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Square Enix reports profit increase in games sector driven by Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail
Square Enix recently published their financial results for the first half of the 2025 fiscal year. Between April and September 2024, their digital entertainment (video games) sector saw net sales ...
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Palworld developers reveal details of Nintendo and Pokémon Company infringement lawsuit
You can read more about these patents in this analysis by a Japanese patent attorney. The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction against Palworld and compensation for a portion of the damages incurred ...
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Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild composer Yasuaki Iwata has left Nintendo
Yasuaki Iwata has made a belated announcement about his departure from Nintendo. According to a post on his personal X account from November 5, the composer left his position at Nintendo back in July ...
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FromSoftware and Spike Chunsoft parent company Kadokawa has 26 new games in development
Kadokawa Corporation revealed that they currently have 26 new game titles under development by their subsidiaries, which include FromSoftware and Spike Chunsoft. This news was revealed in the Japanese ...
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Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater will have new dialogue, voice actors confirm
In part 3 of Konami’s METAL GEAR SOLID: Legacy video series, voice actors David Hayter, Lori Alan, and the now-revealed Jodi Benson talk about their work on the original Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake ...
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Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto refutes claim that he is a “genius” and lays out his down-to-Earth game design philosophy
During the question-and-answer session for the Nintendo shareholders’ briefing held on November 6, Shigeru Miyamoto talked about the game design advice that he gives to new Nintendo employees. This ...
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Japanese manga and game store Melonbooks becomes the latest Japanese platform to run into trouble with international payment processors
Melonbooks, a Japanese platform that sells independently published manga (doujinshi), video games and anime Blu-rays, suddenly announced on November 18 that it will be suspending Mastercard and Visa ...
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FromSoftware’s parent company reports growth of game sector driven by Elden Ring, plans to expand in-house PC and console game publishing
Kadokawa Corporation, the primary owner of FromSoftware, published its earnings report for the second quarter of the fiscal year (June-September 2024). The company saw its video game sector grow ...
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Sega console game sector growth driven by Vanillaware’s Unicorn Overlord, big profits from Sonic and Metaphor: ReFantazio expected
Sega Sammy Holdings released their consolidated financial results for the first half of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 (April 1 to September 30). The operating profits from their consumer ...
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SNK’s The King of Fighters 98 is now part of a high-tech health monitoring machine
2024 is the 30 th anniversary of SNK’s fighting game series The King of Fighters. As part of the anniversary celebrations, measuring device manufacturer Tanita has teamed up with SNK to create, of all ...
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Bandai Namco’s games sector sees massive 188% profit growth thanks to Elden Ring, Dragon Ball, Gundam Breaker 4
Bandai Namco Holdings published their consolidated earnings report for the first half of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025. As previously projected, Bandai Namco has seen significant growth across ...
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Maid Cafe on Electric Street is a cozy indie adventure that will transport you to one of Japan’s real-life otaku havens
Maid Cafe on Electric Street is an upcoming cozy adventure game set to be published by PLAYISM for PC (Steam) on November 18. Developed by Adventurer’s Tavern, the game will see you running a maid ...