Nintendo titles finally return to Japan’s biggest speedrunning event after being excluded due to “unauthorized use” warning from the company

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Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma'

Rune Factory and Story of Seasons publisher sees revenue soar thanks to new entries, but still faces losses due to high dev costs 

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Tsukuyomi: The Divine Hunter by Colopl

Colopl, developer behind Kazuma Kaneko AI game, to downsize by 70 employees amid struggling mobile game business 

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Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake devs drastically improved the auto-battle system to the point where it can complete most of the game’s tedious battles

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Pokemon TCG

Re-shrink-wrapped Pokémon TCG boxes are now a thing in Japan 

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Bandai overtakes Sony as top patent holder in Japan’s game and entertainment industry in 2025 

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Disgaea developer’s new 3D hack-and-slash RPG is set in the same universe, director confirms

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Anime studio bankruptcies and closures continue to rise for third consecutive year in Japan 

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Street Fighter 6

Capcom publishes fan content guidelines, including rules against offensive fanart and commercial use 

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Deltarune

Deltarune creator Toby Fox updates players with early reactions to Chapter 5 

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Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii awarded Order of the Rising Sun on the same day as the manga artist he once applied to work for

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“No interference in creative works.” Japanese government proposes new policy for anime and game expansion in the West

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