According to figures in Japanese publication Famitsu, Nintendo's Pokémon Sword and Shield sold a total of 1,364,544 combined physical copies during the first three days of release, including boxed releases, download cards and th...

Speaking in an interview with Famitsu, Masayoshi Yokoyama revealed that a demo will be released for Sega's upcoming strategy RPG Yakuza: Like a Dragon, which is currently in development for PS4.The demo will let players try out first-hand t...

Persona 5 Royal launches in Japan tomorrow, but there's still new tidbits of information to be garnered from a news article in Famitsu. We already know that the revisit to Atlus' best-selling RPG will include new characters, a hub world, ne...

If there's one thing Nintendo Switch RPG Fire Emblem: Three Houses isn't short on, it's characters. With three separate schools, not to mention a fistful of tutors, all vying for your attention, its only natural some of these students and f...

In the latest issue of Japanese publication Weekly Famitsu, Sega's action-RPG Yakuza: Like a Dragon has revealed three of its character classes, which take the form of vocations for Ichiban Kasuga and his merry band of reprobates.In order t...

Good news for shmup fans, as City Connection has announced that anime arcade blaster Deathsmiles and its sequel, Deathsmiles II, are currently being prepped for ports on a selection of currently unknown platforms.The announcement came this ...

Some new details about Yakuza: Like A Dragon have come out from this week's Famitsu Magazine and we're starting to get a clearer picture of what Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios is doing. This latest entry in the long-running series is definitely doub...

[Update: Koei Tecmo has confirmed Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate will arrive in the west in February 2020 on PS4, PC, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Ultimate will be available as a standalone release or a paid upgrade to the vanilla edition of t...

SNK's great feudal fighter Samurai Shodown will finally make its Nintendo Switch debut - in Japan at least - on December 12, as reported by yesterday by Weekly Famitsu.The article also confirmed that the Switch port will run at a full 60 fr...

Fans of Square Enix' RPG sequel Kingdom Hearts III are no doubt eagerly awaiting the launch of Re:Mind, the upcoming DLC expansion that will bring new modes and scenarios to the Disney/Square cross over title. A new interview, conducted by ...

Few franchise names immediately recall the dawn of video games like Space Invaders. Legitimately a cultural icon, Taito's 1978 arcade, that didn't cause a shortage of the 100-Yen coin on release, has been referenced time and again in the 40...

Some of you may have played some of the cutesy (but somewhat obscure) titles in classic shmup series Cotton, which dallied around the arcades and various home platforms in in the 1990's. Well, it appears that it's time to dust off the ol' b...

The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu features a slew of interesting tidbits about Persona 5 The Royal, the updated edition of Atlus' super-successful 2017 RPG. The new info was garnered during an interview with Director Daiki Itoh and Produce...

Japanese gaming journal Famitsu are asking for fan feedback for English language editions of their Persona 5 "Mementos" fan-books. A new survey wants to hear about your experience with the game, as well as your thoughts on its cast of lovab...

Kenichiro Takaki, producer of the long-running Senran Kagura series, has left developer/publisher Marvelous in order to pursue new projects elsewhere. Takaki will, however, remain producer of the Senran Kagura series.Speaking in Japanese pu...

Nippon Ichi Software have announced a new game, made in conjunction with Acquire, who are famed for their work on Akiba's Trip and Octopath Traveler. Jinrui no Minasama he was revealed in the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu.Jinrui no Minasam...

After roughly 16 millennia of waiting, Kingdom Hearts III is finally around the corner. We may only have a few days left before we can get our hands on it, but that didn't stop one bad apple from getting an early copy last month and potenti...

Atlus has revealed, via Famitsu, that multiple cast members will be getting in on the block-shoving action of Catherine: Full Body next month, as a selection of DLC characters are launching alongside the remastered puzzle title.The "Additio...

The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Ys IX: Monstrum Nox will feature series protagonist Adol Christin after all. In addition to being another chapter in his ridiculously action-packed life, Monstrum Nox will have Adol at his olde...

Hot on the heels of their reveal earlier this week in Famitsu, Koei Tecmo has released a trailer featuring fist-flying action between the latest additions to the Dead or Alive 6 roster: Eliot and Brad Wong.In the chaotic promo vid, the youn...

These are good times for the recently-released Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. We've already reported on the amazing U.K. success of Nintendo's latest entry in the crossover series, and now word is out that Japan has also been bitten by the ine...

The ongoing roster reveal for Koei Tecmo's Dead or Alive 6 is hardly being met with gasps of amazement. Aside from one or two newcomers, it's been pretty much business as usual. Take, for example, these latest character announcements.Both E...

This weekend at ArcRevo Japan 2018, Nintendo has announced that upcoming anime fighter Kill la Kill: IF will be launching on Nintendo Switch, alongside its previously announced PC and PS4 platforms.The brawler, currently in development at A...

All the talking and speculation and hype of the past few months has reached fever pitch, and now Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has gone gold and is ready for its highly-anticipated release on Nintendo Switch in just a few weeks' tim...

As reported in this week's issue of Japanese mag Famitsu, Nonon Jakuzure and Houka Inumuta are the next two characters headed to the upcoming arena-fighter based on popular anime Kill la Kill.Kill la Kill the Game: IF sees a roster of super...