In the near future, a mysterious, growing, black void dubbed the Schwarzwelt appears at the Earth's southern pole. So begins the story in Atlus' first-person sci-fi RPG, Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey. Next year, DS owners in North America will don their own retro-cool helmets and plunge head-first into that black spot.

It's numbers time yet again! Famitsu's come out with their hardware sales charts, albeit a bit late this week. Still on top: DSi. And what's this we see inching closer to the top, a mere 4,000 units shy? It's the PSP with 40,000, just a tad bit below the DSi who has 44,000. The Xbox 360, meanwhile, edges out over PS2 with just 2,000 more units sold.

It appears that Nikkei may have jumped the gun on that new DSi model that we reported about yesterday. According to Nintendo, the Nikkei piece is just "conjecture".

Here's another Pokemon milestone, straight from the Pokemon-loving shores of Japan. In just two little days from release, the latest DS Pokemon installments, HeartGold and SoulSilver, have already fetched over 1.4 million copies sold.

Konami may be making it's Rebirth push into WiiWare, but Hudson isn't gonna let the other block go empty-handed. Japanese gaming news site AndriaSang brings word from the gaming Mecca - Hudson is bringing Bomberman into DSiWare.

Well, Media Create's official Japanese hardware sales are out, and I'd have to say Famitsu pretty much had it down pat with their released estimates from yesterday, give or take a few couple of hundreds. Official numbers after the jump.

Famitsu's estimates on the latest hardware sales figures from Japan puts the previously down-trodden PlayStation 3 Sony console to a nicer spot at the top. That's much nicer.

Just let me say this right off the bat: Chibiterasu is so cute. After Famitsu broke the news on Okamiden's existence, the DS-exclusive follow up to Clover Studio's critically-acclaimed Okami has been given a short trailer showing off bits of the gameplay.

Heads up, Okami fans. It's sequel time for Clover Studio's critically-acclaimed PS2 original. Capcom has just made it official in the latest issue of Famitsu.

Sega is back to teasing new games again. Recently, they've opened up another teaser site which, judging by the URL, seems to be for a new RPG title. More after the jump.