VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
FFXIV sound director’s commemorative horse race was a big success for fans. Between Soken mentioning the race and courteous commentary from the announcer, it was a race FFXIV fans are sure to remember.
FFXIV sound director Masayoshi Soken’s return is being celebrated with a horse race in Japan. The race will be broadcast on the Kochi Racecourse’s YouTube channel.
Biomutant partially re-recorded the Japanese audio to fix the localization. Which makes sense since the narrator basically talks non-stop throughout the game, and reads out all the NPC dialogs, so you can’t just fix the texts and call it a day.
Father of Final Fantasy, Hironobu Sakaguchi, tears through FFXIV’s main story in a month. Now that he’s completed all of the currently available main story quests in FFXIV, Sakaguchi is ready to travel to the moon in the upcoming 6.0 expansion.
FFXIV’s Prohibited Activities revised to combat RMT vendors. RMT activities became rampant in FFXIV, as the player population skyrocketed this year.
Arknights Platinum’s voice replaced possibly due to China related controversy. Voice actor Ai Kayano was replaced after her visit to the Yasukuni Shrine caught attention of Chinese users.
Graveyard Keeper – Better Save Soul DLC announced, coming to PC (Steam/GOG.com) on Oct. 27. Better Save Soul will include 6-12 hours of gameplay, along with “remote craft control” feature.
As the Touken Ranbu Warriors collector’s edition immediately sells out in Japan, the battle with resellers begins. With the Touken Ranbu franchise being popular in Japan, the collector’s edition sold out alarmingly fast.
Touken Ranbu Warriors gameplay revealed. It will launch on Feb. 17 in Japan and on May 24 in West. Touken Ranbu Warriors is a Warriors spin-off title of the browser-based simulation game Touken Ranbu.
Square Enix’s new SRPG TRIANGLE STRATEGY will launch on March 4, with shorter loading times & option to choose Hard/Easy difficulty. Auto-play and Skip features for event scenes will also be available.
Final Fantasy XIV’s new fleet-footed Scholar ability gets players buzzing. While some jobs are getting flashy new moves and dramatic overhauls to mechanics, the Scholar only had “Can make party members move faster” highlighted.
Jack-O’ from Guilty Gear sparks new Jack-O Pose social media trend. The trend has even managed to find its way back to the game’s country of origin, becoming a hit among Japanese fans as well.