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Bloody Roar announcement was a fake
Turns out that Bloody Roar announcement from the "Hudson" Twitter account last week was a fake. As GameSetWatch notes, the ruse was exposed when the account tweeted what was supposed to be the first image, but was actually an image stating "You all been trolled!" It turns out this fake Hudson Twitter account committed itself to a very long con for the purpose of messing with Bloody Roar fans. There is apparently a real Hudson Twitter account, but it hasn't been used since 2010. When we contacted Hudson parent company Konami for comment, the publisher simply told us it was "looking into this." Sorry, Bloody Roar fans.
Hudson: New Bloody Roar title 'in production'
The fighting game renaissance is in full swing, with massively successful titles still in the rear-view mirror, and highly anticipated fighters coming strong and steady in the near future and beyond. The soul still burns, or something, so it makes perfect sense for Hudson to announce the production of a new Bloody Roar title via Twitter. No other concrete information is available as of yet, but the #BloodyRoarProject2012 and #BloodyRoar5 hashtags used in the tweet are implicit enough to get the rumor mill running at full till. Bloody Roar, if you'll recall, is the Tekken-esque 3D fighting series characterized by its transforming, anthropomorphized animal fighters, which has been dormant since 2003's Bloody Roar 4. Also dormant? Our ability to see, thanks to Hudson's blinding font colors. [Thanks, Dean!]
Bloody Roar & shmups invade Japanese PSN
The Japanese PSN is updated yet again with a number of obscure games you've most likely never played. Many are shoot-em-ups, or shmups for short, and they're ideal for PSP play, no? Those with access to the Japanese Store can download for only 600 yen: Wizard's Harmony Pro-Mahjong Kiwame Tengensenhen Joshikouki no Houkago... Pukunpa Bloody Roar Arcade Hits: Shienryu [List via Siliconera]