The intense martial arts action of the Baki anime—based on the manga by Keisuke Itagaki—is officially making the leap to mobile devices. A new game was revealed to mark the occasion of the series’s 30th anniversary, and Baki: King of Souls is set to launch …Read more »
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, another major event for the year has made the decision to forego in-person plans. The Entertainment Software Association announced plans to cancel the in-person version of E3 2022, citing the pandemic and the continued strain being placed on the industry …Read more »
Fans have been eagerly waiting for the information on Final Fantasy XVI that was supposed to come in 2021. It still hasn’t arrived, but, like many things, it’s been delayed because of COVID and is not the fault of the people working on it. Producer …Read more »
Are Pokémon cards getting so expensive in Japan that they’ve become investments for adults and are out of the reach of kids, their primary targeted audience? Those are concerns raised by journalist Yuki Takahashi and published in the English edition of the Japanese paper The …Read more »
Over in Japan there’s currently a limited time sale going on for Final Fantasy VII Remake and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade. As part of the promotion for this, Square Enix released a video that looks like a news report, telling us that Red XIII …Read more »
Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist series is coming to life in the form of a free-to-play mobile game, which was recently announced for summer 2022 in Japan. The game will be available on iOS and Android devices, and from the looks of it, it seems to …Read more »
So many people want to play the Endwalker expansion that it’s become congested. Naoki Yoshida, the producer and director of Final Fantasy XIV, put out a lengthy statement about what’s going on. “We apologize for the ongoing congestion that has been occurring since Early Access …Read more »
Now that Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl are out in the wild, it’s time to turn our full attention to Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It’s fitting, since Arceus is set in the Hisui region, which is Diamond and Pearl‘s Sinnoh region around a hundred …Read more »
You may call yourself a gamer, but how much of that gaming to you do in a Hello Kitty chair? Probably none! You can change that in the near future thanks to a collaboration between Razer and Hello Kitty and Friends, which includes a branded …Read more »
Keiichiro Toyama of Silent Hill and Siren departed from Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Studio last year, along with Kazunobu Sato and Junya Okura. The three of them founded Bokeh Game Studio, and a trailer has been released for its debut game, Slitterhead. Slitterhead is a …Read more »
The PlayStation®Partner Awards 2021 have announced their winners for the Partner Award, the Special Award, and the Grand Award. Each category had several winners. These awards were previously known as the PlayStation Awards, but debuted the new title PlayStation Partner Awards last year. Sony explained …Read more »
We already know how popular the Umamusume: Pretty Derby mobile game is. It topped Twitter hashtags in Japan for the year back in August, and now it’s getting more accolades thanks to Google Japan. The Google Play Best of 2021 awards were revealed this week, …Read more »
Coly’s mobile otome game Promise of Wizard is celebrating its second anniversary in style thanks to a new commercial produced by WIT Studio (Attack on Titan, Ranking of Kings). Voice actor Takashi Kondo—AKA Oz, the strongest wizard in the story—narrates the clip, which shows off …Read more »
When you have someone like Bowser stomping around, you’re putting your entire park at risk. While it’s unclear who’s to blame in this instance, Super Nintendo World at Osaka’s Universal Studios Japan closed today—despite it being a holiday period that would normally bring in a …Read more »
Who is Ed Sheeran’s favorite Pokémon? It’s Squirtle, who’s all about wearing sunglasses for the special collaboration going on between the pop star and the pop culture sensation Pokémon GO. “A Special Ed Sheeran performance will be available through the Pokémon GO app,” Pokémon GO …Read more »
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