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In this VA-11 Hall-A inspired dystopian visual novel, your goal is to “destroy the world”
Memory Detective: Akira is an upcoming deck-building visual novel game with JRPG and roguelite elements. With a dystopian setting and cyberpunk vibes, it takes inspiration from VA-11 Hall-A and Blade Runner.
Japanese Bible ASMR with cute anime girls is a thing
Strange combo of Japanese Bible ASMR, weird thumbnail captions, and cute anime girls puzzles social media users
One of Palworld’s ace devs was scouted at 20 years old with 0 industry experience
The story about how one of Palworld’s devs rose from unemployed middle school graduate to full-time developer of a best-selling game has been gaining attention on social media.
Look out for creepy anomalies while monitoring CCTV footage in this Japanese indie horror game
Surveillance Work is an upcoming Japanese indie horror game that will appeal to fans of I’m on Observation Duty and The Exit 8.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth will not have any streaming restrictions, just don’t spoil things
Sega has revealed guidelines regarding streaming/uploading gameplay videos of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and some users are surprised by how lax they are.
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Japanese police arrest two people for selling AI generated “obscene” Evangelion posters
The two men made a combined total of over 15 million yen selling explicit AI generated posters of popular female anime characters online.
Indie games
Learn Japanese by taking photos in this cozy new game (Updated)
Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography is a fun new language learning game that helps you learn everyday Japanese by taking photos.
nintendo
Nintendo stock hits highest price since listing as Japanese analysts update Switch 2 sales forecasts
Nintendo has risen for three consecutive trading days, temporarily rising to 9,775 yen on January 23. This renewed the company’s highest price since its listing.
