Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin’s tower defense minigame “Sakuna the Efflorescent” will add Metal Aphids in future update. Sakuna the Efflorescent will see a significant rework, bringing new enemies and several balance adjustments.
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin’s tower defense minigame “Sakuna the Efflorescent” will add Metal Aphids in future update. Sakuna the Efflorescent will see a significant rework, bringing new enemies and several balance adjustments.
Monster Hunter Rise & Sunbreak DLC won’t support Cross-Save/Cross-Play. Capcom announced that “after looking into it throughout the development process, we found we are unable to implement it this time.”
Yandere Simulator’s demo now has an experimental prequel mode with 10 rivals included. The prequel takes place in 1989, and you get to play as Ryoba, the mother of Yandere Simulator’s protagonist Ayano.
Sight-jacking Japanese horror THE MADHOUSE will launch November 18 for Steam. The “stealth eyes” mechanic allows you to see through creatures’ eyes, providing “multiple first-person views” to players.
PICO PARK sales exceed 1 million units: How a solo Japanese developer’s game became a worldwide hit. PICO PARK’s sales in Japan were only a meager percentage of those 1 million copies.
Cygames acquires Japanese game studio flaggs & aims to strengthen the foundation for content creation. flaggs is a studio run by former DeNA dev Naoto Yoshie.
Yakuza series’ Nagoshi is leaving Sega & Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio will restructure. The studio producer Daisuke Sato is also leaving.
Dragon Quest composer Koichi Sugiyama passes away at the age of 90. Dragon Quest XII was his last work.
#ThankYouSakurai for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate trends third worldwide, and Sakurai responds. From words of support for Mr. Sakurai, playfully teasing him and those expressing their gratitude to him, the world is currently bursting at the seams with “ThankYouSakurai” messages.
STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN will arrive on Mar. 18. The new trailer reveals more chaos & Jack’s full name. STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN’s PS5/Xbox Series X|S demo is available until Oct. 11
Marvelous acquires groovesync, the company of Yu Matsui, one of the leaders in Japan’s eSports scene.
Bloomberg reports on Nintendo Switch 4K dev kits distribution to developers, but Nintendo publicly denies it. Bloomberg reported that Nintendo Switch development kits with 4K resolution support were provided to at least 11 companies, including Zynga.
Okinawa Rush, a Double Dragon & Tekken inspired 2D action game, is set to launch in late October. The game features fighting game-like combat system with a variety of skill/move combinations.
Rune Factory 5 will feature same-sex marriage for the first time in the series. The western version of Rune Factory 5 is set to launch in March 2022.
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, a massive paid expansion is coming Summer 2022. Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak will bring “new stories, locales, monsters, hunting actions & quest rank” to expand the world of Monster Hunter Rise.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild player makes a 2.6 kilometer shot from the Great Plateau to an enemy near Hyrule Castle. This feat was made possible by using a glitch technique called BLSS.
NEO: The World Ends with You is coming to Epic Games Store on Sept. 28. The PS4/Nintendo Switch version of NEO: The World Ends with You was released in July and received high praise from both the critics and users.
Dragon Quest XII is being co-developed by ORCA, along with the previously announced HEXADRIVE. ORCA is looking for staff not only for Dragon Quest XII but also for an unannounced Unreal Engine project.
Co-op coin pusher game Old Coin Pusher Friends announced for Steam & Nintendo Switch. Old Coin Pusher Friends is a coin pusher game with its own unique spin.
Japan’s Yamadera temple has been recreated in a walking simulator and is available for a limited time. The game is a walking simulator based on the Risshakuji Temple, or Yamadera as it’s popularly referred to, in Yamagata, Japan.
Dragon Quest XII is being co-developed by HEXADRIVE, a Japanese studio based in Osaka. The company has a proven track record of porting games and has cooperated in the development of several major titles.
New WarioWare game takes Fire Emblem: Three Houses’ tea time to extreme speeds. WarioWare: Get it Together! has a lot of microgames based off of other Nintendo properties. The tea time microgame is one of them.
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