Xenoblade Chronicles dev gave big pay increase to staff
Xenoblade Chronicles developer Monolith Soft has announced that it substantially increased the base pay of its employees beginning in April.
VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Ayuo Kawase
Editor-in-Chief of AUTOMATON Japan
Dating sim LoveR to get raunchy new DLC costumes
Dragami Games has announced that it will release new DLC for LoveR and LoveR Kiss. The costumes in this DLC set are all quite raunchy—like the Succubus Rouge, which shows off a surprising amount of skin.
Square Enix’s AI tech preview released on Steam, but reviews haven’t been kind
Square Enix has released SQUARE ENIX AI Tech Preview: THE PORTOPIA SERIAL MURDER CASE on Steam. The tech preview serves as an educational demonstration of Natural Language Processing.
Elden Ring’s Cursed-Blood Slice quickly nerfed. No more pushing Malenia around
FromSoftware has released update Version 1.09.1 for Elden Ring. In addition to a couple of bug fixes, the update also nerfs the Cursed-Blood Slice skill, which had only very recently been buffed in Version 1.09.
Tears of the Kingdom: Ganondorf doesn’t have nipples? So what
Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Official Trailer #3 and some viewers were quick to question whether the Ganondorf unveiled in the trailer has nipples or not.
List of games Japanese fans want translated and are willing to fund
An English to Japanese translator decided to create a spreadsheet of titles that gamers want translated into Japanese, and the amount of money they would be willing to provide for funding.
Typhlosion is coming to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet via Tera Raid Battles
Typhlosion will be coming to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet via 7-star Tera Raid Battles.
CG company gifts employees PS5s so they can see their names in the credits
A CG company in Japan gifts employees PS5s so they can see their names in the credits. The company explains that most of the staff didn’t have a way to play the games they were involved with.
Zelda fans recall their funniest Breath of the Wild moments ahead of the sequel
A Zelda fan recently posed a question, “what was the weirdest or funniest thing that happened during your playthrough of breath of the wild?” In this article we want to showcase some of what players shared.
Meg’s Monster dev discusses the indie gem’s early success
Odencat’s newest title, Meg’s Monster, appears to be off to a great start and is selling quite well. We had the opportunity to talk about the game’s success with the studio’s CEO, Daigo.
Shohei Ohtani may secretly be Pokemon’s Garchomp according to fan comparisons
The similarities between the Pokémon Garchomp and baseball player Shohei Ohtani have stirred up excitement among Twitter users in Japan.
Splatoon 3: Are hits detected on the attacker’s side or the target’s?
A Splatoon 3 player set out on an investigation into which attacks in Splatoon 3 detect hits on the attacker’s side and which ones detect hits on the target’s side.