Action, Asia

As we reported yesterday, Mikami's first project since 2010 Platinum Games shooter Vanquish was unveiled in Japanese magazine Famitsu. Mikami is executive director on the project, but insists he is taking an active role in development. More >

Andriasang brings word that the special edition, revealed yesterday, contains a copy of protagonist Leon's leather jacket, and four "tablet case covers" - in Resident Evil 6, the series' signature herb items are replaced with pills. More >

Grasshopper Manufacture has announced Killer Is Dead, a new game directed by Goichi "Suda51" Suda which, the studio promises will retain the essence of Suda's previous assassin games, Killer 7 and No More Heroes. More >

Created as part of Sony's PlayStation C.A.M.P. (Creator Audition Mash-up Project!) initiative, which allows Japanese gamers to submit their ideas for possible development, Tokyo Jungle sees the city free of humans and overrun by oddly dressed, pugnacious animals. More >

Japanese developer Vanillaware has insisted it hasn't cancelled PS3 and Vita action-RPG Dragon's Crown. Fears were raised over the status of the game earlier this week when Amazon told US customers it was cancelling pre-orders for the game, and removed the listing from its site entirely. More >

Kid Icarus: Uprising is the new Japanese all-formats number one, Masahiro Sakurai's 3DS debut selling 132,526 copies in its first week on shelves. In second place is Yakuza Black Panther 2, Sega's PSP game selling just under 105,000. There are three further new entries in the top ten: Capcom's Devil May Cry HD Collection at number four, ahead of Ninja Gaiden 3 and PS3 RPG Attouteki Yuugi: Mugen Souls. More >

Kojima Productions is hiring for staff to work on a new Metal Gear game. A listing on publisher Konami's website confirms that Kojima Productions will have its own booth at the GDC Career Pavilion next month, and is looking for staff in Japan and California. More >

Konami has confirmed that Metal Gear Online will be closed down in June. Kotaku reports that the game, which launched alongside Metal Gear Solid 4 in 2008 and peaked at 1.3 million users, will close on June 21. More >

Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida admits that Team Ico has been forced into "scrapping and rebuilding" long-awaited PS3 exclusive The Last Guardian to ensure it fits with director Fumito Ueda's vision. "The project has been making progress, but slow progress," Yoshida told 1UP at this week's DICE Summit in Las Vegas. "So that's tough, but we haven't changed any focus." More >

Hideo Kojima has confirmed, and shown off, a special 3DS system being released alongside the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D. The system, to be bundled with the game in Japan, features what Kojima touted on Twitter as "the industry's first snake pattern-embossed design," according to Andriasang. More >

Over a million copies of 3DS' Monster Hunter Tri G have been shipped to retailers since its release on December 10, publisher Capcom has announced. More >

Erstwhile Edge columnist Toshihiro Nagoshi has hinted at a significant overhaul to the Yakuza series with the upcoming Yakuza 5, describing its creation as "like building a new house." Nagoshi's comments come from the latest issue of Famitsu magazine, translated by Andriasang. Nagoshi confirms that Yakuza 5 will take place in five locations - Tokyo, Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka, with each at least the same size, if not bigger, than Yakuza 2's Osaka, and Okinawa, as seen in the series' PS3 debut, Yakuza 3. More >

Metal Gear Solid: Rising, the hack-and-slash game announced in 2009, has a new producer. Andriasang reports that Shigenobu Matsuyama has been replaced as producer by Yuji Korekado, formerly lead programmer at Kojima Productions. More >

According to Japanese blog Esuteru, From Software is taking on those who have somehow acquired an early copy of the upcoming Dark Souls in typically cruel fashion. More >

Keita Takahashi's series returns, and this Vita launch title promises a unique spin on the familiar formula: players can use the handheld's rear touch panel to stretch and flatten their Katamari to fit through small gaps. The below trailer is sadly bereft of gameplay footage, but Namco Bandai has also released a few screenshots showing the new-look Katamaris in action.

Two trailers here, one showing the HD remaster of PSP title Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, the other the Metal Gear Solid HD Edition. In Japan, that consists of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3, together with the two MSX originals, and a download code for Metal Gear Solid; Peace Walker will be sold separately. In the west, Peace Walker replaces Metal Gear Solid. The collection is set for release in Japan on November 23, and is due in North America and Europe before the end of the year.