VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
There’s been a recent increase on social media in Japan of accounts claiming to be video game retailers that are closing soon and offering suspicious PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch giveaways. The tweets ask that users share their LINE messaging app information for the purpose of contacting the winner which social media users have been wary of.
The videos on Masahiro Sakurai’s YouTube channel, “Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games,” have drawn even more attention after it was discovered that they are being used to teach students in game development lectures.
Square Enix has announced that Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion (CCFF7R) is set to release on December 13. Square Enix has also posted information regarding the Collector’s Edition and Hero Edition releases for the game in Japan. These editions each include an “Aerith’s Letter” item that was quick to grab the attention of fans.
Square Enix has announced that service for the action RPG Babylon’s Fall will be coming to an end at the end of February 2023. Babylon’s Fall initially released in March of this year for PC (Steam), PS4, and PS5.
Capcom has released a notice warning players about illegally modified game data in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. It asks players to avoid creating or using illegally modified Anomaly Investigations. These modified Anomaly Investigations have become such a big deal that they even started trending on Twitter in Japan.
Meteor Blaster is a mobile game that can assist in the early detection of glaucoma. A demo version is currently available as a browser game for iOS and Android.
Valve has revealed the top 20 releases on Steam for July of 2022. A quarter of July's top releases were produced by studios in Japan: Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series, Rune Factory 5, The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki, Nobunaga’s Ambition: Shinsei and Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate Definitive Edition.
The latest update for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak (patch Ver.11.0.2) fixes an issue in relation to rerolling in Qurious Crafting. Prior to the update, some players found that it was possible to manipulate the outcome pool.
SD Gundam Battle Alliance launched on August 25 (JST) for PC (Steam), PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. This latest Gundam game appears to be enjoying a successful start on Steam in terms of both sales and player count. When looking at the reviews themselves, however, currently 58% are positive.
There is an area in Elden Ring that has grabbed the attention of players due to a strange phenomenon where the location names are seemingly in dispute with one another, causing both names to alternate on screen.
As of now, the highest quest level for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak's Anomaly Investigations is 100, which one might think would produce the strongest monsters in the game. But that doesn’t seem to be the case. Twitter user @aru__ch has been looking into the matter and their findings have been drawing attention from fans.
The misery that can result from randomizing your armor with Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak's Qurious Crafting is drawing attention on social media. Qurious Crafting sometimes makes the armor worse.