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05.20.12
Review: Battleship the Video Game Sinks As Quickly As the Film (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)

It’d be interesting to talk to the executive who green-lit a big $200 million budgeted film “loosely” based on the Hasbro board game Battleship…especially considering it’s bombing something fierce this weekend against the mighty Avengers movie.  (We’re not that surprised – it sucks horribly.)  For that matter, we’re trying to figure out why Activision, of all people, would jump at the chance to make a game based on the movie based on the board game.  No matter – like most movie-licensed fare, it doesn’t really get anywhere.

05.12.12
Actor Masi Oka Enters Video Game Development Arena

Long before actor Masi Oka broke into Hollywood with the NBC TV hit, “Heroes,” his work had been seen by millions of people on the big screen. It’s just that they didn’t know it. Oka spent years as a programmer for George Lucas’ Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) writing hundreds of thousands of lines of code. It was his programming that allowed ILM to bring the water effects to life in films like The Perfect Storm. In fact, even though he doesn’t actively write code for ILM any more, his technology can still be seen on the big screen in films like Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. While Oka is currently starring in the CBS hit, “Hawaii Five-0,” he’s using his programming background to actively develop original video games aimed at the Japanese audience. The tech guru and self-professed gamer talks about his latest projects in this exclusive interview.

04.22.12
Current Generation of Kids Getting DanceDanceRevolution Game for Phys Ed

Over the past few years, Konami Digital Entertainment has worked closely with school districts in Hawaii and West Virginia to integrate its bestselling DanceDanceRevolution (DDR) game into their physical education programs. Now the game publisher is taking things a step further. This fall, schools around the nation will be able to use DanceDanceRevolution Classroom Edition, a PC-based game crafted specially for schools and fitness classes. Sweeping the nation one classroom at a time, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. has collaborated with  the nation’s leading health and fitness organizations including the American Diabetes Association, The National Foundation on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition and Let’s Move in Schools to promote fitness in schools through the new DanceDanceRevolution Classroom Edition.

01.30.12
NFL Pro Bowl MVP Brandon Marshall Has Game Off the Field Too

Brandon Marshall set a Pro Bowl record with four touchdown receptions, covering 74, 29, 47 and 3 yards, in the annual Honolulu, Hawaii football contest. Marshall’s 47 yard catch is one for the highlight reel as he kicked the ball to himself while falling into the end zone. The Miami Dolphin receiver finished with six catches for 176 yards. He caught one touchdown pass apiece from Ben Roethlisberger and Phillip Rivers and two from Andy Dalton. Marshall is a big gamer and a regular attendee of EA Sports Madden Bowl before the Super Bowl. He talks gaming off the gridiron in this exclusive video interview below.

01.08.12
CES 2012: Microsoft Studios Takes Flight in Las Vegas

Microsoft Studios is using CES 2012 to premiere its first flight simulator game in years. Although the physical location is in Las Vegas for the annual trade show, the new game is set in Hawaii. Microsoft Flight, a PC game that lets players jump into the challenge, fun, and freedom of flight, will be available as a free download this spring, giving players the freedom to fly the skies over the beautiful Big Island of Hawaii, complete a variety of exciting missions, test their skills in flying challenges, or find hidden aerocaches on the island.

05.12.11
West Virginia Gets Physical with Konami’s DanceDanceRevolution at Michelle Obama’s Request
Students across the state of West Virginia have answered the call of First Lady Michelle Obama and her Let’s Move campaign and are dancing to the beat in an effort to stay healthy and have fun. In the 2011 DanceDanceRevolution Championship Tournament, youths from elementary, middle and high schools throughout the West Virginia public school system are promoting a healthier lifestyle and heart-pumping game play while competing for a $2,500 scholarship and prizes in each age division. Konami held a similar contest in Hawaii earlier this year, which can be seen in the video below.
03.17.11
Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution Integrated into Hawaiian School System to Help Kids Stay Fit
HONOLULU – With childhood obesity a major epidemic in the United States, Hawaii is the latest state to take action by incorporating Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution game into its physical education curriculum. West Virginia was the first state to adopt the game in its schools to help keep kids active and fit in a fun and refreshing way. Following the lead of a successful tournament throughout the state of West Virginia, Konami held a Dance Dance Revolution Hawaii State Championship Tournament using Sony's PlayStation 3 consoles, designed to promote the importance of exercise and healthy lifestyles for youths all across the Aloha State and nationwide. Konami President Shinji Hirano talks about the role this game franchise has played in battling obesity in this exclusive interview from the Aloha Tower in Honolulu.
07.18.10
Comic Con 2010: Capcom Says More Street Fighter Movies Are in Development

HONOLULU, Hawaii – When it comes to the Hollywood convergence game, Capcom’s partnership with Impact Pictures on the Resident Evil movies has resulted in the second biggest franchise for Sony Pictures behind Spider-Man. With a fourth movie, Resident Evil: Afterlife, coming to theaters September 10 in 3D, and big budget movie adaptions of Lost Planet, Dark Void, and Onimusha in the works, what went wrong (twice) with the Street Fighter movies? Capcom’s vice president of strategic planning and business development, Christian Svensson, talks about Capcom’s Hollywood game and confirms that the game maker has not abandoned the Street Fighter movie franchise in this exclusive interview from Captivate 2010.

06.22.10
E3 2010: Pirates of the Caribbean Set Sail in New Game and Fourth Film

At E3 2010, Disney Interactive Studios and Propaganda Games showed off a new Pirates of the Caribbean game. Now, production has commenced on location in Hawaii, the United Kingdom and Los Angeles on Walt Disney Pictures’ and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ sweeping comedy adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago), the fourth entry in the blockbuster franchise which has already reaped $2.7 billion in worldwide box office from the previous three films, and the first to be filmed and presented in Disney Digital 3D.  

05.16.10
Big Games of 2010: Finding Your Way through Lost Planet 2

HONOLULU, Hawaii – At Captivate 2010, the creators of Capcom’s bestselling Lost Planet franchise were on hand to offer a guided tour through the new game’s multiplayer offerings. Producer Jun Takeuchi and Director Kenji Oguro showed off the latest online multiplayer maps and discussed what lies in store for gamers who explore the new environments of EDN III.

04.21.10
Big Games of 2011: First Details on Marvel vs. Capcom 3

HONOLULU, Hawaii – At its Captivate international press event held at the Sheraton Waikiki, Capcom debuted the first trailer for the April 2011 release, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and offered the first details on the new “living comic book” art style that the development team has embraced for this latest brawler.

04.21.10
Capcom Captivates International Press in Hawaii with New Line-Up of Games

HONOLULU, Hawaii – Capcom used the island paradise of the Sheraton Waikiki to showcase new games for 2010 and 2011. The Japanese game publisher announced three blockbuster titles for 2011, including the long-awaited Marvel vs. Capcom® 3: Fate of Two Worlds, Okamiden and Bionic Commando Rearmed 2. Media from around the world converged in Hawaii to attend Capcom’s yearly showcase, dubbed Captivate 2010, to get an early look at all the new titles and new content.

03.02.10
Casual Online Game Wazzamba Rewards Players with Real Trips

Wazzamba, the first online virtual world to give away real-world travel prizes, announced its contests for the month of March. Wazzamba will be awarding four trips per week, including DreamTrips to Hawaii, the Danube River, San Francisco/Napa wine country and Cape Cod. Shorter GetAway Trips will also be awarded to Los Angeles, New Orleans, Boston, a Canyon Escape that includes Las Vegas, the California Coast, The Historic East, a tour of America’s National Parks and a tour of Elvis’ Haunts in the South.

01.27.10
Hawaiians Get Their Videogames on Cable TV

In a sign that may indicate a shift for interactive channels in the television landscape, TNS set-top box data measuring daily time spent viewing per set-top box revealed that TAG, the games-on-demand channel, topped 43 other linear channels available through Oceanic Time Warner Cable in Hawaii for the most minutes viewers spent watching.