Last Friday, a 40-year-old man was arrested after threatening an arson attack upon Square Enix, provoked by frustration with one of the publisher’s mobile games (translation via Siliconera). Kenichi Hiratsuka, a Japanese man who apparently played Square Enix mobile titles consistently, was upset over money having been spent on the game, and decided to e-mail
Capcom is joining forces with police in Japan to use Street Fighter as a recruitment tool. The company is partnering with Osaka Prefectural Police in this new effort. According to the press release, the campaign is being undertaken as Japan attempts to boost “awareness of and the number of investigators specializing in cyber-crime.” According to Capcom,
The Japanese government has fired a major salvo across the bow of cheaters and grey market game resellers with new legislation, promising prison sentences and hefty fines for those that run afoul of the new rules. The following comes from Gamesindustry.biz as the official information is only in Japanese: Distributing tools and programs for altering
Sony has announced that various SKUs for PS4 Pro consoles are being cut in price, at least in Japan. Starting from October 12th, the 1TB console ‘s price will be axed to 39,980 yen ($351) plus taxes, which is a significant cut from the original price at 44,980 yen plus taxes. The Kingdom Hearts III
Nippon Ichi Software(NIS) and ForwardWorks have released a new trailer for Disgaea for Mobile that shows what the latest RPG from NIS will look like. Disgaea for Mobile is the first mobile offering from NIS that’s a full game, and is exclusive to Japan. The game will be a collect-a-character Gacha game with heavy RPG
Famitsu and Dengeki – two Japan-focused video game magazines – as well as Media Create, a Japanese company that analyzes Japan’s console gaming market, find that Monster Hunter World is the first PS4 title to push 1 million sales during its first week in Japan. Even though each set of data doesn’t include digital sales, the
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