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On the blog for the Cat's Eye store in Machida, Tokyo, it has been revealed that DJ MAX TECHNIKA will be location testing in that store starting on February 10th and ending the 22nd.

The location test promises to have the usual setup including a 22-inch touch screen, 32-inch visual screen, and HD music videos. Surprisingly enough, the blog entry seems to indicate that Konami of Japan will handle the distribution of the game in Japan.

We'll bring you more details as the location test begins later on today.

What: See Pump It Up Pro 2 at Amusement Expo 2010 (http://www.amusementexpo.org/)
When: Wednesday, March 10th to Friday, March 12th
Where: Las Vegas Convention Centre

Be sure to watch out for our ad in RePlay Magazine; teasers will be posted at piupro.com leading up to the show!

The development team will be staying at Excalibur on the Las Vegas strip. If you're interested in coordinating travel plans, please post in the piupro.com message boards....

Source: http://www.piupro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=913

After pretty much no information coming from GuitarFreaks and DrumMania XG, the newest versions of Konami's popular guitar/drum simulation games that promises upgraded cabs and gameplay, Konami has added a small partial license list on their product pages to keep fans in anticipation for its expected release next month. The license list thus far is:

�*�み (Ayumi)
嘘 (Uso)
Trickster
空色デイズ (Sorairo Days)
気まぐれ�*マンティック　（Kimagure Romantic)
いちご (Ichigo)
GO-ON

Many of the licenses (such as Ayumi, Uso, and Sorairo Days) have already appeared in other BEMANI games as covers. At least one song (Trickster) has appeared in another BEMANI ...

Konami has released the Level 5 code for DanceDanceRevolution X machines across the globe today on its DDROnlineCommunity webpage. Among other things, the code finishes off the Wii and BEMANI series crossovers and provides players with another Xmix to play. See the full list of unlocks below:

Music
Blue Rain / dj TAKA vs Ryu
SUPER SAMURAI / jun
Take A Chance / neuras feat. GATZ

Nonstop Remix
Xmix4 (Linear Momentum) / dj jiggens

Courses
MOVIE X
Dance Drill Lv.10

Options
Arrow Skin: CLASSIC
Arrow Speed: 0.25x

Check out the actual code in the gallery below.

With the unlocks for DDR X drawing to a close, one can only wonder what, if anything, Konami has planned for the North American DDR Arcade market.

The track listing for kors k's first album "Ways for Liberation" has received a hefty update today. More than a dozen new tracks spanning both discs have been added to Konami's page for the album. Check out the revealed tracks below.

Disc 1
1. Programmed Sun (From beatmaniaIIDX 17 SIRIUS)
2. SigSig(beatnation summit ver.) (From beatmaniaIIDX 12 HAPPY SKY)
3. Rising in the Sun(Original Extended) (From beatmaniaIIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS)
4. HORIZON（Original Extended) (From beatmaniaIIDX 11 IIDX RED)
5. smooooch・∀・(Hardcore Mix) (From beatmaniaIIDX 16 EMPRESS)
6. D (From beatmaniaIIDX 17 SIRIUS)
7. Programmed Life (New Song)

We've taken a look at The Royalty Network before as it revealed a new Lips game before Microsoft even spoke of it. The site and service keeps tabs on licensing usage requests for its registered members, made by companies, whether it be for video games, movies, television shows, etc. With January 2010 results posted in its archives, we've been able to notice a couple of interesting requests.

Readers should keep in mind these are merely requests and do not guarantee usage, so please understand this information hardly confirms anything. The most interesting ...

Source: http://www.xseedgames.com/news.php?id=96