Shonen Jump: New amusement park unveiled

Namco's indoor theme park Namja Town reopened in Tokyo's Ikebukuro ward on Thursday, and along with it, the newly opened indoor theme park J-World Tokyo. The park unveiled new attractions inspired by Shonen Jump manga:

Toriko's Flying Steak

Players place the steak on the launching pad and slam the pad with a hammer to make the steak fly. If it reaches Toriko safely, the player will receive a prize. Players can win an IC card sticker (C prize), a 75 mm metal pin badge (B prize), or a 250-mm (10-inch) metal stand (A prize). The game costs 300 yen to play.

Hunter x Hunter's Get x in x the x Cards

Players throw discs into the holes of Hisoka's cards. Depending on the card they get through, players can receive different prizes. Players can win an IC card sticker (C prize), a door plate (B prize), or a 250-mm metal stand (A prize). 300 yen is required for one play.

Blue Exorcist's Aim the Paladin!

Players use the pinball machine's ball to aim for various slots in the machine. Depending on the slot the ball lands in, players will receive a different prize. Players can win an IC card sticker (C prize), a 75-mm metal pin badge (B prize), or a lunch tote bag (A prize). 300 yen is required for one play.

Bleach's Kon's Soul-Catching Game

Players shoot a slingshot with a soul (ball) loaded into it, and try to land the ball into Kon's mouth. If players succeed in getting the soul into Kon's mouth, they will get the prize written on the soul when it rolls out. Players can win an IC card sticker (C prize), a 75-mm metal pin badge (B prize), or a lunch tote bag (A prize) for the price of 300 yen per play.

Gintama's Justaway Fortune

In this fortune-telling lottery inspired by the mascot Justaway in Hideaki Sorachi's Gintama manga, players can win an IC card sticker (C prize), a 75-mm (about 3-inch) metal pin badge (B prize), or a lunch tote bag (A prize). 300 yen (about US$3) lets players shake a fortune stick out of a Justaway-shaped can.

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo's Super Rich Reiji Shiratori's Poor-Man-Pick-Up

Players must revolve a handle to help carry the money (the ball) down to Ryotsu. One play is 300 yen, and prizes include an IC card sticker (C prize), a 75-mm metal pin badge (B prize), and a 250 mm-metal stand (A prize). 300 yen is required for one play.

Shin Tennis no Ōji-sama (New Prince of Tennis)'s Tenipon

Players pay 300 yen to turn a lotto wheel, and receive different prizes depending on the color of the ball that comes out of the wheel. Players can win a paper fan (C prize), a 75-mm metal pin badge (B prize), or a lunch tote bag (A prize).

First Grand Theft Auto V gameplay video

Rockstar Games just revealed the first gameplay video of Grand Theft Auto V, which let us discover all aspects of gameplay in this sequel waiting to learn more about how the online mode gambling.

Club Nintendo hacked

Hackers have managed to break into the Club Nintendo website more than 23,000 times in the past month, Nintendo has confirmed.

Nintendo's Kyoto-based HQ just announced that Club Nintendo, its member rewards site, has been hacked. This was discovered when a large number of access errors began appearing on July 2. That's when Nintendo began investigating the issue.

According to Nintendo's investigation, there were 23,000 unauthorized log-ins (with 15 million attempts) between June 9 and July 4 on Japan's Club Nintendo site. This does not seem to apply to Club Nintendo sites in other countries.

In Japan, it's possible that Club Nintendo members' full names, home addresses, phone numbers, and mail addresses were compromised.

Credit cards, however, are not used with Club Nintendo, so thankfully, that's not an issue.

Currently, Nintendo is strengthening its security. Old passwords are currently invalid, and Nintendo is asking Club Nintendo members to change their passwords via email.

What about their names, phone numbers, and addresses?

Rumor: Julie Larson-Green To Lead Xbox Development

Microsoft is having some really big change factors lately, and the reorganization we heard rumors of seems to be moving ahead. The implications for Xbox development are profound, as platform responsibilities might now be split across multiple departments.

According to Bloomberg, corporate vice president of Windows Program Management Julie Larson-Green is CEO Steve Ballmer’s current pick to lead Xbox development. Unfortunately, she wouldn’t be a direct replacement for Don Mattrick, who left the company to take over the CEO role at Zynga this week.

The reorganization will put all hardware, including Xbox and Surface tablets, under Larson-Green. Since she began at Microsoft in 1993, Larson-Green has been responsible for early versions of Internet Explorer, the overhaul to Microsoft Office, and interface design for Windows 7 and Windows 8. Larson-Green holds a master’s degree in software engineering and a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Further more, rumors also place Skype president Tony Bates at the head of a new division focused on acquisitions, mergers, and relationships with software developers. The latter is a crucial function for game platforms.

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Lightning Returns pre-orders include Final Fantasy 7 hero's clothes and weapon

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 will launch in North America on Feb. 11, 2014 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Check out the video above for a look at Lightning in action wearing her predecessor's outfit.

Don Mattrick Joining Zynga As CEO

According to the words of the web site All Thing Digital, the president of Microsoft Entertainment Don Mattrick will soon announce his resignation to join the Zynga group.

Since the announcement of the Xbox One in late May, buzz for the console has been mired with troubled communications. First there was the reversal on DRM and online connectivity. Last week saw the headset double step. And now, Don Mattrick, president of Microsoft's interactive entertainment business, is reportedly leaving to take a top position at Zynga.

All Things D is reporting that Mattrick's appointment could come as soon as the financial markets close today. Mattrick has been at the center of some of Microsoft's biggest Xbox One missteps, including suggesting that people who can't connect to the Internet purchase an Xbox 360 instead and that the Xbox One offers "thousands of dollars of value."

Zynga has seen its own exodus of personnel both before and after cutting 520 jobs last month. We've reached out to Microsoft and Zynga for comment. At the time of publication, Microsoft has yet to respond and Zynga declined to comment.


Update: Zynga has confirmed that Don Mattrick, now former president of Microsoft's interactive entertainment business, is coming aboard as the company's new CEO.

On Monday, Mattrick will take over the reigns as founder Mark Pincus abdicates that role, but remains as chariman of the board and chief product officer. Mattrick will report to the board, who approved his hiring unanimously. He and Pincus will be part of a new executive committee that will manage broader operations between board meetings.

Mattrick joined Microsoft in 2007, after a long career in the gaming sector, starting at Distinctive Software, which he founded at 17 years old. It was later acquired by EA, where he eventually headed its global studios and research and development. According to his company bio, “since Mattrick began overseeing the Xbox division, the Xbox 360 installed base grew from 10 million to nearly 80 million worldwide while Xbox Live membership increased from 6 million to nearly 50 million.”

The Canadian native has long wanted to move back to the Bay area, where he has a home, said sources, another important factor in this move.