VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Sayoko Narita
JP AUTOMATON writer
Composer Ryo Nagamatsu has left Nintendo (Splatoon’s Salmon Run, etc.)
Composer Ryo Nagamatsu (Splatoon's Salmon Run, etc.) revealed that he is no longer working at Nintendo as of April 30.
Rapid-fire legend Takahashi Meijin’s StarGagnant shmup arrives in May
Regista and Takahashi Meijin have announced that StarGagnant will be released on the Nintendo Switch in Japan on May 25. StarGagnant is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up supervised by Takahashi.
Did a Tears of the Kingdom commercial reveal Koroks?
Nintendo recently released a commercial for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and some eagle-eyed fans have found an indication that Koroks will be making their return.
Square Enix’s absurd NFT Million Arthur game is about turning sushi into undies
Square Enix released an NFT Million Arthur game, Shi-San-Sei Million Arthur, in which the player collects sushi and uses it to manufacture underpants.
Konami employee arrested for attempted murder of former boss
Police in Japan announced the arrest of an employee of Konami Digital Entertainment on suspicion of attempted murder. The suspect is said to have hit their former boss on the head with a fire extinguisher.
Tokyo’s new skyscraper resembles Yakuza’s Millennium Tower
The Tokyu Kabukicho Tower is set to open in Tokyo’s Kabukicho district on April 14. For many gamers, the new skyscraper has brought to mind the Millennium Tower that appears in the Yakuza series.
RE4 remake has no fall damage to the surprise of some players
Players of the Resident Evil 4 remake have taken notice of the fact that protagonist Leon does not take any damage when he falls, a concept that is conventional to the series.
Forspoken update 1.12 lets Frey run in safe zones as QoL improvement
Square Enix has released patch 1.12 for Forspoken. The new update now makes it possible to sprint in places like Pilgrim's Refuges, the Archives, and the Mausoleum.
RE4 remake: Thomas the Tank Engine makes his debut via PC mod
Resident Evil 4 remake launched just a few days ago, but someone has already created a mod that adds Thomas the Tank Engine to the game.
That Resident Evil 4 remake anime includes memes from the original
The dialogue of the villagers in the "Resident Evil 4 Anime PV Resident Evil Masterpiece Theater" are actually memes created based on the original game, and Japanese fans are overjoyed that these jokes are now “official.”
Square Enix employees to get 10% pay increase on average
Square Enix is raising the base pay of permanent employees by an average of 10%. Since last year, a number of game companies in Japan, including Capcom, Bandai Namco, and Koei Tecmo, have announced their plans to increase the base pay of their employees.
Square Enix to replace Yosuke Matsuda as president with Takashi Kiryu
Square Enix Holdings has announced that the current president and representative director of both Square Enix Holdings and Square Enix, Yosuke Matsuda, is expected to be replaced by company director Takashi Kiryu. The change and the date on which it…
PLATEAU SDK for Unity & Unreal makes creating 3D Japanese cities simple
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has officially released the PLATEAU SDK for Unity and Unreal Engine. The SDK enables you to use PLATEAU's data of 3D city models throughout Japan.
Woman arrested for sending Nintendo executives death threats & certificates
A woman in Japan was arrested for death threats against executives at Nintendo. The threat letters included death certificates that marked the date and time of death and “loss of blood due to knife wounds” as the cause of death.
Apex “Ledgends” trends on Twitter in Japan as hardly anybody notices the typo
Apex Legends has been trending on Twitter in Japan, but the hashtag has continued to be misspelled as Apex Ledgends.
AI VTuber Neuro-sama insults creator & plans massacre during collaboration stream
AI VTuber Neuro-sama has once again attracted attention after holding a collaboration stream with non-AI VTuber Miyune, where her wild words and behavior left Miyune dumbfounded.
Useless facts about Elden Ring, Dark Souls, and other Soulsborne games
Twitter users are currently sharing a wealth of “useless facts” about FromSoftware’s Elden Ring, Dark Souls, and other Soulsborne games.
AI VTuber Neuro-sama is back from its Twitch ban and acting as strange as ever
AI VTuber Neuro-sama has been reinstated after its ban from Twitch and is already back to riling up fans with its odd speech and behavior.
The Return YouTube Dislike browser extension returns wildly inaccurate numbers in some cases
The Return YouTube Dislike browser extension has proven itself to be popular, but there are cases where the estimated number of dislikes calculated by RYD deviate greatly from the actual numbers.
Genshin Impact’s Alhaitham is proving to be irresistible to fans all over
Genshin Impact character Alhaitham has seen a surge in popularity on social media. What seems to be most striking in a slew of fanart is Alhaitham’s bulky yet well-proportioned physique.
Yakuza’s Kiryu is pitted against God of War’s Kratos in a Twitter debate
Just who would win in a fight between God of War’s Kratos and Yakuza’s Kazuma Kiryu? This frivolous question has invited debate between users on social media.
Armored Core VI gets tagged as “Cute, Relaxing Dating Sim” on Steam
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon has some peculiar user-defined tags on its Steam page, including “Cute,” “Dating Sim,” and “Relaxing.” Yet this is not as unusual as it might seem when you consider that the same thing happened with Elden Ring.