Hudson Entertainment was able to bring fun and entertainment with Bomberman Live through XBLA. Now, they plan to spread the joy farther by announcing the release Bomberman Land: Battles game for mobile phones. It will be featuring 32 news levels while maintaining the original gameplay system. Six screenshots were provided to let us know what to expect from the game.

Check out the mobile game and the screens after the jump!

Hudson Entertainment's futuristic adventure game Rengoku is back, bringing the frenetic action to mobile phones instead of its previous platform, the PSP. "We are extremely pleased to bring this franchise to mobile phones," said John Greiner, CEO of Hudson Entertainment. "Rengoku is a perfect fit for the mobile platform, since it features a healthy dose of action and adventure that cell phone gamers are sure to relish."

Based on the PSP game Rengoku: The Tower of Purgatory, the Rengoku game for mobile phones arms players with fully upgradable abilities and equipment, which is also one of the main features of the previous PlayStation Portable installments. There will be seven levels, each seen through a three-dimensional perspective. The enemies will be programmed with unique AI and will have different attack patterns.

While both Rengoku: The Tower of Purgatory and Rengoku II: The Stairway to H.E.A.V.E.N. were rather lackluster in presentation and gameplay, let's hope that the mobile phone version will be better. If not, at least it's a nice change from the usual games available for mobile phones.

Hudson Entertainment, Hudson Soft's North American arm, announced today that it has partnered with TVT Records to release ringtones based on TVT's extensive catalogue of artists which span genres as diverse as hiphop, rock, and pop.

"We're extremely delighted to add the TVT stable of talented artist and divergent hip-hop tracks to our already substantial library of compelling ringtones," said Mike Samachisa, COO of Hudson Entertainment. "Hudson Entertainment continues to position itself as a leading distributor of new mobile content by supporting and signing new artists, as well as providing additional channels for artists to reach their fan base through premium mobile content."

This new partnership will bring a deep lineup of hit tracks from TVT to mobile phones as master ringtones, including such top billboard hit tracks as Lil Jon's "Snap Yo Fingers", Ying Yang Twins' "Dangerous", Lumidee's "She's Like The Wind" and Pitbull's "Ay Chico."

The TVT ringtones are currently available on The Source Masters application and are available on major carriers. There are already 65 TVT tracks available on The Source Masters application, and new tones will be launched simultaneously when TVT Records releases the perspective albums throughout the year.

If the last update on the Virtual Console made you nostalgic and wax poetic, this next one will definitely turn you upside down. Hudson Entertainment is happy to announce that it will be bringing back the TurboGrafx original Chew Man Fu to VC and mobile phones.

If you are not familiar with the action/puzzle game developed by Hudson Soft and published by NEC for the TurboGrafx-16, the title of the game is also the name of the game's evil dude. Apparently, Mr. Chew Man Fu set a curse to rob the world of fried rice, egg rolls, and all other delicious food. The player's objective is to stop him by rolling 4 magic spheres onto tiles that match the spheres' color.

Take note that each color represents a unique property which is vital to solving the puzzle. Hudson Entertainment promised that the new version is faithful to the the original one. President John Greiner was quite happy and nostalgic about the whole thing:

Chew Man Fu represents an era of gameplay during which Hudson established itself as a creator of fun games that were easy to pick up and play. With such a fantastic catalog of games released over the last 30 years, Hudson is in a great position to bring back some of these classics to a whole new generation of gamers.

Hudson still has to announce the official European Virtual Console release date for this game. The game  was released on the Japanese Virtual Console last February 13. Sorry, we couldn't find anything about the North American release.

 

If you don't know the original Lode Runner, then you're either very young or a very sorry soul indeed. Lode Runner hails back from 1983, and now, Hudson Entertainment is bringing back all the mining-and-blasting of the game franchise onto your mobile phones. The CEO of the said game development company announced Lode Runner Deluxe with these reasons:

"For mobile, we wanted to come full circle, and a new version of the game that hearkened back to the original, but with all new graphics that truly push the boundaries of what's possible in mobile gaming today."

There's also going to be some new (and old) key features for this upcoming game:

• All new art style with vibrant graphics and fluid animations - unlike any Lode Runner game in the past!
• Classic Lode Runner gameplay - collect treasures on each map, as you outwit enemies, and escape!
• The game is planned to launch with up to 50 levels initially with new levels available each month, eventually totaling over 100 levels!

More and more developers are remaking their games and "porting" them onto new platforms. It's great to hear news like these, of how people make sure that our childhoods stay alive and kicking. With new levels that we can download every month, Hudson is making sure that our childhood game will never die.

 

Great news for old-school hip-hop fans! Hudson Entertainment, Hudson Soft's North American publishing arm, announced today that they've inked a publishing deal with The Orchard that aims to bring Delicious Vinyl's artist lineup to mobile phones.

The partnership will bring approximately 30 top tracks from the label to mobile phones as master ringtones. Tracks include such favorites as Tone-Loc's "Wild Thing," "Funky Cold Medina," Young MC's "Bust a Move," and The Pharcyde's "Runnin'," and "Passin' Me By," all of which broke the Billboard top 100.

If you're looking to score these old-school jams for your mobile, they're already available on major carriers throughout the US. You can also get them via the The Source mobile channel. As a side note, we're still looking for a ringtone of Sir Mix-A-Lot's original "Baby Got Back" (not the lame version that goes "Pick up the phone! Pick up the phone! 'Cause you don't wanna miss this call and I cannot lie!"), so here's hoping that someday, somewhere, someone's going to release that.

'Bonk' isn't just that sound the Puppet Pals make when they clobber each other over the head. That's also the name of Two Tribes and Hudson Entertainment's prehistoric hero, Bonk the Caveman. And now, after all the speculation and an impressive showing at E3, everybody's favorite big-headed caveman is back - and this time, he's making the jump to mobile with Bonk's Return.

Featuring remarkable new graphics and additional brand-new levels, Bonk's Return is a retelling of Bonk's first starrer, Bonk's Adventure. In this incarnation of the TurboGrafx 16 classic, Bonk the Caveman must find and defeat Evil King Drool. With no weapons at hand, Bonk must use his head - literally! Bonk's Return features thirteen prehistoric landscapes, four challenging mini games and all of Bonk's crazy moves and power ups, including head bonking, climbing with his teeth, and powering up in rage mode.

For a taste of the new and improved graphics of this latest Bonk game, check out the before-and-after comparison of the first incarnation of the game and the new and improved Bonk's Return. Also check out more screenshots of Bonk's Return below.

Bonk's Return is scheduled to be released in the North American market in the September 2006, for both Brew and Java platforms.

Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm for Hudson Soft, today announced that they are planning to bring the fan favorite arcade fighting game, Fatal Fury, to cellphones. The new version of the game, which is based on Fatal Fury 2, is titled Fatal Fury Mobile. The game is expected to launch on both Brew and Java platforms in the North American market during fall 2006.

“It is our distinct pleasure to bring this much loved SNK fighting game to cellphones.” said John Greiner, President and CEO of Hudson Entertainment. “It is quite impressive how all the action-packed essence of the classic title fits on a small device. It serves as a great compliment to our library of games."

Fatal Fury Mobile features:

• 8 Combatants: Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Joe Higashi, Big Bear, Jubei Yamada, Cheng Shizan, Kim, and Mai Shiranui• Each character has unique special moves
• Controls and combos have been optimized for play on cellphones
• Numerous play modes, including Quick Play, Single Match, Training, Survival, and Tournament mode, which features an unraveling story
• 8 unique locations with beautiful parallax scrolling backgrounds

Go ahead and check out the screenshots for the game by clicking on the thumbnails below.

   

Hudson Entertainment Inc., the North American arm of Hudson Soft, best known for games like Bomberman and Super Adventure Island, is releasing Military Madness for your mobile. Military Madness, also known as Nectaris in Japan, is a turned-based strategy gameplay set in the future that was originally released on the Turbo Grafx-16 in 1989.

Its features:

• Up to 32 levels (on higher end handsets).
• Close-up view of the battles as players take on the enemies.
• Multiple elements affect the tide of war including terrain, firepower, and firing range.
• The original music complete with sci-fi overtones.
• Numerous units to control from powerful tanks, long range artillery, transport units, to assault planes.

"Fans will be stoked to hear that the game is now on their cell phones, and is quite remarkably faithful to the original design, with its compelling gameplay and catchy music." John Lee, Director of Marketing, Hudson Entertainment.