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To celebrate the re... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/ask-sudasan.html Tue 23 Feb 2010 GMT Enjoy!   http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/halfminute-heroll-news-episode-3.html Tue 16 Feb 2010 GMT Enjoy!   http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/halfminute-heroll-news-episode-2.html Mon 15 Feb 2010 GMT To promote the release of Way Of the Samurai 3, which is out on the PS3 and Xbox Spring 2010, Rising Star Games are o... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/want-to-join-the-rising-star-games-team-and-a-selection-of-top-games-journalists-for-a-day-of-kendo-training-.html Tue 9 Feb 2010 GMT Enjoy!   http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/halfminute-heroll-news-episode-1.html Mon 1 Feb 2010 GMT ... playing video games on my new badass 46” LED TV and my housemate walks in. It is 5am and I am up playing s... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/so-i-was-in-the-living-room-the-other-day.html Fri 29 Jan 2010 GMT Check it out. http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/our-first-wiiware-title-brain-cadets.html Tue 26 Jan 2010 GMT Remember all that stuff in Metal Gear Solid 4 about fried eggs? At the start of every mission briefing, Sunny would b... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/tokyo-tales-culture-gap.html Tue 26 Jan 2010 GMT It will be available from 4 February 2010. (not 2009, as I wrote earlier...) http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/halfminute-hero-demo-on-psn.html Tue 19 Jan 2010 GMT This week I’d like to return, if I may, to what appears to be my favourite subject: games on Japanese telly. (I... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/tokyo-tales-japanese-telly.html Mon 18 Jan 2010 GMT Rising Star Tyrone Walcott on more videos for 2010 This Sunday was a strange day: I was working and,... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/action.html Mon 11 Jan 2010 GMT As this is my first blog, I thought I would give you a little insight into who I am and what I'm about... seeing ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/introducing.html Fri 8 Jan 2010 GMT The skies over Tokyo were extremely clear on new year's eve. Every single star was there in plain sight, waiting ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/kenleewrites-new-years-eve-tokyo-style.html Thu 7 Jan 2010 GMT Hoshi Club members will be treated to even more exclusive content throughout 2010, as broadcaster Alex Sim-Wise joins... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/alex-simwise-joins-hoshi.html Tue 5 Jan 2010 GMT New Year's Day is one of the most important times of the year in Japan. While Christmas is not even a public holi... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/tokyo-tales-new-year.html Wed 23 Dec 2009 GMT a post from Tyrone Walcott I love football! It’s an English pastime that has cemented ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/kicking-off-my-blogging-with-3-goals-for-the-arsenal.html Mon 21 Dec 2009 GMT from Yen Hau Christmas. For many it is a time for festive activities – reconnecting wi... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/christmas-time.html Wed 16 Dec 2009 GMT From our Antipodean correspondent On Monday afternoon the Australian Home Affairs Minister, Brendan ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/australian-govt-announces-public-consultation-for-r18-classification-for-computer-games.html Tue 15 Dec 2009 GMT Last month, the Japanese Saturday School in London ( http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/rising-star-games-sponsors-annual-fundraising-event-at-north-londons-japanese-saturday-school.html Wed 9 Dec 2009 GMT Lupin III (ルパン三世, Rupan Sansei) has beaten the Empire to it and stolen the beloved... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/kenleewrites-lupin-steal-japan.html Tue 8 Dec 2009 GMT This is a guest post by videogame journalist and Hoshi member Gua... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/why-youre-no-more-hero.html Mon 7 Dec 2009 GMT The mercury dipped a few degrees recently and I suddenly had an urge to have some spicy pippin' hot curry. You kn... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/kenleewrites-japanese-celebrity-curry.html Fri 4 Dec 2009 GMT I have finally got round to playing Sin and Punishment 2. In case you haven't heard of it, it's the latest un... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/tokyo-tales-what-a-treasure.html Tue 1 Dec 2009 GMT This week, I have been reading Weekly Famitsu. Unless you’ve been hiding from the internet f... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/tokyo-tales-famitsu.html Mon 30 Nov 2009 GMT An "unprecedented" number of these large jellyfish (also known as Nomura's jellyfish) is affecting the Japanese f... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/japanese-fishermen-concerned-about-echizen-jellyfish.html Thu 26 Nov 2009 GMT Thanks to NGamer for including in their top 50 Wii g... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/ngamers-christmas-issue-best-wii-games.html Wed 25 Nov 2009 GMT "Gorgeous 2D graphics and fantastic levels of depth make this an easy choice for those who consider gaming their main... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/mtv-recommends-muramasa-for-the-holiday-season.html Tue 24 Nov 2009 GMT Some things don't change, even when you move to Japan: the shops over here started pushing Halloween to sweet-hun... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/some-things-never-change.html Fri 20 Nov 2009 GMT I popped to Tokyo at the weekend. How the other half lives! Out here in the countryside you can go for weeks ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/tokyo-tales-naval-gazing.html Thu 19 Nov 2009 GMT Now, you may think that people only use umbrellas when it's raining. You would be wrong. In Tokyo it is now perfe... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/andy-in-tokyo-the-umbrella-phenomenon.html Wed 18 Nov 2009 GMT Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/you-may-find-this-content-offensive.html Tue 17 Nov 2009 GMT This week, I've been playing Bayonetta. Bayonetta is a game that features a beehive-wearing, leather-clad dominat... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/tokyo-tales-japanese-and-english.html Mon 16 Nov 2009 GMT Little King's Story has been nominated Wii Game of the Year in the first http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/little-kings-story-nominated-wii-game-of-the-year.html Fri 13 Nov 2009 GMT Here's a brainteaser for you: what's more surprising than a bunch of hair models discussing Gundam and Monste... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/tokyo-tales-brainteaser.html Fri 13 Nov 2009 GMT Hands on with the French - what did they think?  Watch our ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/muramasa-at-micromania.html Tue 10 Nov 2009 GMT There are games on every corner, on every street, in every shop window. There are games in every subway train, every ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/tokyo-tales-games-are-everywhere-in-japan.html Tue 3 Nov 2009 GMT "Man, Japan is over. We're done. Our game industry is finished." That's how Capcom's Keiji Inafun... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/tokyo-tales-land-of-the-rising-star.html Sat 24 Oct 2009 GMT JU-ON: The Grudge is our 50th release. To celebrate this milestone we will give one lucky Hoshi member the chance to ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/win-50-games.html Wed 21 Oct 2009 GMT GamesAid is a UK video games industry charity which distributes funds to a dive... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/gamesaid-and-the-london-expo.html Thu 15 Oct 2009 GMT Our stand will have Little King's Stor... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/were-excited-about-the-london-expo.html Wed 7 Oct 2009 GMT Some rather nice coverage of JU-ON: The Grudge in next month's issue of NEO http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/great-coverage-in-novembers-neo-magazine.html Mon 5 Oct 2009 GMT Hi everyone! Harvest... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/harvest-moon-tree-of-tranquility-out-this-friday.html Thu 17 Sep 2009 GMT Konnichiwa, I will visiting Spitalfields, London on Saturday 19 September to attend the Japan Matsuri 2009, a... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/hoshi-out-and-about.html Tue 18 Aug 2009 GMT Konnichiwa! There is an... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/cool-japanese-words.html Tue 18 Aug 2009 GMT Now on our YouTube channel http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/new-juon-the-grudge-trailer.html Fri 14 Aug 2009 GMT Obon is an annual Japanese Buddhist event that involves the commemoration of the spirits of one's ancestors. ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/obon.html Tue 11 Aug 2009 GMT Yoshiro Kimura (Producer&director of Little King's Story) and Kazuyuki Kurashima (Monster Designer of Little ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/calling-all-swiss.html Tue 11 Aug 2009 GMT Our thoughts are today with the people of Japan, China, Taiwan and the Phillipines as they have suffered the effects ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/typhoon-tropical-storm-and-earthquake.html Wed 5 Aug 2009 GMT Lots of people ask when a game is being released, particularly if it was released in other territories some months ag... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/why-are-you-taking-so-long.html Tue 4 Aug 2009 GMT There's a very interesting http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/gamasutra-interview-vanillaware-founder.html Mon 3 Aug 2009 GMT Hi, We will be attending the London MCM Expo on 24-25 October this y... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/london-mcm-expo.html Thu 23 Jul 2009 GMT Or, "Why we aren't evil corporations trying to make your lives a misery". http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/why-does-it-take-so-long-to-translate-a-simple-game.html Wed 22 Jul 2009 GMT http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/an-interview-with-a-producer-of-little-kings-story.html Mon 20 Jul 2009 GMT Moon was reviewed by Twitchy... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/couple-of-good-reviews-for-moon.html Thu 16 Jul 2009 GMT Two interesting interpretations of No More Heroes at http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/games-as-art.html Mon 6 Jul 2009 GMT We returned from Paris on Friday with some photos you can view http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/back-in-blighty.html Wed 1 Jul 2009 GMT Ah Paris - I nearly forgot how beautiful you are. Now, where was I? Ah yes, I am in Paris to see the http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/ive-arrived-in-paris.html Sat 20 Jun 2009 GMT Hi with little or no wireless connection from my base camp in Sydney, its been tough to keep you up to date w... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/hoshi-returns.html Thu 18 Jun 2009 GMT For your chance to win this very cute Little King's Story Onii stress doll, answer this question: In Litt... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/win-a-little-kings-story-onii-stress-doll.html Wed 10 Jun 2009 GMT Hi Its been a hectic, humid and fantastic few days in Tokyo. We have met with games industry legends, including di... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/hoshi-travels-part-4-tokyo.html Tue 9 Jun 2009 GMT A humid, cloudy day in Tokyo and meetings meetings meetings. The trains run on time are efficient and clean .. mak... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/training-day-.html Sun 7 Jun 2009 GMT Waiting .... eating .... what adventures await http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/hoshi-travels-part-2-heathrow.html Sun 7 Jun 2009 GMT Hi all Arrived, safe and well. Japan is as welcoming as always and the weather has been incredible today. The peopl... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/hoshi-travels-part-3-tokyo.html Wed 3 Jun 2009 GMT Hi everyone, Fresh from the fun and games at London Expo and a diversion to Dublin, I'm now heading off o... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/hoshi-travels-.html Mon 1 Jun 2009 GMT Konnichiwa, I uploaded some photos to http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/some-photos-from-the-london-mcm-expo.html Sat 23 May 2009 GMT But almost! If you come to the show come to our stand - 550. Ask to sign up to http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/our-hoshi-hero-not-quite-the-biggest-banner.html Sat 23 May 2009 GMT Just over half way through the first day. What a great turnout!  And still more to come. So many... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/wow-what-a-show.html Wed 20 May 2009 GMT Hi, First playable Muramasa http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/muramasa-at-the-expo.html Tue 19 May 2009 GMT Hi, I've been handed an important newsflash... First European playable http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/rygar-at-the-expo.html Mon 18 May 2009 GMT And hide under the bedcovers. http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/switch-on-the-lights.html Mon 18 May 2009 GMT We have started tweeting here:http://twitter.com/risingstargames http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/rising-star-games-on-twitter.html Fri 15 May 2009 GMT Calling all Harvest Moon Fans! You asked the questions, we've got the answers from the o... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/ask-the-harvest-moon-creator-the-answers.html Wed 13 May 2009 GMT Konnichiwa, We're getting ready for the http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/some-titles-were-showing-at-the-london-mcm-expo.html Mon 11 May 2009 GMT Hi, We're very excited about exhibiting at the London MCM Expo. http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/come-visit-us-at-the-london-mcm-expo.html Fri 8 May 2009 GMT Hi, I'm Torisu　(トリス) and and I have just joined Rising Star Games! I&... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/hello-world.html Tue 28 Apr 2009 GMT Welcome to the second part of our Little King's Story developer feature: Hideo Minaba http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/little-kings-story-developer-interviews-part-2.html Wed 8 Apr 2009 GMT Were you fooled? The guys over at metalunderground.com reported that: "After the crushing s... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/april-fools-metallica-set-to-score-little-kings-story.html Tue 31 Mar 2009 GMT Welcome to the first part of our Little King's Story developer feature. We start of with famed director Yashiro K... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/little-kings-story-developer-interviews-part-1.html Fri 27 Mar 2009 GMT It's here! Lux Pain hits stores today! It's time to rid the world of SILENT. Get your copy today :) http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/lux-pain-out-now.html Tue 3 Mar 2009 GMT Calling all Harvest Moon fans! Have a burning question you have always wanted to ask Yasuhiro Wada, the creat... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/special-opportunity-ask-the-harvest-moon-creator.html Tue 3 Mar 2009 GMT Take a look at this insider video for Little King's Story (Wii) out April 24th 2009. An in depth look at ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/watch-the-little-kings-story-insider-interview.html Sun 1 Mar 2009 GMT Hello once again world. Firstly an apology for not posting an update on my trip sooner. The reason quite simp... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/gday-world-from-the-land-down-under-ii.html Thu 26 Feb 2009 GMT Check out our resident International Commercial Manager, Ben Chalmers-Stevens down under on Gamespot's Crosshairs... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/little-kings-story-featured-on-crosshairs-gamespot.html Thu 26 Feb 2009 GMT Rising Star Games has been nominated for Marketing Innovation Award at MCV Awards '09 for the campaign "The Home ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/rising-star-games-nominated-for-marketing-innovation-award-at-mcv-awards-09.html Thu 19 Feb 2009 GMT Simon Alty, Head of Brand at Rising Star Games, was featured in the video games industry weekly trade magazine, MCV, ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/mcv-letter-labels-retreat-from-new-ip.html Thu 19 Feb 2009 GMT G'day world - well anyone who's reading this ‘blog' anyway. http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/gday-world-from-the-land-down-under.html Wed 18 Feb 2009 GMT To celebrate the release of Rune Factory (DS), we are giving you the chance to win the official stra... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/win-a-copy-of-the-rune-factory-ds-strategy-guide.html Fri 13 Feb 2009 GMT Rune Factory (DS) hits stores today at all good retailers. Submerge yourself in a unique fantasy world with a... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/rune-factory-a-fantasy-harvest-moon-out-today.html Wed 11 Feb 2009 GMT Low and behold! Check out the brand new Little King's Little Blog for all the info on Little King's Story. http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/little-kings-little-blog.html Wed 11 Feb 2009 GMT Little King's Story has joined the Twitter revolution!Follow it here: http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/lks-on-twitter.html Mon 26 Jan 2009 GMT Wow, an explosive year for RSG in 2008. Suda51 gets “the people’s” console in a headlock resulting ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/no-more-heroes-ends-2008-in-style.html Thu 18 Dec 2008 GMT Everyone at Rising Star Games would like to wish you a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year! http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/merry-christmas-from-rising-star-games.html Fri 12 Dec 2008 GMT Its finally here! Harvest Moon DS: Island of Happiness hits stores today!Get your copy now! http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/harvest-moon-ds-island-of-happiness-out-today.html Tue 2 Dec 2008 GMT Dungeon Maker has received a great review; ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/a-great-review-for-dungeon-maker.html Fri 28 Nov 2008 GMT Great news! Cradle of Rome has just been reviewed by our friends over at Reviewgr... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/fantastic-cradle-of-rome-review94.html Fri 21 Nov 2008 GMT Welcome to the birth of the Roman Empire where players re-create the legendary city of old using a unique variation o... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/cradle-of-rome-out-now.html Thu 20 Nov 2008 GMT G'day folks!After a long flight across the world last week, the representing Rising Star Games crew l... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/rising-star-games-egames-expo.html Sun 16 Nov 2008 GMT Great news!! No More Heroes has hit the #8 slot in the Top 50 Video Games of 2008 by the Telegraph.co.uk Check out ... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/no-more-heroes-in-the-top-10-best-games-of-2008-the-telegraph.html Fri 14 Nov 2008 GMT The much anticipated Suda51 title Flower, Sun and Rain is available today. Can you escape to tell the tale of this su... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/flower-sun-and-rain-dungeon-maker-hits-stores-now.html Mon 14 Jan 2008 GMT In reply to the query regarding the delayed release to Rune Factory Frontier on Wii, I would like to make it absolute... http://www.risingstargames.com/blog/rune-factory-frontier-release-date.html