VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Pokémon TCG Pocket developers are keeping quiet about whether your choice of booster pack matters
The developers of Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket developers chose to withhold any information regarding digital booster pack openings.
Chaotic penguin racing game Faaast Penguin is getting new worlds and gimmicks in Season 2 this month
Faaast Penguin Season 2’s theme is nighttime, and it will bring various additions to the online PvP penguin racer.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO players can now send their requests to Bandai Namco through an official survey
Bandai Namco Entertainment is hosting an official user experience survey for Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO, open until December 15.
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Legend of Zelda cosplayer highlights the difficulties of Link drawing and sheathing his sword from his back, gets advice from Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai
A cosplayer's struggle with unsheathing Link's sword prompted Masahiro Sakurai to give insight into how this action was animated in Super Smash Bros.
Square Enix’s Trials of Mana to get stage adaptation
Trials of Mana, the third RPG in the Mana / Seiken Densetsu series, will get a stage show next year to mark the game’s 30th anniversary.
Anime fans encouraged to resume “normal fan activities” after three people got arrested for running an anime spoiler website
Anime production committee of Overlord makes an announcement to fans following arrests related to an anime spoiler site.
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Eternal Palace Sakura to bring stylish sword-wielding cat-girl action with jiggle physics
Japanese game dev group Denneko Yuugi announced that their anime-style 3D action roguelite Eternal Palace Sakura is coming in late 2025.
Legend of Zelda devs tried to make Link talk for the first time in Echoes of Wisdom, but it felt too wrong
The Legend of Zelda producer Aonuma Eiji reveals that the development team of Echoes of Wisdom tried to make Link a voiced character at first.
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Hideo Kojima confirms origin of Death Stranding hand logo amidst 5th-anniversary promotions
All about the real-life and in-game promotional events Kojima Productions has lined up for Death Stranding's fifth anniversary.
Nintendo to open new Donkey Kong Country area at Super Nintendo World in Japan and the USA
In the latest Nintendo Direct, Shigeru Miyamoto gave a tour of the Donkey Kong Country area opening in Super Nintendo World Japan next month.
Devil May Cry 5 and Dragon’s Dogma 2 director Hideaki Itsuno will make original AAA action games at new LightSpeed Japan Studio
Former Capcom veteran game director Hideaki Itsuno joins new Japanese branch of LightSpeed Studios. He will be leading triple-A development.
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Yakuza creator says his new game will be an action adventure with a “rather high age rating” and complex game system
Like a Dragon series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi reveals details about his work-in-progress new game at Nagoshi Studio.
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Astro Bot has significantly widened the PS5 playerbase, according to Sony
The runaway success of Team ASOBI's platformer Astro Bot has increased the number of families and younger users playing PS5, Sony reports.
Sony game sector sees 184% increase in operating profit thanks to improved PS5 profitability and increased sales of third-party games like Black Myth: Wukong
PS5 profitability, third party game sales and PS Plus subscriptions drove Sony's game-related profits between July and September 2024.
Palworld tops PS5 download rankings in Japan
Pocketpair's hit survival game Palworld was the most downloaded PS5 game in Japan in October following its launch on the 4th.
Square Enix reports profit increase in games sector driven by Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail
Square Enix highlights the Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail expansion as a contributor to increased operating income for the period from April to September 2024.
Palworld developers reveal details of Nintendo and Pokémon Company infringement lawsuit
Pocket Pair has revealed the details of the patent infringement lawsuit filed against them by Nintendo and The Pokemon Company.
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Sega console game sector growth driven by Vanillaware’s Unicorn Overlord, big profits from Sonic and Metaphor: ReFantazio expected
Sega console game sales have been driven by older titles so far this fiscal year, but that seems likely to change next quarter.
FromSoftware and Spike Chunsoft parent company Kadokawa has 26 new games in development
Game companies in the Kadokawa Group, including Elden Ring dev FromSoftware and Spike Chunsoft, are working on a total of 20 console and 6 mobile games.
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii to feature new character voiced by Majima’s actor from the Amazon Prime show
“It’s kind of funny ‘cause being Majima got me a part in the game, but the part isn’t Majima.”
SNK’s The King of Fighters 98 is now part of a high-tech health monitoring machine
Tanita and SNK have teamed up to create a body composition analyzer, which also allows you to play King of Fighters '98.
FromSoftware’s parent company reports growth of game sector driven by Elden Ring, plans to expand in-house PC and console game publishing
FromSoftware's primary owner Kadokawa Corporation reports consolidated earnings for the second quarter of the fiscal year.
- ByAmber V