Happy New Year Everybody! Play-Asia.com thank you for your support in 2010 and will bring you new games, toys, movies, music, bargains and all round fun in 2011.

Everything will be as usual in the warehouse and the office after the New Year’s weekend, however, game manufacturers in Japan are enjoying their winter break, so things won’t be back to full swing until 6th January 2011.

This winter is exceptionally cold and a lot of countries are under the onslaught of snow storms. Due to such severe conditions, air traffic across the USA and Europe has been disrupted. Air mail services (including Speedpost) to these destinations are subject to delay.

Moreover, as the supply of air cargo space may not be able to cope with the demand, some airmail items destined for Brazil might be delayed for around seven days and these conditions will continue until further notice.

Alright! Enough about the gloomy weather, let’s look forward to the excitement that’s coming. Nintendo 3DS are coming in February, Those who have reserved their consoles can have a look at the colorful …[more]

Welcome to our Weekly Preorder Games news. Keep yourself abreast, read up on games that are just announced for release. Although there aren’t that much announcements this week, games that are scheduled are very hot products – play FFIV Complete Collection, fight till you drop in Blazblue Continuum Shift II, become a Samurai in Ruroni Kenshin and tame the Digimon.

Final Fantasy IV is the classic of the classics. Nintendo DS gamers have already enjoyed the remake of this epic fantasy, now it’s the Sony PSP gamers’ turn. Besides the updated and upgraded version of the original game, this complete edition includes the lesser known The After Years chapter, if you want to know what happened to the knights and the witches after that “happy ending”, this is a game you can’t miss.

The Complete Edition includes new scenes, much better graphics and new movies. If you have not played the Nintendo DS version before, you can still access the existing contents through the gallery mode.

Obviously, the crisis isn’t over, The After Years chapter contains even more battles and powerful bosses, come venture deeper into …[more]

Welcome to this week’s Movie/Music news roundup, containing new Japanese and Hong Kong Video and Music releases from this week listed at Play-Asia.com. Around 120 new items are covered in this week, including new J-Pop, Anime as well as Japanese, Hong Kong and Western movie releases and much more.

The Gundam00 boys are back in The A wakening of the Trailblazer. Celestial Beings have faded into the background in the new, peaceful world. However, there are loose ends to be tied up. A space ship created 130 years ago is drifting back from Jupiter, although there are no signs of life, there is a strange metal that affects the brain waves of the Innovates. Dead enemies are not as dead as everyone thought and humanity is once again in danger.

The Regular Editions [Blu-Ray & DVD versions] contain a 16 page artbook while the Complete Collection has the storyboard collection, script collection, a piece of film, a 40-page booklet and a bonus disc with exclusive footage.

J-Pop Music releases (16) Anime Soundtracks & Drama CDs (17) Hong Kong Version Music releases (29) Blu-ray Disc Movies (8) Anime …[more]