Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is dripping with Sega’s “secret sauce,” borrowing from classics like Sega Rally and OutRun, devs say

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Ishii Jiro’s 200-ending roguelike visual novel doesn’t use generative AI, but human-designed decision trees based on over 850 stage plays

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Japanese game and comic platform DLsite launches its own payment alternative following Visa and Mastercard suspensions 

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The First Descendant

The First Descendant’s upcoming updates will focus on deepening what the game already has, rather than adding more non-combat content 

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Ninja Gaiden 4 will make up for the “shortcomings” of past entries’ boss battles, devs say

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What’s a “metroidvania plus” game? Chronoscript: The Endless End developers on expanding upon existing hits like Hollow Knight and Blasphemous

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Sonic Racing Crossworlds

Sonic Racing: Crossworlds is “like a party game on the outside,” but tuned like a fully skill-based racing game on the inside, developers say 

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Like a Dragon “goes through 10 to 20 times more legal and ethical checks” than a typical game, RGG Studio chief says 

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Ghost of Yotei’s “pet the fox” mechanic deemed potentially dangerous by Hokkaido locals in Japan, experts argue it’s surprisingly historically accurate

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Valheim developers continue to work with only 8 team members. We ask them why they stick to small-scale development amid growing competition 

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Yakuza Kiwami 3 fundamentally changes the meaning of the term “Kiwami,” developers say. It’s no longer just a technical upgrade 

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“Why are Disney and Marvel protected, but Japanese IPs aren’t?” OpenAI’s Sora 2 sparks controversy in Japan over infringement concerns

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