Sony is really hammering the themed sales events as of late. There's the Essential Picks sale that just started Wednesday. Before that, there was the Critics' Choice sale and the Remasters and Retro sale -- the latter of which just wra...

The old-school arcade-heads at Taito have announced that classic shmup collection Darius Cozmic Collection will be available to download on PS4 (via the Japanese PSN store) on March 5.The Darius Cozmic Collection will be available in two fo...

If there's one (of many) elements that makes Nintendo's Legend of Zelda series so utterly enduring, it's the games' beautiful scores, which embody the spirit of dangerous adventure without ever losing the natural charm of the Zelda universe...

NIS America will release a localised demo for its retro-remake Langrisser I & II today. The demo, expected to be an English-language version of the previously released Japanese demo, is live on PS4 and Nintendo Switch, ahead of the game...

It's been at least six or so days since I got to write about a Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers video, and frankly, I was starting to get cold sweats. Fortunately, Atlus has come through with what is the musou-like's third official ...

Platinum Games, the studio behind such wild action titles as Bayonetta and NieR: Automata, has revealed that it will be making a "major" announcement next week. The mysterious news will drop in the February 27 issue of Japanese publication ...

There has been a long-standing disparity between the quality of Switch Online in Japan and the rest of the world. Sure, it's mostly subtle. For a while, Japan typically got an extra NES game each month with their subscription. They also per...

Every once in a while, the retro fans over at Hamster bust out a title that really, really winds the clock back. This week's release is an excellent example, as one of SNK's first-ever games, Sasuke vs. Commander, returns on PS4 and Nintend...

In case you aren't familiar with M2, you should probably get acquainted. The Japanese developer has partnered with Sega for some of the best retro re-releases to date, but they also break out of that comfort zone to craft new games based on...

This weekend saw Wonder Festival 2020 take place in Japan, with multiple memorabilia manufacturers in attendance up to show off their incoming products, all vying for the hard-earned cash of collectors everywhere. Leading the charge this ye...

After several false starts, it appears that everybody's favourite swingin' news reporter Ulala is, at long last, ready to bring you the hot scoops once again. Sega has confirmed that Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash! will finally ...

Publisher Atlus has released its annual customer survey in its home territory of Japan, which this year includes a new and tantalising question specifically asking which Atlus releases fans would like to see ported to the Switch platform.Th...

Publisher Cygames released its luscious-looking Granblue: Fantasy Versus in Japan this week, and the spin-off fighter has had a ring-rocking start, having sold over 150,000 copies in its first two days of release. This number beats out the ...

Izanagi Games has revealed a price and release date for Death Come True, the mystery adventure game developed by Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka. The peculiar FMV title will launch in Japan in June, for the budget price of ¥1,900 (o...

Atlus, who can't go two sleeps without releasing another video, has dropped a brand new trailer for its upcoming Persona 5 Scramble, this time focusing on mysterious new character Zenkichi Hasegawa... Yeah, I know they've already done that,...

Japanese Persona fans now have the opportunity to check out Atlus' upcoming hack 'n' slash title Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers, thanks to a new demo that has popped up the digital stores for both PS4 and Nintendo Switch.The demo ...

Atlus has released a new trailer for its upcoming musou-like Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers, which launches on PS4 and Nintendo Switch in Japan later this month.The video tasks The Phantom Thieves' totes-adorbs navigator, Futaba S...

[Update: It's out now in Japan, if you're able to pick up a copy of Yochien. The Poke Times Twitter account has a wonderful little video showcasing a sumo match between Eevee and Pikachu using the new remote control Labo feature. This thing...

According to French film website Allocine, director Christophe Gans is currently working on two new movie adaptations: one based on Konami's fog-fest Silent Hill and another focused on Japan's ghoulish series Project Zero/Fatal Frame.In a t...

Umihara Kawase is just one of those series that I'm happy to see pop up every now and then.  It's been around since 1994 (!) and manages to sell just enough on whatever platform it can get its hands on to stay around. Its most recent v...

Sega has released the first trailer for its upcoming anime Shin Sakura Wars the Animation, which will bring the mech-based combat and interpersonal drama of the video game series blazing onto Japanese screens this April.Although only a scan...

Mari Mobility has gained a bit of fame in the past few years for its ridiculous business model: Dressing people in costumes of well-known Nintendo characters and sending them go-karting through the streets of Japan. It has been dubbed "real...

Capcom is bringing a brand new Monster Hunter spin-off title to mobile platforms in Japan later this year. Monster Hunter Riders will be a free-to-play title that will take players on an exciting journey through the lands of Felgia, packed ...

I'm going to spend entirely too long tuning my Nioh 2 character. That's just the way it is. If you'd rather embark on the yokai-busting adventure sooner than later, you may want to pick a preset character. Last year, Team Ninja held a conte...

The Nintendo Wii had a really good run. Released at the tail-end of 2006 the ripples of that little waggle machine can still be felt today, and the thing just refused to die. Remember, Ubisoft released Just Dance 2020 on the Wii just a few ...