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Final Fatasy XIII No Longer Japans Most Wanted
January 1st, 2009

First I Jeffrey Tavares and The Gaming Planet Staff want to welcome you to a new year, many things are lined up ahead of us, Happy New Year to all. Now lets start of this year with some gaming news!

Well each week the Japanese magazine Famitsu asked their readers what game they most look foward to. Normaly #1 is the well waited for Final Fantasy XIII. Well this week FFXIII kissed that #1 spot good buy and gave it to Dragon Quest IX by Square Enix for the Nintendo DS. What do you think happened in Japan? Do you think it’s because it’s no longer exclusive? Or is it that it’s taking way to long? Well there can be a thousand reasons, but those reasons, we just don’t know them. We will get back to as soon as we find out why. To keep you busy, check out this list I provided you with, It’s the top 15 most wanted games in Japan. Enjoy.

 

1. Dragon Quest IX (NDS, Square Enix)
2. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Square Enix)
3. Biohazard 5 (PS3, Capcom)
4. Monster Hunter 3 (Wii, Capcom)
5. Dragon Quest VI (NDS, Square Enix)
6. Amagami (PS2, Enterbrain)
7. Star Ocean: The Last Hope (360, Square Enix)
8. Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3, Square Enix)
9. The Last Remnant (PS3, Square Enix)
10. Ryuga Gotoku 3 (PS3, Sega)
11. Street Fighter IV (PS3, Capcom)
12. Seventh Dragon (NDS, Sega)
13. Ninokuni: The Another World (NDS, Level 5)
14. Gyakuten Kenji (NDS, Capcom)
15. Final Fantasy Agito XIII (PSP, Square Enix)

Guitar Hero World Tour Review
November 9th, 2008

In Guitar Hero World Tour you are the musician from customizing your look, naming your band, to writing your own songs! Guitar Hero takes it up a notch with it’s latest installment Guitar Hero World Tour. With Guitar Hero World Tour they are taking the fight back to Rock Band with improved drums and an improved guitar. This has to be the best Guitar Hero of all time, there are many new features in World Tour such as Band vs. Band online play. Now instead of just one person playing against someone online you can have your whole band face online!

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Here is your Call of Duty: World at War Prestige Badges
November 8th, 2008

Just like the Call of Duty 4, World at War will be having a prestige mode as well, and there they are question is, will you do it all over again? answer us in our comments. (I know I’ll do it all over again)

Spiderman Web of Shadows Review
November 7th, 2008

If you had the choice of good or bad, life or death, ally or enemy, peace or hell, what would you do? Peter Parker is struggling in his position when Venom strikes again. Swing in for the Spiderman Web of Shadows Review.

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The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon Review
November 2nd, 2008

Have you ever wanted to fly around, check out the scenery, and have no worries? Well this isnt the game for you because in Spyro Dawn of the Dragon, You go from bad to wrose every step of the way. I’m going to explain to you why you should get this game and why you shouldnt, so hold tight because we’re about to blast our way into another TGP Review! Read the rest of this entry »

TheGamingPlanet Call of Duty 4 Tournament

Hey everyone, The Gaming Planet is proud to announce its FIRST tournament after switching from PSN@Home. This tournament will be hosted on the Playstation 3 for the game Call of Duty 4. Ofcourse we aren’t going to give something for nothing, that’s why we are making admission to the tournament a lousy 50 forum posts! [...]

CAPCOM TO DELIVER STELLAR LINE UP IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2009

Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, has today confirmed that six of its upcoming titles will be released within the first half of 2009. The line-up demonstrates Capcom’s commitment to pursuing a multi-platform strategy while growing its portfolio of titles and includes the latest installments of some of gaming’s most cherished [...]

Star Wars Battlefront III Surfaces

Apparently, some old renders from Star Wars Battlefront III were recently dug up:

As a sad footnote to a year strewn with the corpses of shuttered studios, Free Radical let go most of its 180-plus employees on December 17. Best-known for the TimeSplitters series, the Nottingham, England-based shop had bet heavily on the success of its [...]

Call of Duty: World at War Review

World War II, don’t you just love it, no? Well then, Treyarch is back with a new edition of the Call of Duty Franchise and they took it back to the WWII era, and trust me it’s better than the previous ones they have done, with some minor hitches. Does it meet expectations you ask?, [...]

Mirror’s Edge Review

Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a bee. That’s how you live life in Mirror’s Edge, you’re in and you’re out, no looking back, and no questions asked. Do you have what it takes to be a runner? Well get your Nike’s on because we’re about to jump into another TGP Review.

Quantum of Solace Review

Oh it’s so good to see you 007, it’s been a while since we’ve played one of your 007 games, and yet you have a new one, alright lets dive into your world and see whats been changed.

Call of Duty: World at War Hands On

Call of Duty: World at War is currently in a beta, and we have been lucky enough to play in it. This beta is of the Online game-play and is quite a bit of fun. We played the beta on the PC, however it is also available on the Xbox 360. This is Call of [...]

Official Gears of War 2 Weapons List

The information given is quoted from GowFans.com. Enjoy
 
 

Punch-Out Punching It’s Way Back Into The Ring

Ya’ll remember about 15 years a arcade game by the name Punch-Out? Well…. It’s back! Yeah you heared that right, Nintendo has revived the old boxing game, which would be much of suprise because that’s all Nintendo is doing. Also the game star’s the hero of SweatPants, Little Mac. Expect this game knocking out in Q1 [...]