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Japan has been a long-requested location for the Forza Horizon series.

After many years of fan requests, the Forza Horizon series by Playground Games is headed to Japan. In 2026 Forza Horizon 6 takes racers to Japan on Xbox Series X|S, Steam, Microsoft Store, Xbox Cloud, and day one on Game Pass. A PlayStation 5 release is also planned but it's coming at some point after it releases on the other platforms.

Microsoft shared a teaser trailer that gave fans a glimpse of...

Just good vibes, good scenery, and good fishing in Japan.

The next downloadable content for Call of the Wild: The Angler was announced today with a release set for October 29. Call of the Wild: The Angler's Japan Reserve takes you to Kamuibetsu National Park in Hokkaido, Japan where you will be able to fish for 15 new and unique species like the Feral Koi and Chum Salmon.

In addition, there are new missions and challenges that offer "exciting rewards." The...

Striking Distance would rather cancel the release than make the required changes.

If you have seen anything concerning The Callisto Protocol over these past several months, you know that it's going to be a very gory and very violent game. The problem with games being too gory is that they sometimes won't pass regional ratings boards in various parts of the world.

That is precisely what happened in Japan. The country's Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO) took...

A racist joke could land some outlets in legal trouble.

On Friday morning, former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, was assassinated while giving a campaign speech for upcoming elections. Abe was shot twice in the back from an individual that created a homemade gun. The assassin, Tetsuya Yamagami, was arrested at the scene.

Following the assassination, trolls on 4chan's /pol/ created a racist joke that said developer Hideo Kojima was the assassin that murdered Shinzo...

Japan has been the leader in game development for so long that some parts of the world believe all games are from this island country. The last few years haven’t been so kind to the gambling industry, though, since casino games from the west have become more prominent these days. That doesn’t mean Japanese consumers have totally deserted games developed by their own.


Here’s why Japan is regarded as a leader in the gaming world; Nintendo arcade and Classic Sega were...

Early this morning confirmations came out that Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4, and Yakuza 5 will all be given the remaster treatment and released on the PlayStation 4. Yakuza 3 will be released on August 9 alongside a code to download the soundtrack. Yakuza 4 will arrive later this Fall. Yakuza 5 will be released in Spring 2019. Now it's important to note here that all of these release dates are just for Japan along with the rest of Asia. Alongside the Japanese voice work, it will include Chines...

Early this morning confirmations came out that Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4, and Yakuza 5 will all be given the remaster treatment and released on the PlayStation...

This should come as no surprise to those that read the rumor from late last night, but Dark Souls: Remastered was officially announced today. Really, the only thing that's different from the initial leak is the fact that the remaster is not a PlayStation 4 exclusive as initially thought. Instead, Dark Souls: Remastered will be released for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam on May 25, 2018.
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This should come as no surprise to those that read the rumor from late last night, but Dark Souls: Remastered was officially announced today. Really,...

According to a tweet made by @bdsassy on Twitter, not only is Dark Souls Remastered a potential game but it's also looking like it might be a PlayStation 4 exclusive.

In what looks like a photograph of a pre-order slip, the game lists "Dark Souls Remastered" for the PlayStation 4. The date indicates May 24, 2018, which may be the release date (at least in Japan).
Real? Fake? Why not the Xbox? Will the PC see any of the potential improvements too? WHERE ...

According to a tweet made by @bdsassy on Twitter, not only is Dark Souls Remastered a potential game but it's also looking like it might be a...

A new, debut trailer for Yakuza Online was just released today. It's all in Japanese, so good luck understanding what is being said here. Yakuza Online is slated to be released on both mobile devices and PC in 2018.

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A new, debut trailer for Yakuza Online was just released today. It's all in Japanese, so good luck understanding what is being said here. Yakuza...

The official Japanese PlayStation website revealed this week that the PlayStation 3 is no longer in production in Japan.

The page lists the 500GB model as having "completed" its shipments. The 500GB model was the last remaining PS3 model that was still in production in Japan....