“Italian Brainrot” was Japanese elementary school girls’ top buzzword in 2025, according to survey

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The Silent Hill series is like good-old soy sauce ramen, producer says. Adding Ryukishi07’s rich and dramatic writing to it required immense care

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New Virtua Fighter Project

New VIRTUA FIGHTER Project is fully aiming for GOTY. A game that’s “fundamentally fun,” beyond the confines of the fighting game niche   

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Blanc Fortune Express

Goddess of Victory NIKKE designer says their character isn’t wearing any pants because “pantless fashion” is a thing now

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Fate/Grand Order

Japanese game developers face ridiculously high font license fees following US acquisition of major domestic provider. Live-service games to take the biggest blow 

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Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake

Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake post-game streaming restrictions have finally been lifted 

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Abyss Kitchen

From feeding an insatiable pet dragon girl to scouring dungeons for cooking ingredients: 5 Japanese indie games about food 

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Octopath Traveler 0

“Like that one JRPG vocal finale song that has stuck with you for 20 years.” Octopath Traveler 0 devs on creating an ending theme befitting of a 100-hour game 

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Yakuza Kiwami 3 Kiryu

Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties include major hints about where the Like a Dragon series is headed, RGG Studio lead says 

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Silent Hill f

Silent Hill f’s success was helped greatly by memes, fanart and theories it inspired, devs say. A new approach to writing characters unlocked potential for virality

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Faker

Erotic gay web novel suspended for allegedly basing protagonist on pro League of Legends player Faker 

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Neoneon Tribe

Tribe Nine has officially ended services, but its story isn’t over. Everything we know about the original creators’ revival project “Neoneon Tribe” 

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