If the IBM-sponsored Sword Art Online: The Beginning virtual reality project has piqued your interest, you'll be happy to know that there's plenty more footage of the alpha test and how it all works. DAISUKI.net has a full report online in the form of a …Read more »
Koei Tecmo announced plans to bring the latest RPG in the Atelier series, Atelier Sophie: Alchemist of the Mysterious Book , to the west this June. It's set to launch physically and digitally on PlayStation 4, with a digital-only release planned for PS Vita. North …Read more »
For the first time, a Japanese court has ruled computer-generated images can be considered child pornography, sentencing a creator of such images to a one-year prison term, says Tokyo Reporter. The court rejected the defense’s claims that the works were art and simply representations. Akashi …Read more »
About 95% of directors of so-called eroge, or erotic Japanese video games, throw in the towel, and 10% of those within a week of getting the job, says Akabeisoft 2 president Kei Mimasu. Mimasu shared those and other interesting stats in a series of tweets …Read more »
Bandai Namco is bringing the next Sword Art Online game, Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization , to PlayStation 4 and PS Vita in the west this year. This time around the story, which was written in collaboration with original author Reki Kawahara, brings back everyone's …Read more »
As we reported a couple weeks back, IBM Japan is hard at work at bringing Sword Art Online to life with a virtual reality MMO called Sword Art Online: The Beginning . Some more information and photos came out at an event this weekend, along …Read more »
It always sucks to be second banana. Tokyo’s immediate neighbor, Saitama, hardly ever gets a break in the Japanese psyche, seemingly condemned to be a punchline – sometimes literally, as in the case of One Punch Man ’s comically bland protagonist. Some of our more …Read more »
Following their Fairy Tail mobile collaboration, Funimation is teaming up once again with GameSamba and NGames Interactive Limited to work with Kodansha on an officially-licensed Attack on Titan mobile game. The game will be available for iOS and Android devices in all major English markets …Read more »
Funimation is teaming up with GameSamba and NGames Interactive Limited to work with Kodansha on an officially licensed Fairy Tail mobile game. The game will be developed and published in multiple languages worldwide, with an iOS and Android release planned for the end of 2016. …Read more »
Sword Art Online fans might finally be able to live their fantasy of entering the virtual MMO's world thanks to IBM Japan's recently-revealed Sword Art Online: The Beginning . While the virtual reality project likely won't have a harsh death penalty for failing, it plans …Read more »
Koei Tecmo are getting set to release their new Attack on Titan video game next week, and to promote the game, they’ve released a video with none other than Mikasa’s voice actress Yui Ishikawa tacking a crack at it. Ishikawa actually gets playing at about …Read more »
They said they wouldn’t. But now they have. Miitomo, Nintendo’s first smartphone app, will hit smart phones in March, says Wired. Nintendo will also launch its new My Nintendo service globally around the same time. Miitomo uses Nintendo’s Mii avatars and is described as a …Read more »
It’s been a long time coming, but Cave has finally begun porting their world-famous danmaku shooters to PC through Steam. Mushihimesama, brought to us through Cave and localization company Degica, marks a significant milestone in the increasing availability of niche Japanese titles on PC. We’ve …Read more »
Japanese SRPGs are an extremely common sight on handheld consoles like the 3DS, and even more so from publisher Atlus. That's why imageepoch's Stella Glow feels so familiar. It takes several pages from well-read books littered throughout the genre but still manages to weave a …Read more »
Bandai Namco set a concrete release date for One Piece: Burning Blood . The brawler is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PS Vita in the Americas on May 31, with a Brazilian release to follow on June 3. There's also a PC version …Read more »
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