VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Elden Ring NIGHTREIGN, a new co-op survival game by FromSoftware, announced for 2025
FromSoftware and Bandai Namco Entertainment just announced Elden Ring NIGHTREIGN, a brand-new co-op spin-off to Elden Ring.
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Ico and Shadow of the Colossus creator reveals new game at The Game Awards 2024
An untitled new game from The Last Guardian creator Fumito Ueda and his studio genDesign was teased at TGA 2024
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth coming to PC on January 23, 2025
Square Enix announced that the PC version of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will be released on January 23 on Steam and Epic Games Store.
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Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, developed by the creators of Blasphemous, announced for Summer 2025
Dotemu announces Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, a new entry to Koei Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden series. The title is being developed by the Game Kitchen.
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The Game Awards 2024: All Winners
Here's a complete list of all the nominees and winners for The Game Awards 2024. Astro Bot is Game of the Year, winning 4 categories.
Ridiculously sexualized Chinese Pokémon rip-off has fake Gardevoir jiggling its breasts and fake Psyduck enjoying bondage
Pokémon rip-off game Pocket Incoming is gaining notoriety on social media for its unexpectedly kinky special attack animations.
Level-5 warns that harassment of their employees will not be tolerated in new user policy
In response to cases of excessive language and behavior towards their employees, Level-5 published a new “Customer Harassment Policy."
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HoYoverse wins $1.5 million lawsuit against hacker who made Genshin Impact cheat tools
A "self-proclaimed hacker" has been ordered to pay $1.5 million in damages to Genshin Impact publisher HoYoverse.
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A rare game Japanese collectors have been buying for millions of yen just released on the Switch for $40 dollars
SNK's newly launched ACA NEOGEO Selections 1 and 2 include a rare game that's fetching prices around 3 million yen among collectors.
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Sony shares hit highest price in almost 25 years
Sony’s share price hit an all-time record high on Wednesday- with the market closing value at the highest it has been since March 2000.
Astro Bot to get a free Winter Wonder holiday update
Team Asobi is bringing players some Christmas cheer with the free Winter Wonder update for Astro Bot, which adds a festive stage and new bots.
Credit card restrictions are spreading even to Japanese platforms for women’s adult content, including audio dramas and BL doujinshi
The recent trend of payment processors suspending Visa and MasterCard payment on Japanese platforms has spread to womens' adult entertainment.
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Death-seeking baby from Who’s your Daddy?! becomes a viral reaction image in Japan nine years after the game’s release
A darkly humorous image of a knife-wielding baby from the multiplayer game Who's Your Daddy?! is enjoying unexpected popularity on the Japanese side of X.
Sony says there is no trend of PlayStation users switching to PC and no big risk of player outflow
Sony reported a healthy trend of PlayStation users upgrading from PS4 to PS5, but no pattern of users opting for a gaming PC instead of a PS5.
Nintendo now owns 100% of Monolith Soft
Nintendo has finally acquired the remaining 4% of Monolith Soft's shares, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary.
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Japanese game developer COLOPL partners with Stable Diffusion’s developer, garnering criticism
Colopl, known for co-developing Square Enix's Dragon Quest Walk, is partnering with Stability AI to introduce gen AI into their development.
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Kadokawa’s employees are reportedly optimistic about a Sony buyout because they’re itching for a change in leadership
Statements by Kadokawa employees offer a new perspective on the publisher's potential acquisition by Sony Group.
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SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim gets delayed to 2025
Following the demo's positive reception, SAFE HAVN STUDIO is delaying SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim to 2025 to further improve the game's quality.
Infinity Nikki developer’s mobile hit Love and Deepspace makes chart-topping profits in Japan
Infold Games' Love and Deepspace was both the top downloaded and top grossing interactive story mobile game in Japan this year.
Another Japanese game company is asking staff to voluntarily quit their jobs amidst financial losses
Japanese game developer Enish is asking an undisclosed number of its employees to voluntarily resign as it enters its 10th consecutive year of losses.
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Making remasters is a lot harder than you think. Like a Dragon technical lead Yutaka Ito shares insight into RGG Studio’s approach to remakes and remasters
Like a Dragon series technical lead Yutaka Ito does myth-busting about remasters being "easy to make" and shares insights into RGG Studio's way of working.
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Short Trip, a hand-illustrated tram driving game in development for 5 years, gets Steam release with extra features
Heavenly Bodies developer 2pt Interactive is releasing the charming browser game Short Trip on Steam with extra features.