting to shut...

Epic Movies for 2010

A few days left and it's Christmas, add a few more days and it'll be New Year's Day. What's best to celebrate the holidays is by hyping ourselves with some of the upcoming movies for the year 2010. From classic remakes to sequels to adaptation from novels and video games, it's time to feast ourselves with these epic trailers.The Sorcerer's Apprentice (July 16)Based on the Fantasia short, Walt Disney resurrects the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" story with this children's fantasy film starring Jay Baruchel as an apprentice of a magician (Nicolas Cage) who makes a mess of their workshop when his master is out. Teresa Palmer plays the love interest in the Jon Turteltaub-helmed production.Shrek Forever After (TBA 2010)The wisecracking green-tinged ogre returns in Shrek Goes Fourth, the newest installment...

VGA 2009 Game Debuts

Some of the hinted games to be released on the year 2010 were finally showed on the recent Video Game Awards 2009 a few days ago. Some of them were sequels of multi-awarded games while others from a revived classic franchises.So here are the Debut Trailers of the games:Halo ReachBatman Arkham Asylum 2Medal of HonorStar Wars The Force Unleashed 2Tron:EvolutionSpec Ops: The LineCrackdown 2Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Video Games | Prince of Persia: TFS | Spike VGA 09: Exclusive Debut TrailerXBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wiiplus many more...other VGA world premieresAnd here are the categories and winners from the concluded Video Game Awards:Best Voice in a Video Game: Jack Black as Eddie Riggs in Brutal LegendBest Cast: X-Men Origins: WolverineBest Performance by a Human...

Two in One Christmas Event

4th Christmas Cosplay Catwalk ShowJoin as we celebrate Christmas with our Cosplay friends at the 4th Annual Toys and Collectibles Christmas Fair and Manila Toys and Gift Show. This will be on December 20, 2009 at the Megatrade Hall 2, 5th floor, Building B of SM Megamall. Be in your best Cosplay with a blend of Christmas theme. Anyone can participate and open to all categories No limits in number of participant, it can be in a individual or group catwalkBe there before 4:00 PM near the stage area,...

Ragnarok DS is a go

Fans of the ever popular MMORPG Ragnarok online will rejoice as XSeed Games is set to release the english version of Ragnarok DS on February 2010.And that's not all, fans will be able to get some freebies for their Ragnarok Online avatars when they purchased Ragnarok DSEach retail copy comes includes a Ragnarok Online setting out on my journey pack, which contains three virtual items:- Shaman earring: increases intelligence- Shaman ring: increases maximum HP and SP recovery- Shaman’s hair decoration:...

New BlazBlue Portable Trailer

Arc System Work's popular fighting game BlazBlue will unleashed their portable version to the PlayStation Portable this coming February in Japan. A digital and UMD version are scheduled to be released in the same date.BlazBlue Portable has extra modes like Legion mode, a newly created system where players take control of nodes by winning BlazBlue fights, and an ad-hoc four player mode. You can also unlock unlimited mode characters plus illustrations in the Shopping mode.Here's the newly released trailer of BlazBlue Portable:And for comparison, below is the video of the PS3 version of BlazBlue on Remote Play on the P...

100 A Buttons in 100 NES games

How many times have you press the A button in your NES controller? tens? hundreds? or even thousands? Do you still remember what would happen when you press that button in some of the games?Gamesradar managed to compile 100 NES games and see what's gonna happen when they press the A button. It's kind of crazy but at least you'll remember some of the classic games at the same ti...

When 2D remake goes the different way

We've seen a lot of remakes from classic games, from the successful to the epic fail, from developers to the fan mades. But for this one it's recreated as a Half Life 2 ModThe dudes at Machinima.com just upload not one, but three HF2 Mods from classic NES gamesthe Mod designs created the first levels of the game, with a 2D side-scroll feel, which was pretty impressive and funny as you'll feel nostalgic when you try the Mods.Okay here are the vids of the mods, enjoySuper Mario Bros.CastlevaniaCon...

Happy 15th Anniversary, PlayStation!

It all started on December 3, 1994 when Sony decided to launch their very first gaming console to the world: the PlayStation. And after 15 years, they've made a mark in history.But before creating what to be the best gaming console in history, they made an attempt to create a CD-based console with Nintendo, but the plan never went well and Sony decided to go solo. This attempt was a big gamble for them, as they are still new to the gaming business, but they never hesitated to wage a console war...

Life after the Blacksword

It's been months since I left Granado Espada, although I already moved on to a better path, I still miss the good old GE days. But if it wasn't for GE, I won't be able to meet great friends and to experience one of the great MMOs.I've played Granado Espada for 2 years since April 2007 and started Reimaru Files on late November of 2007 and so far it was all worth the days. From the 2 years, I've become a game mentor, a game blogger and then a community crew for Granado Espada and it was a great experience.So for this post, I would like to thank all the people who've become part of this great epic, people who I was able to share in this fantastic experience during my Granado Espada days and up until today.and Reimaru Files will still continue to grow even after leaving GE, but will still remember...

Reimaru Files just reached 2 years!!!

Yeah!!! the Reimaru Files blog just reached two years now, and it all started as a humble Granado Espada fan blog, then upgraded into a gaming blog.And since we'll be starting again with another bang, it's time to change the blog banner that will match with the contents that I'm currently posting for the blog.Special thanks to Arvin Peralta for the banner designand stay tuned for a special post this week...

PSP for the Holidays

Christmas is just around the corner, and it's time to start making your wish list and also, start to prepare gifts to your loved ones. So, what gifts are you planning to give? If you are still having problems on what gifts you'll gonna give to your fellow gamers, Gametrailers will help you with their nifty video: Video Games | Holiday Gift Guide 2009 | Sony PSPXBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo WiiFor other gift suggestions from different consoles, you check the other videos from the following links:Nintendo DSXbox 360PlayStation...

Event Aftermath: Mangaholix 2009

The Philippine anime/manga/gaming magazine Mangaholix held it's second Manga Mania event at the World Trade Center last November 21 and 22, 2010, and of course, it featured all of the latest stuffs in the world of gaming and everything anime and manga.Entrance to the eventEvent Stagepeople are starting to gather in the eventart galleriesIncluded in the event were cosplay competitions, band performances, art contests and let's not forget merchandise sales. Also famous Pinoy Comic artists showed...

December PSP Game Blowout

If you can't get enough of fighting games for the PSP, then fret not.Aside from Tekken 6 and BlazBlue coming to your favorite portable console, two cool fighting games will be coming to the PlayStation Portable this coming December, although it's only in Japanese version, they are still worth getting.Naruto Shippuden Narutimate Accel 3 is the 3rd Naruto fighting game for the PSP and 6th in the franchise, it features all the latest characters from the anime series and now supports a 4 player tag-team multiplayer mode as well as a new story modeNaruto Shippuden Narutimate Accel 3 will be released on December 10Another game that will be releasing on the same month is Gundam vs Gundam Next Plus, the sequel to the Gundam vs Gundam on the PSP are Arcades. It features all of the Gundams and other...

BlazBlue PSP FTW!!

Looks like a lot of popular fighting games are getting a portable version for the players on the go. Some examples include Sould Calibur 4 (Soul Calibur Broken Destiny for the PSP version) and Tekken 6, and now from the creators of Guilty Gear X; Arc System Works has just announced that their popular 2D fighting game BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger will have a PSP version.Originally released on the arcades , PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the PSP version of BlazBlue will feature the original 12 characters...

Torchlight Game Review

Well this will be the first time that I will be making a review that is not a PSP game, but this game deserves to be known, so here we go...Everybody loves playing Diablo, even after 5 or so years, it's still popular to players veterans and newbies. As it's success is all thanks to it's winning formula: verge deeper into levels of dungeon crawling action, eliminate millions of undeads, zombies and demons and collect all of the most powerful equipments. And now, from the developers of Diablo, Fate...

ToyCon Christmas Fair 2009

December Toy Con is back!Toy sale ~ collectibles bazaar ~ live toy auctions ~ bargains ~ toy donation drive ~ cosplayEvent will be on December 16-22, 2009 at the Megatrade Hall 3, SM Megamall.Sources:K's Random MusingsToy Con...

You gotta Build, Rule and Conquer

Sounds like a catchy phrase huh? well that's the slogan for the newest mmo broswer game to be released in the Philippines. Cubizone Philippines; one of the newest MMO publishers in the Philippines will release Casvian; a strategy and role-playing web based game will start their close beta next week.For those who have no idea on how the gameplay is, just imagine playing Heroes of Might and Magic, but online and in a web browserfor more info, visit the official site: http://buildruleconquer.ph/I'll...

Pumpkins!!!!!

Ahh Halloween or some call it All Hallow's Eve, the special where kids get to wear costumes (and not only otakus and game geeks get to wear costumes) and roam around their town to grab candies on every door they could knock.But what's Halloween without it's famous trademark: the Jack o' Lantern, pumpkins that are carved with scary faces that are sometimes are being displayed outside or sometimes inside the house as decorations.Some hardcore people would break the tradition of pumpkin carving by...