
Successful casual game developer King, creator of the multi-million micro-transaction monster known as Candy Crush, has reportedly been acquired by Activision Blizzard for a massive $5.9 billion, spawning some quite visceral reactions due to the unpopularity of all involved.
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Niigata-based design firm Muku have catered to the grotesque desires of otaku with a new product called the “Beautiful Girl T Bag“, a tea brew meant to emulate the “juices” of an anime girl – though which girl in question is still something they are looking to recruit partners for, and how the taste will differ from girl to girl is anyone’s guess.
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Hardcore Pokemon fans both young and old may be delighted at the fact that a real life Pokemon Gym will be opening in Osaka, bound to draw more fans to the ancient franchise than ever before.
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Square Enix have revealed that they intend to release updated versions of all their old stuff, sure to tug the heartstrings of those locked in a nostalgic stupor whilst avoiding the need for any expensive new titles, their recently revealed Final Fantasy 7 remake evidently being the flagship example of this innovative new strategy.
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Internet denizens have been clamoring over YouTube’s announcement of “YouTube Red“, an ad-free subscription service soon to milk YouTube’s legion of lowest common denominator watchers.
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Mitsui Real Estate Residential has turned to the power of anime to promote their property, transforming massive buildings into equally gargantuan mechs that will surely appeal to younger and older generations alike and hopefully gull more of them into helpfully inflating Tokyo’s China-fueled real estate mini-bubble – if only such constructions were available to purchase.
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The Tokyo Game Show has made a stellar impression with its 2015 arrival, not merely for its abundance of new games but also the sexiness of its cosplay companions and booth babes, once again threatening to steal the show from the multitude of exciting smartphone games they are supposed to be promoting.
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Japan’s fondness for bizarre (or perhaps desperate) marketing is evident once again with the newly surfaced TV CM for tank-centric MMO World of Tanks, asking potential players if they “like big cannon” – all sure to get barrels elevated and overheated from the promise of hot armored action.
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Sanrio‘s salmon-headed mascot “Kirimi-chan” has undergone a transformation of the most magical sort as the fishy manifestation takes on the likeness of a magical girl, bound to have people more bewildered than ever before – and likely serving as a minor marketing coup for the notoriously shrewd Sanrio.
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Murderous death-row amusement park anime Deadman Wonderland has descended to pachinko, now fueling not only the habits of gambling addicts but the obsessive nature of otaku as well – though a 2nd season announcement might have proven to be far more compelling to fans.
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Esteemed Atlus RPG Persona 4 has received yet another hugely exciting spin-off game, albeit in the form least likely to be appreciated by fans as the title becomes the subject of a pachinko machine, looking sure to keep seedy gambling parlors doing a roaring trade for some time to come.
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- Author: Rift
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Aug 20, 2015 00:38 JST
- Tags: Comiket, Crossover, Dancing, Marketing, Music, Music Games, PV, Sega, Vita

Upcoming Sega rhythm game Miracle Girls Festival has unveiled its latest PV at the cosplay-packed Comiket 88, showing off a little more of its Project Diva-esque gameplay that may possibly catch the attention of rhythm game fanatics – with its multitude of familiar anime girls sure to also be a prime selling point.
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