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Japan’s game market grew steadily in 2023, with the PC game market expanding by 25%
Japan’s game market experienced steady growth in 2023, with PC game sales and console sales rising (particularly the PS5 and Nintendo Switch)
Snowbreak: Containment Zone’s newest update was too sexy for Google Play, causing delays
Snowbreak: Containment Zone encountered issues getting its latest update on Google’s app store due to an “inappropriate” promotional image.
Nintendo had its own internal “social media” to streamline the massive workload during Tears of the Kingdom’s development
Nintendo sheds light on internal infrastructure used for the development of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Tekken’s developers hope that AI will be able to assist future 3D stage creation as development costs reach all-time high
Tekken 8’s producer Katsuhiro Harada says environment development costs are currently at their peak, and that AI may help with this issue in the future.
Pixiv warns about influx of fake artist and employee accounts engaging in phishing and art theft
On August 21, Pixiv warned users about fake accounts and phishing attempts in connection with an online community for illustrators
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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.
