This week’s Shonen Jump came with an exciting announcement for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba fans: The popular manga and anime will be getting a PS4 game next year. Entitled Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hinokami Chifūtan, the game will be published by Aniplex. It’s described as …Read more »
A former video game world champion from Japan has turned to burglary. Tomoyuki Inui, 33, better known to the gaming world as Katsuninken, has been arrested for breaking into the residence of a 84-year-old woman and stealing 2.6 million yen, says Tokyo Reporter. Upon questioning, …Read more »
Okay, so we don’t exactly know Square Enix, the folks behind Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, for small-scale projects. Still, this is some interesting news. Square Enix has announced the development of a “large-scale HD title” as a “new challenge” for the company. It’ll be …Read more »
Earlier this month Bandai Namco announced Seto Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh! as the first of nine DLC characters in JUMP FORCE. He’ll be getting in on the action in May along with two characters that have yet to be revealed, and you can see the first …Read more »
One of the bonuses for new open-world action game One Piece: World Seeker is a piece of DLC called The Phantom Remedy. A notable feature is the ability to visit a hot spring, in which players can hang out with swimsuit-clad versions of the series’ …Read more »
Steins;Gate (which turns 10 this year!) takes place in Chiyoda, one of Tokyo’s 23 wards and the home of Akihabara, which we suspect you may have heard of. Anyway, if for some reason you were planning a trip to Tokyo and didn’t have Chiyoda in …Read more »
Square Enix kicked off a new series of Inside Final Fantasy video features, starting with classic PSone entry Final Fantasy IX. The in-depth look includes interviews with producer Shinji Hashimoto, artist Toshiyuki Itahana, event designer Kazuhiko Aoki, and event planner Nobuaki Komoto, so see what …Read more »
Kill la Kill: IF, the first game based on Kill la Kill, finally has a release date. IF there are no delays, the game will launch on PS4, Switch and PC July 26 in Japan, North America and Europe. Hardcore Kill la Kill fans might …Read more »
A Certain Magical Virtual-On is a crossover between the A Certain Magical Index franchise and Sega’s Cyber Troopers Virtual-On series of twin-stick mech brawlers. The game launched on PS4 and PS Vita in Japan on February 15 of last year, but Sega recently announced plans …Read more »
When your claim to fame involves using a ton of smartphones to play Pokémon Go, a mobile phone company is bound to express some interest. That’s what happened to Taiwan’s Chen San-yuan, AKA the Pokémon Go grandpa who went viral last year for using nine …Read more »
Do you have a running list of upcoming video games you’re looking forward to? Whether you keep one out of habit or haven’t even thought about what’s in store for future releases, Japanese gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu regularly ranks its most wanted games. The latest …Read more »
Here’s a humdinger of a number to kick off your week. According to a Sensor Tower report, players of mobile game Fate/Grand Order have spent over $3 billion worldwide on the game since its launch. Now that‘s some successful gacha. The free-to-play game launched back …Read more »
Publisher Mighty Craft recently brought Sega Saturn game Super Real Mahjong PV to Switch in Japan, but it seems the event scenes that feature nudity weren’t adequately censored. As a result, Nintendo pulled the game from the Switch eShop. Mighty Craft issued a notice about …Read more »
What’s the one key component missing from the insanely popular battle royale genre? Whether it’s Fortnite, PUBG, or current FPS flavor of the day Apex Legends, none of them have music and sound effects from Dragon Ball Z! This may seem like an obvious omission, but …Read more »
If you know how strict Japan’s illegal drug laws are, you might not be too surprised to learn about the fallout from actor and musician Pierre Taki’s recent arrest. The co-founder of Denki Groove’s latest acting role had him voicing a yakuza in Judgment—AKA Judge …Read more »
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