Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve dev asks players not to spoil the game and, oddly enough, extends the warning to the 20-year-old Ace Combat Zero
A port of Ace Combat Zero will be included as a pre-order bonus for Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve.
VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Carlos "Zoto" Zotomayor
Automaton West writer. Zoto has been playing video games for 30+ years now but has only recently come to grips with PC gaming. When he isn't playing video games, he watches romance anime and gets mad when his best girl never wins.
Wild Arms spiritual successor Armed Fantasia discontinued by publisher despite successful 2022 crowdfunding campaign
505 Games’ parent company Digital Bros has discontinued development of Armed Fantasia, the spiritual successor to Media.Vision’s Wild Arms series. The company made the statement in its financial results for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, alongside cancellations of…
Alicesoft SRPG Sengoku Rance coming to Steam on October 2 with English support
This is the first of many Rance titles scheduled to come to Steam.
Amid “itasha” ban controversy, Forza Horizon 6 devs say moderation is handled by humans and “the number of reports does not matter”
The game's Code of Conduct was updated on September 24 to reflect this.
“They don’t respect Japanese culture at all.” Forza Horizon 6 players in Japan banned for anime decorated cars in alleged new wave of mass reporting
Forza Horizon 6 players have been reporting "another" wave of mass reportings after multiple itasha creators in Japan face bans.
Open-world detective RPG Silver Palace is accepting playtest applications for a new technical test, open until October 10
Accepted applicants for the new Silver Palace technical test will have a chance to play the game on Windows, Android, and iOS.
Upcoming The Apothecary Diaries game was literally pitched as “Atelier Maomao” to Gust, developers say
The idea came from TOHO, the production company behind The Apothecary Diaries anime.
“We could only pay salaries for about three months.” Shift Up CEO talks about Stellar Blade’s difficult development and facing rejection from investors
The director says that for a time, he had doubts about developing a game like Stellar Blade in Korea.
Laid-Back Camp cozy companion game releases in Early Access on Steam in October. A one-time-purchase version of overhauled 2023 gacha game
The mobile versions will continue to be free-to-play, with a revamped game design.
Chainsmoker Cat anime studio CEO says the days of excessive overtime and low wages in the industry are coming to an end
Motoki Tanaka believes working conditions for animators have improved significantly.
Nitroplus mecha girl action game Dolls Nest to get free Combat Trial mode alongside three new paid heroine cosmetics
The new content is planned to release in October 2026.
Over 85% of Japanese game developers use generative AI in game development, 2026 CESA survey shows. An increase from last year’s 51%
CESA is the organizer of Tokyo Game Show.