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Capcom to reveal its RE Engine externally for the first time, offering game development classes to Japanese students
Capcom announced on August 19 that it will be offering hands-on game development classes using the RE Engine to informatics students at a Japanese university. This will be the first time Capcom reveals the engine to an external party. RE…
Persona fans debate whether Persona 4 needs a remake
Persona fans have varied opinions about whether or not Persona 4 needs a Persona 3 Reload-style remake.
Interview: Spike Chunsoft plans to keep catering to the niche its known for, with localization full of love towards the source material
Interview with Spike Chunsoft about the publisher’s future activities in the US and Europe, as well as their policy regarding localization.
Romancing SaGa 2’s original creator feared only one thing about the remake – a shift to the action genre
Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven’s talks about conflicts that arose during development and how they were resolved.
Nintendo to reveal new attraction in tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct broadcast
August 2024’s Nintendo Direct broadcast will give fans a sneak peak at Nintendo’s new museum, opening this fall in Japan’s Kyoto Prefecture.
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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.
