Atlus opens Soul Hackers countdown website with a timer ending on Feb. 21, hinting a new announcement regarding Atlus’ RPG Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers.
Atlus opens Soul Hackers countdown website with a timer ending on Feb. 21, hinting a new announcement regarding Atlus’ RPG Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers.
Nintendo to discontinue sales on Wii U and 3DS eShops in March 2023. It will still be possible to redownload already purchased games and extra content.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles is coming to Nintendo Switch globally on June 10. The game initially came out on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam) in October of 2021.
Pokémon Legends: Arceus sold 6.5 million copies, making it the fastest selling Pokémon on the Nintendo Switch during its first week.
Lewd tower-defense game Duel Princess sales suspended on Nintendo Switch in Japan. The game’s publisher recently hinted that Duel Princess had been rejected on Steam.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is now the best-selling video game of all time in Japan. New Horizons sold over 10 million units in Japan alone, far surpassing the previous record of 6.81 million set by Super Mario Bros.
Pokémon and Wordle make for a surprising good combination with Pokémon-themed Wordle clones releasing in Japan (Pokedle and Pokémon Wordle).
Tifa and Aerith mods keep on coming for Final Fantasy VII Remake on PC. When looking at the most popular FFVIIRI mods on Nexus Mods, we can see that over half of them in the top 30 are related to Tifa or Aerith.
Sega arcade venues will be renamed to GiGO in Japan following GENDA’s share acquisition. GiGO stands for “Get into the Gaming Oasis.”
What color should Sephiroth’s nipples be? A fan-made bust by FantasyToys Studio raises important questions. Sephiroth up to this point has either not had his nipples shown or had them depicted in a modest manner.
Uma Musume Pretty Derby will no longer support iPhone 8 after February 24. The iPhone 8 is often on the borderline of minimum system requirements for many of the latest titles.
Monster raising open world game Palworld gets a new trailer. Palworld is an open world monster-taming and -raising action RPG set in a world inhabited by mysterious creatures called Pals.
Banjo-Kazooie is coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack on January 20. Banjo-Kazooie is a 3D action game initially released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998.
Kingdom Hearts series is coming to Nintendo Switch February 10. With these new releases, you’ll be able to play the Kingdom Hearts series on the Nintendo Switch via cloud streaming.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is trending on Twitter in Japan, likely due to Nintendo’s new feature “My Nintendo Switch History 2021.”
PlatinumGames has announced that Atsushi Inaba has been appointed as the company’s new CEO. Kenichi Sato stepped down from the position at the end of December and will remain in the company as an advisor.
Aniplex will acquire Fate/Grand Order (FGO) developer DELiGHTWORKS’ game development division. DELiGHTWORKS will go through a corporate divestiture to form a new company that will succeed DELiGHTWORKS’s game development business. Aniplex will acquire all shares of the new company to make it a subsidiary.
New Final Fantasy XVI info will drop in spring 2022, later than expected. “complications stemming from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have delayed the game’s development by almost a half year.”
Dragon Quest X Offline delayed until summer 2022 in Japan. It was initially scheduled to come out on February 26. Dragon Quest X Offline’s The Sleeping Hero and the Guiding Allies expansion is also delayed from spring 2022 to autumn 2022.
Duel Princess, a risqué deck building tower-defense game, is coming to Nintendo Switch on January 13. Steam release is also planned. In Duel Princess, a ceremony called “Punishment” must be performed to steal away crests from the defeated princesses.
Poop-themed typing game called Unko Typing sells better than expected on Steam. The developer plans to add English support in the future.
Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster to release in Feb. 2022, taking more time than usual for debugging. “In order to bring you the best experience possible, we’re giving ourselves the necessary time to apply final polish while finishing development on the game.”
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