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By Jonathan Toyad|December 27, 2024|0 Comment
We've reached the end of 2024, and it's a stacked year for video games. Not so much good going on for the industry what with layoffs and all, but there's a ton of product of high quality full of effort being put in by the best artists, designers, coders, musicians, and many more professionals. In this special end-of-year video, we highlight the ...
By Jonathan Toyad|November 27, 2024|0 Comment
Yacht Club Games has announced a live orchestra concert performance featuring the awesome music of 2D platformer Shovel Knight. The concert is called Shovel Knight Live: Steel Thy Concert! and is an epic celebration of the game's 10-year tenure using live and orchestra renditions of its chiptune music. "Our live orchestral and rock ensemble wil...
By Alleef Ashaari|October 14, 2024|0 Comment
Apple has announced a groundbreaking new lineup of AirPods models and features. The new AirPods 4 are the most advanced and comfortable headphones Apple has ever created with an open-ear design, and today, customers can choose between two distinct models: AirPods 4 and AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC). AirPods Max now comes in midnigh...
By Jonathan Toyad|January 6, 2024|0 Comment
2023 is done and over with. We've had awesome games and great films/TV shows to watch. So it's no surprise that 2023 came with its slew of magical video game music. As per tradition in Kakuchopurei, we've created a special video where we highlight the best video game soundtracks of 2023. These range from your blockbusters to your indie fares usi...
By Jonathan Toyad|June 1, 2023|0 Comment
One of the best video game festivals that blends gaming and music together like a beautiful hyper combo will be coming back again next year. Super MAGFest 2024 will be returning to National Harbor, MD, in the USA from 18 January to 21 January; that's a weekend's worth of 24/7 gaming, partying, and music concert festivities combined. This time, t...
By Jonathan Toyad|May 20, 2023|0 Comment
Puzzle game Humanity, which is about you controlling a dog who is leading a stream of human beings to a door using the power of turning, floating, jumping, and weaponry, has a very unique soundtrack. Composed by Jemapur, the OST features a lot of instrumental, experimental, and ambient electronica tunes rolled into one. And you can check it out rig...
By Jonathan Toyad|March 6, 2023|0 Comment
It's not every day you get to work on the main inspiration of your hit search action title with the roguelike twist to it. Dead Cells creator Motion Twin did just that with its new DLC dubbed Return To Castlevania, where they worked with Konami to create a fun Dead Cells roguelike experience with new Castlevania biomes that entertain. The best p...
By Kakuchopurei|January 6, 2023|0 Comment
On 4 January 2023, Creative Technology founder Sim Wong Hoo passed away. He was 67. Sim founded the Singapore-based tech company in 1981 and has spearheaded the company since the beginning. For those who don’t know, Creative Technology is well-known for its Sound Blaster sound cards, wireless speakers, headphones, and even fancy soundbars. But...
By Jonathan Toyad|October 10, 2022|0 Comment
While the Nintendo Live livestream is in Japanese, there's at least one element that transcends language barriers: the element of song. At the end of the Nintendo Live 2022 in Tokyo, Japan, Nintendo had two special live hologram acts: Animal Crossing's DJ KK Paradise Mix concert and Splatoon 3's Deep Cut and the in-house band. Basically, perfect...
By Jonathan Toyad|July 11, 2022|0 Comment
Here's further proof that YouTube's copyright strike system can be abused when not fully checked. Recently, about close to 24 hours ago, YouTube took down two popular live-streaming music videos from YouTube channel Lofi Girl: "lofi hip hop radio -beats to relax/study to" and "beats to sleep/chill to". If you've been on YouTube and listening to ...
By Jonathan Toyad|June 10, 2022|0 Comment
Capcom just published a couple of Street Fighter 6 character music themes on its official website (via Fighting Game Anniversaries). Luke's track is called "Taking Aim" and it's a remix of his Street Fighter 5 theme but with a more hip-hop slow BPM flair with huge emphasis on bass. https://twitter.com/FGAnniversaries/status/153506066271136155...
By Jonathan Toyad|April 17, 2022|0 Comment
This year's music festival Coachella 2022 has a few surprises for video game fans, especially those who love Kingdom Hearts. During the Rising88 segment featuring international artists like 2NE1, renowned Japanese singer Utada Hikaru sang "Simple and Clean" and "Face My Fears" from the Kingdom Hearts series. The first track is from the first Kin...
By Jonathan Toyad|January 28, 2022|0 Comment
Persona 5 and Persona 5 Strikers' soundtrack is bright and cool thanks in large parts to the vocal croonings of singer Lyn Inaizumi, or just Lyn. Now, you can add Sonic The Hedgehog 3's continue theme to the long list of covers made better with Lyn's vocals. The Sonic The Hedgehog YouTube channel just posted a jazz rendition of the Sonic The Hed...
By Jonathan Toyad|January 27, 2022|0 Comment
To celebrate the Mana RPG series' 30th anniversary, Square Enix will be hosting an orchestra concert on 3 Aprili 2022. The concert will take place physically at the Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra will perform tracks from the Mana series during the show. Original composers Kenji Ito, Hiroki Kikuta, and Yoko S...
By Jonathan Toyad|November 23, 2021|0 Comment
Square Enix has opened up pre-orders for a Chrono Trigger jazz arrangement album in Japan. It was bound to happen, given the love everyone has for Chrono Trigger. The new album is the fifth in the Square Enix Jazz album series, which so far have been top-notch stuff featuring great arrangements for SaGa and Final Fantasy's music. The album costs...
By Jonathan Toyad|October 4, 2021|0 Comment
Tokyo Game Show 2021 was not only a hotbed of new game information, reveals, and standout publisher debuts, but also a great online music celebration. From Square Enix to Sega, each notable video game company has arranged their own timeslot for a 40-minute-or-so live music performance featuring their respective game tunes. In a time when it's ha...
By Jonathan Toyad|September 17, 2021|1 Comment
Veteran music maker and Halo/Destiny composer Marty O'Donnell has been ordered to pay Bungie US$100,000 in legal fees after being found in contempt of court. According to a Eurogamer report, the ex-Bungie employee has been sharing musical sketches, variations, and full compositions on YouTube and Bandcamp; the latter can have its listeners donat...
By Jonathan Toyad|July 28, 2021|0 Comment
Remember all that awesome video game music playing in the background during the Tokyo Olympics 2020? Did you also notice the absence of Nintendo music like the Super Mario Bros. theme and other familiar jingles? There's a reason for that: Nintendo was supposed to be a part of the Tokyo Olympics 2020, but they backed out at the last moment accord...
By Jonathan Toyad|July 24, 2021|0 Comment
The greatest video game music concert and expo in the world, MAGFest, is making an offline comeback early next year. After a year-plus of dealing with the pandemic, certain countries are slowly allowing outdoor expos and festivals to operate. Super MAGFest will occur on 6th January through the 9th (PST) in 2022 at the Gaylord National Resort in ...
By Jonathan Toyad|July 23, 2021|0 Comment
Update: added in videos of the opening ceremony with the orchestra music playing in the background. How far have we come when it comes to video game tunes, eh? To celebrate Japan's culture and heritage during the Tokyo Olympics 2020 Opening Ceremony, the orchestra in charge will play classic and iconic video game tunes as the teams from all o...
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