Is Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete the “perfect” way to end a live-service game?
Nintendo's Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is set to end service and be replaced by an offline, buy-to-play version of the game.
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She grew up playing Duke Nukem and Wolfenstein with her dad, and is now enamored with obscure Japanese video games and internet culture. Currently devoted to growing Automaton West to the size of its Japanese sister-site, while making sure to keep news concise and developer stories deep and stimulating.
Blue Archive developers announce new interactive 3D game Project RX
Blue Archive developer Nexon Games has announced a new interactive 3D "sub-culture" game titled Project RX.
The original Silent Hill 2’s camera “was not a compromise,” director talks about navigating technical limitations with deliberate direction
Silent Hill 2's original director Masashi Tsuboyama shares insights about how the game's camera was designed.
Hideo Kojima wants to make the kind of games aliens will call cool centuries from now
Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima talks about his mindset on game development and what it means to leave something behind as a creator.
Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero devs to tackle long matchmaking times and save data corruption issues next
Bandai Namco has notified players that they are currently investigating issues like vanishing save data and long matchmaking times.
Nintendo made a mom cry tears of joy by carefully salvaging the old stickers on her kid’s Switch
In a viral post on X, a Japanese mom talks about an astonishingly kind gesture from Nintendo's "godly" customer support.
Metaphor: ReFantazio director Hashino Katsura says Atlus is full of “eccentric people”
Metaphor: ReFantasio and Persona series director Katsura Hashino talks about how he joined Atlus and what awaited him there.
Team Ninja’s Rise of the Ronin confirmed for PS5 Pro release
Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja's historical action RPG has been confirmed for an enhanced release on the PS5 Pro.
Sega’s patent infringement lawsuit against Memento Mori developer is “the kind of lawsuit that usually goes on behind closed doors,” Japanese patent attorney says
Japanese patent attorney analyzes reasoning behind Sega's patent infringement lawsuit against Bank of Innovation.
Nintendo’s late CEO Iwata once praised Masahiro Sakurai’s ability to fully visualize a finished product from nothing, and the shocking reveal behind his YouTube channel proves it
Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai recently revealed that the planned and scripted all of the videos for his YouTube channel in one month.
Nintendo applies for new trademarks related to Animal Crossing, Super Smash Bros. and other IPs in “food and accommodation” category
Nintendo has applied for 10 new trademarks related to Animal Crossing, Pikmin, Splatoon and Super Smash Bros.
Trails series developer Nihon Falcom eyes using AI translation to shorten localization process
Nihon Falcom's CEO Toshihiro Kondo says using AI translation is a possibility for the future of the Trails series.