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News2026-01-20 17:53Japan’s console game market grew by 138.8% in 2025, driven by the Nintendo Switch 2 Amber VNews (Japan-related) / Nintendo
News2026-01-20 15:24Granblue Fantasy Versus to scale down online features Carlos "Zoto" ZotomayorNews (Japan-related)
News2026-01-20 12:28Tomb Raider’s original creators refused Japanese publisher’s request to give Lara Croft an “anime” redesign Amber VNews (Japan-related)1
Game DevelopmentInterviewsNews2026-01-20 00:01There’s an increasing number of game OSTs where the music doesn’t match the gameplay, says The Hundred Line and Danganronpa composer Masafumi Takada Ayuo KawaseNews (Japan-related)19
News2026-01-19 23:00Like a Dragon executive producer says he treats each new entry like it could be the last. “I still haven’t thought about what happens to Ichiban” Carlos "Zoto" ZotomayorNews (Japan-related)1
News2026-01-19 22:00Making a sequel to Dynasty Warriors Origins might require Omega Force to commit to a trilogy, producer says Amber VNews (Japan-related)2
NewsNon-Gaming News2026-01-19 18:34Japanese content platform Fantia to partially lift ban on AI use “in light of recent technological advancements” Đorđe PNews (Japan-related)
News2026-01-19 16:45Atlus-licensed Shin Megami Tensei Board Game to start shipping in August following delays Carlos "Zoto" ZotomayorNews (Japan-related)
Indie Games2026-01-17 22:00From interrogating a murder suspect’s multiple personalities to hacking computers to solve kidnapping cases: 5 Japanese mystery indie games Carlos "Zoto" ZotomayorNews (Japan-related)
News2026-01-17 00:00Almost 80% of Japanese game developers say their annual income has increased in the past year, according to CEDEC survey reportĐorđe PFinancial News / News (Japan-related)
InterviewsNews2026-01-16 23:00Yakuza 3 was a game with many rough edges, and making a good remake meant confronting that reality, says director Amber VNews (Japan-related)2
