Games

Tomonobu Itagaki was a hugely influential figure in the Japanese video game industry. He started Team Ninja in the late 1990s and played a key role in creating many of the action and fighting games we enjoy today. At a recent memorial event, Koei Tecmo’s Yosuke Hayashi shared a story about first meeting Itagaki in 2001. Hayashi remembered being assigned to Itagaki’s team, only to be told there wasn’t anything for him to do.

We’re excited to introduce two new important characters: Iris MagMell (voiced by Ai Kakuma in Japanese) and Jadwiga (voiced by Sayaka Oohara in Japanese). Jadwiga will manage the base’s shops and smithy, with help from her many assistants who sell items both inside and outside. Iris, on the other hand, will be dedicated to researching and developing new equipment to enhance a Revenant’s powers.

Paramount is planning a fifth Sonic the Hedgehog movie, following the fourth film currently set for release in March 2027. While the fourth movie’s release date is known, details about the fifth film are still a secret – all that’s been confirmed is that it will take place within the Sonic universe, according to Deadline.

A video of influencer Nina at a Target self-checkout became popular on social media on November 30th.

Everything has a catch, and one intern learned that the hard way. He was sent by his company to an NVIDIA event in Suzhou, China on November 14th – with all travel costs covered – but there was an unexpected downside.

Megabonk was up for the Best Debut Indie award on November 17th, and it seemed like a done deal until the developer, Vedinad, pulled out of consideration at The Game Awards the following day. Vedinad felt Megabonk didn’t qualify for the “debut” category because he’d previously released games under different studio names, meaning it wasn’t actually his first game.

The fonts used in LETS are popular with major Japanese game companies. You can find them in titles like Fate/Grand Order (Type-Moon), Granblue Fantasy (Cygames), Monster Hunter Generations and Ultimate (Capcom), Dragon Quest XI & Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix), and Persona 5 & Etrian Odyssey V (Atlus). However, in September 2023, Monotype, a US company, purchased Fontworks, the creators of these fonts.

Nuyanzin, a 30-year-old from Orenburg, Russia, was a well-known fitness and nutrition coach on Instagram. He had built a following of over 43,000 people by sharing his diet and workout advice.

Ross Creations, a Florida-based influencer, runs a popular YouTube channel called ‘Vlog Creations.’ He’s known for creating funny inventions and using them to playfully prank people.

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