NieR fans are criticizing 2B’s appearance in Dead by Daylight after images showing the character without her iconic blindfold circulated online, with some arguing that her face looks nothing like the original character, while the model in general looks way too masculine.
The Japanese government is asking people and businesses working with AI to tell it which of the country’s existing laws and regulations are preventing them from actually using the technology.
CyberConnect2 CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama has come down firmly on the side of an all-digital future for video games, arguing that the disappearance of physical games would have “nothing but positive effects” for developers.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance developer Warhorse Studios hopes Grand Theft Auto VI will do more than sell millions of copies – it wants Rockstar’s blockbuster to make more expensive video games easier for the rest of the industry to sell.
Gears of War: E-Day is facing criticism from some players after its early-access release revealed 20 Pride-themed emblems available as multiplayer customization options.
The University of Tokyo will have its first female president in its nearly 150-year history, and the historic appointment has unsurprisingly become controversial: Yuko Fujigaki was selected despite receiving roughly half as many votes as the candidate who finished first in an internal faculty and staff poll.
Rockstar Games’ developers spent years making trips to Florida for the sake of Grand Theft Auto VI, their activities there including visiting strip clubs and nightclubs, riding around with former police officers and exploring everything from beaches to the Everglades.
Sony is exploring a PlayStation controller that could double as a contactless payment device, allowing players to purchase games or in-game content simply by tapping a credit card or smartphone against it.
Chizuna Nakajima’s Where Is the Elf Teacher’s Toilet? (Elf-sensei no Toire wa Doko desu ka?) has received the green light for an anime adaptation, with a commemorative illustration and comments from Nakajima released alongside the announcement.
An analysis of nearly 140,000 Japanese manga series found that the average title has more than doubled in length compared to the 1960s, with a particularly dramatic increase beginning in the 2010s. The study analyzed 138,438 Japanese manga titles using data from Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Database.
McDonald’s Japan has recruited The IdolM@ster’s Chihaya Kisaragi for its latest Tsukimi Burger campaign, putting the 765 Production idol front and center in a new animated web commercial and definitely proving to be a combination many didn’t expect.
Japanese convenience store chain Lawson is putting generative AI in charge of coming up with new food ideas, resulting in some appropriately strange combinations, such as a lemon tart flavored with pickles.