Blue Protocol gets new info soon following a year of silence
Bandai Namco Online has announced on Twitter that Blue Protocol is still in development. New information pertaining to the game is expected to be announced next week.
VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Keiichi Yokoyama
JP AUTOMATON writer
AI drawing social deduction game AI: Art Impostor enters Steam Early Access
AI: Art Impostor is an AI drawing party game where players try to figure out who’s the impostor artist. Players enter text to generate illustrations using AI. The AI will offer multiple candidates based on the text that was entered and players will choose one illustration to display.
Chilla’s Art announce their latest horror game The Karaoke for Steam
Japanese indie game developer Chilla's Art has opened a Steam page for their new horror game The Karaoke. The game is due out in 2022. The Karaoke is a psychological horror game set in a 24-hour karaoke parlor in Japan.
Genshin Impact’s strange hole in the Sumeru desert becomes a photo spot for players
A strange hole has been discovered in the desert area of Genshin Impact and players have been flocking to it for photos. The hole is located east from The Mausoleum of King Deshret and is deep enough to cover short characters up to their neck.
Last Command lets you experience a unique Snake x Bullet Hell genre mix
Last Command is a 2D action game that combines the classic game Snake with bullet hell. In order to attack enemies, it must collect data points that appear throughout each stage. Collected data points can be used to attack enemies but it also increases the length of the crawler just like in a game of Snake.
Elin, a successor to the roguelike RPG Elona, is planned to enter Early Access on Steam
Game developer Noa (Lafrontier) has opened a Steam page for Elin, a successor to the roguelike RPG Elona. According to Noa, the first alpha (early access) for Elin will be released "when the first few hours of the game are fully playable. This will likely be at the end of the year at the earliest."
Genshin Impact player climbs to the top of Sumeru’s giant pyramid by force
Genshin Impact’s Ver.3.1 update was recently released and players can embark on a new journey to the Great Red Sand. Within this desert lies a giant pyramid shaped ruins (The Mausoleum of King Deshret), and some travelers have managed to forcibly climb along the outer wall to the very top.
Bandai Namco launches AI VTuber project called Play BY Live
Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced the start of プレイBYライブ (Play BY Live), a project in which AI characters conduct live streams. An AI character for Gundam fans is also planned to be introduced.
New Chilla’s Art horror game The Bathhouse is due out on September 30
Chilla’s Art has announced that The Bathhouse will be released on Steam on September 30 (PDT). The Bathhouse is a psychological horror game set in a Japanese bathhouse and features a protagonist who gets mixed up in some kind of paranormal phenomenon that occurs there.
NieR: Automata anime and game comparison videos show how Ver1.1a faithfully recreates the game’s scenes
Videos comparing the NieR: Automata anime trailer to scenes from the game are gaining traction online. NieR: Automata Ver1.1a is an upcoming anime being made by A-1 Pictures who are behind works such as Lycoris Recoil and the Persona anime series.
BlazBlue series creator Toshimichi Mori has left Arc System Works
BlazBlue series creator Toshimichi Mori announced his departure from Arc System Works while saying he hopes to deliver a game to fans in some form or another in the future.
Midjourney has been used to create a short visual novel in the style of a child’s diary
Midjourney has been used to create a short visual novel in the style of a child’s diary. Boku to AI no Natsuyasumi, which can be translated as “My summer vacation with an AI,” is a short visual novel that depicts the events that occur during a boy’s summer vacation.