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Like a Dragon’s programmers talk about the struggles involved in making game-breaking mechanics like Kiryu’s Dragon Resurgence

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Interview: Suda51 on the resurrection of Shadows of the Damned, his undying love for Zelda, and getting more directly involved in game development

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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

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The secret behind Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku’s super expressive animations. We asked the devs how Live2D makes it happen

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Led by Japanese industry veterans, studio GPTRACK50 uses an unusual development style its members have “always wanted to try out”

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Interview: From abilities that transcend human understanding to fully 3D scenes that left no room for error, Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE involved challenges incomparably bigger than Danganronpa

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Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth’s Sicko Snap was created to solve a very real problem during development. Series director and lead planner talk about the behind-the-scenes of Yakuza content-making

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Like a Dragon’s programmers talk about the struggles involved in making game-breaking mechanics like Kiryu’s Dragon Resurgence

Interviews

Interview: Suda51 on the resurrection of Shadows of the Damned, his undying love for Zelda, and getting more directly involved in game development

Interviews

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

Interviews, PR

The secret behind Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku’s super expressive animations. We asked the devs how Live2D makes it happen

Interviews

Led by Japanese industry veterans, studio GPTRACK50 uses an unusual development style its members have “always wanted to try out”

Interviews

Interview: From abilities that transcend human understanding to fully 3D scenes that left no room for error, Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE involved challenges incomparably bigger than Danganronpa

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Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy writer speaks on the value of QA experience

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Ver 2.0 added first-person camera, and fans are loving it

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Yuki Kurosawa

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Dungeon brawler FIGHT KNIGHT will release on Steam Nov. 30

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Kaisei Hanyu

2021-11-04 19:52

Animal Crossing: New Horizons [November 2021] – everything you’ll be able to do this month

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2021-11-04 16:17

Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Ver 2.0 free update arrives early. The Roost, Kapp’n and expanded storage have been added

Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Ver 2.0 free update arrives early. The Roost, Kapp’n and expanded storage have been added, along with new handheld/Tripod mode for the camera app.

Yuki Kurosawa

2021-11-04 15:56