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Ubisoft Explained Why We Had to Wait So Long for Assassin's Creed Game Set in Japan
The lead producer of Assassin's Creed: Shadows gave reasons why we had to wait so long for an installment of the series set in Japan.
video games
Maciej Gaffke
August 13, 2024
Comparisons Between AC: Shadows and Ghost of Tsushima Don’t Make Sense. Dev of Japanese Localization Comments on Discussions About Ubisoft’s New Game
The producer of the Japanese localization of Ghost of Tsushima points out that Sucker Punch's game can also hardly be called a „historical” game. Nevertheless, he advises against comparing it with Assassin's Creed: Shadows.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
May 22, 2024
Assassin's Creed: Shadows Caused Irritation. Gamers in Japan Point out Historical Inaccuracies
Japanese Assassin's Creed fans aren't happy with how Ubisoft presented Sengoku era in Shadows.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
May 22, 2024
Ghost of Tsushima - Dynamic Resolution Scaling (DRS) Explained
If you have been tinkering with Ghost of Tsushima settings and found Dynamic Resolution Scaling puzzling, look no further. Here you will learn what it is and should you have it enabled.
How to
Aleksander Kartasinski
May 21, 2024
Ghost of Tsushima PC - Standoff Not Working Workaround
If you are troubled by standoffs in freshly released on PC Ghost of Tsushima, we have gathered some information that can be helpful.
How to
Aleksander Kartasinski
May 17, 2024
Rise of the Ronin is Team Ninja's First Game With Choices Impacting Story
The director of Rise of the Ronin revealed some new details of the game in a recent interview. Team Ninja's upcoming game will provide us with a story ending that will depend on our choices.
video games
Maciej Gaffke
December 19, 2023
Sony Hurts Xbox in Japan, US Politicians Claim [Update]
For many months we have been watching the dispute between Microsoft and Sony unfold. The Japanese oppose the merger of the Redmond giant with Activision Blizzard for fear of it monopolizing the game market. Meanwhile, U.S. politicians are drawing attention to an interesting aspect of the issue.
video games
Wiktor Szczesny
April 5, 2023
PC Game Market in Japan Doubled in 3 Years
PC games are doing better and better in Japan. Revenues from the segment have doubled in just a few years.
video games
Adrian Werner
November 7, 2022
Callisto Protocol Uncensored Thanks to Ban in Japan
The Callisto Protocol may give rise to a new series. Unfortunately, Japanese gamers won't even see the first game from Striking Distance Studios.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
October 27, 2022
Capcom Will Pay People More And It's No April Fool's Joke
Capcom, on a wave of success, is making management changes. One of them is to increase employee salaries by 30%.
video games
Miriam Moszczynska
April 1, 2022
Hideo Kojima Receives Fine Arts Award for Death Stranding
Hideo Kojima received an award from Japan's Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for Death Stranding: Director's Cut. This is the second time in history that this unique award has gone to a video game developer.
video games
Miriam Moszczynska
March 11, 2022
Microsoft Unlikely to Acquire Studios From Japan, Analysts Say
Who will be Microsoft's next acquisition after Activision Blizzard? Not likely a studio or publisher from Japan, as Serkan Toto of Kantan Games doesn't believe Xbox is likely to make a successful „purchase” in that country.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
February 8, 2022
Single Player Games Beat Multiplayer, at Least in Japan
Playing for the story, preferring single player games, loving RPGs, owning a Switch - do you know what these traits have in common? They describe the average Japanese gamer.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
December 13, 2021
Brand New Ryzen 5 for $9 From a Gacha Vending Machine? Only in Japan
The popularity of vending machines in Japan transcends western imagination. So it's no surprise that the local market also offers machines, where you can draw the latest AMD Ryzen 5000 processors.
hardware & software
Martin Nothing
August 31, 2021
First Reviews: Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut - Best Way to Experience the Game
Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut received its first reviews. Journalists emphasize the game's high quality and an interesting new story chapter.
video games
Ignacy Ziarkiewicz
August 20, 2021
Microsoft Reaches for Secret Weapon to Win Over Japan - Vtubers
Microsoft established cooperation with popular Japanese vtubers Shishiro Botan and Himemori Luna. They will advertise Xbox Game Pass in their country.
video games
Bart Swiatek
April 6, 2021
Studio Gives Employees Time Off so They Can Play a Game
Cyberpunk 2077 is not the only game that electrifies gamers so much that they impatiently await the launch. In a few days, another such hit will debut. In connection with this release, the CEO of one of Japanese companies decided to give employees time off.
video games
Karol Laska
March 23, 2021
Japanese Version of Resident Evil: Village Will be Censored
According to a statement from Capcom, the Japanese version of Resident Evil: Village will be censored according to the standards of the country's CERO organization.
video games
March 5, 2021
Censorship on PlayStation - Sony Edits Violent Content
According to recent reports, Sony has decided to introduce censorship of violent scenes in some PlayStation games. It has to do with the desire to reach a wider audience.
video games
Lukasz Stefaniak
February 23, 2021
Jail for Hacking Pokemon in Japan
Japan has begun prosecuting people who violate fair competition rules and sell digitally modified Pokémon on the black market. One of the offenders has already been caught red-handed.
video games
Karol Laska
February 4, 2021