VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Bandai Namco Studios is developing in-house game engine capable of making open world games
Bandai Namco Studios stated that they’re currently working on an in-house game engine capable of use in large-scale projects, such as open world games.
Hideo Kojima started a new podcast called HIDEO KOJIMA’S RADIOVERSE
Hideo Kojima started a new podcast called HIDEO KOJIMA’S RADIOVERSE on Amazon’s Audible. The first guests are members of 2BRO (Anija, Otoja, and Otsuichi).
Yoko Taro’s Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden announced. Releasing Feb.17
Yoko Taro’s Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden announced. Coming out on Feb.17.
Is there a game where “The Empire” isn’t the bad guy? Japanese social media users discuss
Is there a game where “The Empire” isn’t the bad guy? Japanese social media users discuss. The name most brought up by readers was Romancing SaGa 2.
Pokémon Legends: Arceus sold 6.5 million copies in its first week
Pokémon Legends: Arceus sold 6.5 million copies, making it the fastest selling Pokémon on the Nintendo Switch during its first week.
Lewd tower-defense game Duel Princess sales suspended on Switch in Japan [Update]
Lewd tower-defense game Duel Princess sales suspended on Nintendo Switch in Japan. The game's publisher recently hinted that Duel Princess had been rejected on Steam.
Highly rated visual novel Cyanotype Daydream coming to Steam on Feb. 10
Highly rated visual novel Cyanotype Daydream coming to Steam on February 10. Cyanotype Daydream initially launched in Japan as an 18+ game, but the Steam version is for all-ages.
Square Enix’s Estab Life: Unity Memories will be a F2P action RPG set in Tokyo
Square Enix’s Estab Life: Unity Memories will be a F2P action RPG set in Tokyo. Estab Life is a multimedia project spearheaded by Goro Taniguchi, director of the Code Geass series.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is now the best-selling video game of all time in Japan
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is now the best-selling video game of all time in Japan. New Horizons sold over 10 million units in Japan alone, far surpassing the previous record of 6.81 million set by Super Mario Bros.
There’s now a Gaming Tumbler and Gaming Bottle available for sale
There’s now a Gaming Tumbler and Gaming Bottle available for sale. These products help keep gamers hydrated while gaming.
Pokémon Legends: Arceus has players talking about how scary Pokémon actually are
Pokémon Legends: Arceus has players talking about how scary Pokémon actually are. But seeing just how threatening Pokémon can really be is part of the appeal of the game.
Pokémon DP Sound Library makes the original soundtrack available for non-commercial use
Pokémon DP Sound Library makes the original soundtrack available for non-commercial use. The soundtrack has also been made available on YouTube.
CRI Middleware opens 3 high-end sound studios in Japan for AAA games and films
CRI Middleware opens 3 high-end sound studios in Japan for AAA games and films. The studios are said to be capable of handling the entire sound production process from recording, mixing, mastering to authoring in a single location.
Cho Aniki rhythm game released for iOS/Android in Japan
Cho Aniki rhythm game Dancing of Cho Aniki released for iOS/Android in Japan. Iconic music tracks from the series, such as Sexy Dinamite and Doitsu Jin German, are included.
Free pixel art asset store DOTOWN is now open. Ex-Nintendo designer’s new project
Free pixel art asset store DOTOWN is now open. It's a new project from ex-Nintendo designer Takashi Maeda, and all assets are free to download. Commercial use is allowed.
Tales of Arise & Tales of Series Gallery free app released for PS & Xbox [Update]
Tales of Arise & Tales of Series Gallery free app released for PS & Xbox. It contains a gallery of character illustrations and cover art used in past games in the series.
Aniplex officially acquires FGO developer’s new studio Lasengle
Aniplex officially acquires Fate/Grand Order (FGO) developer’s new studio Lasengle. Aniplex has officially acquired all shares of Lasengle from DELiGHTWORKS and made it a subsidiary.
Pokémon-themed Wordle clones release in Japan
Pokémon and Wordle make for a surprising good combination with Pokémon-themed Wordle clones releasing in Japan (Pokedle and Pokémon Wordle).
Sega arcade owner GiGO acquires yet another competitor Takarajima
Sega arcade owner GENDA GiGO acquires yet another competitor Takarajima. GENDA GiGO recently made headlines by announcing its plan to rename all domestic amusement venues under the Sega brand to GiGO
Tifa and Aerith mods keep on coming for Final Fantasy VII Remake on PC
Tifa and Aerith mods keep on coming for Final Fantasy VII Remake on PC. When looking at the most popular FFVIIRI mods on Nexus Mods, we can see that over half of them in the top 30 are related to Tifa or Aerith.
Pokémon Legends: Arceus finally gives players a type chart within the game
Pokémon Legends: Arceus finally gives players a type chart within the game. A convenient feature absent from recent titles
Pokémon Legends: Arceus brought back Pikachu’s original cry sound
Pokémon Legends: Arceus brought back Pikachu’s original cry sound. Modern Pokémon games uses Ikue Ohtani's anime voice for Pikachu, but Arceus went for the original digitized cry sound.