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The L.A. Times today reports that Atari US has filed for bankruptcy. By doing so, the company hopes “to break free from their debt-laden French parent.”

Atari S.A., located in France, has control over each of its subsidiaries including Atari Interactive Inc. and Atari U.S. Unfortunately, the company’s overall revenue has seen a downturn over the past couple of decades.

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Some Japanese developers have unsuccessfully produced video in order to appeal to western gamers. The staff behind Namco Bandai’s Tales franchise, however, has avoided this path.

Series producer Hideo Baba told Shacknews that he and his team “really try to look within ourselves and try to improve ourselves” instead of “trying to copy Western developers”:

Baba said:

“With regards to the Tales franchise, we’ve never made an effort to ‘westernize’ it. We feel that Western developers are good at certain things, while Japanese developers are good at other things. Rather than us trying to copy Western developers, we really try to look within ourselves and try to improve ourselves. The Tales franchise has been a personal struggle to better ourselves and the franchise.”

Baba also spoke a bit about Japanese game development overall:

“I feel like a lot of Japanese developers, especially ourselves, we’ve really taken an effort to go back to our roots. We look at what we started with and what we’re good at, and we really tried to make an effort to strengthen what our foundations are.”

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In order to become an indie developer on Nintendo platforms, certain requirements must be met. For instance, a dev must maintain a dedicated business place. Studios can’t receive kits without meeting this criteria.

Interestingly, it seems that Nintendo could be abandoning the requirement.

Take a look at this tweet from Nintendo of America’s Dan Adelman:

The tweet above coupled together with others rumor suggest that Nintendo may allow indie devs to make titles for its platforms without having an office space. That would only lead to a better situation for fans – it means more games!

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It appears that Monster Hunter 4 won’t be heading to the PlayStation Vita after all – at least for the time being.

Capcom’s Christian Svensson, responding to the rumor from Japanese gaming magazine Game Lab, said:

“There are no plans at the moment beyond platforms that have been announced. Obviously rumors and speculation will continue regardless of what I tell you.”

This doesn’t mean that Monster Hunter 4 will never hit the Vita. Capcom has already brought Monster Hunter Tri, initially a Wii game, to the 3DS and Wii U.

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Dark Horse shared a public preview of its Hyrule Historia localization. Eight pages from the upcoming book can be found in the gallery above.

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Next Friday, a special event will be held at the Nintendo World Store to celebrate the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia. Fans can gather between 6 PM and 8 PM to purchase the lengthy book in both standard and limited edition formats. Hyrule Historia officially goes on sale on January 29.

A few activities are planned for the launch party. At the time being, Nintendo has only mentioned a costume contest, but additional items are on the agenda.

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Three different pouches are now available on Club Nintendo Japan. For 120 points, members can order one of the pouches. Each measures 13 x 20 cm and is intended for use with the 3DS and 3DS XL.

View the different color variations here.

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Square Enix picked up a couple of new trademarks in Europe recently.

The first is titled “Guns & Souls”. Square Enix Japan filed for the name rather than Eidos. Based on the name, it sounds like Guns & Souls could be some sort of shooter.

Square Enix additionally registered Hitman: International Contract Agency and Hitman: ICA, but these two probably won’t have anything to do with a Nintendo platform.

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A strange situation developed late last year between Sony and the well-known PlayStation “character” Kevin Butler. Butler, played by Jerry Lambert, was spotted in a Bridgestone Tires commercial with a Wii. The ad was eventually pulled and it was later discovered that Sony was suing the tire company as well as Lambert’s own company.

Sony is still in a legal battle with Bridgestone, but has since settled out of court with Lambert.

Lambert will not appear in any video game ad over the next two years. Once the period has passed, he can lend his talent to any commercial he chooses so long as the Kevin Butler character is not portrayed. Sony also gained the right to look over any video game-related ads Lambert partakes in to ensure that its Kevin Butler property is not involved.

Regarding the original Bridgestone commercial, Lambert did acknowledge that the ad may have led to consumer confusion since he was seen with a Wii.

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