We’ve covered Afrika for a while, reviewed it, and done everything we possibly could for it. Last couple of months, we even got confirmation from someone at Leipzig that Afrika doesn’t look like it’s coming to North America. Now this can all be a big act, or it’s just a sad reality over and over again. From an e-mail by Rhino Studios:

私達に連絡するためにありがとう。 SCEはアメリカのこのゲームを解放するために私達が付いている接触をしなかった。 残念。

Basically they’re saying this:

Thank you for contacting us. SCE has not made any contact with us to release this game in America.  Sorry.

There you have it we guess. Another confirmation, but from the developers themselves too.

Watch out. The lion is attacking a gazelle. Don’t get too close, there will always be other pictures. Afrika is a world full of promise and everlasting excitement for photographers and advocates who enjoy the relaxing sensation of a blissful calm in nature’s beauty. For PlayStation 3 owners, this exclusive title by Rhino Studios is undeniably one that shouldn’t be missed out on. As photographers stationed in Africa, players will be equipped with ironically only Sony camera’s and secure laptops in order to embark in a journey to collect evidence of how animals interact and form the community that amazes so many. Run around in the open landscape that stretches for thousands of miles capturing photos of all sorts of animals, impressing the sheer scope of size and power that comes from the innovation that is Afrika and a duty as simple as capturing the wild for what it becomes as the game progresses. Not being good with the camera doesn’t need to be your forte to appreciate the vast wilderness that the circle of life’s habitat has to offer and imbue yourself into the most enlivening title for the PlayStation 3 by far.

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We received some exclusive details at GC 2008 regarding Sony’s exclusive safari photo adventure for the PlayStation 3 console. The sad news is that it’s pretty much a given that the title will not be making a debut to Europe especially America anytime soon or ever.

Afrika won’t be releasing in Europe or America as it’s currently planned. -Sony Representative, Todd Bäcker

The good news?

The game developers, Rhino Studios, are working on planning future content that will allow the Japanese players to jump in with a friend in the Safari world of Afrika. Anyone who is in Japan and has this game will be able to explore the world of Afrika with a friend, without the need for Home when it’s functional. Any player can drive and the other can take pictures or both can take pictures. One player can just walk around while the other is taking a picture, or be swerving in a jeep around the area for an extreme shot. Either way, Afrika is looking to be one very unique and adventurous title that’s a confirmed Japan only release from GC 2008. In the future, anything can happen.

For now: This one is for you Japan.