With the end of Gamescom 2018, another big summer event is behind us, as we gear up for Tokyo Game Show in September. This year’s show in Cologne was definitely rich with Japanese content, including Devil May Cry 5, Ace Combat 7, Resident Evil 2, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and many more. Square Enix also presented Left Alive
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Whether Japanese games are “cool” or not depends a lot on who you’re talking to. Some consider them absolutely cool, others don’t. Lately, there has certainly been an increase in the former camp. So what makes Japanese games “cool” for those who enjoy them? There are many factors in play, which have to do with
Visual novels are a very peculiar genre, which tends to be very specific to Japan, with quite a few recent imitations from developers who love Japanese games. Among the immense production of visual novels coming from the archipelago of the Rising Sun, the Muv-Luv series is certainly one of the most popular. Interestingly, it tends
Anime Expo 2018 was hosted last week in Los Angeles, and it brought quite a lot of reveals and announcements for the Japanese games-loving crowd. The show used to focus mostly on anime, but the past few years saw a shift towards gaming, with smaller publishers and developers (joined by bigger ones like Bandai Namco)
E3 2018 has come and gone. While it was no Tokyo Game Show, it’s doubtless that a ton of great Japanese games was showcased. Yet, there are many that were expected to make an appearance, but were missing in action. Of course, the big one was the Final Fantasy VII Remake, but there are many
E3 2018 has finally come and gone and our WeebcCast is back from a week-long break. After writing 128 news pieces from EA Play to the last day of the show, I simply did not have the energy to squeeze the podcast in, but it’s back with a vengeance. In this tenth episode (yes! We’ve
We’re one week away from E3 2018, and Japanese developers been increasing their presence at the show in Los Angeles over the past few years. It’s inevitable that among the many announcements and reveals, there will be many from Japan. Some have been already teased, like a new look at Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding. Others
The Japanese mobile game market is solidly based on gacha games. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, they’re titles with a business model that involves drawing random characters, weapons, and other relevant elements via random “gacha” with attempts that can be either paid with real money or free currency earned in-game. On one side, they’re certainly
Our WeebCast is a weekly podcast dedicated to all thing Japanese, and today you can listen to its seventh episode, focusing Akihabara, the wonderful place that will leave you spoiled for choice in games, anime, manga, figures, and all kinds of entertainment. We talk about the main attractions, the awesome pre-owned and retro market, and plenty of
Our WeebCast is a weekly podcast dedicated to all thing Japanese, and today you can listen to its sixth episode, focusing on the renaissance of Japanese games, many of which rose to critical and fan acclaim over the past few years after a period of semi-limbo. This discussion was inspired by Ebb and Flow – Conversations on the recent
The WeebCast is our weekly podcast dedicated to all thing Japanese, and today you can listen to its fifth episode, focusing one of the most iconic genres of Japanese games, visual novels. We talk about some of the games that left a lasting impression, and some that you might not know about, alongside the genre
The WeebCast is a podcast dedicated to all thing Japanese, and today you can listen to its fourth episode, focusing on the joys and woe of localization, that at times slides into censorship. We talk about quite a few examples from positive to extremely negative, and how it’s entirely possible to offer a localization that
Our weebcast dedicated to all thing Japanese comes in with its third episode and a focus on what we know about the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake. Our weeb hosts (yours truly and Staff Writer Emily Hobbs) talk about the latest news about the game, and all things Japanese games and anime from last week.
Our weebcast dedicated to all thing Japanese celebrates its second episode with a focus on Sega’s surprising announcements from Saturday morning. Our weeb hosts (yours truly and Staff Writer Emily Hobbs) talk about Shenmue I & 2 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, the return of the Sakura Wars series, and all things Japanese games and
Most of you probably noticed that here at DualShockers we love Japanese games. As a matter of fact, we love them so much that we realized that we don’t talk about them enough. The DualShockers’ Weebcast is basically our attempt to make up for that. For the longest time, the team at DualShockers has worked