Today was POKÉMON DAY! That made it the perfect day for a new Pokémon Direct presentation. The Pokémon Company International is expanding upon the success of 2022’s Pokémon Legends: Arceus with a new entry in the series titled Pokémon Legends: Z-A. This time around the …Read more »
Nintendo’s next console, sometimes referred to in the press as the “Switch 2,” had been rumored to launch during this year’s holiday period. But it’s now reported that the console will instead debut in the first quarter of 2025. This hasn’t been confirmed by Nintendo, …Read more »
Fans have been clamoring for an official English release of the original Fate/stay night visual novel, and they’ll finally be getting it two decades later. TYPE-MOON held a Fate/stay night 20th Anniversary live stream today, taking the opportunity to reveal Fate/stay night REMASTERED for Nintendo …Read more »
Following up on the opening movie in December, we now have a global launch date for SPY x ANYA: Operation Memories. The Anya-centric SPY x FAMILY game will hit PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch in Asia on June 27, followed by a worldwide …Read more »
Nukitashi, the adult visual novel from publisher Shiravune and developer Qruppo, is getting the anime treatment. Details are scant so far (such as if the anime, like the game, will be for adults only) but we’ve got an announcement video and key art. The game, …Read more »
In a move that is almost certainly unprecedented, the global launch date and end of service date for the new Love Live! mobile game were announced in a single tweet. The game in question is Love Live! School idol festival 2 MIRACLE LIVE!, and many …Read more »
If you’ve been paying even a little attention to games in the past week or so, you’ve likely noticed how Palworld has dominated Steam since its debut in Early Access. Often billed as “Pokémon with Guns” by others outside of the devs at Pocketpair, the …Read more »
The Final Fantasy VII Remake project’s second game, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, is scheduled to come out on February 29, or “Leap Day.” Ahead of this, two versions of the same one-minute trailer have been released. One is in English, and the other is in …Read more »
On the first day of the year, Japan suffered a major magnitude 7.6 earthquake, referred to as the Noto Peninsula earthquake. About 100 people are reported to have died as a result of the quake, and rescue efforts continue. Several big names in otaku culture …Read more »
Nintendo is getting ready to bring a pair of classic Game Boy Advance RPGs to its Nintendo Switch Online service. The latest addition is the duology of Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age, both of which will be available to everyone who has …Read more »
Last month we saw an awesome anime short promoting the SPY x FAMILY CODE: White collaboration with Street Fighter 6, but Yor Forger and Chun-Li aren’t done fighting yet. The collab is officially live along with a new trailer, this time taking the fight in-game …Read more »
Video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto turned 71 in November, but according to an interview with The Guardian, he has no plans to retire. “More so than retiring, I’m thinking about the day I fall over,” he said in an interview that took more than a …Read more »
The SPY×FAMILY franchise has a lot going on! The second season just wrapped up, the original movie SPY x FAMILY CODE: White hit Japanese theaters and is dominating the box office there, and the game SPYxANYA: Operation Memories came out in Japan. The game is …Read more »
In addition to the new Blue Exorcist anime, a new game is officially in the works for Kazue Kato’s series. Aniplex revealed AlternaWelt: Blue Exorcist Gaiden as a 3D action-RPG that’s currently in the works for PC, iOS and Android, targeting a summer 2024 launch …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Aksys Games As the year winds to a close, everyone is ushering out their best-of lists for 2023. One would be remiss not to mention a true standout from the past year in Jack Jeanne, a dramatic adventure from the mind of Tokyo …Read more »
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