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Visual novel A YEAR OF SPRINGS is getting a console release on December 10
Visual novel A YEAR OF SPRINGS is getting a console release on December 10. A YEAR OF SPRINGS is a collection of short stories that explore LGBT+ subject matter.
Dog sledding adventure Arctico will officially release in February 2022
Dog sledding adventure Arctico, formally known as Eternal Winter, will officially release in February of 2022. Arctico is currently in Steam Early Access.
Pokémon BDSP players are holding random online battles through unified password
Pokémon BDSP players are holding random online battles with a specific ruleset through a unified password (6350 4649). Pokémon BDSP doesn’t have official random online matchmaking.
BlazBlue Centralfiction and BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle to support rollback netcode in 2022
BlazBlue Centralfiction and BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle to support rollback netcode in 2022. The “Rollback Public Test” for BBCF will begin on Steam December 6. It will be open to all owners of the Steam version.
Yakuza’s Baka Mitai sung by students in Sweden. Sega and Kiryu’s voice actor react
Yakuza’s Baka Mitai (aka Dame Da Ne) sung by students in Sweden, surprising a Japanese teacher working there. Sega and Kiryu’s voice actor reacted to the video as well.
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Japanese manga and game store Melonbooks becomes the latest Japanese platform to run into trouble with international payment processors
Melonbooks is suspending Mastercard and Visa payments, likely due to demands from international payment processors related to adult content.
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 Shigeru Miyamoto refutes claim that he is a “genius” and lays out his down-to-Earth game design philosophy
Nintendo representative director Shigeru Miyamoto gives insight into the game design advice that he gives to new Nintendo employees.
