VERACITY IN GAMING
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Dragon’s Dogma 2’s March 29 update adds New Game option, maxes out Art of Metamorphosis numbers
Update 1.050 for Dragon's Dogma 2 addresses criticisms, adding a New Game option, Art of Metamorphosis item increase, and graphical options.
Elusive McDonald’s-branded Nintendo DSi quickly pulled from second-hand store in Japan
A mysterious McDonald's-exclusive Nintendo DSi and eCDP cartridge appeared and quickly vanished from a thrift-store's listing.
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Rise of the Ronin lets you casually chill with the guy who forced Japan’s borders open
In Rise of the Ronin, historical figures like Perry and Sakamoto Ryoma drop by your longhouse- the surrealism is amusing Japanese players.
False news of pedophile using Splatoon to contact underaged victim broadcast in Japan
Japanese users were outraged by a news report claiming that a pedophile contacted a minor through Splatoon, after which he assaulted her.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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