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Astro Bot developers excited for Naughty Dog’s new IP Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
It was a big surprise when Astro Bot won the Game of The Year award at The Game Awards 2024 earlier this December. But just as Team Asobi was flabbergasted about their game winning, they were shocked ...
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Automaton West’s top 5 most bizarre moments of 2024
To finish up 2024, we decided to look back on some of the weirder news from this year. Here are five of the oddest incidents that we had the pleasure of reporting on in 2024. We would like to wish all ...
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Masahiro Shindo, the secret hero who propped up Nintendo’s console development from the NES through to the Nintendo Switch
If you were asked to name the creator of the Famicom (NES), who would come to mind first? Was it Masayuki Uemura, who was in charge of development? Or perhaps the President of Nintendo Hiroshi ...
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Speculation about Project Century so far is all wrong, RGG Studio head says
During a December 26 broadcast on the official RGG Studio YouTube channel, studio director Masayoshi Yokoyama made new comments about the recently announced Project Century (as reported by GamesTalk).
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Pokémon was Japan’s most powerful entertainment brand in 2024, according to study
This week, it was revealed that Pokémon took the top spot in a ranking of Japan’s most wide-reaching entertainment brands in the year 2024. The ranking is based on a comprehensive domestic study ...
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2024 review of major Japanese game companies’ performance
As 2024 comes to a close, here is an overview of how some of Japan’s major game companies have performed this year. Please note that these summaries are not comprehensive and mostly focus on each ...
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Nihon Falcom is remaking the Trails series to battle its growing reputation as a “niche” franchise, according to president
Nihon Falcom recently announced that Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, a full 3D remake of the Trails’ series first entry, will be getting a simultaneous worldwide release in 2025 on PS5, Switch and ...
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RGG Studio’s director says the good thing about Sega is that they go beyond “safe” game projects, accepting the possibility of failure
Despite having Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii and Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O lined up for the beginning of 2025, Sega’s RGG Studio announced at TGS 2024 that it has two other big projects in the ...
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Atlus’ approach to making Persona games is akin to “giving users deadly poison wrapped in a sweet coating,” according to producer
At the CEDEC+KYUSHU 2024 developers’ conference held in Japan on November 23, 2024, Persona series creative producer Kazuhisa Wada held a presentation about various aspects of the franchise, including ...
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The Exit 8 live-action movie adaptation announced
On December 27, Toei announced that a movie adaptation of hit Japanese indie game The Exit 8 will be coming out sometime in 2025. Made by Japanese solo developer Kotake Create, The Exit 8 is a walking ...
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MR ELEVATOR devs reveal how they combined digital and analogue inspirations to make the award-winning surreal puzzle game
Gift Ten Industry recently launched an official website for their upcoming puzzle-solving adventure game MR ELEVATOR. The website (in Japanese) gives insight into the development of this award-winning ...
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Elin update lets you force all NPCs to wear panties with new ordinance
Japanese indie developer LaFrontier has been consistently updating the Early Access version of sandbox RPG Elin (playable on Steam). The latest Elin update (EA23.67) adds various stability fixes and ...