Capcom Fighting Collection 2 producer explains reasoning behind the inclusion of specific retro titles
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 producer Shuhei Matsumoto talks about Capcom's criteria for selecting titles and future possibilities.
VERACITY IN GAMING
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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.
Monster Hunter Wilds updates Time-Based Competition Quest rewards following rampant cheating
Amongst widespread cheating, Capcom has lowered the bar for obtaining rewards in Monster Hunter Wilds' Time-Based Competition Quests.
Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada says Tekken 8 backlash was justified and a “natural occurrence”
Tekken series executive producer Katsuhiro Harada acknowledges Tekken 8 backlash, noting that criticism from players was not unwarranted.
Devil May Cry Netflix series creator expresses interest in BlazBlue franchise
Adi Shankar, creator of Netflix's Devil May Cry series adaptation, is taunting BlazBlue fans with a string of posts on his personal X account.
Why Devil May Cry shouldn’t lean into character-specific theme songs like “Bury The Light”
As iconic as Devil May Cry songs like “Devil Trigger” and “Bury The Light” are, they tie into specific in-game contexts with their lyrics, so using them universally can create dissonance.
Tekken 8 fanmade mod is working to remove some of the game’s more polarizing elements
A new Tekken 8 mod aims to remove some of the game's more controversial mechanics and get it to play more like past Tekken entries.
Monster Hunter Wilds’ oddly specific bug discriminates against bald, eyebrowless characters
This niche and oddly-specific bug makes Monster Hunter Wilds crash at launch if your character is bald and has no eyebrows.
Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road earns criticism for platform-specific character drop rates in Japan
Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road's platform-specific character drop rates have caused dissatisfaction among Japanese players.
Final Fantasy 14 and 16 composer says making music for an MMORPG and single-player game was a lot more different than he thought. Doing it simultaneously was “hell”
Final Fantasy series composer Masayoshi Soken talks about the hellish process of creating FF14 and FF16 music at the same time.
Masahiro Sakurai shares his YouTube channel’s top videos in Japan vs overseas
Smash Bros. creator shows which of his "Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games" YouTube videos are most popular among English speakers vs Japanese audiences.
Serial Experiments Lain RPG //signal. gets crowdfunding campaign over high demand for physical editions
The officially approved Serial Experiments Lain fanmade RPG is crowdfunding its physical release due to overwhelming demand.
Square Enix starts favorite Chocobo war among fans on X
The official Square Enix X account has invited players to pick their favorite Chocobo, reviving one of the Final Fantasy fandom's most heated debates.