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Our personal favorite small-scale indie games of 2021
Our personal favorite small-scale indie games of 2021. Death’s Door, Webbed, Ikenfell, Muck, A YEAR OF SPRINGS, Road 96, and ElecHead.
Aniplex to acquire FGO developer’s game development division [Update: new company’s name announced]
Aniplex will acquire Fate/Grand Order (FGO) developer DELiGHTWORKS’ game development division. DELiGHTWORKS will go through a corporate divestiture to form a new company that will succeed DELiGHTWORKS’s game development business. Aniplex will acquire all shares of the new company to make it a subsidiary.
Esports team Panda Global announces the Panda Controller for Switch, GameCube, and PC [Canceled]
Esports team Panda Global have announced the Panda Controller. A customizable controller modeled after the classic GameCube design, with additional features for GameCube, Switch, and PC players.
Japanese eSports event tracking website TAIYORO is now live
Japanese eSports event tracking website TAIYORO is now live. The site covers eSports and speedrunning events held in Japan.
Nintendo reiterates the possibility of Switch shortage
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has stated that the Nintendo Switch might experience supply shortage after the new year, due to the global semiconductor shortage and supply chain issues.
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Non-gaming news
Attack on Titan voice actor Yuki Kaji releases official voice synthesizer to counter people feeding his voice to AI without permission
Top Japanese voice actor Yuki Kaji has crowdfunded and released official synthesized voices to tackle unauthorized generative AI use.
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.
