Natsume have announced they have opened a new office in Tokyo. this new office will be headed by Yasutaka Maekawa who worked previously at Taito. it appears this expansion will help grow Natsume into the smartphone and tablet games market. Natsume say that Yasutaka Maekawa will also be working on creating new games as well as heading up the office.
Zoink! have revealed Stick It To The Man!, an upcoming PS3 and PS Vita game. Zoink! describe it as a mind-reading game set in a paper and sticker universe. Stick It To The Man! has you playing as Ray who is in a coma with a 16 foot pink spaghetti arm. he can use this power to listen to peoples thoughts and put thoughts in their heads. Ray is being chased by The Man and has to use the over 100 characters and their thoughts.
Stick It To The Man! features over 10 hours of voice acting with dialogue written by Ryan North, who has worked on Adventure Time.
Subatomic Studios have announced they are bringing Fieldrunners 2 to the PS Vita. coming this summer, the PS Vita version of the game will include new attacks and a new game engine.
Square Enix have revealed a new game coming to PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Murdered: Soul Suspect has you playing as Ronan O'Connor, a detective who has just been killed. he's stuck in limbo and is determined to find out who his killer is and escape being stuck in Limbo. the game is set in Salem Massachusetts and whilst he's unable to communicate with the detectives on the case, he is able to read their minds and influence them. the trailer for Murdered: Soul Suspect also makes mention of the PSN and Xbox Live which could hint that either this is a downloadable game or it has some online aspect.
Disney Interactive have released a new trailer for the upcoming Disney Planes Video Game. these games are only coming out on Nintendo platforms and this trailer appears to show action from the Wii U version of the game.
Naughty Dog have released a new trailer for The Last Of Us. this video tries to use science and real world examples to see if the tragedy of The Last Of Us could happen in real life.
Sony have announced Toro's Friend Network and a update to Paint Park are coming out this week on the USA PS Vita PSN. Toro's Friend Network will be a free download and Paint Park will be updated to Paint Park Plus. Paint Park Plus will bring more colours, pens and brushes and a new feature where you can connect dots on templates. buy using all these new tools you earn points and from these points you can unlock more templates. also added is support for uploading the picture to Twitter. Toro's Friend Network is an app that lets you connect with your existing friends on Twitter and Facebook whilst also encouraging you to make new ones. with these friends you can fight through the friend dungeon and build a town.
