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YouTuber who crowdfunded $320k to develop dream game promises to “respond to refund requests sincerely” amidst standstill, but won’t give up on completing it 

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Japanese gacha giant GungHo gets new CEO following months of pressure from activist investors, lowers presidential salary

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Butt-controlled fighting game Ketsu Battler to welcome Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising’s Beelzebub as its first guest fighter 

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Elin

“After nearly 20 years of game development, the seeds I planted have finally sprouted.” Solo dev behind sandbox RPG Elona talks about success of sequel Elin 

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Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc’s spider symbolism hits much harder once you find out what the butterfly actually represents, fans theorize

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Attack on Titan season 4

Attack on Titan author says he’s unlikely to create another manga of the same caliber 

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Stellar Blade

Stellar Blade director says using AI will be essential for competing with overwhelming manpower of China and US developers 

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Blue Archive producer says the creative industry is facing an “AI slop” problem, linking to consumer distrust. “Of course they’re going to react negatively”

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Mewtwo

Pokémon: The First Movie’s English dub criticized in Japan 30 years later for heavily altered dialogue that compromises core themes 

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Umamusume developer Cygames establishes dedicated AI studio for creating “safe and secure” in-house models

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Solo-developed Japanese open-world RPG Elin sells over 350,000 copies on Steam. Overseas playerbase steadily growing too, says dev

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Indie games have the highest growth potential in the Japanese “otaku market” in 2026, study suggests

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