VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
PS5 is teaching AI how to play games like a human to automate testing
Sony's PS5 quality assurance team is using imitation machine learning to make an AI model that can play games like a human.
ByAmber V
Japan’s game market grew steadily in 2023, with the PC game market expanding by 25%
Japan's game market experienced steady growth in 2023, with PC game sales and console sales rising (particularly the PS5 and Nintendo Switch)
Snowbreak: Containment Zone’s newest update was too sexy for Google Play, causing delays
Snowbreak: Containment Zone encountered issues getting its latest update on Google's app store due to an "inappropriate" promotional image.
Nintendo had its own internal “social media” to streamline the massive workload during Tears of the Kingdom’s development
Nintendo sheds light on internal infrastructure used for the development of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
- ByAmber V
Tekken’s developers hope that AI will be able to assist future 3D stage creation as development costs reach all-time high
Tekken 8's producer Katsuhiro Harada says environment development costs are currently at their peak, and that AI may help with this issue in the future.
- ByAmber V
Pixiv warns about influx of fake artist and employee accounts engaging in phishing and art theft
On August 21, Pixiv warned users about fake accounts and phishing attempts in connection with an online community for illustrators
Tekken’s Katsuhiro Harada wants future fighting games, including Tekken, to be freed from constraints established in the 90s
The Tekken Project leader spoke at CEDEC about the future of fighting games and what AI and community-related changes we will probably see
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves brings Christmas early with its color edit mode
SNK's Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is reviving a beloved feature - a color edit mode that allows you complete freedom over customization.
Final Fantasy 10 has an unbelievably random connection to oranges in Japan
A diagram of an orange has bizarrely got Final Fantasy X fans quoting the game and making new content- we find out what the juicy link is
Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake renames town called Isis in original 1988 game
Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake will rename the town Isis to Ibis, but the new name has a surprisingly deep connection to the original.
- ByAmber V
Silent Hill 2’s original art director brings up the game’s lack of popularity in Japan compared to the West as he observes the same thing happen with the remake
Silent Hill 2 art Director Masahiro Ito comments on the game's lasting lack of popularity in Japan when compared to the West.
- ByAmber V
Street Fighter 6’s new Terry Bogard trailer sneaks in some nostalgic references to both the Fatal Fury and Street Fighter series’ roots
The Terry Bogard gameplay trailer is full of homages to Fatal Fury and Street Fighter's interconnected history
Ghost in the Shell and Bayonetta voice actress Atsuko Tanaka dies at 61
Atsuko Tanaka, known for her varied roles in Ghost in the Shell, Bayonetta and Frieren, has passed away after a 1 year battle with illness.
One Piece is approaching exactly 5 years after Eiichiro Oda announced his 5-year ending timeframe for the series
On August 30, it will have been exactly five years since Eiichiro Oda's statement about ending One Piece in the next five years.
- ByAmber V
Monster Hunter Wilds doubles down on the series’ penchant for delicious-looking food
Monster Hunter Wilds latest trailer shows a snipped of what food and cooking will look like in the new entry to the series.
Japanese game and VTuber companies see influx of violent threats, some of which falsely assume VTuber identities
Japanese police are investigating a spate of malicious threats sent to Nijisanji and other companies under assumed identities
Swery65 details the development of Hotel Barcelona’s unique Slasher Phantom system
Hotel Barcelona's developer Swery65 talks about the game's unique looping Slasher Phantom mechanic and how it was developed.
Atlus is looking for a new producer for the Persona team, job listing suggests
According to a new job listing posted by Atlus, the developer is looking for a new producer to join the Persona team.
- ByAmber V
Nintendo Museum opens in October 2024, here’s how to get tickets
The Nintendo Museum in Kyoto will offer various interactive games that let you get hands-on with the company's many products and long history.
Capcom to reveal its RE Engine externally for the first time, offering game development classes to Japanese students
Capcom announced on August 19 that it will be offering hands-on game development classes using the RE Engine to informatics students at a Japanese university. This will be the first time Capcom reveals the engine to an external party. RE…
Romancing SaGa 2’s original creator feared only one thing about the remake – a shift to the action genre
Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven's talks about conflicts that arose during development and how they were resolved.
- ByAmber V
Nintendo to reveal new attraction in tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct broadcast
August 2024's Nintendo Direct broadcast will give fans a sneak peak at Nintendo's new museum, opening this fall in Japan's Kyoto Prefecture.