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The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a box office hit worldwide. It garnered over US$375 million worldwide in the first five days since its 6th April release date, and this is in spite of its middling reviews from critics. According to Nintendo game director/producer/Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, the poor reviews actually helped the film become succ...
Japanese game studio Hexadrive must have played a lot of PS1's Pepsi Man, because its latest game is like that but with a ton more. Enter Bright Tracer, a high-speed running action game where you play a robot who, well, races for its life through dangerous roads and obstacles. Jump, wall-run, hook shot, sliding, dashing: all these moves are ther...
Nintendo will be releasing new The Legend of Zelda merchandise on the same date as its upcoming sequel, at least in Japan. There will be new Tears of the Kingdom merchandise which include shirts, a tie, and a water bottle. https://twitter.com/n_officialstore/status/1646682869425922050 There's no word on whether it'll be on sale worldwi...
Today at Star Wars Celebration 2023 in London, it was announced that the world’s biggest Star Wars event will return to Japan for the first time since 2008. It will be the next Star Wars Celebration, taking place from 18 to 20 April 2025, once again at the Makuhari Messe. Star Wars Celebration is probably skipping 2024 because, in the past, it...
When you think "PC" and "real-time strategy games", you think StarCraft, WarCraft, Dune, and Command & Conquer. When you think "consoles" and that genre, what immediately floods my mind are "half-assed ports of existing PC RTSs", "Brutal Legends", and "Halo Wars". The latter two points are what made the genre viable on a controller-based platfo...
MAGES. just dropped some news on their latest game release, The Quintessential Quintuplets: Five Promises Made with Her, and it's set to hit PS4 and Switch on 7 September in Japan. And get this, it's only gonna cost JP¥8,580! For you high rollers out there, they're also offering a limited edition for JP¥12,980 and a "Special Box" for JP¥19,98...
Bandai Namco has released a teaser trailer for its upcoming Sand Land anime movie adaptation in production at Sunrise, Kamikaze Douga, and ANIMA. It is slated to premiere on 18 August 2023. The movie’s cast and staff were also announced: Cast Beelzebub (voiced by Mutsumi Tamura) Rao (voiced by Kazuhiro Yamaji) Thief (voiced by Ch...
Japanese musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has passed away on 28 March 2023 at the age of 71. https://twitter.com/ryuichisakamoto/status/1642507238467309568 Sakamoto was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1952, and began playing as a studio musician while he was in graduate school at the Tokyo University of the Arts, working. He formed the grou...
Yesterday's April's Fool offerings was varied, with mostly some winners here and there. Check out the jokes & nonsense posts below; it's mostly the ones that got a laugh out of us due to its creativity and the fact that some of them are full-fledged games. Toge Productions We start off with a non-joke(?); new characters for Coffee Talk Epi...
Paper Rex, the Singaporean esports organisation, has announced that Ilia "something" Petrov has officially signed with them. The 21-year-old Russian star had previously represented Sengoku Gaming from Japan over the past year, but he will soon be flying to Seoul, South Korea, to join the rest of the Paper Rex team. However, his eligibility to play ...
When Riot first introduced VCT Game Changers, it was supposed to provide an inclusive space for women and other marginalized genders to showcase their skills. Sadly, the league has been marred by a series of scandals involving men. For instance, in one instance, a male player pretended to be non-binary to compete in the NA Game Changers tourname...
NieR Automata's anime adaptation is getting some serious promotion in Japan with new pop-up shops at Marui retail stores. You'll find them in Nanba, Fukuoka, and Shinjuku, where you can grab some amazing NieR Automata merchandise, featuring new official illustrations. To add to the excitement, there's going to be a special lottery draw too. W...
Shonen Jump has announced that their latest manga title is Beat And Motion. The premise of the new manga series is described as telling the story of a young man striving to fulfil his dream of becoming an animator. Created by Naoki Fujita, Beat And Motion was the winner of Shuiesha Publication’s Million Tag reality competition in 2021, which w...
Bandai and Evolving G have announced that the life-sized Gundam attraction at Gundam Factory Yokohama will be available for another year, up until 31 March 2024. Located at Yamashita Pier in Yokohama, Japan, it was originally planned to be closed in March 2023. According to Dengeki Hobby, the reason for the extension is because the ongoing COVID...
SEGA has released the first episode of a Ryu Ga Gotoku docu-series titled “Behind the Scenes of Like a Dragon!”. It showcases the behind-the-scenes development of the upcoming Like A Dragon 8, or Yakuza 8. This episode shows the staff of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio taking on the challenge of developing Like A Dragon 8 shortly after the company's tr...
At the age of 85, legendary manga artist Leiji Matsumoto passed away on 13 February 2023 at 11:00 a.m. due to acute heart failure. Matsumoto was born in Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan, on 25 January 1938. He later moved to Tokyo in 1953 to pursue a career in manga at the age of 18, debuting with Mitsubachi no Boken, a manga Matsumoto wrote wh...
SEGA and Yoko Taro have announced 404 Game Re:Set for mobile devices, including iOS and Android (via Gematsu). It features character designs by Yuugen and is slated to launch sometime in 2023 in Japan. Pre-registration is available now via App Store and Google Play. The game is described as: "Video games turned everything upside down. ...
NHK has announced that the first half of Attack On Titan The Final Season Part 3 will air as a one-hour special on 3 March 2023, with the second half airing sometime later in 2023. The Attack On Titan The Final Season Part 1 anime premiered in December 2020 and aired for 16 episodes. Attack On Titan The Final Season Part 2 premiered in January 2...
Dell Technologies has announced that they've appointed Peter Marrs as the new president of their Asia Pacific & Japan region. He's starting right away and will be taking over for Amit Midha, who's decided to move on and pursue a new opportunity outside of the company. He's going to be leading the growth and development of the com...
Kotobukiya has announced a new 1/8th scale figure of Vash The Stampede from Trigun Stampede. It will be a part of the ARTFX J line and will be released 29 March. It was revealed via a tweet from the official account, which shows off the unfinished model for the first time. According to the tweet, Vash is made to look like he is in the middle of ...
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