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The new studio led by Yakuza and Like A Dragon co-creator Toshihiro Nagoshi is reportedly facing closure after publisher NetEase cut its investment in the fresh-faced developer.Instrumental in the creation of the Yakuza series and a Sega veteran of three decades, the famed developer opened Nagoshi Studio back in 2021 in partnership with publisher NetEase, the entertainment conglomerate behind several big hitters, including Marvel Rivals and Naraka Bladepoint.Nagoshi Studio announced its very Yakuza-ish debut game only three months ago, an action brawler called Gang of Dragon, at The Game Awards 2025. But according to a new report from Bloomberg, NetEase…
Upon Marathon’s launch earlier this week, Bungie revealed a pair of in-game currencies that you have to use to unlock various bits. One is called SILK, which you can earn through play and is used to unlock rewards in rewards passes. The other is LUX, a premium currency you have to spend real, cold, hard cash on to get, though its sole purpose is for cosmetics. However, much like all in-game currencies that cost real-world money, the amount you can buy and the amount it costs to buy cosmetics didn’t line up, leading to a good bit of pushback…
One Final Fantasy fan has taken on arguably the series’ most gruelling and annoying challenge ever, and channelled FromSoftware sickos to make it infinitely harder, for reasons that escape me.YouTuber Played To Completion is no rookie when it comes to Final Fantasy 9’s skip rope mini-game. Very early on in the adventure, you can join a children’s skip rope game as Vivi, and earn achievements for skipping 100 times and 1,000 times without tripping.Played To Completion had already made it to 1,000 uninterrupted jump rope skips – a feat that alludes most Final Fantasy fans and would be impossible for…
Menace, the latest very XCOM-ish game from Battle Brothers developer Overhype Studios, has been out in early access for about a month now, and with that the arrival of a roadmap has appeared to grace us with very sparse details regarding what you can expect in the game’s numerous updates to come. For starters, there’s the continuous changes and additions that will come throughout early access such as new weapons, items and enemy variants, bug fixes and balance adjustments, new operations and missions, alongside UI and AI improvements. When it comes to major updates, there’ll be three lots of…
Since the introduction of the Online Safety Act in the UK, internet users have had to upload their ID if they want to access “adult content”. While this was introduced in the name of protecting children, the vague definition of “adult content” means that genuinely useful and educational resources about health and sexuality may become inaccessible, and people who are over the age of 18 rightly feel that having to upload their ID to continue to use the internet as they always did is an invasion of their privacy. So far, VPNs have offered a workaround for anybody who is…
When Dark Souls exploded in popularity well over a decade ago, it felt like a bolt from the blue, as if FromSoftware suddenly, single-handedly demonstrated that many players wanted challenging, often obtuse games that demanded time and attention to truly master – a fact that Elden Ring would embrace to even greater heights. Of course, the truth is a fair bit more complicated than that, not least because FromSoftware was already burning the RPG rulebook back in the ’90s with King’s Field.Shinichiro Nishida is a longtime FromSoftware developer who is still working at the studio to this day. He spoke…
It’s looking pretty likely that Gang of Dragon, the debut game from Yakuza/Like a Dragon creator Toshihiro Nagoshi’s studio, won’t be coming out at all. According to a report from Bloomberg, Nagoshi Studio employees were told by NetEase Inc. Friday, March 6th, that it would be pulling funding for the game from this coming May. This is just the latest of cuts the tech giant has made in recent years, such as pulling funding from the Mass Effect talent-led Worlds Untold in 2024, broader job cuts in 2025, and the complete shuttering of a studio founded by Fallout…
A gorgeous blend of base building and ARPG, The Riftbreaker manages to bring its numerous component parts together into a slick and rewarding co-op game with plenty of polish. It just got a whole lot bigger with the launch of the clinical-sounding ‘World Expansion IV’ update, which adds a new biome and a fresh game mode designed for more advanced players. To celebrate, developer Exor Studios is letting you and your friends jump in for free this weekend, and it’s at a deep discount if you like what you find. You are The Riftbreaker, a highly trained scientist with combat…
My Super Mario toy collection beganway back in the early 90s with an official plastic Mario toothbrush holder. He was a little off model and had a grin that would haunt most children’s dreams today, but I loved him all the same.These days, it’s a lot easier to find higher-quality versions of my favorite mustachioed plumber. There’s no shortage of representation of the Mushroom Kingdom’s many residents, but Good Smile Company’s Mario and Luigi figures remain the best Mario merch I’ve ever come across. They’re also a bit off-model, but that’s the point, as Nendoroids are part of an anime…
Banquet of Fools has quietly been one of the most promising CRPGs in Steam Early Access for over a year, and I’m happy to report that it’s finally coming out in full and is just as gorgeous as ever.”Thank you everyone for the support the last year and a half in early access,” developer Hannah and Joseph Games writes on its blog post celebrating the game’s 1.0 release on March 5, 2026. “The game improved so much with your feedback and we were able to have some wonderful artists contribute to the raffles.””For those of you about to finish the…