Valve announces new standalone VR headset Steam Frame, compatible with both VR and non-VR games
Valve has announced its own VR headset called the Steam Frame. It works as a standalone device, with no gaming PC needed.
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Taijiro Yamanaka
Senior writer for Automaton Japan. Loves gaming news from Japan and abroad. He buys more games than he can physically play, so he spends his days clearing his backlog.
Valve announces new Steam Controller model, featuring Steam Deck-style trackpads and proprietary wireless connection
Valve has announced a brand new model of its Steam Controller, equipped with trackpads much like the Steam Deck.
Valve’s brand-new Steam Machine is a gaming PC six times more powerful than the Steam Deck
The brand-new model of Valve's Steam Machine will be available for purchase in early 2026; more details coming soon.
Kirby Air Riders appears to use Bandai Namco Studio’s new in-house engine, SOL-AVES
According to Kirby Air Riders' Intellectual Property Notices, the game was made using Bandai Namco Studio's in-house engine SOL-AVES.
12 people arrested in Japan over fraudulent in-game currency purchases in Sega and Square Enix games
The 12 people arrested were online game users who hired “microtransaction brokers” through an RMT website to obtain in-game money for them.
Nintendo Switch’s infamous “Hentai Girls” series gets renamed due to possible shadowban by eshop
"Hentai Girls" for the Nintendo Switch gets renamed to "Kawaii Girls" as the games stopped appearing in Switch 2's new releases section.
Silent Hill f ban in Australia retracted, age rating up for review again
The Australian Classification Board has retracted its "Refused Classification” rating of Konami's Silent Hill f.
“It used to sell only 70 copies a month.” The House in Fata Morgana creator touched as the game sells 10,000 copies in a single week, years after launch
The House in Fata Morgana creator Keika Hanada shares an important milestone, thanking players for spreading word about the game.
Hit visual novel pulled from Japanese Nintendo Switch store only four days after launch as age rating is brought into question
The dark visual novel game The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty was suddenly suspended from the Japanese Switch store due to a revision of its age rating.
Nintendo eShop seemingly takes action against notorious “hentai” puzzle games
A bunch of suggestive puzzle games like Hentai Girls and Hentai Golf have had their alternative DLC editions delisted from the Nintendo eShop.
Keiji Inafune’s silent departure from Level-5 last year complicated the development of Fantasy Life, CEO reveals
Level-5's CEO has announced the departure of veteran developer Keiji Inafune. Inafune appears to be affiliated with Rocket Studios now.
Godot Engine is seeing “explosive growth” – the total number of Godot games published on Steam this year has already surpassed last year’s, with 5 months left to go
Godot Engine creator Juan Linietsky says the open-source engine is seeing explosive growth, especially in 2024.