VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Artist Thomas Feichtmeir revealed an image for a 2D version of Dark Souls III, stating that the proposed project was planned to be a Metroidvania title. Now that it is no longer under NDA, Feichtmeir has posted a visual made for the project to their Twitter.
Nintendo has announced the upcoming establishment of Nintendo Systems, a joint venture company being made alongside DeNA who are involved with the development and operation of Nintendo’s Nintendo Account system.
Konami Digital Entertainment has cut the price of CRIMESIGHT, which is now available on Steam, from $19.99 to $9.99. CRIMESIGHT reached a peak player count of 555 players just after launching and has since been moving forward with a double-digit player count.
A Pokémon trainer who set out to only catch Pikachu in Pokémon GO has seen their self-imposed challenge come to an unfortunate end. The trainer thought they had captured another Pikachu only for it to reveal itself as Zorua.
SmileBoom released their game creation tool RPG Developer Bakin to Steam Early Access. RPG Developer Bakin boasts that anyone can use it to make an RPG without programming knowledge, but according to SmileBoom, users have been using it to pump out action games.
Boosting service providers looking to earn real money by playing Splatoon 3 on behalf of other players and the sites that facilitate these transactions are being viewed as a problem on social media in Japan. When it comes to having someone boost your account, both the person lending the account and the person playing run the risk of breaching the terms of service.
Splatoon 3's Ultra Stamp is about to get a lot stronger with Ver. 1.2.0 even without the weapon receiving any buffs or nerfs. That’s because the weapon apparently had numerous bugs which are about to be fixed.
Nintendo has released the patch notes for Splatoon 3’s Ver. 1.2.0 update which nerfs the Sloshing Machine and squashes Ultra Stamp related bugs. “This update focuses on adjusting some weapons, improving several features, and fixing bugs that relate to battles.”
Japanese horror game Noroware Cycle announced with a terrifying trailer. The game takes inspiration from PlayStation 1 cult classics like Twilight Syndrome and Yuuyami Doori Tankentai and the influence can certainly be seen in the setting and game mechanics.
A new trend of performing what one might describe as “gacha rituals” has been spreading among Splatoon 3 players in Japan. This recent trend involves players performing strange and sometimes very elaborate rituals to improve their chances at pulling a good item.
The official Japanese Twitter account for MMORPG MapleStory has apologized for a tweet that was phrased in a way that led to a misunderstanding among some users. "Aren’t there any items that will let me hunt while I sleep?" said the official account.
Ver. 1.2.0 for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 adds the ability to save and load party formations, despite not being mentioned in Nintendo's patch notes. There was originally no way to “save” your party formations in Xenoblade Chronicles 3.