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• Metal Slug 3 and Fatal Fury Special announced for Xbox Live Arcade

  Published: August 27, 2007, 4:34 pm

  Tags: News, Metal Slug, Metal Slug 3, Fatal Fury, Fatal Fury Special, Xbox 360, Neogeo, Xbox Live Arcade, Game, Videogame, Snk, Snk Playmore

  last year the director of SNK game titles, Soichiro Hosoya, said the company wanted to put classic NeoGeo titles on Microsoft and Sony’s online delivery services, but that they hadn’t heard back from Microsoft whether they’d accept. Nine months later and it’s confirmed. The Japanese website for SNK Playmore announced

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• Metal Slug 7 is a DS-exclusive

  Published: September 20, 2007, 12:38 pm

  Tags: News, Metal Slug, Metal Slug 7, Nintendo Ds, Game, Videogame, Sidescroller, Shooter, Snk, Snk Playmore

  Playmore has announced it will release Metal Slug 7 for the Nintendo DS. The latest mission in the 2D-sidescrolling shooter series will be exclusive to the DS handheld, reports reports Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu. The game’s goal will be the same as always. Either alone or with a friend in co-op, you shoot at a continual stream of

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• First gameplay video of Metal Slug 7 on DS

  Published: October 1, 2007, 9:05 am

  Tags: Videos, News, Metal Slug, Metal Slug 7, Nintendo Ds, Game, Videogame, Sidescroller, Shooter, Snk, Snk Playmore

  for DS was on display at the SNK Playmore booth during the Tokyo Game Show last month. Only a few details are known about the 2D-sidescrolling shooter game from attendees of the show. The Weapon Stock System from Metal Slug 6 will be returning. And it appears to be in an early beta build, as the graphics of the game weren’t displayed in the

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• Playstation 2: World Heroes Gets Gorgeous!

  Published: October 15, 2007, 9:20 pm

  Tags: Neo Geo, Playstation 2, Snk Playmore, This Not News, World Heroes

  memories of the 2D fighter, SNK Playmore is releasing a collection of four World Heroes games for the PlayStation 2. And it might just have the best name ever: World Heroes Gorgeous! The emphasis is mine. Seriously, does it get any better than "gorgeous"? No, I don't think it does. Please take a few minutes to enjoy the ultimate fighting

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• North America Getting World Heroes Gorgeous [Compilations]

  Published: October 26, 2007, 6:20 pm

  Tags: Compilations, Playstation 2, Ps2, Snk Playmore, World Heroes, World Heroes Gorgeous

  SNK Playmore announced a World Heroes compilation for the PlayStation 2 in Japan, it didn't necessarily cause a flood of tips to the Kotaku inbox. When we found out that it was dubbed World Heroes Gorgeous, however, the air raid sirens at the top of the tower whined for hours. When the internet was alerted, we were surprised to learn that,

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• World Heroes Anthology Stateside This Spring [Game Announcements]

  Published: November 6, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: Game Announcements, Ps2, Snk Playmore, World Heroes Anthology

  - and that is beautiful. SNK PLAYMORE USA Announces World Heroes Anthology for PlayStation 2 system Wall, NJ -- Nov. 6, 2007 -- SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION, the U.S. publishing arm of the SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION, today announced WORLD HEROES ANTHOLOGY for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. WORLD HEROES ANTHOLOGY is a

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• Samurai Spirits Sen AKA Samurai Shodown 7 first look

  Published: November 12, 2007, 4:56 am

  Tags: Videos, News, Samurai Shodown, Samurai Shodown 7, Samurai Shodown Flash, Samurai Spirits, Samurai Spirits Sen, Game, Videogame, Fighting, Arcade, Snk, Snk Playmore

  Playmore’s seventh Samurai Shodown Arcade fighting game is titled Samurai Spirits Sen (AKA Samurai Shodown Flash) and will move the series into 3D. The fighting system uses chain combos and doesn’t seem to display blood. The artwork on this Samurai Spirits Sen character moves list is from ex-Capcom employee Senri Kita (of Fire

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• Give Metal Slug 3 the blood it deserves

  Published: January 4, 2008, 6:00 pm

  Tags: Metal Slug, Metal Slug 3, Neo Geo, Snk, Snk Playmore, Xbla, Xbox Live Arcade

  as if the crafty people at SNK Playmore thought we wouldn't notice. Thankfully, there is a fix, and it's not even difficult to do. So, how does one turn on the red stuff? Is it ABACABB? No, much simpler actually. All you have to do is switch your console's language settings to Japanese. See, easy, right? The only hard part now is making sure

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• King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match YouTube! video from the Asia Game Show 2007

  Published: January 3, 2008, 12:29 am

  Tags: Asia Game Show 2007, Fighting, Snk Playmore, King Of Fighters 98 Ultimate Match

  better images from either SNK Playmore or Taito from the event. I'm crossing my fingers for a new gameplay trailer as well, but I think this will probably be more dependent on the status of the game at that point in

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• SNK Playmore wishes you a Happy New Year with some greeting cards

  Published: January 2, 2008, 11:51 pm

  Tags: Metal Slug 7, Maximum Impact Regulation A, Samurai Spirits Sen, King Of Fighters Xii, Fighting, Snk Playmore, King Of Fighters 98 Ultimate Match

  at the official SNK Playmore website, a series of six printable greeting cards were posted all featuring new art for upcoming or recently released games. They'll be available for download until the 17th of January, so get them while you can. I'm hoping that this is a sign that all of the games featured in the art will see the light of day

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• King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Location test videos

  Published: January 18, 2008, 7:06 pm

  Tags: Fighting, Snk Playmore, King Of Fighters 98 Ultimate Match

  tsukache on Youtube has posted a couple of new videos of King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match taken from the location test that opened this weekend. There is a little concern about some lag input issues in the current builds, but hopefully SNK Playmore will get that ironed out before the game's release.

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• SNK Playmore web updates - Samurai Spirits Sen/King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match

  Published: January 17, 2008, 7:39 pm

  Tags: Samurai Spirits Sen, Fighting, Snk Playmore, King Of Fighters 98 Ultimate Match

  Samurai Spirits Sen website, SNK Playmore have opened the story index, character index, and moves index. There isn't a lot of content yet (sure to change pretty regularly if it follows the Maximum Impact Regulation A formula), but it does provide a better look at some great art for the game as well as a couple of sample moves lists. The two

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• Samurai Shodown II Hits Wii Next Week, Anthology Coming [Wii Ware]

  Published: August 1, 2008, 10:00 am

  Tags: Wii Ware, Samurai Shodown Ii, Snk Playmore, Wii

  which hit the Wii in June, SNK Playmore announced today that Samurai Shodown II is coming to the Wii Virtual Console on Aug. 4, aka next week. The 2D fighter will run you 900 Wii Points and features 16 characters, a two player versus mode and tons of silly translations. The two Virtual Console releases seem to be setting the stage for Samurai

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