How NTT Research has shifted more basic R&D into AI for the enterprise | Kazu Gomi interview
Kazu Gomi has a big view of the technology world from his perch in Silicon Valley. And as president and CEO of NTT Research,...
Inworld AI adds localization for Mandarin, Japanese and Korean
Inworld AI, a gaming-focused generative AI startup, has added multilingual support for Mandarin (simplified Chinese), Japanese, and Korean. These tools will allow creators to...
StreamElements: State of the Stream March 2023
March was a return to the status quo on Twitch according to StreamElements’ State of the Stream for March 2023 in partnership with Rainmaker.gg....
Minnapad, Japanese gaming icons launch ‘create-to-earn’ DAOs
Minnapad, a “create-to-earn” DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) launchpad and NFT marketplace focused on connecting fans with Japanese creators, has announced its first two partnerships....
Newzoo: Japanese gamers prefer single-player games over multiplayer
Japanese gamers, who make up a huge percentage of the gaming population, have somewhat different tastes than those elsewhere in the world, according to...
How a gaijin studio made the beautiful unrealism of Ghost of Tsushima
From the Japanese point of view, there is no way around it. Sucker Punch Productions, the maker of the Ghost of Tsushima samurai epic,...
Disney Emoji Blitz mobile game debuts in Japan
Jam City, the company behind Disney Frozen Adventures and Cookie Jam, has launched its popular match-3 game Disney Emoji Blitz in Japan, the second-largest...
Why have hyper-casual games replaced gacha in Japan?
In 1999 — some 20 years before the birth of Apple’s App Store when mobile phone owners in the West could only play Snake...
Gumi CEO believes VR and blockchain are key to connected worlds
Gumi has always been partial to new technology. Founded in 2007, the Japanese game publisher had one of the big hits of the smartphone...
Nintendo Switch Lite has Japan’s second-best launch for a console revision
Nintendo’s stock price dropped more than 4% yesterday because investors think the Switch Lite isn’t selling well. But the system actually had one of the...