Pocketpair’s first open-world survival game Craftopia finally set for full release next year. Post-Palwolrd success helped the devs tackle longstanding technical issues
The game initially entered Early Access on Steam in October 2020.
VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Hideaki Fujiwara
Automaton Japan Deputy Editor-in-Chief. Voracious gamer who plays everything. Loved Titanfall 2 and has been playing Apex Legends since its launch.
Square Enix firmly denies reports that it “may go private,” says claims are baseless
The report, first published by a monthly Japanese magazine, even triggered a rise in Square Enix's stock price.
31-year-old classic action JRPG Terranigma may finally be making a comeback, according to new teaser
Developed by Quintet and published by Enix, Terranigma released in 1995.
Yuji Horii-supervised sugoroku-style game designed to “end your friendships” announced for August 6 release in Japan. Gameplay details unveiled
The mysterious project by Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii and author Muneyuki Kaneshiro has finally been fully unveiled.
Palworld’s latest additions have paved the way for infinite gorilla implosions
Palworld players have figured out a glorious combination of Gorirat's Full-Power Gorilla Mode, the Megaton Implode skill, and the new "Heavily Armored" passive.
Academic researchers of ChatGPT user habits stumble upon “extreme outlier” who generated thousands of fanfics about Doki Doki Literature Club! characters giving birth
The “AI Fiction in the Wild” study analyzed over 500,000 anonymous English-language ChatGPT conversation logs.
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have reportedly narrowed Palworld lawsuit to older versions of the game only, likely thanks to “preventive” updates by Pocketpair
While the lawsuit originally filed by Nintendo and The Pokemon Company did not specify particular versions of Palworld, the claims are now limited to older versions.
Square Enix takes action against Final Fantasy 14 video content creator over harassment of employees following shutdown of defamatory news blog
The two parties reached an amicable settlement, with the video creator paying an undisclosed sum as compensation to Square Enix.
Pokémon Pokopia player in Japan designs playable Only Up-style climbing platformer in-game
Pokémon Pokopia player and indie developer creates elaborate climbing platformer game in the style of Only Up!
Pokemon Champions’ new rules eliminate timer stall wins, but possible exploits raise concerns
Unlike previous entries, Pokémon Champions enforces a draw an unconditional draw in both Ranked and Casual Battles when the timer runs out.
Arknights: Endfield players in disbelief after waking up to Jincao’s lesser-known benefit. A game changer for your Xiranite production line
What have I been doing using Buckflower all this time?
Resident Evil Requiem fan theory proposing Leon and Sherry are married based on use of pronouns in Japanese version’s dialogue debunked by Japanese speakers
Resident Evil Requiem fan discourse on Leon Kennedy's "canonical spouse" leads Japanese speakers to debunk the recent "anata" theory.