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!
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.
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.
Domain of anonymous Japanese bulletin board 5channel, which inspired 4chan, permanently suspended. Site now active only on alternative domain
Jim Watkins, the administrator of Japanese anonymous bulletin board 5channel, reported on March 6 that the site’s domain has been suspended.
“This ruling shakes the foundations of the game industry.” Japanese game company and ex-Konami composer lose lawsuits against each other after collapse of crowdfunded project
Lawsuits lodged by Pixel and Motoaki Furukawa following the collapse of the crowdfunded game "Steam Pilots" have been dismissed.
Disaster Report 4 publisher warned by labor inspection for unpaid salaries amidst accusations of violating the Minimum Wage Act
On January 7, Granzella made an official statement addressing certain issues with the company’s wage payment practices.
Jujutsu Kaisen production team cracks down on rip-off mobile games featuring characters “oddly similar” to those in the anime. “We will be taking strict measures”
The Jujutsu Kaisen anime production committee issued a statement regarding the unauthorized use of copyrighted content in mobile games.
“They burned millions but got nothing.” Japanese game font provider’s aggressive price hike could be result of parent company’s alleged AI failure and financial struggle
After it replaced a domestic $380 annual license plan for game fonts with a $20,500 plan, Monotype has come under scrutiny.
Konami and Cygames reach settlement in patent lawsuit over Umamusume: Pretty Derby
CyberAgent announced on November 7that it has reached an amicable settlement with Konami regarding a patent lawsuit filed against Cygames.
Early access periods should ideally be around six months, research suggests
A prolonged early access period can dampen post-launch sales, statistical data from 2021 to 2024 suggests.
ToHeart developer Aquaplus to be acquired by WWF Smack Down and EDF developer Yuke’s
Aquaplus, bishojo visual novel developer known for ToHeart to be acquired by Yuke's, developer famous for their WWE games.