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Tetsuya Nomura Talked About Magic the Gathering FFVII Sephiroth Art

2 days ago | siliconera.com | Daniel Bueno

Square Enix revealed a new Magic: The Gathering card depicting FFVII villain Sephiroth, and Tetsuya Nomura shared some insight about the designs for the art on each side, following its reveal at PAX East 2025. The card includes two designs of the character, with one of them being a new design for Safer Sephiroth that differs from his appearance in the original game.
Prime 1 Studio Bloodborne Gehrman Figure Costs $1,300

5 days ago | siliconera.com | Daniel Bueno

Prime 1 Studio revealed a new figure of Gehrman from Bloodborne that costs $1,299/207,790 yen. The figure is now available for pre-order, and it is set to release sometime between August and November 2026. More information on its release will appear in the future. The figure depicts Gehrman as he appears during his boss fight at the end of the game, standing up from his wheelchair and wielding his Burial Blade scythe trick weapon and a blunderbuss.
Street Fighter and Darkstalkers Bishoujo Juri and Hsien-Ko Merchandise Shared

6 days ago | siliconera.com | Daniel Bueno

Kotobukiya announced it will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Bishoujo figure line with a new exhibition that will include merchandise inspired by Juri from Street Fighter and Hsien-Ko from Darkstalkers. They are two of multiple characters who will be featured at the event, which starts on May 27, 2025. The exhibition aims to celebrate the work of artist Shunya Yamashita, who is responsible for the designs behind the Kotobukiya Bishoujo series.
New Quintessential Quintuplets Game Is an RPG

1 week ago | siliconera.com | Daniel Bueno

Mages revealed that the new The Quintessential Quintuplets game is a dungeon crawler RPG. It will be released under the title of The Quintessential Princesses: Fantasy, the Abyss, and the Magic Academy. The game is set to release for PS4, PS5, and Switch in Japan on September 18, 2025. At the time of writing, there is no information on an overseas release.
May the Fourth Hololive Star Wars Stream Vtubers Revealed

2 weeks ago | siliconera.com | Daniel Bueno

Cover announced that Hololive Vtubers Inugami Korone, Shirogane Noel, and Himemori Luna will be involved in an upcoming “May the Fourth” Star Wars celebration stream and project with Disney. Newly drawn illustrations of the Vtubers wearing Jedi robes were also revealed. The special stream program is scheduled for May 3, 2025, starting at 7pm JST, and it will be held on Inugami Korone’s YouTube channel.
Sonic and Friends Enter Sanrio Character Ranking 2025

2 weeks ago | siliconera.com | Daniel Bueno

Sega announced that Sonic & Friends entered the Sanrio Character Ranking 2025 poll as a collaboration between both companies. A key illustration featuring Sonic wearing a Hello Kitty hat was released alongside a short animation promoting the collaboration that appeared on TikTok. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Eggman appear in the short anime video, and the characters will appear wearing accessories inspired by Sanrio characters in the coming days.
Yoko Taro Talked About Making a NieR Sequel

2 weeks ago | siliconera.com | Daniel Bueno

In a recent Famitsu interview with NieR series creator Yoko Taro and other members of the Japanese games industry, the developer said that he would like to make a NieR sequel. As part of the creator roundtable interview, he was joined by Too Kyo Games’ Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi, who just made Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, and 428: Shibuya Scramble Director Jiro Ishii.
Konami Warns About Fake Silent Hill f Beta Test

3 weeks ago | siliconera.com | Daniel Bueno

Konami recently shared a message regarding fake social media accounts for Silent Hill f offering non-existent beta tests for the new game. These accounts will attempt to redirect users to phishing websites to obtain people’s data. In addition to the fake beta test offers, these accounts are also claiming to hold events and other campaigns to try to take people’s personal information.
Hajime Tabata Recalled FFXV Release Date and Its Delay

3 weeks ago | siliconera.com | Daniel Bueno

In a recent DenFamiNico Gamer interview between Final Fantasy XV Director and Producer Hajime Tabata and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Director Guillaume Broche, Tabata talked about his experience determining the release date for FFXV, and the troubles that arose from the delay of such a large scale game. [Thanks, DenFamiNico Gamer!] For the last section of the interview, Broche was asked if there was anything in particular that he wanted to ask to Tabata.
Fortnite and Fitness Boxing Switch 2 Compatibility Updated

4 weeks ago | siliconera.com | Daniel Bueno

Nintendo Japan updated the list of backwards compatible games that have some sort of compatibility issues with the upcoming Switch 2 system. The new update includes Fortnite and Fitness Boxing as the two only Switch titles listed as having some sort of major issue that are planned to be addressed when the Switch 2 launches. [Thanks, Inside Games!] Epic Games previously announced that a Switch 2 version for Fortnite is currently in the making.