VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
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.
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.”
SNK’s The King of Fighters 98 is now part of a high-tech health monitoring machine
Tanita and SNK have teamed up to create a body composition analyzer, which also allows you to play King of Fighters '98.
Japan’s game and anime industries could be looking at improved working conditions and higher wages with government’s new plan to quadruple the content industry’s worth by 2033
Japan aims to make content creation the driving force of the country’s economy- identifying anime and video games as core industries
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto refutes claim that he is a “genius” and lays out his down-to-Earth game design philosophy
Nintendo representative director Shigeru Miyamoto gives insight into the game design advice that he gives to new Nintendo employees.
Sega is working on a new Virtua Fighter game, reveals executive
Along with new games from other legacy IPs like Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio, Sega is also developing a new Virtua Fighter title.
The Switch has sold more games than any other Nintendo gaming platform, Nintendo reveals
Nintendo Switch lifetime sales figures reveal that more games have been sold for the system than any other Nintendo console or handheld.
Maid Cafe on Electric Street is a cozy indie adventure that will transport you to one of Japan’s real-life otaku havens
Manage a maid cafe and explore real-life places in Osaka's Nipponbashi district in this love letter to Japan's otaku culture.
Marvelous scores success in arcade business with new Pokémon machines, plans to establish a new office in China
Rune Factory developer Marvelous continues to successfully expand its amusement business overseas despite overall profit decline.
Nintendo reports overall decline in Nintendo Switch software and hardware sales in the first half of the fiscal year
Nintendo revises its sales forecast downwards for FY2025 as Switch software and hardware sales fall compared to previous year's Tears of the Kingdom driven high.
Venus Vacation Prism lets you stop time to take that perfect photo of your best girl
Venus Vacation Prism producer reveals how the upcoming game's photo taking gameplay will surpass Dead or Alive Venus Vacation's and cover ALL the angles.
Venus Vacation Prism switches to Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty’s game engine for extra wetness and steamy breaths
Venus Vacation Prism's producer explains how the Katana Engine is allowing Team Ninja devs to make the Dead or Alive girls even more realistic.
Dead or Alive Venus Vacation Prism reveals full cast, with Nanami joining the line-up
Koei Tecmo just revealed the launch date, trailer and full cast for Team Ninja's upcoming DOAX game Venus Vacation Prism.
As Goddess of Victory: NIKKE enters its third year, the devs want to explore ways to keep the game fresh while making sure it’s what players want
Goddess of Victory Nikke's operations producer discussed how the game will keep players engaged with fresh content in its third year.