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Devil May Cry 5 and Dragon’s Dogma 2 director Hideaki Itsuno will make original AAA action games at new LightSpeed Japan Studio
Former Capcom veteran game director Hideaki Itsuno joins new Japanese branch of LightSpeed Studios. He will be leading triple-A development.
The Steam Deck has seen widespread success, but it’s not stopping there. We ask Valve about the Steam Deck’s challenges and future goals
Interview with Valve’s Steam Deck development team about the platform’s success so far, challenges it faces and goals for the future.
Japanese manga store Melonbooks offers customers discount for using AMEX and JCB credit cards to counter issues with international payment processors
International payment processors’ tightening adult content regulations lead Melonbooks to offer a discount to encourage customers to switch payment methods
Yakuza creator says his new game will be an action adventure with a “rather high age rating” and complex game system
Like a Dragon series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi reveals details about his work-in-progress new game at Nagoshi Studio.
Astro Bot has significantly widened the PS5 playerbase, according to Sony
The runaway success of Team ASOBI’s platformer Astro Bot has increased the number of families and younger users playing PS5, Sony reports.
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Anime fans encouraged to resume “normal fan activities” after three people got arrested for running an anime spoiler website
Anime production committee of Overlord makes an announcement to fans following arrests related to an anime spoiler site.
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.
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Nintendo to open new Donkey Kong Country area at Super Nintendo World in Japan and the USA
In the latest Nintendo Direct, Shigeru Miyamoto gave a tour of the Donkey Kong Country area opening in Super Nintendo World Japan next month.