Tag: Japan
Nintendo Sues Palworld Developer Pocketpair
Remember Palworld, the indie video game from Japanese developer Pocketpair that took the gaming world by storm when it debuted earlier this year? It’s the action survival game that took clear inspiration from Pokémon in which the player is dropped into an open-world environment and tasked with c...
Read MoreAre Concord Losses Driving Up the PS5 Price?
Concord’s failure may have ramifications for gamers who aren’t even playing the game (which is almost all of them), and it already has in Japan, or so many are assuming. The first-person shooter has been a disaster for Sony, whose in-house studio, Firewalk Studios, developed Concord; according ...
Read MoreUbisoft Issues Apology to Japanese Gamers for Assassin’s Creed Shadows
The pressure over Assassin’s Creed Shadows has gotten to Ubisoft. Since the game’s trailer debuted, Ubisoft has been inundated with complaints from gamers, mostly those in Japan, over its disrespect for Japanese history and culture. The highest-profile issue is the use of Yasuke, a historical b...
Read MoreAssassin’s Creed Shadows Steals More Artifacts While Yasuke’s False History is Exposed
It keeps getting worse for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the next entry in Ubisoft’s video game series, which is set in feudal Japan. After they used Chinese architecture instead of Japanese and used the flag of a reenactment group without permission – not to mention the problems with Yasuke – r...
Read MoreJapanese Politician and New Song Highlight Unease Over Assassin’s Creed Shadows
The people of Japan are really pissed about Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and I don’t just mean the gamers. We’ve seen backlash since the trailer was released, with plenty of Japanese comments online criticizing the game for its portrayal of Yasuke, a historical black man who was a vassal for Nobu...
Read MoreJapanese Gamers Start Petition to Cancel Assassin’s Creed Shadows
It’s been a rocky road for Assassin’s Creed Shadows since the first trailer was released. The reveal that one of the game’s two leads – and the only male lead in a game series that, let’s not kid ourselves, is geared towards guys – was a black man, as opposed to Japanese, rubbed many th...
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