VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Hideo Kojima reveals meeting with Keanu Reeves, sparking collaboration rumors
Hideo Kojima posted on X that he met with Keanu Reeves, renewing fans' hopes that Reeves will be in a future Kojima Productions game.
Bandai Namco’s games sector sees massive 188% profit growth thanks to Elden Ring, Dragon Ball, Gundam Breaker 4
Bandai Namco Holdings' report for the first half of the fiscal year reveals significant growth across all of their sectors.
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Silent Hill 2 director Masashi Tsuboyama reflects on the extraordinary talent of the original game’s development team
Tsuboyama looks back on what it took to make Silent Hill 2: "They demonstrated their full potential in their respective fields of expertise.”
Marvelous scores success in arcade business with new Pokémon machines, plans to establish a new office in China
Rune Factory developer Marvelous continues to successfully expand its amusement business overseas despite overall profit decline.
Ban: The Prologue of Gucha Gucha is a retro Japanese horror game that looks for beauty in gore
Developed by VTuber and solo game developer Ichimatsu Suzuka, Ban: The Prologue of Gucha Gucha is a surreal retro-horror game from Japan.
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Switch games will be playable on Nintendo’s new console, CEO confirms
Nintendo confirms that their new console will have backwards compatibility with the Nintendo Switch for software and Nintendo Switch Online.
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Nintendo reports overall decline in Nintendo Switch software and hardware sales in the first half of the fiscal year
Nintendo revises its sales forecast downwards for FY2025 as Switch software and hardware sales fall compared to previous year's Tears of the Kingdom driven high.
Venus Vacation Prism lets you stop time to take that perfect photo of your best girl
Venus Vacation Prism producer reveals how the upcoming game's photo taking gameplay will surpass Dead or Alive Venus Vacation's and cover ALL the angles.
“When you’re making money, people think you’re a miser,” Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai about why he never monetized his costly YouTube channel
Smash Bros. series creator Masahiro Sakurai talks about why he never monetized his YouTube channel despite it costing 90 million yen to run.
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Elin, a prequel to the cult classic JRPG Elona, tops the Steam charts in Early Access
Elin, the official prequel to the open-world JRPG Elona, finally released in Early Access on Steam, and it instantly topped charts in Japan.
Venus Vacation Prism switches to Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty’s game engine for extra wetness and steamy breaths
Venus Vacation Prism's producer explains how the Katana Engine is allowing Team Ninja devs to make the Dead or Alive girls even more realistic.
Slitterhead’s battle system was inspired by FromSoftware games, according to devs
Silent Hill and Siren creator Keiichiro Toyama talks about the influence FromSoftware's game had on his upcoming title Slitterhead.
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Monster Hunter Wilds’ handler is shaping up to be an improvement over her predecessor
Players have had mixed feelings about past tiles' handlers, but Monster Hunter Wilds' Alma has a few tricks up her sleeve that could make her more popular.
Nintendo says it made its own music app to give people a “uniquely Nintendo way” to listen to music and “feel inspired to play games again”
Nintendo makes a statement about why it decided to launch Nintendo Music, its independent music streaming service.
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Serial Experiments Lain teaser sparks hope for port or remaster of rare PS1 game
The official X account for Serial Experiments Lain posted a mysterious teaser that has fans hopeful for a game-related announcement.
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Monster Hunter Wilds’ character creator is being used to make scarily accurate recreations of superheroes, actors and characters from other games
Monster Hunter Wilds' character creator is being used to make everyone from Like A Dragon's Majima to Ronald McDonald.
Like a Dragon series creator Nagoshi releases video of his face exploding, posts update about new studio
Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi's new studio posts update on its progress and new promotional music video.
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Suda 51 reposts negative media review of Shadows of the Damned, says “it’s awesome, be sure to check it out”
Grasshopper Manufacture CEO Suda 51 shares a 3/10 media review of Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered, calling it "awesome."
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Konami reports record high half-year profits thanks to strong performance of video game sector
Konami's profits for Quarter 1 of the 2025 fiscal year broke records thanks to games like eFootball and Power Pro, with Silent Hill 2 to contribute to Q2 profits.
Rune Factory developer Marvelous reports 92% drop in profit due to a lack of new game releases
Story of Seasons and Rune Factory developer Marvelous reports 92% drop in profit due to a lack of new games both in Japan and overseas.
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Resident Evil gets a Christmas decoration nobody asked for
The Resident Evil Christmas Tapestry looks normal at first glance, but contains many references to Umbrella Corp and in-game items.
Monster Hunter Wilds has almost 20k concurrent Steam players, and the beta hasn’t even started yet
Before the open beta test has even started, Monster Hunter Wilds has seen almost 20,000 concurrent players on Steam.
