VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Rise of the Ronin outsold by Princess Peach: Showtime! in Japan
Nintendo's Princess Peach: Showtime! has outsold both Dragon's Dogma 2 and Rise of the Ronin in its first week of sales in Japan.
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Genshin Impact and even Chinese erotic games spark localization discussion in Japan
Chinese games like Honkai Star Rail and Ark Knights contain hard-to-translate idioms, prompting discussion on how to localize them into Japanese.
Square Enix’s Visions of Mana is “semi open field,” but what does that mean? Producer explains
Visions of Mana producer reveals how the upcoming RPG will let players explore the vibrant and unique world of Mana like never before.
Visions of Mana devs avoided “westernizing” the identity of Square Enix’s RPG series
Producer Masaru Oyamada explains how Square Enix's upcoming Visions of Mana stays true to the beloved Japanese RPG series' roots.
Disabled Street Fighter 6 player launches crowdfunding campaign to take on USA EVO2024 with his chin and fingertips
Esports player Shunya Hatakeyama has muscular dystrophy and is raising funds to achieve his dream of competing in EVO2024 in Las Vegas.
Stellar Blade dev talks about “fetishistic elements” in the game
Stellar Blade's director addresses the much discussed character and costume designs of the game, as well as his take on "fetishistic elements."
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Stellar Blade’s director is already teasing a sequel
Stellar Blade's director Hyung-Tae Kim is already talking about the possibility of a sequel, which will depend on how well Stellar Blade performs.
- ByAmber V
Ukraine launches Minecraft recreation of occupied city
Minecraft now has a new world called Minesalt, a recreation of the city of Soledar in east Ukraine, which is currently occupied by Russia.
Multiplayer paranormal activity investigation game coming to Steam on April 12
School Paranormal Laboratory gameplay screenshot
Microtransaction purchases in Japan drop for third consecutive year
An analysis has shown that payments toward mobile game microtransactions in Japan sunk for the third year in a row in 2023, why is this so?
- ByAmber V
Japanese gamers notice generation gap when it comes to reselling games
Debates about reselling games have broken out on social media in Japan, revealing generational differences in how people consume games.
Final Fantasy 14 lost 300,000 players because of one boss fight, reveals Yoshi-P
Final Fantasy 14's director Naoki Yoshida revealed that Titan boss fight's difficulty caused at least 300k players to drop the game.
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Escape an Exit 8-like looping train platform in this free-to-play Japanese browser game
Inspired by The Exit 8, Track No. 9 is a Japanese pixel art adventure game where you must escape a train station by spotting anomalies.
Katamari Damacy composer overjoyed at soundtrack’s 20th anniversary digital release
Katamari Damacy sound director and main composer Yuu Miyake comments on the game's iconic OST being available digitally for the first time.
Palworld partners with Tencent Cloud for “3-second” dedicated multiplayer server creation
Tencent Cloud, owned by Tencent Holdings, have become an official partner of PocketPair, assigned with dedicated server creation for Palworld.
- ByAmber V
Bunny girl dating simulator’s oddly named panty shot mechanic titillates Japanese users
The Japanese bunny girl dating simulator Bunny Garden has managed to generate a lot of pre-launch buzz with its panty-peeping "PTA system."
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This challenging bullet hell shooter boss took 12 years to beat
DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou's hidden boss Inbachi (Hina) has finally been defeated in a perfect run of Cave's fiendish bullet hell shooter.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Dragonsplague gets its own conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers (anti-Briners)
Dragon's Dogma 2's Dragonsplague infection has brought about its own conspiracy theories and anti-Briner crowd, who suggest cures such as ox laxatives.
- ByAmber V
Slice & Dice: strategic monster-battling roguelike with tons of variety
Slice & Dice is a turn-based, dice-battle roguelike with a multitude of ways to play- it should appeal to fans of games like Slay the Spire
CLAMP x Netflix anime collaboration adapts Grimm’s fairy tales
CLAMP and Wit Animations' new six episode anime anthology The Grimm Variations debuts on Netflix on April 17.
Dragon’s Dogma 2’s Dragonsplague and how it works – a mechanic that took over 10 years to implement
Dragon's Dogma 2's director had the idea for Dragonsplague 10 years ago - how does it work and what are its consequences?
Frieren takes over game cover art in viral meme trend
Frieren Beyond Journey's End is inspiring artists to combine the elven mage with iconic game covers, including Dark Souls & Final Fantasy X.