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September 05, 2023 2 min read
Typically, Nintendo Switch Online game updates come in two flavors. There are the exciting updates that bring all-time classic titles to the service. And then there are the weird updates that add a mix of obscure titles that seem to exist as curiosities at best. This month's update maybeveers closer to that second camp, but it’s such a crazy mix of games that I mostly feel confusion over any kind...
August 18, 2023 2 min read
We're still a few months away from seeing the eighth mainline entry in the Like a Dragonseries. Fortunately, it won't be long before players meet Kazuma Kiryu again in the spinoff, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. That's right, Kiryu did such a thorough job erasing his name that he goes by the unsuspecting name of "Joryu". All the while, he'll find...
June 23, 2023 1 min read
Old-school cool developer Sunsoft has announced that it is planning a crowdfunding campaign in hopes to bring three of its Japan-only Famicom releases to modern platforms. The campaign will officially launch on the Japanese crowdfunding site Campfire between July 14 - August 31.
The three titles up for rerelease are Edo-set platformer Kanshaku...
June 21, 2023 4 min read
Nintendo Directs are always chock-full of information on games coming to different regions. And while the North American Nintendo Direct had a bunch of games to show off, today's Nintendo Direct for Japan also had some surprising, intriguing games on display.
I try to make a habit of watching the Japanese Nintendo Direct after the North American one airs. For one, it's...
June 10, 2023 2 min read
There's nothing a love more for a Saturday than giving you all the good word on a particular oddity joining the Arcade Archives range — And this week's entry sees "oddity" doing some heavy lifting, as Hamster unleashes Bandai Namco's Transcendent Lovers Bella Bowman onto PS4 and Switch.
Released to the Japanese coin-op market in 1986, Transcendent Lovers Bella Bowman, (also known by...
May 11, 2023 1 min read
Publisher Koei Tecmo has announced that it is partnering with Japanese developer Akatsuki Games to produce a brand new, currently unannounced new game for Gen 9 platforms. As reported by Gematsu, this collaboration was announced in Akatsuki's recently published financial report.
No details whatsoever were offered about the new title, but we do know...
May 10, 2023 7 min read
Game marketing has sure changed in the post-internet world. And while we can be grateful for the abandonment of those weird "lad's mag" years, there's definitely something of a yearning for the well (and not-so-well)-conceived commercials of the 1980s and 1990s. This was a time when context was absolutely necessary, where no answers or information could be found via a quick...
April 26, 2023 1 min read
ININ Games, in association with Irem and Tozai Games, has announced Irem Collection Volume 1, a compilation of classic shmups from the old-school arcade developer. Currently in development for PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch, the release will include some titles which are receiving their first-ever official localization.
Irem Collection Volume 1— the first of what...
April 12, 2023 1 min read
Retro publisher Sunsoft, the studio behind 16-bit franchises such as Aero the Acro-Bat and Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel, has announced that it intends to hold its second "Sunsoft is BACK" live stream next week, featuring more information on the resurrected publisher's upcoming releases.
Sunsoft's first comeback stream, which was held in August of last...
April 03, 2023 2 min read
Veteran video game developer Konami has announced that it has opened a new studio in Osaka, Japan. The new offices, located in the Osaka Umeda Twin Towers south building, will support the developer in its efforts both grow and endure over the coming decades.
"Konami Osaka Studio is a developmental relocation of the existing studio and comes with the concept of 'Creators First'", ...
March 28, 2023 2 min read
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has offered its official approval to Microsoft for its proposed purchase of publisher Activision Blizzard. The approval puts Microsoft one step closer to completing the $68.7 billion USD sale, which was first announced in January 2022.
The JFTC published its findings yesterday in a 48-page report, wherein the regulatory body states...
March 27, 2023 1 min read
At this weekend's AnimeJapan 2023 expo, publisher Bandai Namco announced a slight rebranding of its upcoming mech adventure, Synduality, which will now be titled Synduality: Echo of Ada. The third-person action RPG is currently in development for PC and Gen 9 consoles.
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