Sakura Nogawa is a Japanese voice actress and singer. In August 2013,she took a break from voice acting and singing due to poor health and returned a year later. In February 2017,she announced that she had already changed the agency of Office Anemone.
Dungeon Fighter Online,known in South Korea as Dungeon &Fighter,is a multiplayer beat 'em up action role-playing game,developed and published for personal computers by Neople,a South Korean subsidiary of Nexon,and originally published by Hangame in 2005. The game was originally released in South Korea as Dungeon &Fighter,then in Japan as Arad Senki,and then published in China by Tencent. A global version of Dungeon Fighter Online was released in May 2015.
Numerous video games were released in 2016. New hardware came out as well,albeit largely refreshed and updated versions of consoles in the PlayStation 4 Pro,PlayStation 4 Slim,and Xbox One S. Commercially available virtual reality headsets were released in much greater numbers and at much lower price points than the enthusiast-only virtual reality headsets of earlier generations. Augmented reality also became mainstream with Pokémon Go. Top-rated games originally released in 2016 included Uncharted 4:A Thief's End,Inside,Overwatch,Forza Horizon 3,Madden NFL 17,WWE 2K17,NBA 2K17,Dark Souls III,and Battlefield 1 and Doom 2016. The top five highest-grossing video games of 2016 were League of Legends,Honor of Kings/Arena of Valor,Monster Strike,Clash of Clans,and Dungeon Fighter Online.
In the video game industry during 2019,both Sony and Microsoft announced their intent to reveal their next-generation consoles in 2020,while Nintendo introduced a smaller Nintendo Switch Lite,and Google announced its streaming game platform Stadia. The controversy over loot boxes as a potential gambling route continued into 2019,with some governments like Belgium and the Netherlands banning games with them under their gambling laws,while the United Kingdom acknowledging their current laws prevent enforcing these as if they were games of chance. The first video cards to support real-time ray tracing were put onto the consumer market,including the first set of games that would take advantage of the new technology. The Epic Games Store continued its growth in challenging the largest digital PC game distribution service Steam,leading to concern and debate about Epic Games' methods to seek games for its service. Dota Auto Chess,a community-created mod for Dota 2,introduced a new subgenre of strategy games called auto battlers,which saw several games in the genre released throughout the year. Blizzard Entertainment faced criticism due to their involvement in the Blitzchung controversy,which began after they had banned a Hearthstone player for making comments during a tournament regarding the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.
Million Arthur is a Japanese media franchise created by Square Enix,consisting primarily of a series of video games. The first release was an online free-to-play card battle game titled Kaku-San-Sei Million Arthur,which was released for iOS and Android in 2012. A sequel game titled Kai-Ri-Sei Million Arthur was released in Japan in November 2014.
In the video game industry,2020 saw the launch of the next generation of video game consoles,with both Microsoft and Sony Interactive Entertainment having released the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 consoles,respectively,in November 2020. The industry was heavily affected by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which had begun in March and was characterized by COVID-19 lockdowns and remote work. While this caused numerous delays in software and hardware releases and the cancellation of live conferences and events in favor of virtual shows,it also created a boon for the industry as people turned to gaming as a means to pass the time. The industry also reacted to various political/cultural events.
Samurai Shodown is a 2019 fighting game developed and published by SNK for arcades,PlayStation 4,Xbox One,Nintendo Switch,Stadia,Xbox Series X and Series S,Android and iOS via Netflix Games,and Windows as an entry in the Samurai Shodown series,as well as a reboot to the series.
In the video game industry,2021 saw the release of many new titles. The numerous delays in software and hardware releases due to the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic heavily impacted development schedules,leading to several games being delayed into 2022 or even postponed indefinitely. Additionally,computer and console hardware were impacted by the combined effects of a semiconductor shortage and a rising growth of bitcoin mining that strained the supply of critical components.
In the video game industry,2022 saw the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry,slowing hardware sales for most of the year as well as development delays for major titles. The industry continued its trend of acquisitions and mergers,highlighted by Microsoft announcing its plan to acquire Activision Blizzard for nearly $69 billion. The industry as a whole continued to deal with issues such as workplace harassment and discrimination,alongside crunch periods,leading to at least the quality assurance staff at three separate studios to vote to unionize.
Capcom Arcade Stadium is an arcade video game compilation by Capcom. It includes 32 arcade games originally published by Capcom between 1984 and 2001. The compilation was initially released on Nintendo Switch in February 2021,then on PlayStation 4,Windows,and Xbox One in May 2021,and Amazon Luna in May 2022.
In the video game industry,2023 saw significant changes within larger publishers and developers. Microsoft,after having satisfied worldwide regulatory bodies,completed its US$69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard,making them the third largest game publisher in the world. Embracer Group,which had been in an acquisition spree over the previous few years,had an estimated $2 billion deal fall through,causing many of the studios under Embracer to either lay off staff or close entirely. Similar layoffs were seen at Unity,Amazon,ByteDance,Epic Games,Bungie,and Ubisoft,leading to over 9,000 jobs lost in the industry in 2023 and part of a larger trend of layoffs at technology companies in 2023.
Shin KidōSenki Gundam Wing:Endless Duel is a 1996 fighting video game developed by Natsume Co.,Ltd. and published in Japan by Bandai for the Super Famicom. It is the first game to be based on the Mobile Suit Gundam Wing anime series. Set in the year After Colony 195,players take control of a pilot from the Colony Liberation Organization or the Organization of the Zodiac. Its gameplay consists of one-on-one fights,with a main four-button configuration,featuring special moves,as well as three playable modes.
Record of Lodoss War:Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth is a 2021 action role-playing video game developed by Team Ladybug and co-published by Playism and Why so serious? for Microsoft Windows. Versions for Nintendo Switch,PlayStation 4,PlayStation 5,Xbox One,and Xbox Series X and Series S were also released. It is based on Ryo Mizuno's Record of Lodoss War series,taking place before the events of The Crown of the Covenant. Controlling the high elf Deedlit,who finds herself in a strange interconnected labyrinth filled with her past foes and companions,the game focuses on exploration and searching for items and power-ups in the vein of Castlevania:Symphony of the Night,fighting bosses and minibosses. During gameplay,the player also locates two elemental spirits and swaps between each one.
In the video game industry,2024 is seeing job losses extending from 2023,including large cuts from Microsoft Gaming,Electronic Arts,and Sony Interactive Entertainment,and with nearly 8,000 jobs lost during the months of January and February.
DNF Duel is a fighting video game co-developed by Arc System Works,Eighting and Neople,and published by Nexon. It is a spin-off of the Dungeon &Fighter series and was released for the Microsoft Windows,PlayStation 4,and PlayStation 5 on 28 June 2022. A Nintendo Switch port was released on 20 April 2023.
Jujutsu Kaisen:Cursed Clash is a fighting game developed by Byking and Gemdrops,and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Based on the 2020 anime adaptation of Gege Akutami's manga series,Jujutsu Kaisen,the game was released on February 1,2024,in Japan for the Nintendo Switch,PlayStation 4,PlayStation 5,Windows,Xbox One,and Xbox Series X/S,which was followed by a worldwide release the next day on February 2. However,it received generally mixed-to-negative reviews due to a lackluster story mode,small character roster,poor netcode,and an underwhelming co-op mode.
