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Square Enix will not be dropping The Apothecary Diaries despite artist being indicted for tax evasion
Square Enix, the publisher of The Apothecary Diaries has “no plans of cancelling” the series despite Nekokurage’s guilty verdict.
Man who threatened Nintendo employees given prison sentence, judge condemns “selfish, persistent and vicious” nature of crime
The man who threatened to “kill everyone involved” in Nintendo’s games and events has been dealt a prison sentence by the Japanese court.
Is Silent Hill creator’s upcoming Slitterhead horror? Action? Developers discuss genre and what awaits players
We spoke to Slitterhead director Keiichiro Toyama, composer Akira Yamaoka and character designer Tatsuya Yoshikawa to find out more.
Capcom still sees Mega Man as an important IP, and is considering new games
Capcom revealed that they still plan to make games for the canon-wielding android Mega Man, which they describe as one of their highly-valued IPs.
Akatsuki Games and Danganronpa devs’ extreme ARPG Tribe Nine to host global closed beta from August 9 to 15
Akatsuki Games have announced a global closed beta test for Tribe Nine, their collaboration project with Too Kyoo Games.
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“Let’s meet again in hell” Japanese out-of-print manga archive Manga Library Z begrudgingly shuts down, but swears to be back
After having all of its payment options disabled, Manga Library Z officially shut down on November 26, but J-Comi promises to bring it back.
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
Pokémon Red and Green are no longer the top selling Pokémon games in Japan
Nintendo reveals that the highest selling Pokémon game generation in Japan has changed for the first time in 28 years.
