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Airdate: Gamers Heart Japan

The global videogame community will raise money for Japan in a video project on Japanese gaming.

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The global videogame community will raise money for the people of Japan in a one hour video project on the Japanese gaming industry.

Gamers Heart Japan will include veteran game industry journalists, top game makers and game journalists sharing their thoughts on the talented creators from the Japanese videogame scene. They will talk about the past, present and future of Japan as a games making powerhouse, reminding our viewers that the country needs support to rebuild.

Gamers Heart Japan will feature interviews and broadcast support from these outlets:

G4 (US & Canada)
SCI FI Australia
SPACE (Canada)
Musique Plus (Canada)
Gametrailers.comIGN.com
Gamespot.com
GameInformer.com
Joystiq.com
Kotaku.com
Destructoid.com
Elecplay.com
G4tv.com
Reviewsontherun.com
MTV.com
TheEscapist.com
Wired.com
Games.Yahoo.com
Wired.com/gaming/
TheECA.com
TotallyRadShow.com
Shacknews.com
EGMNow.com
USAToday.com (GameHunters)
Bitmob.com
TheTorontoSun.com
UGO.com
Metacafe.com
Youtube.com
Facebook.com
and more…

Confirmed game developer interviews in Gamers Heart Japan:
Jade Raymond – Ubisoft Toronto – Assassin’s Creed/Splinter Cell
Dr. Greg Zeschuk – Bioware – Mass Effect/Dragon Age/Star Wars: The Old Republic
Dr. Ray Muzyka – BioWare – Mass Effect/Dragon Age/Star Wars: The Old Republic
Tim Schafer – Double Fine – Brutal Legend/Costume Quest
Ken Levine – Irrational Games – Bioshock
Cliff Bleszinski – Epic Games – Gears of War
Ted Price – Insomniac Games – Ratchet & Clank/Resistance
Siobhan Reddy – Media Molecule – LittleBig Planet
Maxime Beland – Ubisoft Toronto – Assassin’s Creed/Splinter Cell
Todd Howard – Bethesda – Fallout 3/Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Peter Molyneux – Lionhead – Fable
Alex Rigopulos – Harmonix – Rock Band
Robin Hunicke – That Game Company – Flower/Journey
Jenova Chen – That Game Company – Flower/Journey
Evan Wells – Naughty Dog – Uncharted
Ed Boon – NetherRealm Studios – Mortal Kombat
Sid Meier – Firaxis – Civilization
and more…

Donations for The Red Cross can be made through the GamersHeartJapan.com website.

It will premiere Sunday April 3 on SCI FI at 7.00pm.

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  1. As a serious gamer, I hope this helps assist the Japanese gaming industry. Honestly, Western have really caught up (Mass Effect 2, Gears of War, Bioshock, Assassins Creed) and are pretty equal now so hopefully they can recover.

  4. Oh, my bad – I didn’t realise that the original broadcast is also only an hour. I guess by “interviews” they mean 30 second clips of all these people saying “My favourite Japanese games are X, Y, and Z. The end.”

  5. One hour seems hardly enough to hear from all these awesome people. I guess in the Australian version most of them will be edited out.

    Anyway, props to all the people putting in the effort to make the broadcast. I hope the fundraising part is a success.

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