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Welcome to this week's Games Update, our weekly summary featuring all new product arrivals from the last seven days.

One of the hottest games that came out this week is Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 [JPN, Asian]. Fight in pairs in this brand new Sony PSP™ game, choose any two from the twenty four characters and take on all the bosses' tag teams. The more teams you beat, the more hidden characters you can unlock.

Special skills from the manga are animated in fully voiced video clips, when you filled up your tag gage, launch attacks that combine both character's powers and deal some massive damages.

Another interesting game for Sony PSP™ players is Irem's Ikuze! Gen-San: Yuuyake Daiku Monogatari [JPN, Asian]. Become this hot blooded carpenter Gen-san and defeat the evil construction company that is harrassing the people in town. Gen-san's powers defy gravity and logic, and the wooden hammer is certainly mightier than missiles and tanks.

Two fantasy RPG that sets stage in medieval European land are released on Nintendo DS™, one of them is Luminous Arc 2: Will and the other is Dungeon of ...[more] http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-17-74-1p2-47-rss.html
Welcome to this week's toys update. Check out the wonderful collectibles we just got in stock and all the new products made available for preorder.

As toys, especially collectible ones, are produced in limited numbers and are often sold out prior to the actual release date, we strongly recommend to preorder the figures of your desire as early as possible.

The HK Comic Fair special edition figure of Ito Noemi from the dating simulation game With You Mitsumeteitai is chosen as this week's special. Noemi is the most popular character in the game, she is a gentle, reserved and fragile girl who is often seen working in her family cafe in a maid's uniform.

With her broom in one hand and the hem of her skirt in the other, this figure captures her efficiency, helpfulness and grace. Ito Noemi's figure is sold at the bargain price of US 19.90 and the maximum purchase is limited to 2 pieces per customer. As usually, this weekly special is valid for exactly 1 week (if not sold out earlier).


The Art of Yamashita Shunya bust statues are the collaboration between the ...[more] http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-17-74-1p3-47-rss.html
Although no new games have been released today, two popular PSP™ releases are going to arrive tomorrow and certainly deserve some special attention to do them justice.

One of them is Sony Computer Entertainment's Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 [JPN, Asian] and the other is Irem's Ikuze! Gen-San: Yuuyake Daiku Monogatari [JPN, Asian].


The exciting fighter Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 is based on Tite Kubo manga, which is one of the hottest things in the world of popular culture at the moment. In this thrilling game, your link with your partner is the key element to victory.

Choose two from the twenty four main characters from Bleach and form a tag team and challenge all the bosses' teams in the game. Switch from one fighter to the other anytime you want at the expense of your tag gage. When the tag gage fills up completely, launch limit breaks on your opponents' team and be rewarded with a cool, fully voiced video clip. In this limitless condition, your partner and your attacks join together as one, and it is several times more powerful than a single limit ...[more] http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-17-74-1p0-47-rss.html
From the publisher: When a routine mission goes horribly wrong, you find yourself battling an insidious enemy that knows no boundaries.  It's up to you to terminate an extremist plot aimed at throwing the world into global chaos.  Only an underground gun-for-hire can succeed in a war this dirty!

The saga continues with the organization known as the shop where players take on the role of a hired mercenary.  Players will experience all the thrills and dangers of mercenary combat blasting through high intensity combat situations in the world's most dangerous hotspots in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe.

Using any means necessary, players will need to uncover a complex plot and defeat an extremist organization determined to throw the world into global conflict.  Failure is not an option. 

Another great Xbox360™ game is chosen as a weekly special. Activision's region free Austral-Asian edition of Soldier of Fortune: Payback is now available at a bargain price of US$ 24.90 only!


As usually, this weekly special is valid for exactly 1 week (if not sold out earlier) and this time limited to a maximum purchase ...[more] http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-17-74-1p1-47-rss.html
Luminous Arc 2: Will is an RPG that tells the adventures of a novice knight named Roman. For as long as people could remember, witches, or any magic users are forbidden to involve themselves in any form of conflict, as nothing is safe from their powers.

However, as betrayals begin appearing within the witches monitoring organization, a war became inevitable, and soon, not only the witches are involved but the Queen's knights are taking sides in the war.

Marvelous Entertainment's fantasy RPG Luminous Arc 2: Will for Nintendo DS™ is in stock today, shipping as region free Japanese version for US$ 48.90 only.


The predecessor of this game, Luminous Arc [US, JPN] versions are also available at Play-Asia.com and are sold for the respective prices of US$ 39.90 and US$ 48.90 only.


From the publisher: In a desperate war against the mysterious alien race known as the Bydo, humanity sends wave after wave of fighters into Bydo space—none of which are ever heard from again.

Mankind's main hope now resides with a lone commander, sent to lead a small ...[more] http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-17-74-1oz-47-rss.html
From the publisher: Condemned 2: Bloodshot™ ratchets up the bone-crushing brutality of the popular psychological thriller with an all-new fighting system and for the first time, online multiplayer modes.

As Ethan Thomas, the unstable and disgraced Serial Crimes Unit investigator, you will face horrifying enemies and endless heart-stopping surprises in the shadows of a strange and sinister world.

Utilize a new set of high-tech forensic tools and fight off violent enemies on the perilous hunt for your missing partner. You'll need to use anything and everything in the environment to survive as you unravels the mysteries shrouding the city in darkness. Condemned 2: Bloodshot is set to horrify the masses in 2008.

Sega's blood curdling horror action Condemned 2: Bloodshot for both Xbox360™ and PlayStation3™ are in stock today, shipping as region free Asian versions at the same price of US$ 49.90 only.



From the publisher: Choose from more than a thousand crossword puzzles or hone your word skills with Wordsearch or Anagrams. No matter which type of puzzle you choose, you can easily save your progress at any ...[more] http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-17-74-1ox-47-rss.html
Welcome to this week's Movie/Music news roundup, containing new Japanese and Hong Kong Video and Music releases from this week listed at Play-Asia.com. Around 200 new items are covered in this week, including new J-Pop, Anime as well as Japanese, Hong Kong and Western movie releases and much more.

NEWS, a boy band made up of Johnny Entertainment's younger boys welcomed the summer season with another chart topper. Summer Time is their tenth single and the boys' vitality, as expressed in this single is contagious.

Through this song, NEWS hope that all of their fans would have a lovely summer filled with fun, adventure and romance. The limited edition is sold out already, this is just of how popular the band is!

Sheryl Nome, the idol singer known througout the galaxy from Macross Frontier released her single Iteza Gogo 9 Ji Don't Be Late.

Sheryl is a chart topper in the world of Macross and is crossing over from the world of the anime to the actual world by releasing her single. The beautiful anime heroine is securing her position in the hearts of her fans in Macross Galaxy ...[more] http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-17-74-1oy-47-rss.html
In these classic gaming news updates you will find a frequent summary of all classical titles which were added to our site. Availability is subject to frequent changes and fast decisions are recommended as we usually have only very few copies of those titles that are listed below. As always we are trying to expand our catalogue regularly.

In case a title is already listed as sold out, we recommend you use our Track it Down! feature or subscribe to our Personal Agent on the item's product page. We are monitoring your subscription and try to restock the title if possible. Once the game is back in stock, you will automatically receive an e-mail notification from us.

Further, if you are looking for any title that is not listed on our website yet, you are always welcome to contact our customer service with your request. We will try our best to track down the requested title and add them to our website with one of our next major updates.

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