Palworld has been watched on Twitch for over 78 million hours, making it the platform’s most popular release of 2024
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Palworld has topped Twitch charts in terms of the most streamed new releases of 2024 with a peak viewership of 434k.
Chibi-Robo! series to get a spiritual successor by its original creators
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The developers of the Chibi-Robo! series have announced a spiritual successor called koROBO for modern consoles and PC.
Hashire Hebereke: Remake of classic Japanese SNES game featuring cute racing penguin to get first ever global release
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Following on from the successful Ufouria; The Saga 2 remake, Hashire Hebereke Ex will bring another Sunsoft game featuring the cute penguin to global audiences
Elden Ring DLC has an elusive “third” Tree Sentinel in Hinterland that respawns infinitely
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Players of Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC have discovered an elusive "third" Tree Sentinel that can spawn infinitely.
Visions of Mana: details on new characters, class switching and Elemental gameplay
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New insights into Visions of Mana's elemental, class switching gameplay and the characters the party meets on their journey to the Mana Tree
Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP digital preorders open in early August, along with “surprise news”
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Lollipop Chainsaw RePop's producer Yoshimi Yasuda says digital preorders, as well as "surprise news" await fans in early August.
Despite his love for Square Enix, Reynatis director says he joined FuRyu because of its rare culture of letting young developers make their own games
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Reynatis director and producer Takumi Isobe says FuRyu is a rare game company that allows young creators to make their own games.
Spike Chunsoft reports steady annual growth thanks to Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE and Shiren the Wanderer 6
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Game publisher Spike Chunsoft reports their third consecutive year of growth and highest profit margin in the last 12 years.
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess gets traditional Japanese puppet show prequel
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Capcom collaborates with Japan's National Bunraku Theater to give its new game Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess a puppet play prequel.
Sephiroth and Kirby stop motion video shows what the Super Smash Bros characters do during their downtime
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Charming fanmade stop motion video has Final Fantasy 7 bad guy Sephiroth playing some basketball with Kirby.
Unreal Engine 5 has tremendous potential as an anime production tool, according to Japanese studio
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Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab give insight into how they used Unreal Engine 5 in the production of their anime I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince
Protect a birthday cake from a crowded Japanese station in this hyperactive sidescroller
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Coming to Early Access on July 19, The Cake is a quirky action game from Japanese developer Racjin, known for some of the Bomberman games.
Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura has a huge stock of game proposals “lying dormant”
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Kingdom Hearts creator Tetsuya Nomura talks about how he makes a new IP from scratch and his "stock" of potential game projects.
10,000-hour puzzle RPG Tactical Nexus becomes free-to-play because the devs “don’t want to extort money” from players who end up not playing the game
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The developers of the Japanese indie puzzle game Tactical Nexus have decided to make the title free-to-play for an unusual reason.
New Pokémon Sleep study shows that Germans get the most sleep, while Japanese get the least
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The Pokémon Company's new study using data from 7 million Pokémon Sleep app users gives insight into average sleeping hours by country
Sega takes legal action against individual for harassment of its employee and warns that a similar response awaits anyone else who tries
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Sega is earning praise for its firm attitude against malicious harassment of employees, which includes taking legal action.
Japan mod for Euro Truck Simulator 2 goes viral for crazy level of realism
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The Project Japan mod for Euro Truck Simulator 2 has impressed Japanese netizens by how close it is to actually driving a truck in Japan
Danganronpa creator left Spike Chunsoft so that he could do unlimited overtime work and take on risks without fearing bankruptcy
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Danganronpa's creator Kazutaka Kodaka revealed interesting ideas behind the founding of his new company Too Kyoo Games.
Masahiro Sakurai strongly suggests that game developers let players skip cutscenes
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Super Smash Bros. and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai recently advised game devs to give players the option to skip game cutscenes- here's why
Nikke jiggly butt physics perfectly recreated by model kit enthusiast… with a twist
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Goddess of Victory: Nikke is known for its curvy anime girls. One model maker recently recreated the game's bouncing butts using a Gundam kit
Elden Ring mod replaces Shadow of the Erdtree’s final bosses with Patches and Hidetaka Miyazaki
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An Elden Ring mode has made it possible to face off Hidetaka Miyazaki himself in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC.
DoDonPachi series developer Cave sees 527% yearly profit increase in video game sector
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Touhou Project game and Monster Strike perform strongly for renowned bullet hell shooter developer Cave in their 2024 fiscal year.