Nintendo Switch overtaken by Beyblade in Japanese boys’ most wanted Christmas present ranking
Beyblade X topped Japanese elementary school boys' Christmas lists in 2024, evidence of the 90s spinning top toy's enduring popularity.
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.
Konami reports record high quarterly profits driven by Silent Hill 2 and other game releases
Strong performance of games including the Silent Hill 2 remake and eFootball have helped Konami maintain record-breaking profits this year.
“All you’ve done is waste 600 million dollars” Japanese gacha game giant put on blast by shareholders for milking same hit for 13 years while releasing failures
Puzzle & Dragons' developer GungHo has received a very salty call from an investor relations company to "up its game."
Sony is getting rid of the PS5 PlayStation 30th Anniversary themes for now, but plans to bring back them back later
Sony have announced that they will temporarily remove the popular PlayStation 30th Anniversary PS5 themes on February 1.
Wizardry Variants Daphne performs strongly on mobile ahead of Steam release, exceeding developer’s expectations
Wizardry Variants Daphne has exceeded developer Drecom’s expectations, making 2.1 billion yen since its October 2024 launch on smartphones.
Fitness Boxing developer sees 97% profit increase, with strong performance of new Switch releases
Japanese game company Imagineer's latest financial results highlight the success of their recent Switch releases, like Fitness Boxing 3 and Disney Music Parade Encore.
Japanese Nintendo Store will no longer accept credit cards issued abroad and overseas Paypal accounts
Nintendo announced that they plan to stop accepting such payments on their Japanese Nintendo Store in order to prevent fraud.
Japanese developers on Steam can’t receive revenue from adult games due to Japanese banks blocking transfers
Japanese developers of adult-oriented games on Steam are having their money transfers blocked by Japanese banks- but why is this happening?
Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation devs were on a mission to make players “suffer” with Honoka’s well-endowed body and new, sexier-than-ever costume
Honoka got a new True Colors outfit in DOAXVV recently. Illustrator fubuki reveals why they gave the gentle-natured DOA girl a sexier look this time round.
Cygames parent company reports decline in game sector after highly profitable 2024
After 2024's successful releases like Granblue Fantasy: Relink, CyberAgent's game profits have declined, however they have a new strategy for 2025.
Individual charged 20 million yen in damages for illegally selling sexually explicit images of VTubers
Japanese VTuber agency Vspo! reached a 20-million-yen settlement in a copyright infringement case involving sexually explicit content.
Manga artists amused to find de-censored pirate copies of their work which leave nothing to the imagination
BL mangaka Sattsu Kida got a particularly blush-worthy surprise upon finding a bootleg of their work with larger-than-intended privates...