Seoul's getting more soul! Pentavision has announced the next installments (yes, that's plural) in their DJ Max Portable franchise. Read more for details and a handful of eye candy screenshots.

Pentavision's DJ Max series of rhythm games are known for their great tracks and uncompromising difficulty. If you're used to importing the game for your musical fix, you'll be glad to know that you won't have to any longer, as DJ Max Fever has been slated for a North American release. Learn more after the jump!

Here's the first trailer video for the upcoming online PC and PlayStation Portable title S4 League: Stylish eSper Shooting Sports from Pentavision Entertainment. The studio is mostly known for its DJ Max Portable franchise on the Sony handheld.

This new game, however, is very different from the company's signature game. S4 League is going to be a third-person shooter with some cameos from DJ Max Portable characters. Judging from the video clip itself, it seems like the game revolves around an arena similar to the Unreal Tournament game.

The main difference lies in the cute characters and the rather techno-pop feel of the title. While Pentavision has yet to name a concrete release date for S4 League: Stylish eSper Shooting Sports, the studio did announce before that the game will be available worldwide.

Pentavision, makers of the popular PSP title DJ Max Portable, has a new video game up its sleeve. It's in a completely different league altogether from its rhythm title, though, but the description certainly makes it interesting.

During an interview with a Pentavision producer, Ruliweb was able to extract information about the upcoming title. Reportedly, the new game will be called S4 League and will be coming in two versions. Like the DJ Max games, it will be available as an online PC game as well as a handheld title for the PSP. According to the source, the game will be a third person shooter, definitely a leap from the rhythm games from Pentavision.

The PSP version, dubbed S4 League Portable (or just S4 Portable, take your pick), will be more action-oriented and will feature cameos from DJ Max characters. Another good thing that will be taken from DJ Max? The soundtrack.

Sound interesting? Well, you'll be glad to know that Pentavision is planning a worldwide release for S4 League Portable. We'll be keeping a close eye on this one so stick around for more news and info.

DJ Max Portable for the Sony PSP is trying to create regional turf in Asia. The latest of its promotions was a live performance in Korea where sounds from the title were played to an eager audience. We have some pics to show you what went down in the Land of the Morning Calm. Have a look:

Judging from these shots, the event seems to have been well-attended and the crowd looks like they got into the act. With games, lights and sounds, everyone's bound to have a great night.

You can have a good time too just by looking at the images from the event. You can see them all after the jump!

If you think you've got the goods on Pentavision's DJ Max Portable 2, then you're sadly mistaken. Thanks to Hyoung Ju Son, we've found three extremely addicting videos for DJ Max Portable 2, with each video being almost completely flawless.

How flawless, you might ask?

Well, the guy playing in each of our three videos did not miss a single button press. For those people who already want to break their PSPs because of the immense difficulty of the game, you may not want to see this because it makes perfection look so easy.

Still, if you want to give it a try, go ahead. Just don't say we didn't warn you. Enjoy the vids folks, and let us know how well you do with the game.

More videos after the jump!

The above is what happens when people get frustrated with their games. We, however, didn't expect that sort of reaction from someone playing a game's DEMO.

PSP Fanboy reports of a new goings-on on the PlayStation forums. Apparently, one PlayStation forumgoer got so annoyed with Pentavision's DJ Max Portable 2 demo that all hell broke lose and he ended up wrecking his PSP in frustration. Strangely enough, it makes for one hell of a PR statement. Where else can you get the opportunity to say, "DJ Max Portable 2. So leet it makes fanboys cry?"

Our condolences to ooH wEe iTs jAN's PSP, however. It may have been his fault, but the game certainly deserves a thrashing of its own from really good Korean dancers... or the leetest of PSP Revolution fans. Speaking of which, why not try it out for yourself?

  

How do you spice up the promotion for South Korea's hottest pop music game, DJ Max Portable 2? Not that Pentavision's having any difficulty marketing this hip PSP title. But still, there can never be enough good gimmicks to help out with the marketing, right?

In South Korea, subway advertisements are apparently not hip enough to suit Pentavision's taste. Hence, they unleash their -- er -- Power Rangers. The sentai group was out wreaking marketing havoc throughout Seoul's streets, interacting with people, and basically doing some fantabulous PR stunts like gamely posing for pictures with pedestrians, tourists and whatnots.

Oddly enough, though, the group seemed to enjoy "hassling" couples. Reportedly, the "Rangers" are called NB Rangers in the game and they are all single men. Hmmm... could there be an underlying plot to disturb happy relationships by single men who are unlucky enough to find their own dates, hence they stick together and formed a color-coded group? Do we sense bitterness here? And what's up with their "anti-Xbox 360" warnings?

We'll be sure to investigate for any dodgy subconscious musical messages aboard DJ Max Portable 2.

  

Pentavision's DJ Max Portable 2 has been out since last week, but since there's still no news of it being brought over to these shores, we're going to have to content ourselves with these videos for now, courtesy of the guys at Siliconera.

We've already mentioned in earlier posts that the special limited edition versions of DJ Max Portable 2 have English instructions and manuals, but if you're looking for even more proof that this title is really import-friendly, check out the videos below. The game's menus, functions, etc. are actually in English! Heck, you can't get much more import-friendly than that.

Here are the videos. The first one is the game's promotional trailer. The second shows some gameplay, and the third features the OST feature demo (the one with the English menu). Check 'em out.

Two more videos after the jump!

 

Korea's gaming community has had its groove moving since of March 30 when Pentavision's DJ Max Portable 2 game for the PSP was released into retail. DJ Max 2 is reportedly enjoying strong sales, as it takes the number one spot at thisisgame.com's sales charts. One other game that seems to be enjoying this success is DJ Max 2's previous installment, DJ Max Portable.

We don't have exact numbers for DJ Max Portable 2's sales, unfortunately (Babelfish refuses to translate the site), although PSP-Vault estimates that 200,000 copies of the game were sold over the weekend, with sales expected to rise up to 300,000 at the end of the week. DJ Max Portable 2 is further expected to break the 500,000 soon. If these estimate proves to be accurate, the game will be enjoying similar success as other previous PSP games, such as Monster Hunter Freedom 2, which has achieved platinum status in Japan.

Sadly, there are no updates confirming if DJ Max 2 is to be set for a North American release, although the game's limited edition packs carried options for an English interface. Stay tuned in case the game's success convinces Pentavision to send it over to our territory.

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UPDATE: One of our commenters, xnjcx2008, has just provided us with the translation for the Korean top 10 chart that we have up there, and so what's currently popular in Korea is finally revealed to us.

• DJ Max Portable 2
• Lumines 2
• Killzone Liberation
• Metal Slug
• Winning Eleven 10
• Ace Combat X
• some english learning program I think :P
• DJ Max Portable 1
• Monster Hunters Portable 2
• Tales of Destiny 2

Thank you so much, xnjcx2008! :)