Model who inspired Tsukihime heroine Arcueid cosplays the character 25 years later
Amanda Dyer, the Candian model who is thought to be the real-life inspiration behind Tsukihime's main heroine, recently revealed her Arcueid cosplay.
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.
From solitary South Pole exploration to domesticating wild bears in post-nuclear military bases: 5 Japanese indie survival games
Weekly showcase of upcoming or recently released Japanese indie games. This week's theme is survival games, including horror, crafting and screaming.
“Just type as you’re told, don’t think.” Horror typing game Dyping Escape gets free Steam demo
Published by PLAYISM and developed by Heaviside Creations, horror indie typing game Dyping Escape now has a free Steam demo.
Another Eden Begins was developed as a “brand-new RPG,” not just a port of the mobile game, says original series producer
Another Eden series producer Shinnosuke Hirasawa talks about the new elements of the upcoming Another Eden Begins game.
Masahiro Sakurai’s beloved pet cat, Fukurashi, passes away at 17 years old
Following a battle against several serious illnesses, game designer Masahiro Sakurai’s cat Fukurashi passed away at 7 am JST on February 6.
Anime about sexually frenzied married women terrorizing their landlord in skimpy mind control costumes will have one voice actress playing ten different roles
It was recently announced that voice actress Kana Yūki will be taking on as many as 10 roles in the upcoming Ingoku Danchi anime.
Rune Factory developer Marvelous sees record-high game revenue and return to profitability thanks to Guardians of Azuma and Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar
In its third fiscal quarter, Marvelous saw game-related revenue at an all-time high, with operating profit rising 89% year-on-year.
Japanese grandma who played Final Fantasy 11 for 20 years passes away. Developers extend condolences
A 91-year-old Japanese gamer grandmother passed away on February 3. She had dedicated 20 years of her life to Final Fantasy 11.
“Game designers who ask for ideas, programmers who don’t know C++.” CyberConnect2 CEO on the top reasons why aspiring game devs fail to enter game companies
A survey of about 40 Japanese game companies shows that only about 1.9% of aspiring game dev applicants manage to get hired.
Shadow of the Colossus producer Kenji Kaido’s new game is about upside-down helicopter martial arts
Former Sony developer and Shadow of the Colossus producer Kenji Kaido is working on a 2D beat 'em up reminiscent of 80s arcade games.
Sequel to Japan’s “worst game ever made” released on itch.io following rejection from Steam, GOG, and DLsite
The official sequel to the infamous bootleg SNES game Hong Kong 97 has finally launched on itch.io after rejections from other platforms.
Manga detailing the life of Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii in educational, “RPG-style” to release on February 24
Published by Shogakukan, the biographical manga was supervised by Yuji Horii himself. The story focuses predominantly on his work on Dragon Quest.