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Masahiro Sakurai Discussed Generative AI in Game Development

4 days ago | siliconera.com | Kite Stenbuck

Masahiro Sakurai talked about the usage of generative AI in the video game development scene. The game director and designer, best known for his works on the Kirby and Super Smash Bros series, brought up the topic in a Japanese interview with ITmedia Business Online. [Thanks, Yahoo! Japan!] At the end of the interview, ITmedia noted how the game development scene has been growing ever larger and more detailed.
Resident Evil 4 Ada Wong Nendoroid Comes With Jet-Ski Key

1 week ago | siliconera.com | Jenni Lada

The Resident Evil 4 Ada Wong Nendoroid is already up for pre-order just days after Good Smile Company revealed it during Smile Fest 2025. She will cost ￥6,800 when she comes out in Japan in December 2025. She’ll be $44.99 when she heads to the US and Canada in Q2 2026. Most notable, she includes the critical Jet-Ski key with teddy bear keychain. All of Ada’s face plates and accessories are references to her appearances in the game.
LOGOS x FFXIV Camping Gear Heading to the US

1 week ago | siliconera.com | Jenni Lada

The November 2024 Final Fantasy XIV Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXXXIV for announced a LOGOS x FFXIV camping gear collection for Japan, and now it will head to North America and Europe. The LXXXVII installment set launch windows for the collection in both regions. First, we’ll see it in places like the US and Canada, as it’ll show up there in September 2025. After that, folks in European countries can pick items up in November 2025. Pre-orders are already open.
Splatoon 3 Gets Summer Nights Splatfest and Splatoon 2 Gear

1 week ago | siliconera.com | Jenni Lada

When Nintendo stated new content updates wouldn’t come to Splatoon 3 after September 2024, it did note that Summer Nights Splatfest and other events would still return. Now that’s about to happen worldwide. It returns at 6pm PT/9pm ET on July 11, 2025. We’ll also see four pieces of Splatoon 2 gear come to Splatoon 3 as part of this event. For this Summer Nights Splatfest, the theme is travel. The three sides are traveling by land via car, sea by boat, or flying through the air on a plane.
FFXIV Hrothgar and Viera Headgear Support Coming for More Hats

1 week ago | siliconera.com | Jenni Lada

During the Final Fantasy XIV Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXXXVII stream, Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida and Global Community Producer Toshio “Foxclon” Murouchi stated more headgear support for FFXIV Hrothgar and Viera avatars will add new hat and helmet options. The different caps will start to be available in 7.3 when that debuts in early August 2025, and eventually those races will be able to wear helmets.
Danganronpa V3 Kokichi Oma Nendoroid Debuts in 2026

1 week ago | siliconera.com | Jenni Lada

During the June 2025 Nendoroid FUNS showcase, Good Smile Company showed off a nearly-ready Kokichi Oma Danganronpa V3 Nendoroid. Now we know he’ll be here next year. He’ll debut in Japan in January 2026, followed by a US release in Q2 2026. The character will cost ￥7,300/$48.99. Orders from the official storefront include a themed base with the game’s logo and his name on it. Since Kokichi Oma comes with a removable hat and cape, the figure doesn’t include any accessories for the character to hold.
Next FFXIV Chronicles of Light Volume 2 Book Debuts in 2025

1 week ago | siliconera.com | Jenni Lada

Near the end of the Final Fantasy XIV Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXXXVII, a new FFXIV Chronicles of Light Volume 2 book appeared. This volume will be a collection of short stories consisting of ones released online for certain expansions, like Shadowbringers and Tales from the Shadows, or hallmark occasions, such as Tales Under the New Moon for the MMORPG’s 10th anniversary.
Universal Studios Japan Getting Minion Park Expansion

1 week ago | siliconera.com | Kite Stenbuck

Universal Studios Japan has announced that it will add an expansion to its Minion Park on July 11, 2025. It will primarily add Illumination’s Villain-Con Minion Blast, which will be known in Japanese as Minion Hachamecha Mission ~Path to the Supervillain~. For the record, an attraction with the same name has also been available at Universal Orlando Resort. Participants will get to blast things with the E-Liminator X blaster as they strive to get the highest points to join the Vicious 6.
FFXIV Patch 7.3 Debuts in Early August 2025

1 week ago | siliconera.com | Jenni Lada

During the Final Fantasy XIV Letter from the Producer LXXXVII with Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida and Global Community Producer Toshio “Foxclon” Murouchi, the two confirmed the release window for FFXIV Dawntrail patch 7.3. It will arrive in early August 2025. The two also offered a brief summary of things we can expect to see when the 7.3 patch series starts to roll out.
Preview: Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4 Build Mysteries

1 week ago | siliconera.com | Jenni Lada

I didn’t quite know how I wanted to cover Deltarune’s latest releases. We’re at the point at which the game is a paid product. With the third and fourth chapters, a great deal of the story is here. But given it is still unfinished, a review didn’t feel right. It really came down to my thinking about how many answers we got as of this latest launch, as well as new questions remained. Turns out, there’s a lot.