Major Japanese video platform reinstates Visa payment after deleting a lot of its adult content
Following a temporary suspension issued last year, Niconico Douga has reenabled Visa card payments after purging lots of overt adult content.
VERACITY IN GAMING
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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.
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy has a bigger word count than any of Kodaka’s past games, which is making translation into additional languages a challenge
Kazutaka Kodaka comments on whether The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy will be translated into other languages like French and Spanish.
Pokémon Go developer Niantic reportedly in negotiations to sell games business for $3.5 billion
Pokémon Go and Monster Hunter Now operator Niantic is apparently in talks to sell its game business to Monopoly Go! dev Scopely.
Nintendo establishes new Taiwan subsidiary, raising local players’ expectations for better services
Nintendo's new subsidiary in Taiwan will begin operations on April 1- raising local players' hopes that they will get a Nintendo eStore.
Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano working on upcoming Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy card set
Wizards of the Coast have released more information about their Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy collaboration, to be released on June 13.
Nintendo to discontinue My Nintendo Gold Points loyalty scheme
Nintendo announced today that it will be discontinuing its Gold Points reward system for Switch game purchases in the last week of March 2025.
Kadokawa acquires anime studio credited on Mushoku Tensei and Blue Lock, further strengthening its position in the industry
Anime studio Chiptune, which specializes in CG and compositing, is now a subsidiary of the Kadokawa Group.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows parody game Yasuke Simulator to launch on same day as Ubisoft’s title, complete with “historically accurate” GTA style mayhem
HistoryAccurateDevelopers will release their over-the-top Assassin's Creed Shadows parody Yasuke Simulator on March 20.
Japanese gacha game company dismisses criticism of its “CEO’s salary being on par with that of Nintendo’s,” rejecting shareholder reform proposals
Puzzle & Dragons' developer GungHo has rejected a proposal from shareholders that highlighted numerous issues with the company.
Nitroplus’s upcoming mech girl action game Dolls Nest gets limited-time demo
Dolls Nest has a free demo available on Steam until the end of March, letting users try out its mech battles, exploration and story.
Bunny Garden gets secret sexy costume change cheat code for Valentine’s Day
Qureate adds a costume switching cheat code to their fanservice-packed bunny girl dating sim to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Sony sold a record-breaking 9.5 million PS5s in the last 3 months of 2024, with PSN profits up by 20%
Sony's latest financial report reveals that from October to December 2024, they sold a record-breaking number of PS5 consoles.