Beaver city-builder Timberborn is off to a good start; the game is rated Very Positive on Steam
Beaver city-builder Timberborn is off to a good start; the game is rated Very Positive on Steam.
VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Sayoko Narita
JP AUTOMATON writer
Nintendo Switch now lets you make longer tweets, though it didn’t make much of an impact on Japanese audience
Nintendo Switch now lets you make longer tweets, though it didn’t make much of an impact on Japanese audience due to character encoding difference.
Shiropen Road, a ‘draw your own road’ 2D puzzle is now available as a free browser game
Shiropen Road, a ‘draw your own road’ 2D puzzle is now available as a free browser game. Shiropen Road has been received well by Japanese users.
BBQ Simulator: The Squad announced for Steam
BBQ Simulator: The Squad announced for Steam. Players must feed your friends and yourself before passing out from hunger. The game will support online co-op with up to 8 players.
Summer Mission, a Japanese time-travel adventure game, will launch on Sept. 10
Summer Mission, a Japanese time-travel adventure game, will launch on Sept. 10. Hoping to reconcile with his grandmother, a teenage boy travels back to the year 1980.
Pokémon GO player moves to high-rise apartment and can now hatch eggs without moving due to GPS drift
Pokémon GO player moves to high-rise apartment and can now hatch eggs without moving due to GPS drift. A reddit user reported this strange occurrence.
Play-to-Earn MMORPG MIR4’s poor Steam reviews haven’t stopped the game from topping 20,000 concurrent players
Play-to-Earn MMORPG MIR4’s poor Steam reviews haven’t stopped the game from topping 20,000 concurrent players. MIR4 lets you earn cryptocurrency, and has a plan to introduce NFT in the near future.
Food Delivery Battle, an Uber Eats-esque action game is now available on Steam
Food Delivery Battle, an Uber Eats-esque action game is now available on Steam. The game is compatible with VRoid Hub, meaning, you can import characters created by other users.
Fallout: New Vegas official merchandise suspected of using Japanese fanart without permission [Update – resolved]
Fallout: New Vegas official merchandise suspected of using Japanese fanart without permission. The truth of the matter is unclear at this point, but the fan artist and merchandise maker are now in contact and holding discussions.
Tales of series producer reveals that less than 10% of players are newcomers in recent titles
Tales of series producer reveals that less than 10% of players are newcomers in recent titles. The newest upcoming title Tales of Arise aims to change that trajectory.
Professional Puyo Puyo player produces pi!
Professional Puyo Puyo player produces pi! Fantastic Puyo Puyo art created using chains.
Japanese dev created a PvP Battle Calculator for Nintendo Switch
Japanese dev created a PvP Battle Calculator for Nintendo Switch.