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Sony game sector sees 184% increase in operating profit thanks to improved PS5 profitability and increased sales of third-party games like Black Myth: Wukong 

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Palworld tops PS5 download rankings in Japan 

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Silent Hill 2 chainsaw remake new game plus

Silent Hill 2 remake: How to get and swap to the Chainsaw 

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Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail expansion Square Enix financial results for the first half of 2025 fiscal year

Square Enix reports profit increase in games sector driven by Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail 

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Palworld developers reveal details of Nintendo and Pokémon Company infringement lawsuit 

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Melonbooks Japanese manga store payment processor issue

Japanese manga and game store Melonbooks becomes the latest Japanese platform to run into trouble with international payment processors 

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Sega Sammy Holdings game profits for first half of 2025 fiscla year driven by repeat sales of Unicorn Overlord

Sega console game sector growth driven by Vanillaware’s Unicorn Overlord, big profits from Sonic and Metaphor: ReFantazio expected 

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FromSoftware and Spike Chunsoft parent company Kadokawa has 26 new games in development  

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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii to feature new character voiced by Majima’s actor from the Amazon Prime show  

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The King of Fighters 98 body composition analyzer SNK and Tanita collaboration

SNK’s The King of Fighters 98 is now part of a high-tech health monitoring machine  

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train Japan economic growth strategy anime and games

Japan’s game and anime industries could be looking at improved working conditions and higher wages with government’s new plan to quadruple the content industry’s worth by 2033 

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FromSoftware’s parent company reports growth of game sector driven by Elden Ring, plans to expand in-house PC and console game publishing 

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