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The Evil Within Will Be More About Using Your Brain Than Your Gun

Shinji Mikami, creator of the Resident Evil series is making a new survival horror game, The Evil Within. You’ve seen the trailer, now let’s see what the man behind the madness has to say about it.


See What Censorship Has Done To These Manga

The late great George Carlin once famously spoke of words that cannot be said on television. Japan, too, has its own list of words and phrases that are taboo.


Japan’s Female Mecha Pilot President Is Getting A New Game

Guild 01 for the 3DS was released last year as an anthology of games by four notable game creators. One of those games in particular is getting its own spin-off.


Your Rival In Ace Attorney 5 Is A Criminal

Ace Attorney 5‘s Japanese release date has been confirmed for July 25. Defence lawyer Phoenix Wright is back, but his old rival, Miles Edgeworth is not. Taking the side of the prosecution this time around will be a criminal prosecutor. Not a prosecutor of criminals, but a criminal who is a prosecutor.


Here Is Japanese Gamers’ Worst Game Of 2012

I think it’s safe to assume that popular opinion rankings are viewed by most people as just that: Popular opinions, not holy writ carved into stone. That’s partly why I enjoy when people reflect on the year past and rank their favourite and least favourite entertainment.


Soul Sacrifice Looks A Lot Different In Book Form

Soul Sacrifice, the game where you battle deformed creatures and make the choice to either save or sacrifice them is getting a Japanese book adaptation. Apparently, the book will be an original story set in the world of Soul Sacrifice, and won’t be an adaptation of the original game’s plot.


Bravely Default’s Surprising Japanese Idol Influences

For several weeks after its release, every game store I went to was sold out of Square Enix’s 3DS game, Bravely Default: Flying Fairy. The game has proved to be a hit in Japan, thanks in part, indirectly, according to producer Tomoya Asano, to Japan’s biggest pop idol group, AKB 48.


Here Are Some Adult Games Made By Famous Japanese Developers

For better or worse, sex sells. And for some of Japan’s most famous game companies, it was what they sold when they first started making games. That’s right, many of Japan’s biggest game makers have turned to or even had their origins in pixelated pornography.


Popular Manga Continues Its Fight Against Terror And Threats

The Kuroko’s Basketball terrorist has not yet been apprehended, but it looks like the threat rate has been reduced from a code red to a code orange at the Tokyo Big Sight event centre. Last year, following anonymous threats against the popular manga Kuroko’s Basketball author, Tadatoshi Fujimaki, several events across Japan were changed to exclude Kuroko’s Basketball related portions or cancelled outright.


Drakengard 3 Isn’t Just About Making A Sequel… Not Entirely

It’s been 10 years since Drakengard (Called Drag On Dragoon in Japan) was released for the PlayStation 2, and eight years since the release of its sequel, Drakengard 2. Now, Drakengard 3 is on the way, and according to producer Takamasa Shiba, it’s the perfect time for it.


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