KonoSuba: Fantastic Days, the smartphone game based on KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!, is teaming up with the world of Haruhi Suzumiya. The collaboration was teased with a tweet (er, an X?) from the official Fantastic Days Twitter (er, um, X?) account. The …Read more »
Steam versions were in the works for Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal and Dungeon Travelers 2-2: The Fallen Maidens & the Book of Beginnings, but the those particular release plans have officially been canceled. According to publisher Shiravune, the cancellation …Read more »
Nippon Ichi Software, the game developer behind RPG classics like Disgaea, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The company, originally founded as Prism Kikaku, started out making games for the Super Nintendo before moving onto PlayStation and other platforms. In 2003, it founded NIS America to …Read more »
Game developer and director Yuji Naka of Sonic the Hedgehog has now officially been sentenced for insider trading. To be specific, he has been found guilty of breaking the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. On July 7, a Tokyo court gave him two and a …Read more »
The globally popular game Pokémon GO is turning seven! The official website explained: “We’ve been overjoyed seeing Trainers from across the world and all walks of life come together with their passion for exploring, catching, battling, making new friends, and learning more about Pokémon over …Read more »
In recent weeks someone has been setting up explosives in Aberdeen, Maryland, worrying inhabitants. But police believe they have the man responsible, and they credit Pokémon cards for helping them crack the case. What were these explosions like? A person living in the area gave …Read more »
Atlus RPG Persona 3 is back in the spotlight thanks to the upcoming remake, Persona 3 Reload, and with it comes a brand new English dub. That dub is on display along with some footage in a new special trailer, which is also available in …Read more »
It looks like the petit king in training has an unexpected fan. Over on Google Japan’s Twitter, the company dropped an Easter egg just in time for the We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie remaster. Have you seen it yet? Google dropped some hint’s …Read more »
Good news for fans of classic JRPGs: remasters of Baten Kaitos I & II are set to hit the Switch this September 14. The games, developed by Monolith Soft and tri-Crescendo, were originally released on GameCube in 2003 and 2006, respectively. Says Nintendo: Two JRPG …Read more »
The wait is finally over for Jack Jeanne, a rhythm adventure game from developer Broccoli and Tokyo Ghoul creator Sui Ishida that offers up something fresh and exciting every time you play. The stage is your world with the launch on Nintendo Switch, and you …Read more »
Akira Toriyama’s 2000 manga SAND LAND is getting an anime movie adaptation coming out later this summer, and it was just revealed it’s also getting a video game. To be more specific, it will be an action role-playing game developed by ICLA. A trailer that’s …Read more »
We won’t know what will happen to Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator and former Square Enix employee Yuji Naka until next month, when a Japanese court’s judgment is set to be handed down for his alleged insider trading. However, Taisuke Sasaki—another former Square Enix employee who …Read more »
Stealing Pokémon cards has been a big issue lately. Just yesterday Otaku USA reported on a 25-year-old man in Tokyo being arrested for allegedly stealing about $15,000 worth of Pokémon cards from a single store. That same man admitted to the charges and has said …Read more »
Pokémon cards can go for a lot of money, and unfortunately as a result there is a problem with people stealing them, including from stores. A 25-year-old man in Tokyo just got arrested for allegedly swiping Pokémon cards worth 2.2 million yen (approximately $15,738) from …Read more »
Video game director and programmer Yuji Naka of Sonic the Hedgehog is in hot water over accusations of insider trading. Cornell Law School explains: “Insider trading is the trading of a company’s securities by individuals with access to confidential or material non-public information about the …Read more »
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