Touhou Project adventure RPG Marisa of Liartop Mountain announced for PC

Publisher TBS Games and developer Three Rings have announced I am Adventure Boy: Ultimate Escape Island for Switch. It will launch in March in Japan.

A planned live-action adaptation of MMO Final Fantasy XIV is officially “dead”, according to the TV series’ producers. A combination of the pandemic and the “size and scale needed to do it right” are apparently to blame, with Amazon reportedly coming closest to making it a reality - but to no avail.

Real-time / turn-based hybrid premium 3D RPG Ex Astris will launch for iOS via App Store and Android via Google Play on February 27 for $9.99, publisher GRYPHLINE and Hypergryph Network Technology developer Nous Wave Studio announced.

As Nintendo has proven over the last several years, they’re dedicated to not just making the best video games possible featuring their IPs but trying to take those IPs and bring them to new places so that they can “lure in” new people to check them out. Last year, they released the first of what might be a grand movie slate, with Mario’s first animated feature not only getting nominated for awards but also bringing in over 1.3 billion dollars! Then, there’s Super Nintendo World, the amusement that Nintendo has built with Universal Studios. The park already has locations in Japan and California, and Orlando is set to drop soon.

Game developer People Can Fly has laid off around thirty developers from an unannounced Square Enix game codenamed Project Gemini. The news was broken yesterday by Kotaku, which obtained an email sent by Development Director Adam Alker to his fellow employees. Alker chalked the layoffs to budget limitations and a decision to shrink the game's scope.

Planet Coaster studio Frontier Developments will host a new monthly showcase beginning next week, on 31st January at 6pm UK time, with updates on the what's next from the company.

FuRyu subsidiary Studio Lalala has announced Kemono Teatime, a game that combines Kemomimi, cafe management, and ASMR. It will launch for PC via Steam in 2024 with English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese language support.

A California startup using artificial intelligence (AI) and satellites to spot fire and weather risks on power lines, AiDash, reported on Tuesday it had raised $50 million in new funding, reflecting Silicon Valley efforts to create products that help energy companies adapt to climate change.

The full list of nominees for the upcoming 96th annual Academy Awards was officially announced this morning, Tuesday, January 23, 2024.

Developers SimonCreative and Storia have announced roguelite strategy game Sakura and the Airyvixen for PC (Steam). It will launch in Q2 2024.

Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries has confirmed there will be no further seasons after season 5.

Award-winning indie game Sea of Stars is set to expand its reach with a physical release in spring 2024. The surprise announcement of its boxed edition arrived some five months after Sea of Stars debuted to critical acclaim.