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Infinite Space anime prelude part two: Pirates riding dinosaurs

by Randy Nelson { Jul 22nd 2009 at 6:45PM }

Wow. We figured the line, "Praying, we drift in coffins afloat at sea. It is a good day to die!" that kicks off this second Production I.G. / Gonzo-animated prelude to Platinum Games' space-faring action-RPG, Infinite Space, would pretty much be its high point but oh were we ever wrong. In the span of this two-minute short, you've got a heap of space combat (seemingly directed by someone playing a keyboard) and space pirates, including one who's perched atop a space dinosaur. It's easily one of the weirdest things you'll watch today. We'd say the weirdest thing, but the internet's surprising that way.

Infinite Space launching Spring 2010, animated trailer launching right now

by JC Fletcher { Jul 2nd 2009 at 3:15PM }

When Sega released the first episode of its Production I.G/Gonzo-animated Infinite Space video series in Japan, we were quite pleased to look at it, but our rudimentary understanding of the language prevented us from gleaning anything substantive from the story.

Luckily, Sega has started translating the videos into English, with voice acting and everything, and we can now enjoy both looking at them and knowing what's going on. The voice acting is pretty much what you'd expect from American anime releases, but it's a small price to pay for comprehension. In this trailer, we see that a crash-landed "Watcher" gives protagonist Yuri the opportunity to build his own spaceship.

This trailer comes along with Sega's announcement of a spring 2010 release date in North America. We can only hope it continues releasing translated videos to tide us over.

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Infinite Space takes space at top of Japanese charts

by JC Fletcher { Jun 19th 2009 at 2:30PM }

Platinum Games' first release may not have been a sales phenomenon, but the company has found (relative) success with its second, the DS sci-fi roleplaying game Mugen Kouro (Infinite Space). It was a slow week for Japanese software sales, which allowed Infinite Space's 38,394 copies to put it at the top of the Media Create sales chart for last week, its first week in stores.

The three spots below that on the chart also belong to DS games: last week's top seller, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days sits at #2, followed by Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth and Sloane and Machale's Mysterious Story. The #5 position is held by Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires on PS3.

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[Via GamesIndustry.biz]

Infinite Space's Star Trek-inspired battles

by JC Fletcher { May 6th 2009 at 4:00PM }

This is the perfect week for Platinum Games and Sega to show off the first ship-to-ship battle footage from Infinite Space, visible after the post break. The Star Trek reboot movie comes out this week, and this game might as well be the JRPG take on Trek. The bottom screen shows the view from the captain's chair, and the top screen is basically a feed of your ship's viewscreen, providing a look at the enemy ship facing you down.

A few other quick battle clips are available in the "Star Ship" section of the official site. The game comes out next month in Japan, so we expect to start having more footage show up on screen soon!

Gallery: Infinite Space

[Via Siliconera]

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Infinite Space hits Japanese shelf space in June

by JC Fletcher { Mar 30th 2009 at 2:30PM }

Platinum Games' second project (the first to be released in Japan) is about as different from MadWorld as any game could be: it's Infinite Space, the epic sci-fi RPG for DS. Sega just announced that it'll be released in Japan on June 11. No international release dates have been announced yet, though GameStop suggests July 7. Infinite Space casts the player as a spaceship crew member who works his way up to captain, and features giant, customizable spaceships and wireless ship-to-ship battles.

Along with the announcement, Sega refreshed the Japanese website for the RPG with some animated story scenes, and released new screenshots. Hopefully as we approach release, we'll be able to see more gameplay stuff.

[Via Siliconera]

Platinum Games launches community site

by Ben Gilbert { Jan 30th 2009 at 2:56PM }

Billed as a "grand experiment," Japanese developer Platinum Games just opened an English-language website for gamers outside of the land that birthed Chocobos. Rather than creating a corporate site de rigeur, Platinum's taking a more community-based approach, including forums (MadWorld will be teh awesome everyone!), social media interaction (Hideki Kamiya just ate a sandwich!) and even a video podcast.

"It is part corporate homepage, part purpose built community portal," reads the site's front page. And between that fancy new logo and this community-based initiative, we'll remain hopeful going forward. After all, this isn't the first time a Japanese developer has tried to do this, right? What's the worst that could happen?

Joystiq interview: Hifumi Kouno on Infinite Space

by Majed Athab { Oct 28th 2008 at 9:28PM }

Ever wanted to create your own spacecraft and sail the ocean of stars? Well, you can do that with Nude Maker and Platinum Games' Infinite Space for DS -- sorta. We caught up with Hifumi Kouno, both president of Nude Maker and director of Infinite Space, to find out more about the spaceship-building title that's due out next year.

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Infinite Space and a finite film

by Alisha Karabinus { Oct 20th 2008 at 12:00PM }

The above video is the best animated short made to advertise a video game you will see today (absolutely definitely), and maybe the best ever, even if this sort of marketing becomes commonplace. If it does? We all win, especially if the videos are half as good as this one, made by Production I.G. and Gonzo.

Below? The best screenshots you'll see from a game advertised in this way. Basically, we're just offering you the best of the best here. That's easy when you're talking about Infinite Space, and considering the pedigree, probably easy to say about anything Platinum Games decides to do, ever.