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CHAOS;HEAD NOAH cancellation on Steam prompts fans to start a petition to reverse Valve’s decision [UPDATE]
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH cancellation on Steam prompts fans to start a petition to reverse Valve’s decision. The “Save Chaos;Head” petition seeks to “reverse Valve’s ban” of the game on its platform so that the game can be released as is.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s Lynels can be disarmed, leaving them defenseless
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild player discovers that Lynels can be disarmed, leaving them defenseless. The player who found the method to disarm Lynels explains how to do it.
Dropkick on My Devil! anime allows monetization of “illegal” uploads with conditions
Dropkick on My Devil! anime’s guidelines for derivative works allow content creators to monetize clips, commentary, and explanation videos on YouTube and Niconico when meeting certain conditions. It appears their aim is to use illegal uploads as advertising while receiving a share of the profit to fund continuing the series.
Elin, a successor to the roguelike RPG Elona, is planned to enter Early Access on Steam
Game developer Noa (Lafrontier) has opened a Steam page for Elin, a successor to the roguelike RPG Elona. According to Noa, the first alpha (early access) for Elin will be released “when the first few hours of the game are fully playable. This will likely be at the end of the year at the earliest.”
Genshin Impact player climbs to the top of Sumeru’s giant pyramid by force
Genshin Impact’s Ver.3.1 update was recently released and players can embark on a new journey to the Great Red Sand. Within this desert lies a giant pyramid shaped ruins (The Mausoleum of King Deshret), and some travelers have managed to forcibly climb along the outer wall to the very top.
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Becoming an immortal meme doesn’t mean success: Japanese author’s series stopped selling after its anime adaptation went viral for awkward animation
Author of “Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won’t Lose” opens up about the negative effect the title’s anime adaptation has had on sales of the light novel series.
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’s attorney weighs in on what makes emulators illegal
Koji Nishiura, patent attorney and deputy general manager of Nintendo’s intellectual property department, talks about legal problems surrounding emulation.
