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Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time rated for PS4, Xbox One in Taiwan gematsu.com/2020/06/crash-ba…
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NO STRAIGHT ROADS 2 announced for consoles, PC gematsu.com/2025/06/no-strai…
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Square Enix trademarks Ever Crisis, The First Soldier, and Shinra logo in Japan gematsu.com/2021/01/square-e…
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Bushiroad Games and Eighting announce 'full-scale Hunter x Hunter fighting game' gematsu.com/2023/12/bushiroa…
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The First Descendant Season 3 update and NieR: Automata collaboration announced gematsu.com/2025/05/the-firs…
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Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name description, screenshots, and release date appear on ... gematsu.com/2023/06/like-a-d…
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Darksiders 4 announced for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC gematsu.com/2025/08/darkside…
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It's January 31 in Japan. 25 years ago today (January 31, 1997), Squaresoft released Final Fantasy VII for PlayStation.
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Castlevania Advance Collection rated for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC in Taiwan gematsu.com/2021/09/castleva…
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Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka to announce new title on December 9 gematsu.com/2019/12/danganro…
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Full circle: gematsu.com/2023/10/persona-…
Rumor: Persona 3 remake and new Jet Set Radio game footage appears online gematsu.com/2023/04/rumor-pe…
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It's December 17 in Japan. XIII years ago today, Final Fantasy XIII launched for PlayStation 3 in Japan.
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Tales of series character designer Mutsumi Inomata dies at age 63 gematsu.com/2024/03/tales-of…
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Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion coming to PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on November 14 gematsu.com/2023/08/turok-3-…
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Live service games canned in the past weekish:
- Apex Legends Mobile
- Battlefield Mobile
- CRIMESIGHT
- CrossfireX
- Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai: A Hero’s Bonds
- Echo VR
- Knockout City
- Love Live! School Idol Festival (tbf though this one doesn't count)
- Rumbleverse
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Azur Lane developer announces Azur Promilia for PS5, PC, iOS, and Android - creature companionship fantasy RPG gematsu.com/2024/03/azur-lan…
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Two-versus-two tag-team fighting game Saturday AM: Battle Manga announced gematsu.com/2025/06/two-vers…
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Bandai Namco trademarks Ultimate Ninja Storm CONNECTIONS in Europe gematsu.com/2022/11/bandai-n…
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Parasite Eve-inspired sci-fi horror RPG Parasite Mutant announced for PS5, PC gematsu.com/2025/09/parasite…
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First screenshots of Need for Speed Unbound via Japanese retailer Neowing, which listed it early: neowing.co.jp/product/ELJM-3…
Launches Dec. 2. Currently only listed for PS5 (this is Japan---no Xbox physical edition). No PS4 version listed. Possibly new-gen-only?
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Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics sales top one million gematsu.com/2025/09/marvel-v…
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles 2 announced gematsu.com/2024/12/demon-sl…
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Rumor: Persona 3 remake and new Jet Set Radio game footage appears online gematsu.com/2023/04/rumor-pe…
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miHoYo announces ‘urban fantasy action RPG’ Zenless Zone Zero for PC, iOS, more gematsu.com/2022/05/mihoyo-a…
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It's January 31 in Japan. 26 years ago today, Final Fantasy VII launched for PS1. #gameanniversary
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20 years ago today in Japan (March 4), Sony Computer Entertainment released PlayStation 2.
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Tales of Arise shipments and digital sales top one million gematsu.com/2021/09/tales-of…
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Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, and Konami Collector’s Series: Castlevania and Contra rated for PC in Taiwan gematsu.com/2020/09/metal-ge…
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It's February 11 in Japan. 25 years ago today (1999), Square released Final Fantasy VIII for PlayStation.
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Capcom to release “multiple major new titles” by March 31, 2021 gematsu.com/2020/05/capcom-t…
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Persona 5 Strikers coming west for PS4, Switch, and PC on February 23, 2021 gematsu.com/2020/12/persona-…
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With the announcement of Soul Hackers 2 today, here's a friendly reminder that there should be Persona news within the next seven days as well. p-ch.jp/p25th/
(Watch ATLUS save it for the 28th.)
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25 years ago today (January 23, 1998), Capcom released Marvel vs Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes in arcades. The first console release would follow on Dreamcast one year later.
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Taiwan ratings – The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles for PS4, Switch, and PC; Tales from the Borderlands for Switch; more gematsu.com/2021/02/taiwan-r…
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English version of Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers listed by Asian retailers for February 23, 2021 release gematsu.com/2020/11/english-…
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Guilty Gear: Strive PS5 and PS4 open beta test set for February 19 to 21 gematsu.com/2021/02/guilty-g…
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Square Enix to offer permanent work-from-home program as of December 1 gematsu.com/2020/11/square-e…
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Konami trademarks Castlevania, Metal Gear Rising in Japan gematsu.com/2021/04/konami-t…
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Square Enix filed a trademark for "Subarashiki Kono Sekai" (The World Ends with You) in Japan on June 1, which just went public today chizai-watch.com/t/202006726…
Reminder that the Anime Expo Lite 2020 key visual features The World Ends with You gematsu.com/2020/05/anime-ex…
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Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars just popped up on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/1…
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Voice actor Yuri Lowenthal seemingly stating there was some sort conversation with ATLUS about reprising his role as Yosuke for an unannounced remake of Persona 4: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nsy…
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Touhou Project action game Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony coming to Switch, Steam in 2021 gematsu.com/2021/06/touhou-p…
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Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers is launching February 20, 2020 in Japan via retailer listings
Trailer is debuting nowish piped.video/watch?v=RKEKHvJJ…
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FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE announced for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC gematsu.com/2025/09/fatal-fr…
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SEGA filed the following four trademarks on December 6 in Japan, which were made public today:
Altered Beast: chizai-watch.com/t/202313497…
Eternal Champions: chizai-watch.com/t/202313497…
Jet Set Radio: chizai-watch.com/t/202313497…
Kid Chameleon: chizai-watch.com/t/202313497…
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ATLUS has released a new Persona series brand commercial for winter 2023 featuring official ambassadors Haruna Kawaguchi and Jun Shison. Watch it here: piped.video/watch?v=w5b3qgUP…
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Avatar: The Last Airbender competitive multiplayer fighting game announced gematsu.com/2024/02/avatar-t…
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Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] rated for PS4, Switch in Taiwan gematsu.com/2019/05/under-ni…
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Both p3re.jp and p5t.jp are now returning 404s, which likely means they're being configured.
P3RE is likely for Persona 3 remake, which Gematsu can confirm exists.
P5T may be for a new Persona 5 spinoff.
Thanks to @Persona_Central for spotting!
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Fighting Force Collection announced for PS5, PS4, Switch, and PC gematsu.com/2024/06/fighting…
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Capcom to release "multiple major new titles" by March 31, 2023 gematsu.com/2022/05/capcom-t…
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Castlevania Advance Collection (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC) rating in Taiwan updated with icon / logo gematsu.com/2021/09/castleva…
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2D action RPG Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past! announced for 'all major platforms' gematsu.com/2025/02/2d-actio…
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Stellar Blade for PC launches June 11 alongside Complete Edition gematsu.com/2025/05/stellar-…
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Team NINJA announces Three Kingdoms thriller Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, and PC gematsu.com/2022/06/team-nin…
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Fun fact: The "3" in E3 actually stands for the amount of companies participating.
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SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium rated for Switch in Korea gematsu.com/2021/01/snk-vs-c…
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Venus Vacation PRISM: DEAD OR ALIVE Xtreme announced for PS5, PS4, and PC gematsu.com/2024/09/venus-va…
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It's September 11 in Japan. 20 years ago today, Square Enix released Drag-On Dragoon (Drakengard) for PlayStation 2.
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It's March 29 in Japan. 25 years ago today, Square Enix released Parasite Eve for PlayStation.
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Hola, folks. This is the last time I'm doing this, so please bear with me. But it appears that t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶o̶n̶d̶e̶r̶f̶u̶l̶ @nichegamer 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒔 to grab content from Gematsu.
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Tales of Vesperia 10th anniversary remaster website discovered gematsu.com/2018/06/tales-of…
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Pre-orders for the unannounced Digimon Story: Time Stranger are up at GameStop:
PS5: gamestop.com/video-games/pla…
Xbox Series: gamestop.com/video-games/xbo…
No images or description yet. Official announcement possible during tonight's State of Play.
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SNK’s Yasuyuki Oda: ‘Both parties interested’ in SNK vs. Capcom revival gematsu.com/2022/08/snks-yas…
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Capcom trademarked Dino Crisis on March 4 in Japan, which went public today: chizai-watch.com/t/202502251…
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Mortal Kombat Kollection Online rated for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC in Europe gematsu.com/2020/01/mortal-k…
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Despite its name, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster seems to be a full remake. Here are some PS4 remaster vs. this trailer comparison screenshots:
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A message + illustration from Tetsuya Nomura on the announcement of NEO: The World Ends with You
ゲームの公式Twitterがないのでお邪魔します。来年４月放映が決まったアニメの続編となるゲームは来年夏となります。続編主人公のデザインをした時にはマスクが普通の世界になるとは思わず。後謎のスマホの記号はNEOという意味でした。では来年 #すばせか をよろしくお願いします。良いお年を＠野村
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Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection announced for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC gematsu.com/2021/02/ninja-ga…
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*Update* Screenshots of Spyro Reignited Trilogy for PS4 have leaked gematsu.com/2018/04/amazon-m…
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Capcom sales update: Monster Hunter Rise at 10.3 million, Devil May Cry 5 at 5.7 million, more gematsu.com/2022/08/capcom-s…
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Freedom Wars Remastered announced for PS5, PS4, Switch, and PC gematsu.com/2024/09/freedom-…
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Kingdom Hearts II launched for PlayStation 2 15 years ago today in Japan (December 22, 2005). (@KINGDOMHEARTS / @_KINGDOMHEARTS)
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Switch 2 game pre-orders have been up in Japan for a few hours, revealing all physical third-party games (so far—except Cyberpunk 2077) that are not "Nintendo Switch 2 Editions" to be shipping on game-key cards (requires internet to download the full game).
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Steam achievements update suggests Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha HD collection planned gematsu.com/2024/09/steam-ac…
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