Now that 'Ace Combat 8' is available in early access, I thought I would add some more of my thoughts about the game following my review.

It’s been seven years since the release of 'Ace Combat 7', so this new entry has a lot to live up to, and the good news is that it certainly doesn’t disappoint.

It’s been seven years since 'Dragon Quest XI S' was released on the Switch, and nine years since the original version. Is it worth full price for a Switch 2 release?

While many are familiar with the 'Guyver' manga and anime, it also had two live-action movies, with the second being surprisingly decent considering its tiny budget.

The Tokyo Game Show is currently underway, but the last extra public day will be canceled due to projections of an incoming typhoon.

One of the current misconceptions is that, with the current budgetary fallout in gaming, Japan has somehow emerged unscathed. Sadly, that’s not the case.

With 'Ace Combat 8' out in a few weeks, it seems that HORI has delivered an entirely epic flight stick for the game that not only works on PlayStation but also on PC.

With 'Dragon Quest' already celebrating its 40th anniversary, it seems the much-beloved role-playing game series has managed to reach 100 million lifetime game sales.

This was one of the biggest Tokyo Game Shows in recent memory, and console gaming as well as Japanese games in general have clearly made a massive resurgence.

With the release of 'Ace Combat 8' not far off, we’ve been graced with a new story trailer and the reveal of a new Strangereal fighter.

With 'Metroid Ravenous' now announced, I thought it worth looking at the two 2D 'Metroid' games on the Game Boy Advance, 'Metroid Fusion' and 'Zero Mission'.

It’s been a while since we had a new 'Kirby' game, and the upcoming 'Kirby and the World Beyond' may explain why.

Following the excellent 'Metroid Dread', we now have a new 2D 'Metroid' game on the way for the Switch 2, and it already looks very impressive indeed.

With the latest 'Zelda' focused Nintendo Direct now behind us, there’s a lot of new 40th anniversary content that looks really special.

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the classic mecha anime 'Blue Comet SPT Layzner', a theatrical showing was held in Akihabara, Tokyo, today.

The upcoming 'Gundam Rogue Orbit' showed off more gameplay footage during Sony’s State of Play yesterday and confirmed a March release date.

The classic NES shmup 'Final Mission' will be the next to get the Tengo Project treatment, and a demo will be playable at this year’s Tokyo Game Show.

During the heyday of the PlayStation 2, the 'Onimusha' series was one of the definitive games of that era, and 'Way of the Sword' may be one of the finest of this one.

海外ではむしろ後期タイトルのほうがなじみ深いとか。

With the life-size Unicorn Gundam in Odaiba, Tokyo, set to be taken down at the end of this month, it received a lovely going-away ceremony.

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of 'Dragon Quest', there’s a new exhibition and VR ride called The Dive, and it’s a lot of fun.

The first of the two business days for the Tokyo Toy Show was today, and there were a lot of new figures and toys on display.

With this year being the 30th anniversary of the criminally underrated 'Gundam X', Bandai Spirits has some new toys planned to commemorate the anime.

Since the release of 'Earth Defense Force 6' back in 2022, developer Sandlot has been rather quiet, but it seems another alien ant-squishing masterpiece is on the way.

In a new interview with Noah Centineo, he talks briefly about the upcoming live-action 'Gundam' movie and says that it will be set in the Universal Century timeline.

With the new 'VOTOMS' anime movie by Mamoru Oshii released in Japan this November, the latest trailer looks genuinely amazing.

Back in 2024, I covered that a new 'Golden Axe' animated series was on the way, and that it was meant to be “hilarious”. Well, the new trailer dropped, and it’s not.

Now that the final DLC set for 'Super Robot Wars Y' is out, I’ve had time to play and finish it. It was a lot more fun than I was expecting.

In a lovely new interview, titans of manga Rumiko Takahashi and Junji Ito discuss their work over some tea.

In a nice bit of news, the upcoming 'Panzer Dragoon Zwei: Remake' has received a new demo following the prior demo’s fan feedback.

Following the US theatrical release of 'Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery Of Nymph Circe', the anime movie will be released on Netflix on August 31.

The genuinely excellent range of DX Chogokin 'Macross' toys will be getting Roy’s VF-1S re-released in a few days.

The thoroughly excellent 'Super Robot Wars Y' gets its final update and DLC pack in the next few days.

The first of the two PlayStation Portable 'Super Robot Wars Z' games is getting remastered, and I really cannot contain my excitement.

Following the news that Bandai Spirits will be handling toys for the current 'Ghost in the Shell' series, we now have some price points and a January release date.

Arguably one of the finest manga ever created is Hayao Miyazaki’s manga for 'Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind', and this box set is genuinely wonderful.

The latest episode of the new 'Ghost in the Shell', called 'Robot Rondo', really shows why this anime works so well by sticking to the original manga.

With the Japanese summer in full swing, with intense heat and humidity, fans made their way to Makuhari Messe to enjoy Wonder Festival 2026 Summer.

Following the success of 'Gundam GQuuuuuuX', the next 'Gundam' anime, called 'Gundam RG XARX-ZERO', will be released next year.

With the 'Beast of Reincarnation' set for release in a few weeks, I was able to get an early hands-on session with the game today, and I came away impressed.

With rumors circulating over the past few days, Hasbro has finally revealed its lineup of 'Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' figures.

With the new, very faithful anime adaptation of 'Ghost in the Shell' underway, Bandai Spirits has announced toys of the Fuchikoma and the Major.

The latest 'Ghost in the Shell' anime adaptation is really going all out in its faithfulness to the original manga, and it’s great.

Attention, Cyber Troopers!

In rather touching news, the CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, gave thanks to Sega during his recent trip to Tokyo.

One of the lesser-known mecha games from the era of the original PlayStation is the suitably surreal shooter 'Geppy-X', and this release certainly does justice to that.

You should "mecha" dash for this series

The latest anime adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s manga 'Ghost in the Shell 'is finally here, and it’s probably the most faithful version to date.

With all the terrible news of layoffs and that the games industry is in a dire state, some people online have said a crash is the only way to fix things. It won’t.