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Taito iPhone games on sale for the holidays

Taito is celebrating the success of its iPhone games in the best possible way: by making some of them cheaper. The Square Enix-owned publisher announced that its lineup of iPhone games appeared in Apple's "Rewind 2009" lists for 65 different regional...

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Taito's Ishida: 'Expect to see more Groove Coaster'

If you've played Taito's beautifully abstract iOS music game, Groove Coaster, you probably want more of Taito's beautifully abstract iOS music game, Groove Coaster. And you'll have it. During an interview today, producer Reisuke Ishida told Joystiq:...

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Taito's Rayforce shmup coming to iOS this winter

Classic shmup news now, with Taito's Rayforce, the first entry in its series of vertical shmups starting with the word "Ray," coming to iOS. Japanese outlet Famitsu (via Andriasang) says the game is planned for the smaller iThings, like the iPho...

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Taito shoots RayStorm HD at North America May 5

Shooter fans in the mood for something with a bit more of a classical sensibility than the insane "bullet hell" shmups being made these days should look forward to May 5. Square Enix just announced the North American release date for the XBLA RayS...

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PopCap and Taito team up to bring Pop Tower to Japan

PopCap Games and Taito announced a partnership this morning that would oversee the launch of a new "dedicated mobile social game service" in Japan. The service is named, appropriately enough, Pop Tower. The service will add an "all-new metagame with...

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Taito Legends coming to US

Fans of classics collections, Taito, or alien invaders better sit down for this. Destineer Studios (Full Metal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy) has announced they'll be releasing Taito Legends Power-Up in Q2 of this year. Surprisingly, this collection doe...

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Taito reveals Space Invaders, Cooking Mama games for iPhone, iPod, Android

Taito has announced that iPhone and iPod Touch users can access versions of Space Invaders and Cooking Mama in the app store now. The Space Invaders game available in the app store is of the classic variety, but features "full use of the motion sen...

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Taito to show Gardening Mama, paddle-compatible Bust a Move at TGS

Taito's TGS lineup is, like last year, all-Nintendo. While they only showed DS games last year, one Wii game is on the lineup this time, but it's Cooking Mama: World Kitchen, which isn't a huge departure. The company will show the newly-announced G...

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Fever time: Taito announces European release for Space Invaders Extreme 2, Puzzle Bobble Galaxy

It's a totally exciting week for Space Invaders Extreme. First, the Xbox Live Arcade port was released in North America. Now, the DS sequel is officially headed to Europe, with Square Enix releasing this fall. We guess the company decided not to use ...

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Taito's RayForce hits iOS for ... more than you'd expect

The term "Square Enix Tax" refers to the publisher's frequent tendency to price its games more than others on the same platform. Most of Square Enix's DS games retailed for $39.99, for example, and even the simplistic Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy ...

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Taito gets in on the old-school resurgence

It seems like Sega Genesis Collection, EA Replay and Metal Slug Anthology have been getting all the attention lately. However, some of you may not know that Taito is throwing their hat in the ring with Taito Legends. Legends packs in 25 classic Tait...

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Square Enix to buy Taito, merge company names

It seems to be the latest trend for the bigger companies to consolidate, merge, and buy up all the little developers on their way. As the industry grows and expands, like all businesses, the larger ones must consume the smaller companies in th...

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Taito goes DS-only at TGS

Taito knows where the money is in the Japanese video game market: the DS. Thus it seems that they've decided to concentrate their development efforts on games for the money-printing handheld. The company released the list of games they'll be displayi...

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Taito responds to 'unauthorized' Space Invaders 9/11 exhibit

Taito has released a very official-sounding statement, charging Mr. Stanley and the exhibitors of the controversial Space Invaders art installation, featuring a simulated attack on the World Trade Center, with unauthorized use of its intellectual pr...

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Square Enix / Taito merge complete; names to stay separate

Over the last month, Square Enix have been buying up shares of Taito stock in order to finalize this merger. The result? Almost 350,000 shares bought – about 100,000 more than they had initially planned. Next Thursday, Taito will officially b...

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