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Developer sued by Square Enix over reused Front Mission assets addresses lawsuit with message to players and remade assets
Mecharashi (Metal Storm)’s US publisher HK Ten Tree Limited issued a message on March 27 addressing the lawsuit recently filed against it by Square Enix in the US. On Mecharashi’s official homepage, ...
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Japanese shrine once repaired thanks to Ghost of Tsushima fans bans all tourists after “unforgivable act of disrespect”
The Watazumi Shrine is one of the locations on Tsushima Island that gained significant worldwide attention after the release of Sucker Punch Productions’ Ghost of Tsushima in 2020. The shrine is ...
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Overtaking Monster Hunter Wilds and Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Atelier Yumia was the best-selling Steam game in Japan last week
Update (2025/05/28 at 18:14 JST): Koei Tecmo has announced that Atelier Yumia has sold over 300,000 units worldwide as of March 28, making it the fastest-selling game in the Atelier series. Following ...
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Marvel Rivals adds Venom Pick-Up Bundle and new Costume Coin currency
NetEase Games revealed its new Marvel Rivals Venom Pick-Up bundle which, in addition to the new Hyper Orange Venom skin and related cosmetics, awards players with Chrono Tokens and one Costume Coin.
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Live-action movie based on Japanese indie hit The Exit 8 gets new trailer and release date
Toho have revealed a new trailer for the movie adaptation of hit Japanese indie game The Exit 8. It will screen in Japanese movie theaters from August 29, 2025. At the time of writing, plans for an ...
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Castlevania official musical by Japan’s all-female Takarazuka Revue unveils new poster
Artwork by Ayami Kojima for 1997's Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. It was revealed last year that Japan’s all-female Takarazuka Revue will do a stage adaptation of Konami’s Castlevania video game ...
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Death Stranding 2 dominates top four spots on Japan pre-order ranking
In the week between March 16 and March 22, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach took the top four sports on Amazon Japan’s most pre-ordered video game ranking, with the Collector’s Edition already sold out ...
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Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai encourages Japanese developers to pursue the kind of games Japanese people love instead of adapting
In recognition of his extensive Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games YouTube channel, Super Smash Bros. and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai was recently awarded the Art Encouragement Prize from the ...
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Monster Hunter Wilds fan animation has Alma “Dragon Ball-fuse” with the Handler from Monster Hunter World
Unlike Dragon Ball fusions, such as Gotenks and Gogeta, the resulting fusion isn’t a melding of Alma and the Handler’s personalities or physical attributes. Rather, it only features Alma wearing her ...
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“This wasn’t something Capcom forced me to do” Mega Man 2 creator talks about why the game was made in only three months
Releasing on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1988, Mega Man 2 came out mere months after 1987’s Mega Man, the first game in Capcom’s iconic series. One of the key creators of Mega Man 2, ...
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Atelier Yumia’s development scale was the largest in the franchise’s history, according to Koei Tecmo
Koei Tecmo Games launched the RPG Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land on March 21. The latest mainline entry in the Atelier series was the largest undertaking in developer ...
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth CGI studio forms alliance with Visions of Mana co-director’s new company Studio Sasanqua
Studio Sasanqua and Glitz Visuals have announced that they have formed a business partnership. This will involve the two companies combining their respective strengths and exchanging employees.