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Tango Gameworks will continue to make unique games after acquisition by Krafton, lead devs confirm
In the interview, Tango Gameworks’ studio head Colin Mack, creative director John Johanas and development director Kazuaki Egashira talked about the Japan-based studio’s approach to creating new IP ...
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Dead or Alive Venus Vacation Prism minigames will include Hand-push Sumo and Water Splashing with the girls
While Venus Vacation Prism –Dead or Alive Xtreme–is a dating sim at heart, it will also have its fair share of minigames to keep players engaged. During some episodes, players will be able to engage ...
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Japan’s first fairly-trained certified AI image generation model is released, with the concept of a cute VTuber at art school
Mitsua Likes does not use any existing AI models as its foundation and is trained only on images that have been explicitly authorized or are verified public domain. It is not trained on AI-generated ...
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Devil May Cry and Final Fantasy 15-inspired action RPG Lost Soul Aside to release in 2025
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that Ultizero Games’ action RPG Lost Soul Aside will be coming out in 2025 for PC and PS5. A new trailer for the game was also revealed. Lost Soul Aside is an ...
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter to get a simultaneous worldwide release on Switch, PS5 and Steam in 2025
Nihon Falcom have just announced that The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 1 st Chapter will be getting a simultaneous worldwide release in 2025 on PS5, Switch and Steam. They also released a new ...
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Japanese convenience store gives Donkey Kong Country Returns HD buyers a real banana
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is coming to the Switch on January 16, 2025. As part of their campaign for the title, Japanese convenience store Lawsons is offering customers who purchase and apply for ...
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More Than Just Game Debugging
Pole to Win is known as a leader in Japan’s debugging industry, but that’s not all they do. The company exhibited at Tokyo Game Show 2024 (TGS 2024) in September under the tagline of “More Than Just ...
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Helltaker creator addresses the large amount of NSFW fan content the game has inspired
In the promotion video for his new ghost dating sim/ management game Awaria, Lukasz Piskorz (also known by his online handle “vanripper”) started off by talking about the success of his previous demon ...
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Pokémon cards are so valuable that criminals are using them to launder dirty money, Japanese media reports
It’s no secret that certain rare Pokémon cards are commanding increasingly high prices at auction. However, in recent years, it’s not only collectors that are on the hunt for powerful, foil-embossed ...
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Upcoming bishoujo game gets particularly heavy censorship in Japanese PlayStation release due to tightened regulations
Entergram have announced that their bishoujo dating sim Seifuku Kanojo 2 will be coming to Nintendo Switch and PS4 in January. However, the official X account has revealed that some changes had to be ...
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Is Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX set in the Universal Century or in an alternate timeline? Gundam fans uncover clues about the new anime’s setting
People were excited when Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, the anime franchise’s sixteenth mainline installment, was announced during the Gundam Conference Winter 2024 earlier this December. Co-produced ...
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Sony to become Kadokawa’s largest shareholder in new co-operative business alliance
On December 19, Sony announced that it has formed a new business alliance with Kadokawa. As part of this agreement, Sony is set to become Kadokawa’s largest shareholder on January 7, 2025, owning 10% ...