EVO Japan 2024 set for April 27 to 29

Apple iPhone 15 launch is very near, just weeks away, and the rumour mills are working overtime to out one secret after another. This is not just to please the millions of Apple iPhone fans out there, but also provide some kind of a basis, a foundation, for investors in Apple shares to go by. After all, they want to know very early whether their investment is sound and whether it will keep providing profit into the near and long-term future. And now, a report by 9to5Mac has just revealed some bad news about iPhone 15 production numbers.

Aksys Games has delayed the western release of Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II from its previously planned 2023 release window to late February 2024, as well as announced that the PlayStation 4 version has been dropped in favor of a PlayStation 5 version. It will now be available for PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC via Steam when it launches in the west.

Persona 3 Reload will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store on February 2, 2024 worldwide, ATLUS announced. It will also be available via Xbox Game Pass. Digital pre-orders are available now.

Many UK gamers have fond memories of Segaworld, a massive arcade billed as the largest in Europe during the 1990s. Greeting visitors at the entrance was a huge status of Sonic the Hedgehog spinning a globe on his finger. It was the most exciting entrance to an arcade a '90s teen could ever imagine.

As Forza Motorsport’s launch continues to draw closer, developer Turn 10 Studios is keeping up a consistence cadence of reveals for the tracks that will be featured in the racing sim upon release, from new additions like Grand Oak Raceway to returning favourites like Road America and Maple Valley Raceway. Now, another track in the latter group has been revealed.

PLAYISM will publish Kanata Lab and HYPER REAL-developed “super-condensed looping action adventure” game 34EVERLAST when it launches for PC via Steam in 2024, the company announced. It will support English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese language options. Additional platforms are to be determined.

PLAYISM will publish Silver Lining Studio-developed storytelling puzzle adventure game The Star Named EOS when it launches for PC via Steam in 2024, the company announced. The release is a delay from its previously planned 2023 release window. It will support English, Japanese, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, and Russian language options.

PLAYISM will publish illuCalab-developed and WSS playground-produced science-fiction mystery adventure game EDEN.schemata(); when it launches for PC via Steam in 2024, the company announced. It will support English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese language options.

PLAYISM will host PLAYISM Game Show 2023 on August 20 at 6:00 a.m. PT / 9:00 a.m. ET / 22:00 JST, the company announced. You will be able to watch it on YouTube (English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese) and Niconico.

Another Japan-exclusive Famicom game has received new life thanks to fans. 1990’s Dai Kaiju Deburas has received a fan translation patch, turning it into the Anglophonic Big Monster Flaburas.

The Pokémon Company has pledged $200k to the Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund after announcing Honolulu as the location of next year's Pokémon World Championship.

The Pokémon Company has confirmed that 2024’s Pokémon World Championships will take place in Honolulu, Hawaii, and that it is donating $200,000 to support the state’s wildfire relief efforts.