Original Story: A Nikkei business report is claiming that Kazuo Hirai, PlayStation veteran and current executive deputy president of Sony Computer Entertainment, will be taking over as president of Sony Corporation in the few coming months

A board meeting will be held next month, which will regulate the process of replacing current Sony boss, CEO and chairman Sir Howard Stringer – who will apparently be stripped from his position, with Hirai stepping up as new Sony president as early as April.

It concludes that Stringer is likely to maintain his role as chairman and chief executive officer.

Hirai, the early-2011-appointed deputy president, also manages Sony’s consumer businesses – hence another promotion for the man wouldn’t be surprising at all. Better wait for an official word from Sony.[jwplayer config="meg_600px" mediaid="49321"]

According to Atlus, Gungnir’s strategy RPG mechanics “offer a number of fresh twists on an expertly honed formula.  Building upon the traditional action queue of turn-based strategy RPGs, actions in Gungnir all have a numerical wait interval associated with them.”

Atlus has set up a teaser page for Gungnir, as well, which doesn’t show much but promises for more updates soon.

Many would probably say Atlus has arrived late to the party especially now that the PlayStation Vita is launched in Japan. Well here’s another proof that the PSP still has something to keep It going in the future. The new game also has a trailer; I liked the music.
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Tabata spilled the words while speaking to Final Fantasy Ultimania (via Andriasang). The director said that the Type-0 team is hard at work preparing the “overseas” version of the game, without giving out details when it’ll release. Still, it’s really good to hear that Type-0 will get the English treatment; I personally have been anticipating this RPG since its announcement.

Final Fantasy Type-0 has been available to Japanese players since early November, receiving a near-perfect score from Famitsu.

Developed by Romanian studio Fun Labs, the game is set for release in spring 2012 to tie in with upcoming movie release of Men in Black 3.

The game is described as ‘true to the spirit of the franchise”, which we’re not quite sure if that’s a good thing, considering the last game in the series wasn’t fairly well received.

According to Activision, the game features “action packed yet light-hearted gameplay mixed with edge-of-your-seat shooting excitement”, and promises a story that builds on the history of the series.

We have two screenshots for you down below.

Innocent Sin is an English PSP remake to the twelve-year old Japanese PSone release, and if you’ve been yearning to play the Atlus RPG in the past 10-years or so, now it’s certainly the perfect chance. Of course, if you own a PSP. In the meantime, have a look at what’s packed inside the Collector’s Edition.

• Special Collector’s Edition box
• UMD box featuring a double sided inlay
• Official Soundtrack CD with original and remixed soundtrack, as well as arranged songs by Shoji Meguro all packaged in a stylish slim jewel case with inlay
• 6 Double Sided Art Cards featuring the work of Kazuma Kaneko on the front and Shigenori Soejima on the reverse
• A3 Poster featuring the box art in all its glory
• EXCLUSIVE Persona 2: Innocent Sin T-shirt when you pre-order from the Ghostlight store

Previously unveiled titles like Soul Calibur V, Tekken Hybrid, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, Tales of Xillia and the Naruto game will all make their presence, in addition to a plethora of other titles that should mark its debut during the event, including the recently teased PS3 Namco x Tecmo project, which turns out to be a game based on popular anime show One Piece, titled One Piece: Pirate Musou.

Courtesy of the good guys at Siliconera, check for full list below.

PS3 / Xbox 360

• Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
• Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations
• Soulcalibur V

PS3

• Idom@ster 2
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.
• Macross Frontier: The Wings of Goodbye Hybrid Pack
• One Piece: Pirate Musou
• Saint Seiya: Sanctuary Battle
• Tales of Xillia
• Tekken Hybrid

PSP

• AKB 1/48: I Fell In Love With an Idol in Guam
• Blue Exorcist
• Heroes Phantasia
• I Don’t Have Many Friends Portable
• Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes
• Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s Portable: The Gears of Destiny
• Magical Girl Magica Portable
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Impact
• Nendoroid Generation
• Rebuild of Evangelion: 3nd Impact
• Taiko no Tatsujin Portable
• Weiss Schwarz Portable

3DS

• Ace Combat 3D
• Brave Company
• Crayon Shin Chan
• Tekken 3D: Prime Edition
• Tetris

DS

• Bakuman: Path of a Manga Artist
• Cocoron no Cocoron
• One Piece: Gigant Battle 2
• Ore-sama Kingdom
• Pirate Squad Gokaiger Assemble, Transform!
• Suite PreCure: Melody Collection
• Tamagotchi Collection

 Wii

• Family Fishing
• Go Vacation
• Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes
• Magical Carnival Portable
• Super Sentai Battle Ranger Cross

Movie

• .hack
• Tekken Blood Vengeance

Set to arrive this week, the fan favorite side-scrolling classic will release on PSN as a PSone import title, which means the dialogue, is mostly in Japanese – but who cares, this is Mega Man, right?

Originally released as a NES title in 1991, Mega Man 4 was the first to introduce the iconic Mega Buster charge attack before firing at opponents, which although wasn’t a welcomed change and often cited for being unbalanced, it was a definite turning point for futuristic outings in the franchise.

If you have a US account, look out for the game following this week’s PS Store update.

Some of the anticipated Vita iterations such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Gravity Daze, Dynasty Warriors, Ridge Racer, Disgaea 3 as well as host of other games will be showcased.

The PSP won’t be left out and will prove it’s still full of life, with Final Fantasy Type-0 leading the line-up, and Yakuza: Black Panther 2.

Of course, the console’s bigger brother the PS3 won’t be outdistanced here – there’ll be heaps of AAA content to display, including in-house releases such as Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, ICO and Ratchet & Clank: All4One. As for major third-party titles, Battlefield 3, Ninja Gaiden 3, Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, FFXIII-2 and Binary Domain will all make their mighty presence.

Tokyo Game Show kicks off this month on September 15.

Ashraf Haziq, a Malaysian university student in England, had the misfortune to be severely injured during the unsettling events. Ashraf was bleeding on the street, until supposedly someone approached him to offer some aid, only to find out he’s being mugged by another individual who rifled the content of his bag and walked away with his PSP.

In order to help Ashraf, a website has been launched to seek assistance and “do something nice” for the injured student. Well, that’s where SCEE director of marketing, Alan Duncan, made a comment that the company would “like to give Ashraf a new PSP and games,” while asking for a way to be put in contact with the boy.

Also, Namco Bandai confirmed to VG247 that they’ll be offering Haziq a package of games in support of SCEE’s goodwill gesture.

Ashraf Hazik is currently treated in a hospital after suffering from a broken jaw during the ongoing UK riots, which has spread across the nation’s capital since the beginning of the week. Check out the disturbing clip below.