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Nintendo’s attorney weighs in on what makes emulators illegal
At the Tokyo eSports Festa 2025 held from January 10 to 12, Nintendo participated in a joint lecture hosted by Japan’s Association of Copyright for Computer ...
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Should developers be making the games they want or the games the industry needs? Masahiro Sakurai shares his insight
Super Smash Bros. and Kirby series creator Masahiro Sakurai recently gave an in-depth interview for Japan’s Nikkei x TREND. When asked about the precarious balance creators need to maintain between ...
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Japanese Steam page drops term “samurai” from Yasuke’s description
Following last week’s postponement of Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ release from February 14 to March 20, Ubisoft updated the game’s Steam page accordingly. However, for the Japanese page alone, it seems ...
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Marvel Rivals will be releasing a new hero every few weeks, director reveals
To capitalize on Marvel Rivals’ recent success, NetEase Games plans to continuously add new content to keep things fresh. One of these important pieces is the inclusion of new heroes to the playable ...
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Street Fighter 2 designer and other Capcom veterans working on new battle game under shmup dev Cave
Japanese game company Cave, best known for their bullet hell shooters like DoDonPachi and Mushihimesama, revealed more about a new in-development project involving well known creatives like ex-Capcom ...
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Dynasty Warriors: Origins dominates Steam rankings in Japan
Dynasty Warriors: Origins is only out in early access, but it’s already making waves throughout the gaming world. As of January 14, Omega Force’s upcoming reboot has become the top-selling game on ...
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Bullet hell shooter dev Cave sees gaming sector profits decline but anticipates upturn
Japanese game company Cave, known primarily for their shmups like the DoDonPachi and Deathsmiles series, announced their results for the first half of the financial year (from June to November 2024) ...
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Japanese game companies’ hiring power has suddenly declined, according to industry recruitment agency
Silicon Studio, a company that provides HR services for major Japanese developers, reported on January 14 that revenue from their recruitment sector has fallen sharply due to game companies suddenly ...
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Danganronpa’s fans were “accomplices” in the creation of the controversial V3, says series creator
Having launched on January 12 back in 2017, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony recently celebrated its 8 th anniversary. In response to the occasion, the Danganronpa franchise’s creator Kazutaka Kodaka ...
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Dynasty Warriors: Origins post-launch updates and future DLC: What to expect?
Dynasty Warriors: Origins’ release is right around the corner, with the standard edition scheduled to launch on January 17, and the early access version becoming playable starting January 14. In a ...
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Street Fighter 6: Mai Shiranui’s backstory involves a deep infatuation with Terry Bogard’s brother and some light stalking
According to a Capcom dev blog posted on Steam, Mai travels to Metro City hoping to find Andy Bogard – Terry Bogard’s younger brother. Her infatuation with the young ninja spurs her search and on the ...
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Super Mario Party Jamboree tops Japan game charts for 8th week; exceeds 1 million sales
After an eventful holiday season, Nintendo’s Super Mario Party Jamboree once again tops Famitsu’s list of physical game sales in Japan. The sales period, which ran from December 23, 2024 to January 5, ...