Did you ever use Sony’s digital comic service? It doesn’t really matter what the answer is, because its about it meet its end. Sony’s Japanese branch has just confirmed that it is phasing out the comics service. No more comics will be added after March 15, 2012 and the service will be closed completely after more »

Capcom may be neglecting one of its blue-suited icons, Mega Man, but it’s throwing its full support behind another, Phoenix Wright. The Ace Attorney series, known as Gyakuten Saiban in Japan, is doing better than ever. With three games coming soon as well as a feature film based on the events of the first game, more »

The Darkness was well received in the crowded field of comic book themed action games. Fans were thirsty for another journey into the world of Jackie Estacado, and they’ll get that chance February 7, 2012 on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. 2K Games staff stopped by TwitchTV  on January 26 to show off some of more »

The Avengers are making their movie debut in 2012 but first they’ll be setting up headquarters on Facebook. Playdom is releasing Avengers Alliance, a social game challenging you to fight alongside Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Your character is an agent for SHIELD, Marvel’s super secret espionage organization.  To play, you collect Marvel heroes including Captain America more »

Oh Amazon, today you’ve outdone yourself for gamers. As you’ve undoubtedly noticed throughout the week, since Gamertell’s posted each day about it, Amazon’s doing a countdown to Black Friday thing in the video game Deal of the Day section. Each day has a theme with multiple reduced games. Today’s just happens to be collector’s edition, which means you have an opportunity to get collector’s editions of games for, in some cases, less than you’d pay for a standard edition at another store.

So let’s just go ahead, jump right in and see what you can get…

Nintendo isn’t the only company that’s doing something special for the 25th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda series. Viz Media, a company responsible for most of the translated manga in North America, is doing something too. For a while now, Viz has been releasing copies of The Legend of Zelda manga by Akira Himekawa in English. To capitalize on the anniversary fanfare, it’s bundling the entire series into a Legend of Zelda Manga Box Set.

The Legend of Zelda manga series in question spans 10 volumes…

It’s manga time! While it’s sad that Tokyopop will be gone soon, VIZ Media is still around and doing better than ever. In fact, it’s even found a way to expand its readership! If you own an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can now get a free VIZ Manga app from iTunes. Once the program is on your iOS device, you can load it up with digital manga and read comics anywhere you want, without having to worry about carrying around actual books….

By now I’m sure you’ve heard about Tokyopop’s forthcoming demise. The publishing company that helped bring Japanese manga to North America in English is closing up shop. While Tokyopop does have a bit of a checkered past, and many may even think that it brought this upon itself, it’s still sad to see the company disappear after 14 years.

So this week, Important Importables is going to honor Tokyopop and help you find some manga to pick up. After all, once the North American branch is gone, all those series will go out of print. We don’t know if some, or even any, will even be picked up by other North American manga publishers. Let’s take a look at some series gamers might want to grab before they’re gone…

Wave goodbye to Tokyopop. You don’t see them after May 31, 2011. The North American branch of the company famous for helping get manga released in English’s reign is over. Stu Levy, Tokyopop’s founder, announced the closure via an article posted on the Tokyopop website. The 14 year run is over, and people will have to get their translated comics elsewhere.

So, what does this mean for all your gamers who also read manga…

3DS owners may have another game to start anticipating. A peek at Amazon suggests that Namco Bandai really is going to make an effort to support the Tales series in North America. A product listing hints at a North American release for Tales of the Abyss 3DS.

This particular, possible leak doesn’t come from an actual Amazon listing for Tales of the Abyss 3DS…