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Famitsu showed off some more new images of the new character from Final Fantasy XIII. Like last weeks revealment, it continues to show off his hairdo. 

With the new year merely a half dozen days under way, Hideo Kojima let know in an interview with Famitsu that this year will be a very important year to his studio.

That said, he is currently reviewing his staff and working structure to compete with ‘foreign creators’ as he steps in a new direction.

I’ve come to understand that the way we’ve made games up until now won’t translate globally, and I’ve come to think that I need to make Kojima Productions a team that can compete alongside the rest of the world

I’ve thought a lot about how Western games have been winning, looking it from a global perspective, and there are things that I’ve noticed. So 2009 will be a year of change, a year where we start from zero again

Though we are not sure how he thinks that Western games are winning. Metal Gear Solid 4 was chosen as ‘Game of the Year’ by many game sites and industry people. That surely doesn’t mean your losing.
By moving ‘west’ many have the feeling this is Hideo Kojima first step to creating a Xbox 360 game along side a PS3 version. The question that then arises, which will be the port or will they both be developed equally?

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Famitsu got it’s hands on White Knight Chronicles to test this game of it’s potential. The results a score of 29/40 (7,8,7,7) .

How did this PS3 exclusive get this score, well the reviewers didn’t care for a number of elements in the game, such as the in-game menus, battle controls, chatting (apparently it was difficult to chat while moving around) and overly simplistic battle system despite a game length of 30 hours. They did however had good words to say about the customizable combos and epic battles in a gorgeous looking world.

Don’t raise your eye brow cause of the score as these we’re the same people that rated Haze a 34/40 (9,8,9,8). So does that mean that White Knight Chronicles will get worse reviews like Haze got from ‘western’ reviewers. Time will tell.

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Famitsu informed their readers that Tenchu 4 will also be out on the PSP. After being released on the Wii Rikimaru and Ayame will sneak onto your PSP.

There only isn’t much known about this version, like extra levels or special characters but for now we can only conclude it will be similar to the Wii version.

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Capcoms next Resident Evil instalment, Resident Evil 5 will be featured in Famitu’s next magazine which is due to be released March 28. Famitsu promise new details regarding Capcoms new horror title, including an exlcusive interview and footage.

‘Biohazard 5 Exclusive Footage + Interview’

I hope we see some gameplay footage and a release date because i cannot wait to get my hands on Resident Evil 5.