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Love and Deepspace combines romancing hot male characters with unexpected sci-fi combat
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Otome romance simulation game Love and Deepspace has drawn attention for its surprising sci-fi action combat system as well as its hot guys
Running games in extremely small windows seems to be a recent trend among developers
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Japanese game developer STP WORKS shares a bit of trivia about their Pusher Friends series games that tells of a possible tendency in idle game development.
Farming simulation game Story of Seasons influences Japanese man to become a farmer in real life
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Marvelous, the publisher of the Story of Seasons farming simulation series, received a Letter of Appreciation from a Japanese agricultural association after a youth decided to take up farming influenced by the games.
Japan’s Metropolitan Police has an official rhythm game, and its difficulty is no joke
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Porhythm, the official rhythm game of Japan's Metropolitan Police Department has recently gone viral for it's unexpected difficulty.
Vanpool, company behind Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland dissolves
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Japanese game developer Vanpool announced that the company is dissolved as of May 31. They worked on Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland and several Kirby titles.
Donkey Kong Country composer talks about his creative process in interview
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David Wise, composer famous for the Donkey Kong Country 2 OST, shares insights about his creative process in an interview with a Japanese comedy duo.
Fight Crab developer shows off a sea lion fighting game prototype
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Fight Crab developer recently posted a video of a prototype of a sea lion fighting game. The video features sea lions holding swords in their mouths and fighting in a ring.
Live A Live remake dev makes a game using Unreal Editor for Fortnite
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Japanese game developer historia has released a map code for LAVA DEATH RUN, a game made with Unreal Editor for Fornite.