As we enter 2021, the 10th anniversary celebrations for Kazutaka Kodaka's bizarre series Danganronpa look set to continue. The latest festivities seeing the arrival of a "mystery maze," which is scheduled to open in Shibuya, Japan from Janu...

Shutterbugs waiting on the return of Pokemon Snap might enjoy this blink-and-you'll-miss-it TV commercial for the upcoming Nintendo Switch release, which has started airing on Japanese television. The typically enthusiastic short stars youn...

As of tomorrow, there will be one less legend at the hallowed halls of Nintendo. Takaya Imamura, who worked as a prolific designer, producer, and director for the developer, will leave the company today after 32 long years of service. "Toda...

Mages has offered a Japanese release date for its super-gross remake Corpse Party Blood Covered... Repeated Fear. The grisly horror adventure will launch digitally on PS4 and Nintendo Switch on February 28, though a western localization is ...

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 isn't done adding new content and characters just yet. Publisher Bandai Nacmo has announced, (via Japanese magazine V-Jump), that the next DBZ star headed to the action-RPG's roster is the leader of the Pride Trooper...

Oh hey, Nintendo just opened a corporate Twitter account. "Well how does this impact me," you might be asking. I'll tell you! Every so often, Nintendo shares a great deal of investor and financial info that sheds some light on multiple aspe...

It looks like there's a new gun in town. Charismatic producer Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of fighting franchise Dead or Alive and the head honcho behind the modern Ninja Gaiden titles, has announced that he has formed his own studio - Itagaki...

Universal Studios Japan has announced that it will postpone the opening of its Super Nintendo World theme park. Yesterday saw Osaka – alongside 10 other prefectures of Japan – placed into a state of emergency following a surge o...

Fans of the storied and complex history of anime fighting franchise BlazBlue will soon have a whole new chapter of intricate lore and backstory to sift through, as publisher Arc System Works has announced RPG/Visual Novel title BlazBlue Alt...

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin might have had a fairly quiet release, but that doesn't mean it didn't find its fair share of fans, bewitched by the cute of a troublesome harvest goddess and her efforts to feed and defend a ramshackle island. Unfo...

No-one can deny that NieR Automata's exquisite but highly hazardous android 2B is a perfect fit for Bandai Namco's fantasy fighter Soulcalibur, and as such nobody really batted an eyelid when the hack 'n' slash hero was announced for Soulca...

During last week's pro-wrestling extravaganza Wrestle Kingdom 15, legendary Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) announced that it has a brand new video game in the works, currently in development for mobile platforms in 2021. ...

Fans of PS4 release Ghost of Tsushima have helped successfully raised the capital needed to repair a real-life landmark that features in Sucker Punch's period adventure title. A part of the ancient Watatsumi Shrine located on Tsushima islan...

NIS America has released a gameplay trailer for its incoming third-person shooter Poison Control. The psychedelic anime adventure will launch on PS4 and Nintendo Switch April 13, 2021. Described by NIS as a "darkly amusing tale of redemptio...

2020 saw Sega hit the reset button on its long-running RPG franchise, Sakura Wars. The year saw the western launch of a pretty good PS4 reboot, alongside a new anime, a great-looking stage show, and a slew of new trademarks, with a clearly ...

Developer Acquire continued its week of news with the reveal of a brand-new adventure title, Labyrinth of Zangetsu, which is currently eyeing a summer release in Japan. As featured in the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu (courtesy of Ryokutya...

Koei Tecmo has announced it is taking legal action against an individual who sold unlicensed DVDs of footage pulled from the cheesecake title Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation. The DVDs, which were reportedly made available through onlin...

If you're anything like me, you'll spend part of your day today sifting through this new Super Nintendo World landing page; knowing full well it will be a long, long time until you actually manage to get out and visit it. After the Miyamoto...

Back when the PlayStation stealth-action boom kicked off, one of the quieter, but still tightly held franchises on the market was Acquire's Tenchu: Stealth Assassins series. These titles saw players in the role of shadowy ninjas plying thei...

It begins! Like all great hardware purges, Sony is starting with Japan. It happened with the Vita, and now it's going to happen to the PS4. As reported by Game Watch, Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia will be phasing out all PS4 Pro...

If there's one aspect of the Persona series that truly epitomizes the franchise's slick and stylish aesthetic, it's the smooooth sounds. Every Persona title has been blessed with a magnetic and electrifying score, usually consisting of puls...

Monster Hunter fans looking forward to the upcoming Switch release Monster Hunter Rise will be pleased to hear that more info will be heading their way later this week. Developer Capcom has announced a fact-filled live stream, set to take p...

Rest assured, Fumito Ueda and the rest of genDesign will continue making the kind of games that only they can. In a Happy New Year message for 2021, the studio included a glimpse at its next project. Currently, the genDesign website is host...

As we enter a brand new year, we can more than likely expect another glut of old-school releases from the retro enthusiasts over at Hamster. The publisher's first title of 2021, however, is perhaps a little more specific than many in the we...

Arc System Works has seen in the new year by dropping a new trailer for fist-flying sequel Guilty Gear Strive, which launches on PS4, PS5 and PC this April. As teased several months back, tise hard-rocking clip sees the return of handsome f...