The super detailed usage guidelines for Kumamoto Prefecture’s popular mascot character Kumamon have attracted attention on Japanese social media
The super detailed usage guidelines for Kumamoto Prefecture’s popular mascot character Kumamon have attracted attention on Japanese social media
Bizarre English language memes featuring former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Cowboy Bebop puzzle Japanese social media users
Customize and build up your own tank army in this statisfying and fun pick-up-and-play roguelike shooter featuring WWII tanks and cute anime girls
Faced with rumors about plagiarism and legal issues, Palworld representative Takuro Mizobe assures that the game has passed legal reviews with no action taken by other companies.
Palworld developer Takuro Mizobe says the game isn’t at all that similar to Pokémon as it is to ARK: Survival Evolved.
Bizarre new Japanese indie title The Glitch Prison purposefully revolves around the concept of glitches as a game mechanic.
Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka has possibly teased the announcement of Extreme x Despair, calling its scenario “insane.”
Japanese company SnackTime has just launched their emamori service, which enables creators to protect their artwork from AI learning and AI image generation programs
The open world survival game Palworld will allow you to capture not only Pals, but humans as well. Humans caught with a Pal Spehere be sold for high prices on the black market.
Find out how Pokémon SV’s Mochi Dance from the epilogue of The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC is taking the internet by storm.
Square Enix CEO Takashi Kiryu commented that the company has been making too many titles that “fall somewhere between” AAA and indie games, and will be focusing on fewer and more high quality titles in the future.
Japanese developer explains why the mobile game market is seeing less and less of one-time purchase game releases, in favor of free-to-play games with frequent microtransactions.
Top 10 charts for mobile game downloads and profits in Japan reveal a surprising mix of fast-growing new releases and enduring older games
Magic Chaos is an upcoming indie Steam release from Japan that combines Touhou Project-style bullet hell with online arena shooters.
A Japanese creator’s warning to aspiring game devs about keeping internal secrets has sparked discourse about unethical confidentiality practices in the game industry.
Released to positive reviews on January 11, Momodora: Moonlit Farewell has you fighting off demons as magical priestess Momo in the series’ final entry.
Romp of Dump is an upcoming Japanese indie game coming to Steam. In the animated visual novel suspense game, you are a falsely convicted death row inmate playing high-stake games with heinous criminals.
French animator Chansard Vincent’s statement that he will never work with studio MAPPA again has once again caused discourse about the working conditions of animators in Japan.
Persona 3 fans were surprised by a vivid green illumination of The Tokyo Skytree and its eerie resemblance to Tartarus during Dark Hour
Square Enix responds to negative reception of Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest, explaining how they will focus more closely on player needs and feedback in the future
Nothing – a free-to-play Steam game in which you do nothing, has been receiving positive reviews, with users finding various unexpected benefits to it.
Japanese My Nintendo Store users have been noticing an influx of foreign 17+ Switch games that include the word “Hentai,” and it hasn’t been received well.
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