VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
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.
- ByAmber V
Despite his love for Square Enix, Reynatis director says he joined FuRyu because of its rare culture of letting young developers make their own games
Reynatis director and producer Takumi Isobe says FuRyu is a rare game company that allows young creators to make their own games.
- ByAmber V
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess gets traditional Japanese puppet show prequel
Capcom collaborates with Japan's National Bunraku Theater to give its new game Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess a puppet play prequel.
Sephiroth and Kirby stop motion video shows what the Super Smash Bros characters do during their downtime
Charming fanmade stop motion video has Final Fantasy 7 bad guy Sephiroth playing some basketball with Kirby.
Unreal Engine 5 has tremendous potential as an anime production tool, according to Japanese studio
Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab give insight into how they used Unreal Engine 5 in the production of their anime I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince
Protect a birthday cake from a crowded Japanese station in this hyperactive sidescroller
Coming to Early Access on July 19, The Cake is a quirky action game from Japanese developer Racjin, known for some of the Bomberman games.
Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura has a huge stock of game proposals “lying dormant”
Kingdom Hearts creator Tetsuya Nomura talks about how he makes a new IP from scratch and his "stock" of potential game projects.
- ByAmber V
10,000-hour puzzle RPG Tactical Nexus becomes free-to-play because the devs “don’t want to extort money” from players who end up not playing the game
The developers of the Japanese indie puzzle game Tactical Nexus have decided to make the title free-to-play for an unusual reason.
New Pokémon Sleep study shows that Germans get the most sleep, while Japanese get the least
The Pokémon Company's new study using data from 7 million Pokémon Sleep app users gives insight into average sleeping hours by country
Sega takes legal action against individual for harassment of its employee and warns that a similar response awaits anyone else who tries
Sega is earning praise for its firm attitude against malicious harassment of employees, which includes taking legal action.
- ByAmber V
Japan mod for Euro Truck Simulator 2 goes viral for crazy level of realism
The Project Japan mod for Euro Truck Simulator 2 has impressed Japanese netizens by how close it is to actually driving a truck in Japan
Danganronpa creator left Spike Chunsoft so that he could do unlimited overtime work and take on risks without fearing bankruptcy
Danganronpa's creator Kazutaka Kodaka revealed interesting ideas behind the founding of his new company Too Kyoo Games.
- ByAmber V
Masahiro Sakurai strongly suggests that game developers let players skip cutscenes
Super Smash Bros. and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai recently advised game devs to give players the option to skip game cutscenes- here's why