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Konami’s gaming classic Frogger is now available in the Apple App Store. The game has been tweaked to work on the iPhone and iPod Touch, while still preserving classic Frogger gameplay. The game is $9.99, and you’ll need the iPhone 2.0 software to play it.

Basically it is the same game as before, just with touch screen controls and updated graphics. You guide the frog from one side of the road, across the river, to the safety of the bank. If you aren’t careful - you’re roadkill.

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Konami and Viz Media have announced that the Blue Dragon Role Playing Card Game will be at Gen Con Indy, which fruns from August 14-17, 2008. Blue Dragon RPCG, as it is affectionately known, is a trading card game based on the Xbox 360 game Blue Dragon.

The Konami booth will have the game displayed and Konami representatives will be teaching people to play Blue Dragon RPCG and giving out free t-shirts and half decks. There will also be Blue Dragon RPCG tournaments on August 16 and 17, and a game mat and half-deck are in every Gen Con Indy attendee’s show bag. So make sure you stop by the Konami booth so you can play with a full deck.

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The Japanese release date for the DS follow-up to Blue Dragon, titled Blue Dragon Plus is creeping closer. On September 4, 2008, the real-time strategic rpg will be released in Japan. So far a North American release hasn’t been announced, but since Konami released Blue Dragon in the US and the DS is the Nintendo’s golden child.

Blue Dragon Plus picks right up where the Xbox 360 rpg Blue Dragon left off. King Jibral and Zola have discovered a strange and possibly evil dragon shadow in a cube world, and Shu, Kluke, Jiro, Marumaro and Zola have to go investigate it. The game looks similar to Heroes of Mana and Final Fantasy XIII: Revenant Wings, so if you enjoyed those, you’ll probably like Blue Dragon Plus. 

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These are just too cute. And yet, somewhat disturbing. Konami is teaming up with Figumate to create Metal Gear Solid figures. No big deal, right? I mean, video game companies team up with Japanese figure companies all the time in Japan. Except that Ocelot, Snake, Raiden and Otacon will be represented as girl in the collection.

The series, known as Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots X Figumate Sweet Snake will be sold through Konamistyle as a set of four. Each one is only 7 cm, so they’ll really be the perfect size to put anywhere. The set comes out December 11, 2008 for ¥2,940, roughly $30, and if you really must have them, I’m sure you’ll find a set on eBay or some in some Japanese online hobby shop.

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A DS game referred to by Siliconera as Harry Potter meets Animal Crossing is going to be released outside of Japan. Konami has announced that it will be bringing the forthcoming Japanese release Tongari Boushi to Mahou no 365 Nichi to the US as Little Magician’s Magic Adventure. The game is still listed as TBA for Japanese audiences, but Konami has stated that it will be out in the US in February 2009.

In Little Magician’s Magic Adventure, players become wizards and witches in-training. You go throughout a world trying to learn and master spells and make friends with other apprentice wizards and witches. There’s a Japanese site up for the game, but there’s no information or images there yet.

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One of the great long-standing game franchises is =Castlevania. Early on, the game was a side-scrolling adventure or an RPG (usually side-scrolling). Now it is getting its first fighting game and a next-gen face lift with Castlevania Judgment.

The game will feature the best known heroes and most vile allies of Dracula, amounting to 14 usable characters in an all out brawl. If you ever wanted to cause infighting for who the best vampire slayer is, now you will be able to. You will also be able to find out general in Dracula’s legions of the damned is the most effective. Unfortunately, there are no details on whether or not Dracula will be…

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If I could use a phrase to describe Konami’s press conference (2:30 p.m. PT, Wednesday, July 16, 2008) it would be, “ It started with a bang and ended with a thud.”

Konami already had a solid lineup to unveil to the masses with two new Castlevania games and Silent Hill: Homecoming and were well on their way to being the bright spot when it came to third party pressers for the event.  The conference began with news about Metal Gear Online and the new Elebits for the DS. 

From that point on we got some great information, gameplay and demos from the Castlevania and Silent Hill franchises and then not so much.  Rock Revolution premiered last as Senior Product Manager, Lauren Facadomo, brought her all-girl cover band to play The Ramones, Blitzkrieg Pop.  Talk about bad Joey, Dee Dee, and Johnny Ramon are all spinning in their graves right now.  It only got worst from there.

Click for the bullet-point recap of the conference…

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On the heels of Disney revealing its lineup for E3 this year, Konami has unveiled its lineup for E3 2008.  Konami’s lineup has something for everybody including music, dance, and sports titles to go along with the storied franchises of Castlevania and Silent Hill. 

Highlighting Konami’s booth will be the hands on time people can spend playing Rock Revolution and the announcement that Castlevania will be making its next gen debut on the Wii. 

Not all the games below are family-friendly but are still widely anticipated gamers young and old.  Some of the more anticipated titles include, Castlevania: Judgement, Silent Hill: Homecoming and…

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Silent Hill: Homecoming stars Alex Shepherd, a soldier who is returning to Shepherd’s Glen, his hometown, to find out what has happened to his brother and father. His search takes him into the town of Silent Hill, where he will face unusual monsters and people, all while discovering where his father and brother have gone.

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Check out the gallery: Silent Hill Homecoming

Konami is credited for being on the front lines of musical rhythm games. It has produced hits including the DanceDanceRevolution Series and the guitar-based title Guitar Freaks. Konami is hoping to take back its throne when it releases Rock Revolution later this year to compete with Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2. Much like the members of a real-world rock band, there’s little love between game companies when it comes to music. Case in point: Konami is suing developer Harmonix over the instrument designs used in Rock Band.

According to Bloomberg, Konami is claiming Harmonix violated several of its patents from…

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