Kirby Air Riders development team will disband soon, says Masahiro Sakurai. Aiming for “definitive balance” after one more update
Masahiro Sakurai revealed that the development team behind Kirby Air Riders will be disbanding in the near future.
VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
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Automaton West Editor
Team Ninja’s Nioh 3 to get brand-new demo just one week before February 6 launch
Nioh 3's new demo will launch on Steam and PlayStation for on January 29, 2026, just one week before the game's full release.
Capcom’s Pragmata gets Steam demo ahead of April 24 release. Nintendo Switch 2 port also announced.
Pragmata to release on April 24, 2026, with Nintendo Switch 2 port also announced. A demo on Steam is available now.
87-year-old grandma VTuber formally apologizes for “lying” about her age. Turns out she was a “whopping” six months younger than advertised
The viral VTuber grandma was introduced as a "85-year-old" on her debut, but was actually 84 at the time.
Ukrainian fantasy RPG blows up in Japan for having a designated “pets” feature showcasing the devs’ animal companions
Fantasy dungeon crawler RPG from Ukrainian developer goes viral in Japan for its "cute" main menu section.
Resident Evil 1 suffered a “string of bad luck” due to a cancelled Capcom project. The jarring ending song was just the start, Hideki Kamiya says
In an X thread, Hideki Kamiya talked about how a cancelled Capcom game caused a "string of bad luck" for the marketing of Resident Evil 1.
Japanese blackjack-based RPG’s Steam version banned in Germany, China and Saudi Arabia for “bikini armor crimes”
Publisher Rideon Japan recently announced that the Steam port of Brave x Junction was banned in Germany, China and Saudi Arabia.
Fan service-heavy gacha game Brown Dust 2 disappears from Steam only 2 days after celebrating 200,000 Wishlists
Developers of Brown Dust 2 recently announced that the game's Steam store and community pages became inaccessible as of December 6.
PlayStation veteran Shuhei Yoshida says Japanese studios are unlikely to replicate the production scale and speed of Chinese games like Genshin or Honkai: Star Rail
In a recent interview, Shuhei Yoshida talked about his impression of the Chinese video game industry, and one of its giants, miHoYo.
Silent Hill f was initially supposed to take on a more classic religious cult narrative, but the devs trusted global players to grasp a fully Japanese mythological worldview
Apparently, Silent Hill f devs decided to scrap the initial "cult" idea in favor of a more “authentically Japanese” approach.
Look Back live-action remake blows away all concerns of “another bad adaptation” after the filmmaker behind it is revealed, gets Tatsuki Fujimoto’s seal of approval
It was recently revealed that a new live-action adaptation of Look Back will be directed by award-winning filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda.
Hatsune Miku rhythm game updates guidelines to discourage fan wars and bashing on other people’s beloved characters
Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage recently updated etiquette guidelines to prohibit "invalidating language" towards characters and content.