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Snowy battle royale The Darwin Project will be closing all but its EU and NA East servers on January 5, developer Scavenger Studio announced today. The game won’t get updates, tournaments, or bug reporting. It’s a charming free-to-play game, and though I haven’t played in a while, this news paradoxically makes me want to jump back…

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

Suddenly I Feel The Need For A Faster Monitor For My Xbox Series X

So I’m booting up Ori and the Will of the Wisps, one of my favorite games, just after its Xbox Series X/S upgrade patch applied, and I’m greeted by a message that basically says I need a faster monitor as soon as humanly possible. The notion of 120 frames per second console gaming hadn’t hit…

Sackboy: A Big Adventure won’t have online co-op when it launches on PlayStation 5 next week. The developers plan to patch that feature into the game sometime before the end of 2020.

British studio Codemasters is discussing a possible acquisition by Take-Two Interactive, the DIRT developer recently told investors. A final offer has yet to be made; Take-Two will reportedly have until December 4 to make a decision.

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. 

Godfall will only be a PS5 exclusive for six months. The game’s new launch trailer confirms at the very end that the loot slasher can come to other consoles after May 12, 2021.

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Well, Nintendo Is Doing Great

The global pandemic has meant that people are spending more time at home, playing more video games. Consequently, during the past six months, Nintendo has seen its profits jump by over 240 percent. In its six-month earning statement ending on September 30 of this year, Nintendo reported that year-on-year net sales are up 73.3 percent,…

Sega Is Selling Its Arcade Business

Sega is selling its arcade business to Genda, a Tokyo-based company involved in arcade game rentals and online crane games. According to Jiji, Sega Sammy Holdings is selling Genda an 85.1 percent stake in Sega Entertainment Co., which is the company’s subsidiary that operates the arcades, for an undisclosed amount in late December. Genda will…

Overcooked! All You Can Eat is coming to PS5 at launch and Xbox Series X/S sometime after that. Part compilation, part remake, the game includes both Overcooked 1 and 2, all the DLC, and visual improvements including 4K at 60 FPS.

The live-action Monster Hunter movie will begin its Japanese theatrical run next year on March 26, which is the same day Monster Hunter Rise is getting released on the Nintendo Switch. In case you missed the movie trailer, check it out here 

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Another Akihabara Landmark Is Closing

The global pandemic has been hard on a wide range of businesses. In Japan, arcades have been hit especially hard. In August, for example, the Sega Akihabara 2nd arcade shuttered. Now, another local landmark will vanish. According to J-Cast News, the Adores Akihabara location will be no more. As of October 31, all of the…

Fall Guys is getting a Godzilla costume I repeat, Fall Guys is getting a Godzilla costume. I always wanted to see the king of the monsters in jelly bean form. This excellent outfit will be available in-game starting November 3.

Lego Teams With Unity To Lure Fans Into Game Development

Unity’s microgame programs give new developers helpful templates and tutorials to ease them into creating their own racing, FPS, or platforming games. Now there’s a Lego version that gives hopeful devs all the building blocks they need to make neat little Lego games. In other news, I’ve installed Unity on my PC this morning. Some…

Pokémon Go Gyms Open At Sushi Restaurants In Japan

Earlier this month, Kotaku reported that Pokémon Go would be ending its collaboration with McDonald’s in Japan. Now, it’s been announced that the game is teaming up with a sushi chain. The conveyor belt sushi chain Sushiro is rolling out PokéStops and Pokémon Gyms at 562 locations across Japan. But, as IT Media adds, the…

Neon Is An Excellent Cyber Fashion Statement

When I first came to Japan about two decades ago, there was a lot of neon. But in the years that followed, those flickering tubs have been switched out for LED lights. Twitter user Tanago, a self-styled “Cyber Mom,” has designed what very well could be the first wearable neon-tube backpack. She’s taken it out…