Fans think this rare Japanese TV video may be the only known footage of Luigi in Super Mario 64

The Pokémon Company has donated ¥50 million (£272K / $346K) to the Japanese Red Cross to aid the rescue and support efforts for those affected by 1st January's devastating earthquake.

Side-scrolling puzzle action game Gift will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC via Steam on May 9, publisher Bushiroad Games and developers Toydium and Million Edge announced. It will cost 3,520 yen in Japan. It will support English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Brazilian, and Russian language options.

When it comes to video game development, secrecy is something that is paramount on multiple levels. After all, we live in an age where just about everything is talked about all the time, and that means that anyone and everyone can leak something if they want to or are “incentivized” enough. And Nintendo has had to deal with leaks of all kinds over the years. Plus, their secrecy about the upcoming Nintendo Switch successor has led to all kinds of “reports” coming out. But even during the development of Luigi’s Mansion 2, The Big N wanted to ensure that no one talked about the game or the system it would be on.

Nintendo can be pretty secretive when it comes to its future plans, a lot more than most other companies in the industry. It supposedly has a brand-new system launching at some point in 2024, but we barely know anything about it besides it's reportedly been shown off behind close doors to a number of developers. In fact, Nintendo is so secretive that it sometimes doesn't even let its own developers know about consoles currently in production.

India is increasingly and rapidly stepping up its game in space missions and discoveries. With a number of new upcoming missions planned by the space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India has also laid out its investment plans for a monetary contribution to the international astronomical collaboration project, which includes over 16 nations. The collaboration between the nations will be developing the world's largest radio telescope called the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), which will be responsible for studying galaxies present in the universe. Additionally, it aims to make available the data as to evolution of our galaxy. Know what the project is about and how and when it will be ready to conduct research.

Nintendo’s creative leader, Shigeru Miyamoto, has reiterated he has no plans to retire from the company.

2023 was a banner year for anime. From beloved continuing series like Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Jujutsu Kaisen to long-awaited passion projects like Pluto and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, there was pretty much something for every type of anime fan. While we’ve already published our picks for the best anime of the year and where to watch them, we also wanted to highlight one of the important yet overlooked elements of any great anime: the opening title sequence.

The modernized and remade PC version of tactical shoot 'em up R-Type Tactics 1 and 2 is clearly not coming this year as previously listed. Developer Granzella has announced that R-Type Tactics I — II Cosmos is in fact coming in fall 2024, instead, during a recent livestream.

Suika Game, also known as the Watermelon Game that recently went mega-viral, is Nintendo Switch’s most downloaded game in Japan.

It’s been a great year in movies. So great, in fact, that it was hard to limit our year-end list to just the 50 best new movies. Similarly, TV had a stellar year, and the 50 best new shows only scratches the surface of the year in episodic storytelling.

It's almost the end of 2023, which means developers across Japan with upcoming games are releasing end-of-year statements to provide updates on their myriad of projects. Konami is no exception, a publisher which is currently working on a bunch of Silent Hill titles, including the highly-anticipated remake of Silent Hill 2.

Japanese players seem to be enjoying the way Baldur’s Gate 3 depicts nudity or rather the way it doesn’t.