Akihabara Arcade News

[cidoku]

This includes the Yume Nikki reboot, Yume Nikki -Dream Diary-!

I will destroy you.

[capstasher]

Oh yeah, I should actually post this before it's over, ideally.

Massive Spike Chunsoft Mid Year Sale ongoing until the 11th!
Everything from SciADV, DanganronpaAd Somnium and more from 30 to 90% off!!!!

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Aquaplus and Shivarune also have a sale, the Aquaplus Super Sale on a variety of games and VNs, including To Heart, Night Shift Nurses, Uwarerumono series and more.
Not all titles are listed on the sale page though, so head to the Shivarune page to see the rest!

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The Earth Defense Force series is on sale, as part of the D3 Publisher Sale, so make sure to grab it if that interests you.

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Finally, the Muv-Luv series is on sale as part of the Muv-Luv True Love Sale, lasting until the 16th of this month! This includes soundtracks and some of the manga (made readable on Steam as DLC).

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This has been Captain Saint Asher, reporting to you live for Akihabara Arcade News!

[Parzival]

We're eating incredibly over the next year

[Blond]

More than 10 years waiting for P6... And the meme was right.

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But for real now, I'm actually excited. It seems we're getting a dark Persona like P3, but instead of being about death and memento mori, it's more about the esoteric.
As for Revival, it's going to be the best selling game in Atlust history, even more than Reload, and it's going to butcher the original game.

[capstasher]

Oh yeah, it's Steam Summer Sale, but you should already know this by now.

Also, Playstation announced they will stop producing physical disks come January 2028 in response to "shifting trends in consumer preference." To be honest I thought they stopped after the PS4, since I haven't seen a single game released for the PS5 yet.

<( Committee of 300, if you can hear me, please nuke Sony from orbit. )

Further in the bad gaming news, while Stop Killing Games was backing the "Protect Our Games" act in California, which would pave require gaming companies to provide a way for customers to keep playing games they paid for once official servers shut down, the opposition, The Entertainment Software Association, has stated that "[community servers] are illegal". The Protect Our Games act has failed to pass, with 3 votes in favour, 4 against, and 4 abstained. They have been granted reconsideration though, so here's hoping!

[Blond]

Oh yeah, it's Steam Summer Sale, but you should already know this by now.

Also, Playstation announced they will stop producing physical disks come January 2028 in response to "shifting trends in consumer preference."

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Thanks GTA VI. And this song will never stopped being relevant.

https://youtu.be/UtG11pmBe3U

[Parzival]

[TheEvilShadoo]

Oh yeah, it's Steam Summer Sale, but you should already know this by now.

Also, Playstation announced they will stop producing physical disks come January 2028 in response to "shifting trends in consumer preference." To be honest I thought they stopped after the PS4, since I haven't seen a single game released for the PS5 yet.

<( Committee of 300, if you can hear me, please nuke Sony from orbit. )

Further in the bad gaming news, while Stop Killing Games was backing the "Protect Our Games" act in California, which would pave require gaming companies to provide a way for customers to keep playing games they paid for once official servers shut down, the opposition, The Entertainment Software Association, has stated that "[community servers] are illegal". The Protect Our Games act has failed to pass, with 3 votes in favour, 4 against, and 4 abstained. They have been granted reconsideration though, so here's hoping!

[capstasher]

This is capstasher, on the ground reporting for Akihabara Arcade News.
For those of you on Good Old Games we have some Good New News for you! Sekai Project is hosting a sale with discounts from 30 to 80%! For all your VN needs, this may be the place to good.

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Also in, Steam is holding their Cyberpunk Fest event, with discounts on many a cyber punk game.

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That's all for today!

[capstasher]

Well, not discount news for once, but Bioware announced that it's shutting down. This seems to be due to EA, it's parent company, seeing the last few games as not very profitable (Dragon Age Veilguard, Mass Effect Andromeda, and Anthem). As a result of this, the next Mass Effect game that was currently in development has been cancelled.

Here's the closure announcement and an article on it.

Bloomberg - Electronic Arts to Cut 400 Jobs, Shut Down BioWare