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NewsNon-Gaming News2026-04-16 23:00Square Enix partners with AI manga translation company to automate typesetting process which takes “3,000 of hours of manual work a year” Amber VAI / News (Japan-related)2
News2026-04-16 22:00Disgaea series creator and former NIS CEO lets game companies hire him as a “shared producer” for the cost of a new graduate’s salary Amber V1
News2026-04-16 21:00Metal Slug devs’ modern revival of forgotten monster-taming RPG Navinosuke will add togglable quest and objective markers to the game. “If we don’t add them, people will get angry”Đorđe PNews (Japan-related)1
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