Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reportedly formally warned U.S. officials about the Trump administration’s use of Japanese games and anime in government social media posts. The diplomatic push concerns Pokemon and several other high-profile properties. U.S. Officials Reportedly Warned That Using Japanese IP Still Requires Permission CloseAsh and Pikachu…

When Grand Theft Auto 6 launches later this year, it will cost $80, or $100 for the premium edition that comes with extra content. However, other games from Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar’s parent company, aren’t also being sold for $80. Why? Well, according to Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, it’s because the…

During today’s Take-Two Interactive earnings and investors’ call, CEO Strauss Zelnick was asked about Sony’s recent decision to end physical game production in 2028. And according to Zelnick, the game business is already digital, and discs don’t really make sense for most big games, like Rockstar’s upcoming Grand Theft Auto…

The high price of video game hardware and the looming threat of further increases is still casting a shadow over the future of gaming for consumers. And while video game executives, generally, are not folks you’d expect to be particularly fussed about these cost increases, especially if they’re profiting off…

Zack “Asmongold” Hoyt has had one of his Twitch channels suspended after a recent violation of the Amazon-owned platform’s community guidelines. The penalty comes days after a stream in which Hoyt ranted about immigration and argued it was okay to shoot children in order to stop people from illegally entering…

The Switch 2 version of Final Fantasy XIV is great except for terrible load times. A new patch is here to fix that. Last night, the game underwent emergency maintenance to address a bug related to players’ screens going permanently dark during battle phase transitions in dungeons or when attempting…