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At a star-studded press and partner event at Singapore’s iconic Marina Bay Sands today, The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific will showcase its upcoming slate of movies from its major studios and unveil an expanding collection of APAC Originals for its streaming service, told by some of the world’s best storytellers. Over 50 shows from Disney...
It seems like trouble is afoot in Square Enix, even for those who aren't in the company anymore. Yuji Naka, who is known for being one of the original programmers of past Sonic The Hedgehog games, Balan Wonderworld, and confirming Michael Jackson's work in Sonic The Hedgehog 3, has reportedly been arrested due to his involvement in the recent Sq...
Kazuki Omori, best known for his directorial work on the monster movie classic Godzilla vs Biollante, has passed away. He was 70. According to the Director's Guild of Japan, he passed away on Tuesday at the Hy?go College of Medical Hospital on 12th November due to acute myeloid leukaemia. A private funeral was held with his close relatives, with...
Tom And Jerry is a classic and popular American cartoon, but they're getting a cute kawaii Japanese makeover soon. There's going to be a brand new Japanese Tom And Jerry anime made by Cartoon Network Japan. The synopsis reads (via PR Times): "Tom and Jerry", which will be broadcast for the first time in the world, is a Japanese original with th...
Nintendo has announced that they are establishing a new joint venture company with mobile games company DeNA, which will launch on 3 April 2023. For those unfamiliar, DeNA co-developed and handles the service infrastructure and Nintendo Account integration for various Nintendo titles available on mobile platforms like iOS and Android, including ...
Today is the official Godzilla Day celebration and Toho has announced a new Godzilla movie which will premiere on 3 November 2023. No other details or information have been revealed with the exception of some official key art and that Takashi Yamazaki (Lupin III: The First) is directing the new movie, which will be the 30th live-action Godzilla fil...
The upcoming survival horror game Callisto Protocol will not be out in one country: Japan. According to a recent post on the game's Twitter page, the space horror game with the gore and violence from ex-Dead Space developers will be cancelled in Japan following a thumbs-down from the country's Computer Entertainment Rating Organisation (CERO). T...
Ever since EA and Koei Tecmo revealed its upcoming action game Wild Hearts, many are wondering how the game plays like. Yes, we know you're going to say "like Monster Hunter", but we're talking in terms of movement, how combat flows, and how one deals with the Japan myth-inspired monsters in-game. Well, EA has you covered. The company known for ...
Nintendo has officially launched the website for its new animation studio, Nintendo Pictures. It was announced back in July that Nintendo planned to acquire Japanese CG company Dynamo Pictures, with the intention being to acquire 100% of its outstanding shares and make it a wholly owned subsidiary. Following the acquisition, Dynamo Pictures ...
During Netflix TUDUM 2022, Netflix announced Gudetama An Eggcellent Adventure, a new live-action and CG hybrid series based on Sanrio's famous lazy character Gudetama, will premiere on 13 December 2022. The trailer also teases Southern All Stars band member Yuko Hara's theme song "Gudetama March." The synopsis reads: A lethargic, empathetic ...
During Netflix TUDUM 2022, Netflix announced that Alice In Borderland Season 2 will premiere in December 2022. The synopsis reads: Arisu and Usagi must unravel the mysteries of the Borderland in order to return to their world. Shifting from the shocking setting of an empty Shibuya in the first season, this season is set in a devastated Shibu...
While it's nice that public events and gaming expos are making a comeback post-pandemic, the latest Tokyo Game Show attendance numbers are expected. According to the official press release, organizers CESA (Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association) reported that 2022's show had a total attendance of 138,192 visitors. For comparison, that is...
Aniplex and DeskWorks! give a deep dive into their new mobile RPG titled World II World which will be available on both iOS and Android. A couple of days ago, Aniplex announced their joint venture with developers DeskWorks! to make World II World which is slated to be an offline single-player mobile RPG that will utilise turn-based combat and wi...
D3 Publisher and developer Shade showed off some gameplay for the upcoming Samurai Maiden, a samurai–time-travelling–hack-and-slash featuring yuri relationships with your ninja partners. The showcase showed off one of the early levels from Samurai Maiden, along with the combat. While the showcase was more busy showcasing the game’s basic f...
The Frieren Beyond Journey's End (Soso No Frieren) manga by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe is officially getting an anime adaptation. The news was announced by Shogakukan (via Anime News Network), who also revealed the key visual for the anime (see below). More details will be revealed at a later date. According to Viz Media (who holds the m...
If you're itching for a new Wild Arms or Shadow Hearts game in the next year or two, your prayers have been answered. Wild Bunch Productions and Yukikaze, two new game developers consisting of ex-Wild Arms and Shadow Hearts series creators & developers respectively, are teaming up via Kickstarter. The two companies are launching a Double Kic...
The seventh Disgaea mothership game is making its way onto consoles next year. Nippon Ichi Software has announced that the next major strategy RPG with all the avenues of leveling up beyond Level 99, wacky classes and monsters for your party, and demon parliament, will launch on 26 January 2023 in Japan. Based on the gameplay trailer and the ke...
Sunsoft are known not just for their awesome 90s NES titles, but also arcade games like Ikki, where you play a farmer fighting off the daimyo and his army of ninjas in pixel art shooting glory. It wasn't that good, but Japan seems very fond of the classic. Which is why Sunsoft is bringing it back as a "roguelike" called Ikki Unite. Instead of on...
It seems like PQube and KaeruPanda will release dungeon RPG Labyrinth Of Zangetsu for the PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam sometime in Q1 2023 in the west. According to retailers such as VGP and PNP Games, the listings indicate that an English version of the game is coming out. In Japan, Labyrinth Of Zangetsu is slated to release on 29 Sep...
The House of N experienced quite a bit of chaos earlier today. A small fire broke out at Nintendo's Development Center in Kyoto, Japan (via NHK), which is essentially Nintendo's Japan headquarters. Thankfully the fire was extinguished by employees, despite eight fire trucks being dispatched to the location. No one was injured or harmed, thoug...
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