VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Koei Tecmo’s Representative Director sets up fund to support children from single mother households
Koei Tecmo's Keiko Erikawa sets up scholarship fund help children from low income households in Japan to pursue higher education.
Nintendo’s latest keychains contain real controller parts that can be used
Japanese gamers discover that Nintendo's new keychains contain working buttons that can be put into real SNES, N64 and GameCube controllers.
Monster Hunter Wilds won’t be releasing on the Switch as it “uses the latest technology to its limit”
At a shareholders' Q&A, Capcom has stated that there are no plans for a Nintendo Switch port for Monster Hunter Wilds.
Ubisoft agrees to remove flag from Assassin’s Creed Shadows artbook, issues overall message to Japanese community
Ubisoft will remove the Sekigahara Teppo-tai historical re-enactment group's flag from it's Assassin's Creed Shadows' artbook
Elden Ring inspired Harvestella’s devs to double the damage dealt by floors
The developers of Square Enix's Harvestella drew inspiration from an unlikely game - FromSoftware's Elden Ring.
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Square’s Chrono Trigger almost had a fighting game, according to veteran dev Seiichi Ishii
A desire to work with Akira Toriyama’s character designs almost led the Tekken creator to make a Chrono Trigger 3D beat’em up...
Katsuhiro Harada asks LilyPichu for a Tekken rematch
After his loss at EVO 2024, Tekken dev Katsuhiro Harada has jokingly asked LilyPichu for a rematch in Tekken 8.
Konami’s new Shohei Ohtani tie-in baseball game under fire for game-breaking bugs
Rampant bugs mean that Konami's Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 isn't the big hitter Shohei Ohtani fans were hoping for right out of the box
Japanese PvP hero shooter Brazen Blaze has a predominantly North American playerbase with very few players from Japan, devs say
The developers of the Japanese PvP Brawler/Shooter Brazen Blaze say that the game is predominantly played by North American users.
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Capcom has no plans to phase out physical game releases
Great news for fans of packaged releases! Capcom currently has no plans of eliminating physical games from their sales strategies.
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Terry Bogard was so majestic in Super Smash Bros that people don’t know how to feel about his face in Street Fighter 6
Capcom's take on Terry Bogard in Street Fighter 6 has created massive hype, but Smash players have mixed feelings about his face.
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Cult of the Lamb’s iconic cult leader blacks out drunk in Japan after missing the last train home, earning unlikely response from crazy mascot Chiitan
The Lamb from Digital Devolver's Cult of the Lamb got wasted and earned a response from Chiitan, giving people crossover ideas.
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Tekken 8 to resurrect Heihachi Mishima for the franchise’s 30th anniversary
Despite being hauled into a volcano, Heihachi Mishima is back as a playable character in Tekken 8 (with an army of warrior monks in tow)...
Guilty Gear Strive’s season 4 battle pass adds 4 new fighters, including old favorites and exciting newcomers
Guilty Gear Strive season 4 battle pass brings new playable characters, including Lucy from Cyberpunk Edgerunners, plus fresh stages.
Former Chibi-Robo! devs want their new game to be the Japanese equivalent of American ninja movies, with a setting that looks like the real thing but isn’t
The Chibi-Robo! devs' upcoming new game is set in "Brocklyn, New Yock City," and this unusual setting has an interesting idea behind it.
- ByAmber V
Even Street Fighter 6’s NPCs are excited about Terry Bogard’s arrival
Capcom has finally lifted the veil off Terry Bogard’s appearance in Street Fighter 6. The crossover character is set to release in Autumn.
Palworld has been watched on Twitch for over 78 million hours, making it the platform’s most popular release of 2024
Palworld has topped Twitch charts in terms of the most streamed new releases of 2024 with a peak viewership of 434k.
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Chibi-Robo! series to get a spiritual successor by its original creators
The developers of the Chibi-Robo! series have announced a spiritual successor called koROBO for modern consoles and PC.
Hashire Hebereke: Remake of classic Japanese SNES game featuring cute racing penguin to get first ever global release
Following on from the successful Ufouria; The Saga 2 remake, Hashire Hebereke Ex will bring another Sunsoft game featuring the cute penguin to global audiences
Elden Ring DLC has an elusive “third” Tree Sentinel in Hinterland that respawns infinitely
Players of Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC have discovered an elusive "third" Tree Sentinel that can spawn infinitely.
Visions of Mana: details on new characters, class switching and Elemental gameplay
New insights into Visions of Mana's elemental, class switching gameplay and the characters the party meets on their journey to the Mana Tree
Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP digital preorders open in early August, along with “surprise news”
Lollipop Chainsaw RePop's producer Yoshimi Yasuda says digital preorders, as well as "surprise news" await fans in early August.
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