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Japanese developers on Steam can’t receive revenue from adult games due to Japanese banks blocking transfers
Japanese developers of adult-oriented games on Steam are having their money transfers blocked by Japanese banks- but why is ...
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Elden Ring’s gorgeous full-color comic adaptation ends today with release of final volume
The second volume of ELDEN RING Become Lord, the official full-color comic adaptation of FromSoftware’s Elden Ring, was published on January 30. According to publisher Kadokawa, this volume will be ...
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Capcom shares updated lifetime sales of major IPs and list of 2024 best-sellers
Capcom recently published its consolidated earnings report for the first three quarters of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025. In a presentation for shareholders, the company provided updated ...
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Tokyo Xtreme Racer resolves legal issues blocking it from releasing in Canada
Genki announced on January 30 that Tokyo Xtreme Racer has been cleared for release in Canada. The developers are working with Steam to get the game live as soon as possible. For context, Tokyo Xtreme ...
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Cygames parent company reports decline in game sector after highly profitable 2024
Cygames parent company CyberAgent announced their results for the first quarter of the 2025 financial year (October to December 2024) and unveiled their new medium-to-long-term strategy, which focuses ...
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Capcom reports 35% drop in operating profit in the past nine months, but full-year forecast remains ambitious ahead of Monster Hunter Wilds release
Capcom has published its consolidated earnings report for the first three quarters of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 (as reported by GameBiz). During the period between April and December 2024, ...
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Pokémon TCG Pocket’s trading feature requires you to sacrifice a bunch of rare cards before you can even trade, disappointing players
Trading is now live in Pokémon TCG Pocket. The long-awaited feature allows you to trade cards with your friends, rarity for rarity. However, the way trading has been implemented in the game leaves a ...
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Award-winning Japanese adult game developer directly hit by credit card restrictions as VISA payment gets suspended on their web store
Payment processors have been one-sidedly suspending payment options (most often credit cards like Visa and MasterCard) on Japanese platforms hosting mature content at an increasing pace since last ...
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Manga artists amused to find de-censored pirate copies of their work which leave nothing to the imagination
Unauthorized sharing and reproduction of manga on websites is an issue that impacts many manga artists. However, BL (Boy’s Love) manga artist Sattsu Kida got a particularly blush-worthy surprise upon ...
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Street Fighter 6’s Mai update adds improvements to the World Tour Master system
In addition to Mai Shiranui coming to Street Fighter 6 in the game’s next big update, Capcom announced that it will be improving the World Tour mode; specifically the Masters section. After the update ...
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PlatinumGames on Ninja Gaiden 4: We’re not making it for Team Ninja, we’re making it together with them
Last week, action game fans collectively fell out of their chairs when Team Ninja and PlatinumGames suddenly announced they’ve been working on Ninja Gaiden 4, a brand-new mainline entry set to release ...
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Capcom is experimenting with generative AI to help generate the “hundreds of thousands of ideas needed for game development”
Resident Evil and Street Fighter series developer Capcom is experimenting with introducing new technology, including generative AI, to tackle the ballooning costs and man-hours required for game ...