Breaking down Game*Spark's interview with director Naoki Hamaguchi: postgame bosses tougher than the final boss, Knights of the Round, an auto-leveling story-focus option, the Wear system, Vincent and Cid in combat, and the snowboard going canon.
Fumito Ueda, the creator of ICO and Shadow of the Colossus, revealed gen ATLAS at Summer Game Fest 2026: a sci-fi action game about piloting a giant robot on a ruined planet, his first title in a decade and his first ever to leave PlayStation.
Summer Game Fest 2026 turned into a parade of Japanese blockbusters: the FF7 remake trilogy's finale 'Liberation,' a Resident Evil Code Veronica remake, a massive Monster Hunter Wilds expansion, and Tifa joining Street Fighter 6. Here's the rundown for overseas players.
Ado topped Spotify's 2025 first-half ranking of Japan's most-streamed artists abroad, ending YOASOBI's four-year reign — yet without a single song in the overseas Top 10. Here's what that means.
Shionogi has launched EndeavorRide, Japan's first prescription video game for childhood ADHD, covered by public health insurance. We unpack the Phase 3 results, the rise and fall of the US original EndeavorRx, and why a healthcare system can decide whether a game-as-medicine lives or dies.
Sony AI's autonomous robot Ace beat elite table tennis players and made the cover of Nature. From its Gran Turismo Sophy roots to the fast-ball wall that stumped DeepMind and a 20.2-millisecond reaction loop, here's how Sony's robot reached elite-competitive level in a real, physical sport.
On June 5, Capcom published the Q&A summary from its May 13 earnings briefing. Executives said they are weighing a sequel to Pragmata, the brand-new IP that sold 2 million copies in 16 days, restated their line that creativity stays in human hands while AI handles routine work, explained why console price hikes aren't in their plan, and detailed the catalog strategy behind a Resident Evil series that just passed 200 million lifetime units.
Japanese nine-member group JO1 heads to North America this October for a five-city tour tied to its US debut EP. Here are the venues in Toronto, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and exactly how the tickets work.
Tekken 8 game director Kohei Ikeda has left Bandai Namco after 20 years, the third series lead to exit in roughly nine months after Katsuhiro Harada. We unpack his career, what his statement does and doesn't say, the backdrop of fan backlash, and whether he'll reunite with Harada at VS Studio SNK.
SNK has told 4Gamer that its Metal Slug 30th Anniversary Project is not a one-year celebration but the start of a long-term franchise rebuild. Three staff, led by chief producer Naoto Abe, opened up about the new game's direction (home consoles and PC), behind-the-scenes development lore (the tank was originally the player character), and how they plan to turn a beloved arcade icon into SNK's number-one brand. Here is what overseas fans need to know.
X JAPAN has released never-before-seen 1989 Hibiya footage of Kurenai and X. Here's why fans treasure this exact show — from the famous +YOUR VOICE live single to the original TAIJI-era lineup.