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Plus: Granblue Fantasy, Persona 3 go out big on Steam!
2.2.2024
Some giant starts for Japanese games, and lots more on the hottest new/upcoming games
Final Fantasy Creator On Why He Thinks ‘Quality’ Japanese Games Saw A Brief Drop
15.3.2023
While Japanese games of varying genres are enjoying success these days, the 2000s and 2010s weren’t as kind, especially in Western markets. Since then, there’s been a lot of speculation as to why Japanese games struggled during these years, often from westerners themselves, with some pointing...
The Best NES Game Turns 30 Years Old Today
31.1.2022
January 31, 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of a fantastic Sunsoft platformer known as Gimmick, released for the Famicom all the way back in 1992. Excuse me while I spend a few paragraphs gushing about it.Read more
Suikoden’s Last Untranslated Game Is Finally Playable In English
12.10.2021
Thanks to a recent fan translation of a nine-year-old PlayStation Portable game, every installment of the Suikoden role-playing franchise is now playable in English.Read more
Super Monkey Ball x Jet Set Radio Crossover Is Like A Tasty Peanut Butter Cup
4.8.2021
Jet Set Radio protagonist Beat will appear in the upcoming Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania as a playable character, Sega announced this morning.Read more
Bizarre Scarlet Nexus Shadow Glitch Gets Fixed
9.7.2021
A recent Scarlet Nexus update revealed that Bandai Namco’s stylish action RPG wasn’t rendering character and enemy shadows on PC if it was being played in several non-English languages. Even the biggest video games are technical marvels held together by hopes, dreams, and duct tape, but this takes...
Super Monkey Ball Trilogy Remasters Coming In October
15.6.2021
Coming October 5 to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch and PC, Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania is an HD remaster of the first three games in Sega’s beloved primate-rolling series. Read more
Neo: The World Ends With You Returns To Shibuya July 27
9.4.2021
It took nearly 14 years, but the long-awaited sequel to 2007 action RPG The World Ends With You is right around the corner. Neo: The World Ends With You launches for PlayStation 4 and Switch on July 27, setting a new cast of characters, as well as some familiar faces, loose on the 3D streets...
Konami Closes 16 Of Its Sports Clubs In Japan Due To Covid-19
24.3.2021
In Japan, Konami doesn’t only make video games. It also has a major chain of sports clubs. Gyms have been hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic, and Konami has to shutter a number of its locations.Read more
Scarlet Nexus Out June 25, Anime To Follow
18.3.2021
Scarlet Nexus, the “brain punk” action role-playing game from Bandai Namco, will come out on June 25. It’ll be available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC. Read more
Stadia Exclusive Super Bomberman R Online Is Coming To PC And Consoles So People Can Play It
16.3.2021
Launched exclusively on Stadia on September 1, Super Bomberman R Online is all the explosive cartoon fun of Super Bomberman R plus a 64-player online battle royale mode that plays out across multiple game boards. Today Konami announced the game is coming soon to consoles and PC with crossplay,...
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
29.1.2021
This weekend is for calling up your broker on their day off and asking them to explain all this Gamestop nonsense. It’s also about going to the big city and practicing your alchemy skills in really short shorts. Read more