Konami is intent on region locking Japanese players out of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
The July 4 GOG.com release of the 2013 action game was promptly made unavailable in Japan moments after launch
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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.
Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP will let players choose Juliet’s voice
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Kadokawa cyberattack: legal action to be taken against anyone spreading leaked data
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Japanese “Overwatch Hostess Club” gets banned, lewd “Apex Legends Hostess Club” takes its place
Mere hours after an Overwatch Hostess Club on Japanese X was banned likely for breaching Blizzard's terms, a similar Apex Legends account popped up.
Nintendo runs out of Wii U spare parts in Japan, ends repair service
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Final Fantasy creator looks back on Square’s genius programmer Nasir Gebelli
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Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess combines beauty and brains with its mystical Japanese setting and compelling strategic gameplay.
Kadokawa confirms that all Dwango employees’ personal data was likely leaked in cyberattack
Kadokawa reveal more about the extensive data that is likely to have been leaked following last month's ransomware attack.
Gundam Breaker 4 announces global open network test and reveals gameplay trailer
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FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa reports possible additional data leak from cyberattack
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Kiki’s Delivery Service meets Zelda in this much-anticipated cozy game coming to Switch and PC
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FromSoftware and Spike Chunsoft’s parent company’s data held at ransom in cyberattack
The Black Suits hacking group claims to have stolen data from major Japanese conglomerate Kadokawa Corporation in an extensive cyber attack