As Kotaku previously reported, Capcom was hit by a cyberattack, with a group claiming to have stolen 1TB of employee…
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Originally from Texas, Ashcraft has called Osaka home since 2001. He has authored six books, including most recently, The Japanese Sake Bible.
Today on Twitter, voice actor Tatsuhisa Suzuki recalled his time working on Final Fantasy Versus XIII and the game…
Earlier this year, a massive, public digital-art project called “Wave” went up on a 75-foot-high LED display in…
In Japan, there are what are called real-infiltration games (リアル潜入ゲーム or riaru senyuu geemu) in which players try to…
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When the PlayStation 5 launched earlier today, there weren’t long lines wrapped around the stores. In Japan and…
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Now that the PlayStation 5 has been released, the X and the circle buttons are officially swapped for Japan. Since…
To launch the PlayStation 5, Sony is holding a projection mapping event at Kanda Shrine in Tokyo.
Voice actor Kenyu Horiuchi, who voices Metal Gear Solid’s Raiden in Japan, has tested positive for covid-19. The 63-year-old is asymptomatic, and thus, not showing signs of a fever or cough. Horiuchi also voiced Ivan Raidenovitch Raikov in the Japanese version of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
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Kim “OnFleek” Jang-gyeom, a League of Legends pro for Sandbox Gaming, has been fined and will be suspended for hate…
This has been a bad year for Tokyo arcades. The one-two punch of the global pandemic and Japan’s travel ban has…
With the PlayStation 5 launching this month, a new console era has begun. Sony is driving that point home by…
Earlier this month, Japanese tabloid Flash spotted famed animator Hayao Miyazaki as he was leaving the house to pick…
This has been a rough year. What better place to seek warmth and comfort than inside a Pocket Monster?
Life-sized bronze statues of Attack on Titan’s Eren, Mikasa and Armin were recently unveiled at the foot of the…
In Japanese, omiyage refers to a souvenir that’s purchased for others. Typically, these are snacks, and in Tokyo,…
The Switch reached 68.30 million units sold worldwide as of September 30 of this year, surpassing the Nintendo Entertainment System’s 61.91 million global sales. The NES first launched as the Famicom in 1983 in Japan, where it was finally discontinued in 2003. The Switch went on sale in March 2017.
As Sega Sammy announced it’s selling off its arcade business, the Tokyo-based game company also announced that it is…