VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Do game devs prefer high sales with bad reviews or vice versa?
Do game devs prefer high sales with bad reviews or a few diehard fans? A question posed by one game developer to other developers on Twitter has been gaining a lot of attention.
Japan: Tears of the Kingdom lottery has office workers carrying Master Swords to work
Unexpected winners of the currently ongoing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom lucky draw face the awkwardness of carrying a Master Sword with them to their workplace
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VTuber Shishiro Botan offers new voice lines for Idol Showdown mid livestream
VTuber Shishiro Botan offered new voice lines for the newly released Idol Showdown and the developer's response was exceptionally quick.
Nintendo gives a heads up on Tears of the Kingdom’s large 16GB file size
Nintendo has released a notice regarding the amount of free space that will be necessary to download the digital version of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Street Fighter 6 got help from fully blind players to enhance accessibility
ePARA, a Japan-based barrier-free e-sport business collaborated with Capcom to make Street Fighter 6 accessible to players with visual impairment.
Composer Ryo Nagamatsu has left Nintendo (Splatoon’s Salmon Run, etc.)
Composer Ryo Nagamatsu (Splatoon's Salmon Run, etc.) revealed that he is no longer working at Nintendo as of April 30.
Xenoblade Chronicles dev gave big pay increase to staff
Xenoblade Chronicles developer Monolith Soft has announced that it substantially increased the base pay of its employees beginning in April.
The Idolmaster Shiny Colors: Song for Prism announced for iOS and Android
Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced The Idolmaster Shiny Colors: Song for Prism, an idol training simulation & rhythm game, and the latest title in The Idolmaster Shiny Colors series.
Classic visual novel ONE. comes to Switch and PC in December
Classic visual novel ONE. will be released in Japan on December 22 for the Nintendo Switch and PC. The original ONE is known as the pioneer of the Nakige genre.
Should YouTube & Twitch share revenue with game devs? One creator speaks out
Game dev Hiromichi Takahashi voices his concerns about the fact that YouTube and Twitch don't share revenue with game devs for let's play videos and streaming.
Rapid-fire legend Takahashi Meijin’s StarGagnant shmup arrives in May
Regista and Takahashi Meijin have announced that StarGagnant will be released on the Nintendo Switch in Japan on May 25. StarGagnant is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up supervised by Takahashi.
This Steam Dev Cheat Sheet includes tips on how to improve your sales
Veteran game developer Matt Hackett has created a “Steam Dev Cheat Sheet” that offers tips for releasing a game on Steam. The sheet has caught the attention of many fellow developers.
Square Enix’s AI tech preview is speedrun in only 5 min using a clever strategy
A player has attempted a speedrun of SQUARE ENIX AI Tech Preview: THE PORTOPIA SERIAL MURDER CASE and completed the game in under 5 minutes using Japanese input.
RPG Maker Unite to finally launch on April 27 after multiple delays [Update: Delayed]
[Update] Gotcha Gotcha Games has launched RPG Maker Unite on May 8 after multiple delays. It's currently available on Unity Asset Store for $99.99 USD (excl. taxes).
Did a Tears of the Kingdom commercial reveal Koroks?
Nintendo recently released a commercial for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and some eagle-eyed fans have found an indication that Koroks will be making their return.
Dating sim LoveR to get raunchy new DLC costumes
Dragami Games has announced that it will release new DLC for LoveR and LoveR Kiss. The costumes in this DLC set are all quite raunchy—like the Succubus Rouge, which shows off a surprising amount of skin.
Square Enix’s absurd NFT Million Arthur game is about turning sushi into undies
Square Enix released an NFT Million Arthur game, Shi-San-Sei Million Arthur, in which the player collects sushi and uses it to manufacture underpants.
Square Enix’s AI tech preview released on Steam, but reviews haven’t been kind
Square Enix has released SQUARE ENIX AI Tech Preview: THE PORTOPIA SERIAL MURDER CASE on Steam. The tech preview serves as an educational demonstration of Natural Language Processing.
Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection performs brilliantly in Japan
The Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection is performing well in Japan, with physical copies of the game being sold out in many locations. The collections are available on PC (Steam), PS4 and Nintendo Switch.
Street Fighter 6 CPU praised for playing like a human
A PS4/PS5 demo for Street Fighter 6 is now available, and the game’s strongest Lv8 CPUs have been garnering attention for their human-like play that can serve to show players what high-level play looks like.
Sunsoft announces remake of Ufouria: The Saga
Sunsoft announced a remake of Ufouria: The Saga. The original Ufouria: The Saga is a NES game released in 1991. Sunsoft describes the game as "a Metroidvania that was ahead of its time.”
UE5 Anime Tokyo demo lets you explore anime-fied Japan
Freelance artist Yan Ru released a free demo for Anime Tokyo, which features an incredibly realistic recreation of Tokyo made using Unreal Engine 5.
