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It's a good time to be an Ace Combat fan. During the Ace Combat 25th anniversary retrospective program, Bandai Namco announced that a new Ace Combat game is currently in development via a joint collaboration with developer ILCA. ILCA is best known for developing the upcoming Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, as well as work...
Atlus has launched a new Persona series 25th-anniversary website. What's interesting is that this new website teases seven new mysterious projects to be announced between September 2021 and fall 2022. A statement on the website reads: “As of 2021, the Persona series has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. To all of our fans that ...
D3 Publisher and developer Sandlot just showcased a lot of Earth Defense Force 6 gameplay. The duo still hasn't released the game's intended platforms as well as a precise release date apart from a 2021 release window. Still, it's good to know that the wacky and B-movie grade Earth Defense Force 3D shooter schtick is alive and well with this six...
Bandai Namco announces the collector's edition of its upcoming JRPG Tales of Arise during its recent livestream. Anyway, the collector's edition contains the game, a pretty sweet casing with the game's emblem, the original soundtrack to the game, an artbook featuring the game's concept artwork and illustrations, Tales of Arise character stickers...
No, it's not the U.S. and it's perhaps the last place that everyone thought it would be. Xbox's fastest-growing market has been revealed to be none other than Japan, which is the home country of their rivals; Sony PlayStation and Nintendo. Talking to IGN Japan, Xbox’s Asia head Jeremy Hinton said: “Japan is our fastest-growing m...
Yokohama's New City, a capsule hotel known for its samurai period and anime art motifs, has seen better days since the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year. The hotel has gone out of business a few months ago. https://twitter.com/get_at_city/status/1399392083530575877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1399392083530575877%7Ctwgr%5E%...
We do miss checking out offline toy exhibitions and bazaars since the pandemic hit. It's a good thing Good Smile Company and Max Factory Toys are showing off their latest gaming, anime, and Hololive VTuber figure line and toys online! All these awesome toy line pics are during the WonHobby 33 exhibition during Tokyo's Wonder Festival. Here's a p...
Before Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter V dominated his competitive life, Itabashi Zangief (or Itazan) was a pro player at Sega's Virtua Fighter series. He was the top player in Evolution Championship Series 2007, beating other pros like Nuki, Otome, and Tokido to secure his number 1 spot. So naturally once Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown...
It looks like it's a good day for Kamen Rider fans everywhere. Neon Evangelion Genesis creator Hideaki Anno will be directing a new Shin Kamen Rider movie. This was announced via a press conference in Japan and on Twitter. https://twitter.com/Shin_KR/status/1378309196760768514 Anno previously co-directed 2016’s Shin Godzilla (also k...
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the long-running Japanese tokusatsu franchise Kamen Rider, Toei has announced a reboot to the classic 1987 Kamen Rider Black, which will be titled Kamen Rider Black Sun. According to the official website, Kazuya Shiraishi will direct Kamen Rider Black Sun, while the show's logo is designed by calligrapher Sou...
Another veteran developer has left another Japanese company, but this time around it's not Sony. In a tweet on his personal account, Yohei Shimbori has announced that he has officially left Koei Tecmo. Shimbori is best known for directing many Dead Or Alive games since 2004. In his tweet, he wrote (translated by Gematsu): “As of today, I ...
The Super Nintendo World theme park in Osaka, Japan, is slated to officially open later this week. However, there are already signs that indicate a potential Donkey Kong expansion in the works. According to VGC, Super Nintendo World features a locked door hidden towards the north of the park with a design that is very reminiscent of Donkey Kong....
Just because your main characters in a fighting game received a ton of buffs & changes doesn't mean their match-ups may have improved somewhat. That's what Topanga TV in Japan has assessed based on its recent Street Fighter 5 tier list. Top Japanese fighting game pro Mago posted the list on Twitter, and it may be causing the fighting gam...
JRPG-making company Nihon Falcom just announced its recent poll results from its fans. The company's most popular game from the 80s to the end of February 2021 is... ...The Legend of Heroes: Trails In The Sky. This is followed by: The Legend of Heroes - Trails in the Sky The Legend of Heroes - Trails of Cold Steel Ys 1 Ancient Ys ...
Remember how Ghost Of Tsushima fans have helped raise more than a whopping US$260,000 to rebuild a shrine on the real Japanese island? Well, the priests there do. Because of that, Tsushima island has given a prestigious award to two senior members of the Ghost of Tsushima development team. According to VGC, Sucker Punch game director Nate Fox an...
Silent Hill and Gravity Rush creator Keiichiro Toyama has revealed several new details about the upcoming debut game from his newly-formed Bokeh Game Studio. He previously also mentioned that the game will be horror-oriented and focus more on entertainment elements; as well as that the game is still in development primarily for the PC a...
Seems like publisher Marvelous and developer Edelweiss has a lot to celebrate thanks to its sleeper hit of 2020, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin. The 3D platformer/rice-farming simulator has a combined worldwide shipment and digital sales total of 850,000 units at this point in time. Previously, the game shipped 500,000 copies since 25th November of la...
Everyone can cosplay without any problems, right? That might no longer be true even in its origin home country of Japan soon. The Japanese government is considering creating more stringent and stricter copyright laws pertaining to cosplay. What this might mean in the future is that while cosplay that is not for profit will be unaffected and can ...
COVID-19 is still putting a damper on offline plans in 2021, but that isn't stopping one of Japan's most prominent toy fair from making an appearance. The Wonder Festival committee has announced (via Siliconera) that it will be hosting its Wonder Festival 2021 [Winter] toy exhibition online on 7th February 2021. This is because the offline versi...
After a long battle since 2017, big video game company Nintendo has won a lawsuit against Japanese street go-karting company MariCar for using Super Mario costumes and their name. We're guessing it's the Mario Kart brand that Nintendo owns (via SoraNews24). MariCar paid 50 million yen in damages (US$476,000) after the court has rejected MariCar'...
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