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“They’re like daughters to us” – Around 3,000 pieces of offensive Dead or Alive fanart gets removed by Koei Tecmo yearly
At the Tokyo eSports Festa 2025 held from January 10 to 12, Koei Tecmo participated in a joint lecture hosted by Japan’s Association of Copyright for Computer ...
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Video game patents are not a way to monopolize game mechanics, but to recover development costs, say Sega, Capcom and Konami legal experts
At the Tokyo eSports Festa 2025 held from January 10 to 12, a joint conference on the topic of “The Importance of Intellectual Property Rights in the Game Industry ...
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Japanese man arrested for selling modded Nintendo Switch consoles, setting a new precedent
A 58-year-old Japanese man was arrested on January 15 on suspicion of violating the Trademark Act by selling illegally modified Nintendo Switch consoles (source: NTV News). According to multiple ...
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Japan’s console market shrunk by over 30% in 2024, bringing an end to 4 consecutive years of growth
The Nintendo Switch dominated Japan's shrinking home console market in 2024 Famitsu has released preliminary data on the Japanese home console and game market in 2024 (as reported by GameBiz). This ...
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Sony lets you experience the smells of Infinity Nikki in new high-tech collaboration event
Five Sony Stores across Japan’s major cities are holding collaboration events with InFold Game’s Infinity Nikki, running from January 10 to February 3. The Ginza Sony Store’s exhibit in Tokyo is of ...
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Square Enix anti-harassment policy brings attention to vicious hate campaigns against Final Fantasy 16 and its creators
Last week, Square Enix announced their new Group Customer Harassment Policy, warning users that they will be taking legal measures against those who harass their employees. Discussion of the policy in ...
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Dynasty Warriors: Origins’ series producer attends game’s Saudi Arabia launch event
Masatomo Oba, series producer on the Dynasty Warriors franchise, recently attended the XP25 launch event for Dynasty Warriors: Origins in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (as reported by GameBiz). The latest ...
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Hudson Soft veteran Takahashi Meijin reveals he is currently recovering from heart surgery
Japanese game industry veteran and former Hudson Soft executive Meijin Takahashi has revealed that he is currently recovering from heart surgery (as reported by Game*Spark). In his recent January 16 ...
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People are already poking fun at Nintendo Switch 2’s literal “stick drift” in announcement video
Not one day after the official unveiling of the Nintendo Switch 2 and people are already poking fun at the first-look trailer. Though the trailer’s CGI did a great job of showcasing the Switch 2’s ...
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Tales of Graces f Remastered helped save Japanese support studio Tose from financial struggle
Bandai Namco Entertainment released Tales of Graces f Remastered today. It was also revealed that prolific Japanese support studio Tose was responsible for the remaster’s development (as reported by ...
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Japanese mobile game teaches masterclass in marketing with viral ad of Jojo character just standing still for 10 seconds
Japanese mobile game Monster Strike recently launched an in-game collaboration event with the Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind anime. But rather than the crossover itself, it’s the ad announcing ...
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Marvel Rivals to add Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 suit to celebrate the latter’s PC launch
To commemorate the upcoming launch of Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on PC, Marvel Rivals will release the Advanced Suit 2.0 costume for Spider-Man on January 30, 9:00 UTC. The Advanced Suit 2 ...