Chaotic penguin racing game Faaast Penguin is getting new worlds and gimmicks in Season 2 this month
Faaast Penguin Season 2’s theme is nighttime, and it will bring various additions to the online PvP penguin racer.
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Verity Townsend
Automaton West Editor and translator. She has a soft spot for old-school Sierra adventure games and Final Fantasy VIII (yes, 8!). Can often be found hunting down weird forgotten games and finding out everything about them. Frequently muses about characters and lines from Metal Gear Solid and Disco Elysium. Aims to keep Automaton fresh and interesting with a wide variety of articles.
Square Enix’s Trials of Mana to get stage adaptation
Trials of Mana, the third RPG in the Mana / Seiken Densetsu series, will get a stage show next year to mark the game’s 30th anniversary.
Eternal Palace Sakura to bring stylish sword-wielding cat-girl action with jiggle physics
Japanese game dev group Denneko Yuugi announced that their anime-style 3D action roguelite Eternal Palace Sakura is coming in late 2025.
Nintendo to open new Donkey Kong Country area at Super Nintendo World in Japan and the USA
In the latest Nintendo Direct, Shigeru Miyamoto gave a tour of the Donkey Kong Country area opening in Super Nintendo World Japan next month.
Japanese manga store Melonbooks offers customers discount for using AMEX and JCB credit cards to counter issues with international payment processors
International payment processors' tightening adult content regulations lead Melonbooks to offer a discount to encourage customers to switch payment methods
Astro Bot has significantly widened the PS5 playerbase, according to Sony
The runaway success of Team ASOBI's platformer Astro Bot has increased the number of families and younger users playing PS5, Sony reports.
Sony game sector sees 184% increase in operating profit thanks to improved PS5 profitability and increased sales of third-party games like Black Myth: Wukong
PS5 profitability, third party game sales and PS Plus subscriptions drove Sony's game-related profits between July and September 2024.
Square Enix reports profit increase in games sector driven by Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail
Square Enix highlights the Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail expansion as a contributor to increased operating income for the period from April to September 2024.
Japanese manga and game store Melonbooks becomes the latest Japanese platform to run into trouble with international payment processors
Melonbooks is suspending Mastercard and Visa payments, likely due to demands from international payment processors related to adult content.
Sega console game sector growth driven by Vanillaware’s Unicorn Overlord, big profits from Sonic and Metaphor: ReFantazio expected
Sega console game sales have been driven by older titles so far this fiscal year, but that seems likely to change next quarter.
FromSoftware and Spike Chunsoft parent company Kadokawa has 26 new games in development
Game companies in the Kadokawa Group, including Elden Ring dev FromSoftware and Spike Chunsoft, are working on a total of 20 console and 6 mobile games.
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii to feature new character voiced by Majima’s actor from the Amazon Prime show
“It’s kind of funny ‘cause being Majima got me a part in the game, but the part isn’t Majima.”